Short 1982Peter Articles
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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
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on November 1981Arrow Marine, Inc., Houston, Texas, has taken delivery of the M/V Arapaho Arrow, the first of two 120-foot supply vessels being built by Marine Fabricators, Inc., of Green Cove Springs, Fla. The Arapaho is fully certified by the U.S.C.G. and carries an A.B.S. International Load Line certifi
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on November 1981An eight-page color brochure detailing the Chevron International Oil Company's new Delo 1000 marine engine oil has been published by the company. The oil, an alkaline detergent/ dispersant cylinder and crankcase oil, is designed to meet the most severe requirements of medium- speed, trunk p
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on November 1981National Marine Service Incorporated of St. Louis, Mo., has announced completion of its acquisition of the assets of Riverway Co.'s ship repair facilities north of Lock and Dam 26 at Grafton, CLIP & MAIL ^ I P* (rencra/ TYiermot/ynamics 1 110 SOUTH MEADOW ROAI>. P.O. BOX 1105. PLVMOITH, M T
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on November 1981Wendle W. Huddleston, president and chief executive officer of Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP), recently announced that a contract has been signed for the construction of two 176- foot offshore supply vessels for an unnamed client. The two vessels will be delivered from the Pascagoula,
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on November 1981INMARSAT, the international maritime satellite organization, has published a four-color folder containing a dozen fact sheets with detailed information on the services it provides worldwide. Established by international Convention on July 16, 1979, the 34-member organization will, in early
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on November 1981Mid-Coast Marine, Inc. of Coos Bay, Ore., announced the recent delivery of a 72-foot twin-screw towboat, Clemente Guillen (shown above), to Roca Fosforica Mexicana SA de CV of Mexico City. The vessel was designed by David J. Seymour, Ltd., naval architect of San Francisco, Calif. Home port
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on November 1981Representatives of Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg, West Germany, signed a contract in Moscow recently with the Soviet foreign trade organization, Sudoimport, for the design, construction, and delivery of a special service vessel for the USSR's Ministry of the Gas Industry. The vessel is a 26,800-
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on November 1981Literature describing the company's automatic Circoolmatic oil circulation and cooling system for stern tube seal lubrication has been published by Waukesha Bearings Corporation, Waukesha, Wis. The system is recommended for 710 mm seal systems and larger. Circoolmatic pumps oil from the fo
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on November 1981Carl R. Meurk, executive vice president of Todd Pacific Shipyards, was the recipient of the National Management Association's Silver Knight award in the NMA Todd Seattle Chapter's special presentation recently at the Tyee Yacht Club. The Silver Knight of Management is the highest award the
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on November 1981Twelve maritime industry executives from six countries were elected members of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at the semiannual meeting of the international ship classification society held recently at ABS headquarters in New York, N.Y. The new members are: Dr. Elcio Costa Couto, sup
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on November 1981Levingston Shipbuilding Com- pany, Orange, Texas, recently launched the first of two jackup drilling rigs for Noble Drilling Corporation of Ardmore, Okla. Noble Drilling, one of the lead- ing domestic drilling contracting firms, formed in 1921, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Affiliate
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on November 1981Aeroquip Corporation of Jackson, Mich., has added a new member to its family of AQP hose styles—FC234 AQP fire-resistant hose. Developed by Aeroquip for the Industrial Division, FC234 hose has proven to be a superior fuel line for critical marine applications in commercial marine, industria
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on November 1981A paper entitled "The Design and Selection of Shipboard Microcomputer Systems" was presented at a recent meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held in San Francisco. Stanley Stockdale, senior associate of David J. Seymour, Ltd.,
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on November 1981Santa Fe International Corporation, Alhambra, Calif., and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announced recently that the companies have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Santa Fe will become a U.S. subsidiary of the government-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Santa Fe's board of
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on November 1981A 24-page Anchoring Encyclopedia and a technical article on pipeline anchoring are available free from SeaTec International, Ltd., Houston, Texas. SeaTec, a worldwide marine contractor, and A.B. Chance Company, a developer and manufacturer of land anchors, recently combined efforts to offer
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on November 1981Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, New Orleans, La., has named Gary D. Pope, senior vice president-international operations. Mr. Pope will assume management responsibility for all aspects of Gulf Fleet's international activity, which includes major operations in Brazil, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Eg