Short 1985 Articles
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on July 16, 1985Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., of Korea has been awarded a newbuilding contract to construct two 95,000-dwt product/crude oil tankers for an Australian shipowner at a total value of $50 million. The contract is the second for the Korean yard obtained from Australia this
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on July 16, 1985Franco Viezzoli, president of Finmeccanica, one of Italy's largest and most advanced industrial groups, has announced the establishment of Italian Advanced Industries, Inc. in Washington, D.C. Ownership of the new company is shared by Finmeccanica, Aeritalia, Alfa Romeo, Ansaldo and V.M., al
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on July 16, 1985— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le New from the Gems Sensors Division of Plainville, Conn., are Fabri- Site Kits, which permit users to custom- assemble level indicators to exact requirements. The indicators provide direct continuous level readout of water, oil, or most corrosive or flam
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on July 16, 1985The major Korean Shipyards have recently asked the Korean Government to lower the interest rate on loans for ship and plant equipment exports on deferred payment terms. At a recent meeting arranged with the minister of commerce and industry at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, Korean shipbuilders r
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on July 16, 1985A $2.6-million contract to design, furnish, and install an electronic maintenance/repair facility for the Kuwait Navy has been awarded to Collins Systems International, Inc. (CSII) by the State of Kuwait. Design of the facility will be done at Rockwell's Collins Defense Communications facili
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on July 16, 1985The Falk Corporation, Milwaukee, Wise.-based subsidiary of the Sundstrand Corporation, recently announced three personnel appointments. Dennis J. Clark, who joined Falk in 1971 and was previously a sales representative in the St. Louis and Pittsburgh offices, was appointed district manager o
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on July 16, 1985Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation (Norshipco) has taken a significant step in improving its ship repair capabilities with the purchase of a used floating drydock from Verolme Botlek in Rotterdam, the first half of which arrived in Norfolk recently (photo). When the second half arriv
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on July 16, 1985A new bulletin recently published by American-Standard Inc. Heat Transfer Division makes it simple for maintenance personnel to identify and replace leaking or failed heat exchangers. Bulletin 104-50 outlines six simple steps that provide information to permit easy and simple ordering of a
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on July 16, 1985Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Seattle, Wash, and Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, have been a w a r d e d c o n t r a c t s t o t a l i ng $352,353,340 to rehabilitate and modernize 12 of the Coast Guard's Hamilton Class cutters. According to John T. Gilbride Jr., vice president and gener
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on July 16, 1985Marine Builders, Inc. of Utica, Ind., recently launched the Missouri River Queen (shown above), a 95- foot paddlewheel excursion boat with a 31-foot beam, 6'/2-foot depth, 3'4-foot draft and a '/-inch steel hull. The 600-passenger vessel was delivered to Richard Lynn of Kansas City, Mo., whe
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on July 16, 1985Ship Analytics of North Stonington, Conn., has announced receipt of a three-year U.S. Navy contract for the training of senior officers at the Maritime Training and Research Center (MTRC) in Toledo, Ohio. For seven weeks each year, Navy personnel will take part in a comprehensive, scientifi
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on July 16, 1985The submarine Honolulu (SSN- 718) became the 13th Los Angeles class attack submarine delivered recently to the Navy by Newport News Shipbuilding. The sub is the 37th the Virginia shipyard has built for the Navy. The Honolulu will officially enter the fleet early this month when it is commis
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on July 16, 1985—Peters Promoted Stanley Andrie Jr. has been appointed director of transportation for Canonie Transportation of Muskegon, Mich. He has been with the company since 1974, and has held the positions of captain, operations coordinator, and most recently, manager of operations. A graduate of the
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on July 16, 1985—Literature Available Raytheon Marine Company of Manchester, N.H., has just introduced the DSL-150 doppler speed log for ships, workboats, and fishing vessels. This highly accurate speed log exceeds all International Maritime Organization (IMO) standards for speed-measuring devices that are
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on July 16, 1985—Literature Available Bob Daniels, president of Marland Environmental Systems Inc., Lorton, Va., recently announced the company's receipt of a contract for six military Reverse Osmosis Purification Systems (MMS-1000). The order, valued in excess of $1,000,000, came from the Nigerian Armed F
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on July 16, 1985—Literature Available Twin four-bladed Lips propellers drive the most recent addition to the fleet of Sun Refining and Marketing Company, the coastal tanker Eastern Sun delivered recently by Jeffboat, Inc. To meet the demands of the coastwise trade, the propellers (shown above) were cast of C
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on July 16, 1985A series of five miniature pneumatic valves has been introduced by the Automation Products Group of Schrader Bellows, including four spool valves and one poppet valve. The new Directair® miniature valve series features high flow capacities (.127 Cv to 1.0 Cv), while still maintaining smallness
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on July 16, 1985Nippon Kokan (NKK) recently received a contract from a Dutch/U.K. company to build a passenger/cargo ferry, the first such European order for the Japanese yard. The keel for the 1,250-passenger, roll-on/roll-off vessel will be laid at NKK's Tsurumi Works in the spring of 1986. When completed
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on July 16, 1985Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. of Mobile, Ala., recently redelivered two offshore supply vessels to Tidewater Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., after completing extensive conversions. The Doc Tide and Darol Tide were lengthened by 16 feet to accommodate liquid mud tanks and c
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on July 16, 1985A new eight-page bulletin by Blackmer Pump Division of Dover Corporation, Grand Rapids, Mich., presents their full line of rotary positive displacement, sliding vane pumps for military, marine and specialized industrial applications. Included are pumps specifically designed for bilge, feed w