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on June 1985Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company's Slo-Rol® motion suppression system significantly widens the operating window for jackup rigs by making major reductions in roll, pitch and heave motions. It allows jackups to change location during periods of high waves or swells, thus diminishing costl
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on June 1985A contract for $C6,685,054 has been awarded to Foundation-Lundrigans, a joint venture for the construction of a wharf at the oil rig facility at Cow Head on the Burin Peninsula. The wharf, which was designed by Newfoundland Design Associates of St. John's, will measure 125 meters long with
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on May 15, 1985A four-fold brochure from McTighe Industries, Bohemia, N.Y. summarizes high-flow and low-flow oil water separators capable of removing oils and/or other volatile liquids and solids from wastewater, water draw-off systems and an EPA-approved biocide known as Karacide. The separators, utilizi
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on May 15, 1985Caterpillar Engine Division's guarantee of over-the-counter parts availability, first announced in January 1984, helps demonstrate Cat's commitment to provide the marine industry with one of the better engine support efforts. To date, Caterpillar has not had a single claim. The guarantee is
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on May 15, 1985A. William Perigard, president of COMSAT Technology Products ( C T P ) , has announced that Charles A. Zito has been elected to the newly created position of vice president-marketing and development. He will assume responsibility for the management of CTP's corporate marketing, strategic pla
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on May 15, 1985Reed M. Bailey has joined Selkirk Metalbestos Commercial/Industrial Operations as staff engineer for the Model PS product line. He is working out of the company's Logan, Ohio, headquarters, according to a recent announcement by Daniel P. Jordan, vice president of marketing. Mr. Bailey will
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on May 15, 1985Jack Edwards, president of Halter Marine, has announced the receipt of a contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of six ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS). Total contract value, including options, is said to be in excess of $85 million. The T-AGOS vessels, which
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on May 15, 1985Harris Corporation, RF Communications Group, Long Range Radio Division, has announced the availability of a new brochure on radio products for the marine industry. The six-page, full-color brochure describes Harris's full range of HFSSB radio products and accessories. The radio communication
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on May 15, 1985—Literature Available John R. Martin, president of Paceco, Inc. of Gulfport, Miss., has announced the receipt of an order for a new Paceco Portainer® crane from the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport. The ship-toshore, container-handling gantry will be capable of loading or unloadi
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on May 15, 1985Products Research & Chemical Corporation (PRC) recently announced the availability of a new family of mercaptan functional polymers called Permapol P-3. The mercaptan-terminated Permapol polymers were introduced to complement the hydroxy materials offered by the company. According to Herbert
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on May 15, 1985The cantilever type jackup drilling rig Sugar Ratna, ordered by the Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) of India, was completed recently at the Osaka Works (Sakai) of Hitachi Zosen Corporation. Immediately following delivery, the rig left under tow for India, where it will begin drilling offsh
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on May 15, 1985Clemco Industries of Burlingame, Calif., is offering a family of internal pipe cleaning tools—Spin-Blast, Hollo-Blast, and Hollo-Blast Junior—designed to blast clean the interior of pipe or tubing ranging in size from X-inch to 36-inch I.D., without rotating the pipe. Used in conjunction with
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on May 15, 1985The Transportation Chemicals Group of Nalco Chemical Company, Oak Brook, 111., has announced their new diesel fuel additive, FIREPREP 2012. It is designed to control bacteria and fungi in marine diesel fuel storage tanks and also helps disperse existing sludge and controls formation of new s
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on May 15, 1985The Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, in a recent joint meeting with the Long Beach-Greater Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers aboard the SS Princess Louise I, heard two presentations. The first was entitled
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on May 15, 1985Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc., a subsidiary of BFGoodrich, has named Guy Tompkins as a manufacturer's representative for BFGoodrich Cutless® brand bearings. He will cover the commercial marine industry in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Mr. Tompkins' marine products group
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on May 15, 1985Cambridge Instruments recently announced the completion of a new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility located in Monsey, N.Y. The new facility, in addition to the present 250,000-square-foot structure, will house all manufacturing, quality control, shipping/ receiving and storage facili
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on May 15, 1985The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, in conjunction with the National Shipbuilding Research Program is proud to present a new quarterly, the Journal of Ship Production. The first issue was published in February 1985. The Journal will be dedicated to presenting the latest and
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on May 15, 1985American President Lines of Oakland, Calif., has announced the appointment of W.B. Hubbard to the newly created posit ion of senior vice president-operations strategy. Succeeding him as senior vice president- operations is Lorenz P. Robinson, who joined APL in 1979 and has served as vice pre
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on May 15, 1985Clemco Industries, San Francisco, Calif., manufactures "Educt-OMatic," a lightweight, portable abrasive blasting tool with an integral abrasive recovery system. Weighing only seven pounds, this hand-held tool vacuums and recycles abrasive during the blasting process. It has a swivel blast h
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on May 15, 1985Olof I. Lundberg has been reappointed for a second six-year term as director general of the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT), headquartered in London. He has been director general of INMARSAT since its creation in 1979. Prior to joining the Organization he was with t