Short 1981 Articles
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981"Hamburg has the facilities — and the drive — to develop into the most important North Sea/Baltic port for handling United States cargoes," according to Helmut F.H. Hansen, executive director of port commerce, Port of Hamburg. That was the message he delivered during a recent three-week visit
-
- 500th Raytheon RAYCAS page: 26
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981R a y t h e o n Marine Company, Manchester, N.H., manufacturers of a wide range of Marine Electronic Navigation Equipment, has recently installed, in conjunction with Redi-Marine Electronics Co., South San Francisco, the 500th Raytheon RAYCAS aboard the S /S President Hoover, a containership
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981The Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation, Great Neck, N.Y., is offering free literature on its new Adaptive Steering Module (ASM), designed to achieve fuel savings on large commercial ships. The literature is a reprint of a Sperry paper given to the Society of Naval Architects and Marine E
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Caprinus R Oil 40, Shell's medium viscosity index (MVI) lubricant for medium-speed diesel engines, is now an API CD quality oil for marine diesel engines. This means Caprinus R Oil 40 meets the performance requirements of Cummins and Caterpillar marine diesels—both frequently used as auxili
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981The complete line of self-elevating mobile offshore drilling platforms designed and manufactured by Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Co. is illustrated and described in a new 34-page, full-color brochure which is available on request. Specifications for the company's newest jackup design, the S
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981The appointment of Edwin (Eddie) Luquette to the position of sales manager of Offshore Express, Inc., has been announced jointly by Robert C. Schmidt, vice president and general manager of the Houma, La.-based marine t r a n s p o r t a t i o n firm, and Billy Blakeman, vice president, marke
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Expansion of marine petroleum monitoring and processing equipment in the U.S. market was announced recently by Alan Finkel, vice president of marine operations operations for ITT Mackay Division, Raleigh, N.C., a unit of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. ITT Mackay, a divi
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Nine San Clemente-class tankers operated by Apex Marine Corporation will be retrofitted with pretested inert gas generators from Foster Wheeler Boiler Corporation, Livingston, N.J. The generators will be designed to operate on #6 heavy oil instead of #2 diesel oil, the usual fuel for this t
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Twin Disc, Incorporated, Racine, Wis., has announced the promotion of Curtis W. Nordquist to manager-product marketing, responsible for strategic development of the company's current and future domestic product line. In addition, he will supervise the company's domestic product managers and
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Mobile, Ala., has begun construction of a large floating drydock which will expand the yard's ship repair capabilities. The drydock will be able to handle ships up to 700 feet long and 20,000 deadweight tons. The drydock has been designed in self-sufficie
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Phoenix Management Corporation of Houston has awarded B e t h l e h em Steel Corporation's shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., a contract for construction of a mobile offshore oil drilling rig. Announcement of the contract was made by William R. Hargrove, president of Phoenix Management, and G
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Racal-Decca Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Racal Electronics Ltd., has announced the expansion of two facilities in the U.S. The company has relocated its Port of New York Service Center to a new and larger facility located at 70 Jackson Drive (2nd floor), Cranford, N.J. 07016. An enlarged t
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Two identical 101-foot aluminum crewboats, the Shawn (shown above) and Craig built by Halter Marine, Inc. for J.P.M. Ltd. of Ventura, Calif., are now serving Union 76 rigs in the Pacific off southern California. The boats were purchased recently from Halter's in stock building program and w
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981The collier now building at General Dynamics, Quincy, Shipyard for Keystone Shipping and New England Electric is a self-unloader and the first coal burning and carrying vessel to be built in the United States in 25 years. Two 4 - f o o t - w i d e continuous conveyor belts run the full lengt
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981The Naval Civilian Administration Association's (NCAA) 35th National Conference was recently conducted in Charleston, S.C. The NCAA is a national organization of senior- level managers employed in Navy Civil Service. It has chapters at 13 Naval establishments, including seven shipyards, three
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981Nashville (Tenn.) Bridge Company (NABRICO) has delivered an integrated two-barge single-skin petroleum tow to Alabama River Barge Co., Mobile, Ala. Each barge, one a lead barge and the other a trail barge, is 297 feet by 54 feet by 12 feet. Total Capacity of the two-barge tow is approximately
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981The promotion of Larry A. Augsburger to vice president-administration was announced recently by Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production, a major operating unit of Tenneco Inc. John W. Sylvester Jr. was named to succeed Mr. Augsburger as director of employee relations. Mr. Augsburger joined T
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981In the last 12 months Deutz Corporation has introduced production of air-cooled diesel engines at its Richmond, Ind., plant. Richmond now assembles the F3L 912, F4L 912, F5L 912 (automotive and marine/industrial), and F6L 912 engines. The precombustion chambered F4L 912W and F6L 912W engine
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981James H. Sessions has been named president of Newpark Shipbuilding and Repair, Inc., a shipyard with barge cleaning and gas freeing facilities situated on 22 acres on an island in the Houston Ship Channel. Newpark also announced the appointments of Stephen R. Haskew and Kimble R. Lehman as
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on August 15, 1981John G. Smith has been promoted to general manager of Krupp Atlas Elektronik U.S.A. For the past year he has served as regional sales manager for the East and Gulf Coasts. Krupp Atlas Elektronik is a leading marine electronics manufacturer based in Bremen, West Germany. The Krupp Atlas prod