Short 1981 Articles
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on November 15, 1981Executives of The Ohio River Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, the nation's largest barge mover of coal, met recently with 23 Finnish b u s i n e s s m e n at ORCO's headquarters to discuss the shipment of U.S. coal to Finland. The group, which includes representatives of Finnish electric utility
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on November 15, 1981Northern Radio announces the recent introduction of the Model N-860 Scanning, synthesized HF/ SSB transceiver. The new Model N-860, FCC type accepted, is said to be the first Scanning HF/SSB transceiver to be made available to the U.S. market. It features 200 field programmable and selectab
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on November 15, 1981The Port of Portland Commission, at its regular monthly meeting, approved an agreement that will give Portland representation in Europe — marking the first presence of the Port on that continent since the overseas representative program was initiated in 1972. European countries account for
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on November 15, 1981General Ship Corporation of Boston, Mass., has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract in the amount of $11.8 million for the regular overhaul of USS Vulcan (AR-5). Under the new contract, Vulcan will arrive in the yard in January 1982 for an ll-1 / - month over- haul. General Ship is now complet
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on November 15, 1981Worldwide orders for offshore mobile and fixed rigs for exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas have increased considerably during the 12 months ending in July 1981, according to a study just released by the Bremen Institute for Shipping Economics. At the beginning of July there w
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on November 15, 1981David A. Daniels has been appointed national sales manager for chemicals by M&T Chemicals Inc., Woodbridge, N.J. He will be responsible for all sales activities f o r the Plastic Additives, Industrial Chemicals and the Bio & Fine Chemicals Divisions. Mr. Daniels joined M&T in 1970 as a rese
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on November 15, 1981A fact-filled six-page brochure detailing the design features of the company's line of class 150 and class 300 end entry ball valves, reduced bore, was published recently by the Valve Division of Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Ore. In addition to a photograph of a typical valve, the b
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on November 15, 1981Bob Daniels, vice president, Marland Environmental Systems, Walworth, Wis., has announced that a new product bulletin on the firm's improved design of the Inverto®, oil/water separator is available. The Inverto bulletin describes the principles of operation and illustrates the flow pattern
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on November 15, 1981The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application by Wisconsin Barge Lines, Inc., Sunset Hills, Mo., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of one towboat and 68 barges. American Bridge, Ambridge, Pa., delivered 15 rake barges earlier this year and
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on November 15, 1981A 12-page full color brochure detailing the range of the company's marine diesel engines has been published by SACM of Mulhouse, France. The company is represented in the U.S. by F.W. Donnelly Company of Houston, Texas. SACM manufactures a range of diesel engines from 400hp through 8,000hp
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on November 15, 1981Westinghouse Credit Corporation and Seafirst Leasing Corporation, through a partnership arrangement, have provided the equity in the $28-million leveraged lease of four towboats and 81 river barges arranged f o r Dravo Corporation. WCC and Seafirst, respectively, provided 90 percent and 10 pe
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on November 15, 1981Sigma Treatment Systems, Inc., Chester Springs, Pa., is offering literature on a new addition to its line of marine pollution control equipment. The SH2 Oily Water Separator is U.S. Coast Guard certified and meets IMCO standards. D e s i g n e d with simplicity and minimum maintenance in min
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on November 15, 1981These four frames capture the launch sequence of the Penrod 86, a class 82-SD-C self-elevating offshore jackup drilling platform built by Marathon Manufacturing Company, Houston, Texas. The shallow-draft c a n t i l e v er drilling unit was launched recently at Marathon's Gulf Marine Divisi
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on November 15, 1981As part of his participation in the bicentennial celebration of the Battle of Yorktown, Va., that ended the Revolutionary War, President Reagan authorized the start of hull construction on a new U.S. Navy cruiser to be named Yorktown (CG 48). In the upper photo, the President and Secretary
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on November 15, 1981Paceco, Inc., a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, recently completed its headquarters move from Alameda, Calif., to Gulfport, Miss. Paceco, a major designer and manufacturer of container handling cranes, has invested over $26 million in expanding and improving its existing 100-acre Gulfport
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on November 1981The 10,848-dwt, diesel-powered vehicle carrier Toyofuji 7 (shown above) was delivered recently to Toyofuji Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. of Japan by Hitachi Zosen, Tokyo. The ship was built at the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai Zosen, a Hitachi affiliate. The vessel is 178 meters long by 29 meters wide by 26
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on November 1981Literature has been published on a new Worthington high-speed pump with helical gearing for quiet dependable operations that can reach speeds up to 20,000 rpm. Recommended for high-pressure applications, the horizontal high-speed pumps have capacities to 300 gpm and heads to 4,000 feet. Th
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on November 1981Literature describing five models of waste water treatment units is available from Omnipure, a division of Sigma-Chapman, Inc., Houston, Texas. Omnipure uses an electrocatalytic waste treatment process for treating black and gray waters when seawater is available. The units use no consumabl
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on November 1981Pall Industrial Hydraulics Corporation, Glen Cove, N.Y., has added a new grade of filter medium to its Ultipore® line of filter elements for hydraulic and lube oil service. Designated "US" grade, the new medium has an absolute removal rating of 12 micrometers and a /3I0 rating of 25 as meas
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on November 1981Armco's Union Wire Rope has announced a new wire rope that offers, for the first time, rotation resistance without s a c r i f i c i ng strength or crushing resistance. The new product overcomes the deficiencies that have been inherent in other rotation-resistant ropes. It is engineered for