Short 1982Peter Articles
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on April 1980XPLO Corp., a New Orleans, La., firm specializing in underwater explosives technology and s a l v a g e o p e r a t i o n s , has been awarded a $3.3-million contract by the U.S. Coast Guard, which calls for the demolition and removal of the center span and piers of the Central New Jersey (C
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on April 1980A new 46-page Marine Catalog issued by the Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., provides current specifications and descriptive detail on the company's extensive line of Wager vent valves and smoke indicators, and on a variety of boiler accessories. These Wager boiler accessories include viewports, b
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on April 1980The Marine Division of J.M. Voith GmbH recently elected E. Shaprut to head their Voith Schneider America branch. The establishment of this branch is designed to further enhance and improve direct services to the American market. Mr. Shaprut is a graduate naval architect and marine engineer
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on April 1980Minshall G. Strater has been appointed Northeast sales manager, Commercial Products, of EPSCO Marine, Division of EPSCO, Inc. He succeeds George E. Lariviere, who now holds the position of g e n e r a l manager of EPSCO's new Gulf Coast office in New Orleans, La. In his new position, Mr. St
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on April 1980Posidonia 80, the international shipping exhibition, is expected to be the most representative show ever. Over 600 companies from 40 countries will exhibit their hardware and services in Piraeus, Greece, June 2-7. Posidonia 80 is sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, the Uni
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on April 1980Seaward I n t e r n a t i o n a l ' s Sea Cushion® marine fenders are now a key part of the Danish Coast Guard's oil pollution control equipment. The three large 8 by 12-foot fenders will be in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and o t h e r Danish coastal waters. They will be placed between the sa
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on April 1980Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), the national oil company of Mexico, has signed a contract with IMODCO, Los Angeles, Calif., for supply of a Single Point Mooring Terminal System for operation in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring 12.5 meters in diameter (about 41 feet), the standard CALM system has
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on April 1980P H B - F o r d e r t e c h n i k of West Germany has been awarded a contract for the construction of an import/export transshipment terminal for loading and unloading ores, coal, cereals, and fertilizer f r om one ship to another. A reconstructed bulk carrier is to be the basis of the new f
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on April 1980The USS Wadsworth, the first Todd-built FFG-class guided missile frigate, was delivered recently to the United States Navy by Todd Shipyards Corporation. The FFG's mission is to keep the international sealanes open for the nation's defense needs and vital maritime trade. John T. Gilbride, c
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on April 1980Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, Fla., has retained Technical Marine Planning (Group) Ltd., London, England, as consulting naval architects and marine engineers to supervise the construction of a passenger cruise liner being built by Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark. Ordered last July, the passenger cruis
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on April 1980Henschel Corporation, a unit of General Signal, has announced the formation of a new d i v i s i o n, Henschel/Nelson, located in Tulsa, Okla. Henschel/Nelson was f o r m e r l y the Marine Products Group of Nelson Electric, another unit of General Signal. The new Henschel/Nelson Division i
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on April 1980Navire Cargo Gear (NCG) has announced receipt of a large order for angled stern ramps from the People's Republic of China. Involved are 11 new ro/ro vessels now under construction at several Japanese shipyards, with all ships scheduled for delivery during 1980. The contract, issued by China
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on April 1980Oceanic Contractors, Inc., a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., announced that its McDermott Scotland Division has been subcontracted by Taywood-Santa Fe Ltd. for a sum in excess of 10 million pounds sterling (approximately $23 million) to build three topside faci
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on April 1980The 398,000-deadweight-ton tanker Pacific has been added to the fleet of General Electric Credit Corp., the Stamford, Conn.- b a s e d company recently announced. With the addition of the Pacific, GECC now owns 14 tankers. The Pacific is the last of four tankers to be acquired through a lev
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on April 1980One of the leading manufacturers of hatch covers, Kvaerner Brug A/S, is now offering literature on their full range of ro/ro equipment, including bow and stern ramps, slewing and angled ramps, bulkhead d o o r s , elevators, and hoistable cardecks with built-in ramps. Kvaerner offers their
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on April 1980A c c o r d i n g to the American Waterways Operators, Inc., the Geological Survey and the Coast Guard have announced plans to begin a joint study of the adequacy of existing s a f e t y and health regulations, and of the technology available for exploration, drilling, development and produ
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on April 1980NKK (Nippon Kokan) has delivered a 1 6 , 5 0 0 - d w t chemical product carrier, the M/ T Essi Gina, to BJ. Ruud Pedersen A/S, a major Norwegian shipowner. Masato Hiraki, NKK New York general manager, said the ship was constructed at NKK's Tsu Works, and is the first large-size c h e m i c
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on April 1980A new brochure on applications of shellmold casting is available from ESCO Corporation, Portland, Ore. The four-page color folder explains how the Shellcast™ process produces intricate, precise, finesurfaced castings to extremely close tolerances. Stable molds of Zircon sand and other featu
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on April 1980The Hong- Kong Trade Development Council reports that the Wah-Kwong Shipping Group recently placed an order for a 260,- 000-dwt ore carrier, the largest of its kind ever built. The contract was awarded to the Japanese Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., with delivery expecte
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on April 1980F o u r new 35,000-deadweightton petroleum product tankers have been ordered by Chevron Transport Corporation, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California, for service in the company's international trades. The diesel-powered vessels will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in it