Short 1982Peter Articles
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on October 1984The U.S. Maritime Administration, on behalf of the Navy, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the acquisition of roll-on/roll-off vessels with a high military utility for the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). A similar RFP earlier this year invited owners of U.S.-built, U.S.- flag ships of
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on October 1984Personnel changes at LEEVAC Shipyards in Jennings, La., were an- nounced recently by Jerry Bostic, president of LEEVAC Corporation Bob Burlet, formerly involved with sales and marketing for the shipyard, has been named marketing manager for LEEVAC Corporation, responsible for all divisions
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on October 1984The first Sulzer RTA84 engine, a six-cylinder model, is now undergoing test-bed trials at Mitsubishi's Kobe engine works. Started in August, it has already run successfully at full load and is now going through a series of optimization trials. As the largest bore size in the RTA series, the
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on October 1984Steven Wolgamot has been named executive vice president of Waterways Transportation and Trading Company and Maritime Transportation and Trading Company, Twin Cities, Minn.-based barge and marine equipment companies. Mr. Wolgamot was formerly assistant to the president of Twin City Barge, In
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on October 1984The Falk Corporation and Zahnraderfabrik Renk of Augsburg, West Germany, have signed a license agreement that grants Falk the exclusive sales and manufacturing rights in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for Renk Marine Reversing Gear Drives. These drives, which will be offered in addition to th
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on October 1984John Arbizzani, president of Marine Coatings, Inc., recently announced that Jordan Lieb has joined the company as vice president. He was formerly with Atlantic Sandblasting and Coatings, Inc. as manager of sales and estimating. Prior to that he worked at Tampa Shipyards as a senior ship repa
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on October 1984Hayward Industrial Products, Inc., Elizabeth, N.J., a leading manufacturer of pipeline strainers, has published a new technical bulletin on strainer baskets and screens. Entitled "The Heart of a Hayward Strainer is the Basket or Screen," this 8-page bulletin will assist engineers and end use
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on October 1984Amos Baki, vice president and manager of the M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. Washington Area Office, has announced the appointment of Robert R. Miller as deputy director of marine engineering. He will be responsible for implementing a recently awarded contract for engineering and technical support
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on October 1984A contract worth about $17 million was signed recently in the Netherlands between Rolls-Royce and the Dutch shipbuilder Royal Shelde for the supply of Marine Spey gas turbines to be manufactured at Rolls-Royce's Coventry, England, plant. The engines are for a new class of multipurpose (M) fr
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on October 1984Marine Management Systems (UK) Ltd. has named John D. Gregory as managing director. Prior to joining Marine Management Systems, Mr. Gregory was a director of Turnkey and Applied Computer Systems, Ltd. Where he was responsible for development and marketing of shipping systems for marine and
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on October 1984Robert E. Wiltz, senior vice president and general manager of Alfa-Laval's Industrial Group, recently announced that Kirk E. Spitzer, general manager of the Thermal Group, has been promoted to divisional vice president. Mr. Spitzer's responsibilities as head of the thermal division focus on
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on October 1984Global Marine Inc., Houston, Texas, announced that E. Hunter Sheridan has been named president of its products development subsidiary, Global Marine Development Inc. Mr. Sheridan's previous position was vice president, drilling for Applied Drilling Technology Inc. (ADTI), another subsidiary
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on October 1984Under a licensing agreement with Hatlapa Uetersener Maschinenfabrik GmbH of West Germany, the first Mitsui/Hatlapa electro-hydraulic, ram-type steering gear for commercial use was completed recently at the Takatori Manufacturing Company in Kobe, Japan, a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & S
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on October 1984Shaver Transportation Company of Portland, Ore., kept the 149.5 gtd tug Columbia in the Stork-Werkspoor family when it repowered the vessel to keep pace with the ever larger ships at the Port of Portland. The firm replaced two RHO 218K SWDiesel engines, each developing 700 hp at 720 rpm, wit
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on October 1984The completion by LEEVAC Shipyards of a one-of-a-kind, highly specialized vessel conversion for Cal Dive International (CDI), a worldwide full-service oilfield diving contractor, was announced recently by Jerry Bostic, president of LEEVAC Corporation. LEEVAC's Jennings, La., shipyard was sel
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on October 1984After 35 years of operations in downtown Washington, D.C., the American Association of Port Authorities has relocated its headquarters to Alexandria, Va., a port city located directly across the Potomac River from the nation's capital. The 6,000-square-foot office building is a part of the n
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on October 1984James K. Taggart, president of Tampa-based TECO Transport & Trade Corporation, has announced the signing of a long-term agreement with Freeman United Coal Mining Company of Chicago to supply river transport, ground storage, and coal-loading services for two million tons of U.S. steam coal de
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on September 15, 1984The U.S. Navy has awarded a $21,116,087 contract to Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pa., for the "phased maintenance" of the USS Patterson (FF- 1061), the first of four Naval Reserve Force frigates to be based in Philadelphia. The contract calls for four overhauls during a fiv
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on September 15, 1984Halifax Shipyard's new 36,000- ton-lifting-capacity floating drydock Novadock is now being used with increasing frequency. By mid- November this year, the yard will have been in continuous use for eight successive months. The dock, which can accommodate up to Panamax size vessels, was commi
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on September 15, 1984Marinette Marine Corporation in Wisconsin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of six Yard Patrol Craft (YP). These vessels will be used at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis for instructing midshipmen in seamanship, navigation, and marine e