Short 1981 Articles
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on October 1981The financial, operations and service groups of Racal-Decca Marine, Inc., national marine distribution company, will remain headquartered at the Pine Lakes Industrial Park, Palm Coast, Fla., while the company's sales and marketing group will relocate as planned to Seattle, it was announced
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on October 1981The complete line of advanced, heavy-duty semisubmersible drilling rig propulsion drives offered by the Power Transmission Division of Western Gear Corporation, Lynwood, Calif., for drilling ships and self-propelled semisubmersible drilling rigs is described in a new comprehensive brochure.
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on September 15, 1981Anschuetz of America recently hosted its first Marine Equipment Exhibit held in New York, along with the pricipal companies that Anschuetz represents. More than 350 guests attended the two-day function, by private invitation. Participants in the exhibit included some of the world's bestknown
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on September 15, 1981Literature on a new Flow Transducer designed f o r continuous flow monitoring is available from Gems Sensors Division, Plainville, Conn. Called the FT-200, the transducer interfaces with remote recorders, meters, controllers or other instrumentation. It provides an analog signal of 1-10 VDC
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on September 15, 1981Joseph D. Deal Jr., president of Tracor Marine, Inc., recently announced the appointment of Joe Menghi as production control manager and Jack Schmidt as production manager at the company's Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) shipyard. The added volume of ship repair work from two recently ins
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on September 15, 1981Tim O'Leary, formerly with Foss Launch & Tug Co., has been promoted to manager, market development and research for Dillingham Maritime's Ocean Division, Seattle, Wash. According to Tom Van Dawark, president of the Dillingham Maritime Ocean Division, Mr. O'Leary's new responsibilities will
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on September 15, 1981Bayou Black Shipyard, Gibson, La., recently delivered the push boat Delta Christie (shown above) to C.D. Blankenship of New Orleans. The boat is 60 feet long, has a 25-foot beam, and a 9-foot depth midship. The fuel capacity is approximately 16,000 gallons. Water capacity is approximately 5
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on September 15, 1981Curtis S. Townshend has been appointed vice president, marine sales, for Mobil Sales and Supply, New York. He succeeds J. Owen- Smith who has assumed new duties with the Mobil organization in London. The Marine Sales Department is responsible for overseeing the worldwide sale of Mobil marin
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on September 15, 1981Arrow Marine, Inc. of Houston, Texas, recently took delivery of the Omaha Arrow (shown above), a 120-foot by 26-foot by 10-foot 6-inch, 1,200-horsepower, supply utility vessel built by Skully Bros. Boat Builders, Inc., Stephensville, La. She is a sister ship to the Navajo Arrow delivered ea
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on September 15, 1981John W. Chandler has been named a vice president of Borg- Warner Corporation's York-International operation, York, Pa. He is responsible for all marine, military, and government sales of the c o m p a n y ' s air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment in the U.S. and international markets.
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on September 15, 1981A new, water-based, fire-retardant enamel called Devflex 1 was recently introduced by Devoe Marine Coatings Co., Louisville, Ky. Recommended for use in wardrooms, mess rooms, living compartments, and i n t e r i o r areas where safety is the prime concern, this high-quality coating is self-
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on September 15, 1981James J. Convy, chairman of the board, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York-headquartered naval architectural firm, has announced the appointment of Robert J. Ford to the position of chief engineer and head of the machinery division in New York. Mr. Ford joined Gibbs & Cox in 1942, immediately after
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on September 15, 1981Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered a 65-foot by 26-foot by 9.5- foot towboat from their stock boat line to Dravo Mechling and on charter to Compass Marine. The Bud Weber (shown above) is powered by twin GM 16V92 diesel engines rated at 600 hp each. The engines
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on September 15, 1981The Amsterdam Drydock Company (Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij B.V.) of the Netherlands, has recently been awarded an order involving the com- plete rebuilding of the twin screw ro/ro passenger vessel Saint Killian for the Irish Continental Line, Dublin, Ireland. The rebuilding will be do
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on September 15, 1981The Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Vancouver, Canada, was recently awarded a major contract— worth nearly five million U.S. dollars—to lengthen the geophysical exploration vessel Hollis Hedberg by 60 feet. The purpose of the lengthening to 262 feet is to permit the installation of new sophist
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on September 15, 1981Cummins Investments has become the first company to purchase the time-saving "Big Blue" barge-moving winch recently introduced by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn. The winch, the largest currently produced by NABRICO, will be installed at the company's Frontier Terminal
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on September 15, 1981The announcement of the appointment of Marine Technologies & Brokerage, Inc. (MTB), New York, as U.S. agent for Arsenale Triestino San Marco Shipyard, Trieste, Italy, was made recently by William H. Bevan, president of MTB. Arsenale Triestino, a member of the Fincantieri Group, has been op
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on September 15, 1981Taurus, the first of five Patrol Hydrofoil Missileships (PHMs) being built by Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Wash., for the U.S. Navy, takes a flying tour of Seattle's Elliott Bay during pre-delivery tests in Puget Sound. Taurus, to be delivered in October, and the other four hydrofoil comba
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on September 15, 1981RivTow Straits Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, announced the recent delivery of three identical drum seiners to B.C. Packers Ltd. in time for the 1981 herring and salmon fishing season. The Van Isle, Mary Isle and Pender Isle (shown above) are the first three vessels of a six-boat
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on September 15, 1981Four management appointments at U.S. Steel's Great Lakes fleet and associated subsidiaries, Duluth, Minn., were announced recently by William B. Buhrmann, president. Dale W. App has been named general manager of USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., and Calvin W. Main has been named director, marine l