Short 1985 Articles
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on June 1985In late 1984, Western Oceanic of Houston, Texas sought bids for the transport of their rig, Western Pacesetter II, and support cargo from Falmouth, U.K. to Sabine Pass, Texas. The Western Pacesetter II is a large semisubmersible offshore drill rig which was scheduled for overhaul in the U.S.
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on June 1985A new line of portable hoists featuring a unique, failsafe brake system is now available from Philadelphia Hoist Division of General Machine Products Co., Inc. These Model 70 Series Ratchetlift hoists are available in capacities to six tons. They are rugged, low cost, lightweight and employ
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on June 1985A contract was awarded recently to Omnipure, a division of Sigma- Chapman, Inc., Houston, Texas, exceeding $1.3 million to design and build Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD) for six new patrol frigates of the Canadian Navy, according to Leonard Langeland, Omnipure president. "These particular
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on June 1985Seebeckwerft AG of Bremerhaven, West Germany, has received orders to build two 3,000-ton multipurpose freighters for two shipping companies in Leer. The vessels are of a new ship-type developed by the Seebeck shipyard in conjunction with their clients. The basis of this new construction is t
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on June 1985Seaward International, Inc. has published a new four-color brochure on their line of Sea Float marine buoys and floats. This brochure covers construction, advantages and range of designs for Sea Floats. It includes several color photographs, as well as a construction diagram of a typical Sea
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on June 1985Harris HF Communications Group of Rochester, N.Y., is under subcontract with Paramax Electronics, Inc. of Montreal to supply HF communications equipment for the Canadian Navy under the Patrol Frigate Program. The HF equipment to be supplied is from Harris' extensive standard HF communication
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on June 1985Dr. Donald Liu, formerly assistant vice president of the American Bureau of Shipping, has been elected vice president. The announcement was made by ABS chairman and president William N. Johnston following the recent annual meeting of the Board of Managers in New York. Dr. Liu joined ABS in
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on June 1985Uniden Corporation of America, Marine Communications Division has introduced a new 90-channel remote control VHF marine radio, the Uniden MC 900. Its channel coverage includes all U.S. and international channels as well as all weather channels. Its two-piece design includes a compact control
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on June 1985Murray Grainger, who for 25 years was president of Capital Equipment Enterprises, has announced that he is ending a short retirement and resuming his business activities as Murray Grainger & Co. The new firm will be engaged in buying and selling used equipment. Mr. Grainger is well-known in
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on June 1985Simpson Timber Company recently announced a comprehensive plan for the company's western building products operations that includes a major investment in the panel products division and realignment of personnel. The $40-million capital restructuring involves a substantial dollar investment f
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on June 1985Raytheon Marine Company of Manchester, N.H., has just introduced the new model JMA-3410 color radar that provides high-resolution color in a compact, digital, rasterscan unit. Raytheon is offering this advanced model, which is manufactured by Japan Radio Company, as exclusive distributor in
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on June 1985The Combustion Control Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Orrville, Ohio, now has available a 12-page brochure that explains automatic combustion trim control using excess oxygen (02) or carbon monoxide/excess oxygen (CO/O.J flue gas analysis. The brochure, AD 106-125, outlines
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on June 1985The board of directors of NASSCO recently announced the election of Richard J. Baumler as vice president, marketing. In this position, he will report to A l f r e d W. Lutter Jr., senior vice president, business affairs. Reporting to Mr. Baumler will be James M. Temenak, director of marketi
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on June 1985Three GEC Rolls-Royce electrical generating sets worth $18 million have been ordered to power the Shell/Esso Tern offshore production platform in the northern sector of the North Sea. Two ERB-1 generating sets, each powered by a Rolls-Royce Industrial RB211 gas turbine developing 30,840 hp,
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on June 1985Bow and stern mooring systems that improve supply boat operations in hostile environments are described in a brochure just prepared by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. Defined as passive systems, they utilize the special load-elongation characteristics of Samson two-to-one braided ropes to modulat
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on June 1985Lips Propellers has opened a new facility at Todd Shipyard on Harbor Island, Seattle, Wash. Headed up by James (Kimo) Mackey, the new plant will specialize in propeller service, both in drydock and wherever needed in Puget Sound and up the Inland Waterway. Formerly plant manager of Lips Oak
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on June 1985Two new CN Marine icebreaking ferries are being fitted with advanced ultraviolet water purification systems that will provide pure potable water without the use of chlorine or other harsh, expensive chemicals. Orders have been received by Puroflow Marine Corporation of Newport News, Va., to
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on June 1985McDermott Marine Construction, a major operating unit of McDermott International, Inc., has received a contract from SOHIO Petroleum Company for the design, fabrication, and installation of a deepwater drilling and production platform in 860 feet of water off the coast of Texas in East Break
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on June 1985Subsequent to Mr. Rice's writing of this article, just as we went to press with this issue, Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole promulgated a rule permitting the owners of U.S.- flag tankers built with the assistance of construction differential subsidy (CDS) for the foreign trades t
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on June 1985Two power plant barges, NAPORCOR Power Barges 3 and 4, built for the National Power Corporation (NPC) of the Philippines, were completed recently at Hitachi Zosen's Osaka Works and subsequently towed to their destination. These barges, the same type as the two power barges built for NPC by