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on November 1984John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. of Morton Grove, 111., offers a new full-color brochure that describes the company's Mechanical Maintenance Training Center (MMTC) and explains its specialized training program. "A maintenance man can save millions of dollars on repairs, replacements, and downtime
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on November 1984Deutsch Metal Components, Los Angeles, Calif., has announced the release of their new detailed Pyplok catalog which contains technical and dimensional information on the mechanically applied pipe connecting system. The catalog illustrates how Pyplok is designed for the shipbuilding and ship
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on November 1984Paul A. King has been promoted to division manager of Sonat Offshore Limited, major operating subsidiary of Sonat Offshore Drilling in the North Sea. He joined Sonat Offshore Drilling in 1976 as a trainee in the North Sea, and was then assigned to the Discoverer Seven Seas deep-water drillsh
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on November 1984Revised Bulletin 104-23, just published by American Standard Inc.'s Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y., gives details of small pre-engineered, fixed-tubesheet heat exchangers used for heaters or oil coolers in a wide variety of industrial applications. The bulletin includes details of 57
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on November 1984Samsung Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SSC) of Koje, South Korea, has published a 24-page full-color brochure describing the company and its shipbuilding facilities and capabilities. Elaborately presented, photographs, drawings, and text describe the up-to-date facilities and equipment of the yard,
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on November 1984Harbormaster of Quincy, Mass., Division of Mathewson Corporation, has available a free eight-page brochure on the Harbormaster® propulsion units produced by the company. Harbormaster deck-mounted and thru-hull mounted propulsion units are illustrated in the publication, with pertinent data
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on November 1984The Power Transmission Division of Western Gear Corporation, Lynwood, Calif., has entered into a license agreement with Rademakers Aandrijvingen, B.V. of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The agreement gives Western Gear's Power Transmission Division the right to manufacture and sell Rademakers e
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on November 1984Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems has received a contract from Marathon Oil UK, Ltd. for two rig-skidding systems for use on the Brae B platform for the North Brae gas condensate field in the North Sea. Each system consists of two 420- metric-ton and two 210-metric-ton, push-pull capacity hydra
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on November 1984—Literature Available Regency Electronics, Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind., announces the introduction of the Polaris MT6500, a systhesized marine band transceiver. The MT6500 operates all U.S. and international channels, 10 weather channels, and has capacity to add up to 10 private channels. Th
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on November 1984Three offshore service companies— Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation of New Orleans; Jackson Marine Corporation of Aransas Pass, Texas; and Zapata Marine Service of Houston—plan to merge into a new company that will have $600 million in assets and a fleet of 325 vessels to serve offshore oil and
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on November 1984Acting on behalf of the United States Navy, the Maritime Administration recently awarded a $17,952,454 contract to Continental Maritime of San Francisco, Inc., San Francisco, to convert a government- owned containership into a naval auxiliary crane ship. The ship, the ex-President Monroe bu
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on November 1984New, three-hole punched, literature from Simpson Timber Company of Shelton, Wash., describes their line of seaworthy marine panels. It contains complete specifications for Marine DecraGuard, MarinePly, SkidGuard and Guardian MDO along with a color illustration of the products. Ideal for int
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on November 1984—Literature A new mechanically applied pipe connecting system called PYPLOK ® that eliminates the costly expense, hazard and time of welding and brazing has been designed for use in the marine shipbuilding/ repair industries and introduced by Deutsch Metal Components Division, Los Angeles,
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on November 1984American Marine and Machinery Company, Inc. (AMMCO) of Nashville, Tenn., has announced the signing of an agreement with Damen Shipyards, Ltd. of Gorinchem, Holland, for the manufacture and marketing of selected models of the Damen line of vessels. The pact establishes AMMCO as exclusive Dam
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on November 1984Peck & Hale Inc., W. Sayville, N.Y., designer and manufacturer of material handling and cargo securing systems, has completed their contract with Bell Aerospace in Buffalo, N.Y., for a container lashing system to be used on the new LACV-30 vehicle. The LACB (Lighter Air Custion Vehicle) is c
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on November 1984The Maritime Administration has submitted for publication in the Federal Register a final rule governing the evaluation of bids submitted to federal agencies by subsidized U.S.-flag bulk vessel operators for the carriage of dry-bulk preference cargoes. The new rule requires that operating-
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on November 1984As part of the recent consolidation of the Executive Marketing and Contracts and Sales Departments, Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. of Houston named J. Robert Browning to the position of vice president-contracts and sales, a position that has been vacant for some time. Prior to this change, he
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc. of Modesto, Calif., which was founded in 1969 to manufacture and market innovative diesel fuel filter/water separator systems, has made available an eight-page brochure describing these and other items that the company has extended its product line to include. Drawing
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc., of Modesto, Calif., is offering literature on its Thermoline™ Self-Regulating Diesel Fuel Line Heater. The text of the literature, which contains a performance chart, specification table, photographs and drawings to complement the descriptive material presented, expla
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on November 1984Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the 78-foot tour boat Amarya to the Government of Nigeria. The vessel will be operated as a V.I.P. harbor tour boat by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, with her home port being Lagos. Thoroughly modern in her