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on April 1980Solar T u r b i n e s International has begun work on a fuel-saving cruise propulsion system for U.S. Navy ships. E n t i t l e d RACER (Rankine-Cycle E n e r g y Recovery), the program calls for Solar to design a system that will capture heat energy from a ship's main gas turbine engines. T
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on April 1980Robert H. Osmer has been appointed director of engineering f o r Houston, Texas-based Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, according to a recent announcement. In his new capacity, Mr. Osmer will have responsibility for design, construction, maintenance, repairs and engineering of the company's uni
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on April 1980The appointment of Richard H. Jones as manager, industrial products sales, in Bethlehem Steel Corporation's s h i p b u i l d i n g department, was announced recently by David H. Klinges, vice president in charge of shipbuilding. Mr. Jones is advancing f r om assistant manager, industrial pr
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on April 1980Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron recently announced that Robert Summerville has been appointed manager of all the company's service operations in the United States. "Bob Summerville has spent his entire working life servicing and repairing marine electronic communications and n a v i
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on April 1980A chaser (anchor retrieval device) claimed to save rig operators between $100,000 and $300,- 000 a rig year has been developed by Bruce Anchor Ltd. The features which make the patent-protected Bruce chaser of special significance as an anchor retrieval device are its ability to slide freely
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on April 1980A contract has been awarded by Phillips Petroleum Exploration U.K., Ltd. to Equipments Mecaniques et Hydrauliques (E.M.H.) for the design, supply and installation of an articulated loading column (ALC) for offshore tanker mooring and crude oil loading in the Maureen Field of the North Sea.
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on April 1980A full-color brochure is available describing the facilities and services of Port Houston Marine, Inc., Houston, Texas. Port Houston Marine, Inc. is located at the turning basin of Houston Ship Channel, and has a berth for vessels up to 600 feet long and 2 0 - f o o t d r a f t . Compressed
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on April 1980American Hydromath Company, Germantown, N.Y., recently delivered three L O A D O S C O PE Cargo Planning Computers to the American Heavy Lift Shipping Company, a division of Gulf Trading & Transportation Company; one each for the John Henry and 0 Paul Bunyan, and one to be placed and used
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on April 1980A new single-sideband radiotelephone designed for small commercial vessels, while meeting FCC requirements for use as a shore station, has been introduced by the ITT Mackay Marine Division of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Measuring less than 5 inches high, 14 inches wid
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on April 1980XPLO Corp., a New Orleans, La., firm specializing in underwater explosives technology and s a l v a g e o p e r a t i o n s , has been awarded a $3.3-million contract by the U.S. Coast Guard, which calls for the demolition and removal of the center span and piers of the Central New Jersey (C
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on April 1980A new 46-page Marine Catalog issued by the Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., provides current specifications and descriptive detail on the company's extensive line of Wager vent valves and smoke indicators, and on a variety of boiler accessories. These Wager boiler accessories include viewports, b
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on April 1980The Marine Division of J.M. Voith GmbH recently elected E. Shaprut to head their Voith Schneider America branch. The establishment of this branch is designed to further enhance and improve direct services to the American market. Mr. Shaprut is a graduate naval architect and marine engineer
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on April 1980Minshall G. Strater has been appointed Northeast sales manager, Commercial Products, of EPSCO Marine, Division of EPSCO, Inc. He succeeds George E. Lariviere, who now holds the position of g e n e r a l manager of EPSCO's new Gulf Coast office in New Orleans, La. In his new position, Mr. St
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on April 1980Posidonia 80, the international shipping exhibition, is expected to be the most representative show ever. Over 600 companies from 40 countries will exhibit their hardware and services in Piraeus, Greece, June 2-7. Posidonia 80 is sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, the Uni
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on April 1980Seaward I n t e r n a t i o n a l ' s Sea Cushion® marine fenders are now a key part of the Danish Coast Guard's oil pollution control equipment. The three large 8 by 12-foot fenders will be in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and o t h e r Danish coastal waters. They will be placed between the sa
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on April 1980Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), the national oil company of Mexico, has signed a contract with IMODCO, Los Angeles, Calif., for supply of a Single Point Mooring Terminal System for operation in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring 12.5 meters in diameter (about 41 feet), the standard CALM system has
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on April 1980P H B - F o r d e r t e c h n i k of West Germany has been awarded a contract for the construction of an import/export transshipment terminal for loading and unloading ores, coal, cereals, and fertilizer f r om one ship to another. A reconstructed bulk carrier is to be the basis of the new f
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on April 1980The USS Wadsworth, the first Todd-built FFG-class guided missile frigate, was delivered recently to the United States Navy by Todd Shipyards Corporation. The FFG's mission is to keep the international sealanes open for the nation's defense needs and vital maritime trade. John T. Gilbride, c
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on April 1980Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, Fla., has retained Technical Marine Planning (Group) Ltd., London, England, as consulting naval architects and marine engineers to supervise the construction of a passenger cruise liner being built by Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark. Ordered last July, the passenger cruis
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on April 1980Henschel Corporation, a unit of General Signal, has announced the formation of a new d i v i s i o n, Henschel/Nelson, located in Tulsa, Okla. Henschel/Nelson was f o r m e r l y the Marine Products Group of Nelson Electric, another unit of General Signal. The new Henschel/Nelson Division i