Short 1982Peter Articles
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on May 1981Connecting and disconnecting docked ships to shore-generated power is now faster, safer, and easier thanks to rugged new ship/ shore connectors recently introduced by Joy M a n u f a c t u r i ng Company, LaGrange, N.C. The Joy ship/shore three-phase connector offers several important featu
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on May 1981The second specially designed rubber transport ship, destined for Firestone's t r a n s - A t l a n t ic service, was christened recently at Koyo Dock Yards in Japan. After several months of outfitting and shakedown, the new Harbel Tapper will join her sister ship, Harbel Cutlass, this summe
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on May 1981Mid-Coast Marine of Eastside, Ore., recently received a $l-million contract for construction of a 72-foot pusher type towboat for Rocafosforica Mexicana S.A. de C.V. The vessel will be delivered in September to the owner's o p e r a t i o n in Baja California, Mexico. Propulsion will be pro
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on May 1981The Maritime Administration has released a study, "U.S. Exports & Imports Transshipped Via Canadian Ports," which presents the dollar value of estimated tonnage for United S t a t e s trade transshipped through Canada during calendar year 1979. It revealed that the value of exports in 1979
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on May 1981Waukesha Engine Division, Dresser Industries, Inc., has announced the addition of Jose Luis Martinez and Werner Faass to their international marketing staff. Mr. Martinez has been named district sales manager in the firm's Mexico City office, and Mr. Faass is regional sales manager in the Car
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on May 1981Hoffert Marine Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., supplier of deck and engine equipment and services, has added Hundested Multi-Pitch propellers to its products for distribution from New York south along the East Coast and to ports along the Gulf Coast. The Multi- Pitch propellers are manufactured i
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on May 1981S i m r a d ' s computer-controlled TL-838 takes advantage of microprocessor technology to insure quality operation. It quickly and automatically acquires and tracks the master and all secondary signals in a selected Loran C chain. All TDs can be tracked simultaneously while any two are disp
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on May 1981Wilfred J. Galatas has been appointed vice president and assistant plant superintendent, and Ernest M. Graham has been named assistant to the president at Southern Shipbuilding Corporation, Slidell, La. Mr. Galatas has been with SSC since 1972, serving in sales and as repair superintendent. P
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on May 1981The Maritime Administration has postponed until June 4 the opening of bids for the sale of five obsolete Government-owned vessels for conversion and operation in the fisheries or the domestic commerce of the United States. Invitation for Bids No. PD-X-1035, issued last October 31, offered f
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on May 1981Ralph E. Van der Naillen, vice president of Cargo Carriers, Inc., Minneapolis, has been installed as chairman of the board of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO). He has served as vice chairman of the board for the past year. Mr. Van der Naillen, in an address to the AWO annual mee
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on May 1981Swiss-Lok has designed and fabricated a special design staging for the new drydocks at Newport News Shipbuilding. This staging will save time in erection and needs no wood planking. The staging is designed to support Swiss Fabricating's Swiss-Lok design removable roof in sections of 48 feet
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on May 1981The Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its annual student meeting recently. The turnout for students was very good, ranging from high schools in the Seattle area to colleges from British Columbia to Oregon. The student paper, titled "The H
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on May 1981A new catalog showing a broad range of electrical components and accessories for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of industrial equipment is now available from Reliance Electric Company, Cleveland. C o n t a i n i n g hundreds of photos, drawings, and diagrams, the 154-page catalog is full
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on May 1981A new six-page four-color illustrated brochure titled "Treasure Islands" is now available from Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company, the leading designer and manufacturer of mobile selfelevating, offshore drilling rigs. The brochure gives specifications of the company's line of slot and can
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on May 1981During meetings in New York recently, Grady Brown, chairman of the board of the Liberian Shipowners' Council, discussed shipowner reactions to UNCTAD proposals regarding the phasing out of open registry shipping. Two reports have been prepared by the Council, entitled "Some Arguments Agains
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on May 1981An International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO) will be sponsored in New York City November 17-19 by five major maritime industry organizations, each representing a separate discipline within the industry. The Symposium will be held in the spacious Passenger Terminal on the Hudson Riv
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on May 1981General Dynamics' Charleston (S.C.) Facility will fabricate components for four offshore drilling rigs under a $33-million contract from Bailey & Shannon Drilling Company, Inc. of Stafford, Texas. The award involves construction of major portions of steel work on the rigs. The components wi
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on May 1981V. Wayne Davis has been elected as president of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Chapter, Portsmouth, Va., of the Naval Civilian Administrators Association (NCAA). The testing superintendent from the Production Department succeeds Andy James, head, Employee Relations Division of the Industrial Re
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on May 1981The Blohm + Voss M1000® joiner partition and ceiling system, which has been installed in more than 580 merchant and naval vessels and some 85 offshore units in the North Sea, will now be manufactured in the United States. B + V recently announced plans for a plant in the Gulf Coast area. T
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on May 1981American Aero, Inc. of Houston, a subsidiary of Weatherford I n t e r n a t i o n a l , has promoted Dwight Toney to sales and operations manager for its Marine Crane Division. He will be responsible for both domestic and international sales involving the firm's varied line of hydraulic mar