Short 1985 Articles
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on February 15, 1985Thomas E. Moran, chairman and president of Moran Towing and Transportation Company of New York City, has announced the retirement of Lloyd R. Graham as vice president of marketing and sales, and the election of Robert M. Loftus to that position. Mr. Loftus, a 1953 graduate of the State Univers
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on February 15, 1985—Literature Available Whitey Co. of Highland Heights, Ohio, is offering free literature on a new severe service on-off valve that is now available from the company. The valve is rated to 10,000 psi (68,900 kPa) and meets ANSI B- 16.34 Class 4500. Valves supplied with Monel stems meet N.A.C.E
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on February 15, 1985With the recent delivery of the United States Lines containerships American Virginia and American Kentucky, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. has reached the halfway point in fulfillment of the largest merchant ship contract ever awarded. The Korean shipyard is carrying out a $570
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on February 15, 1985The Department of the Navy has awarded Imi-Tech Corporation of Elk Grove, 111., two research and development contracts valued at more than $300,000. The first contract involves adapting the company's Solimide® foam, a flexible, fireresistant polyimide insulating material, for use in submarin
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on February 15, 1985General Thermodynamics Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., has published free literature on the model 300-A BMEP Balancer that is used to equalize the cylinder load of any multicylinder internal combustion engine equipped with individual fuel adjustments. The publication, which contains a photo
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on February 15, 1985Peter A. Malcolm, Marine Coordinator of "In the Footsteps of Scott," a British expedition to the Antarctic, has selected the Sweet- Water 400 RO (reverse osmosis) unit as the onboard water supply for this historic, two year voyage. Bob Daniels, president of Marland Environmental Systems, mak
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on February 15, 1985National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego (NASSCO) has announced that a contract option for approximately $14 million has been exercised by the U.S. Navy for the regular overhaul of the tank landing ship USS Bristol County (LST- 1198). A contract awarded by the Navy in 1982 provi
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on January 15, 1985—Literature Available A new instrumentation cable, specifically designed to meet the needs of submersible instrumentation systems has been introduced by Sea Data Corporation of Newton, Mass. The company announced the availability of the cable with strain and waterproof molded connectors to me
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on January 15, 1985Gerard M. McAllister, retired executive vice president and general counsel of McAllister Brothers Inc. of New York City, one of the largest towing and marine transportation companies in the world, died recently at his home in Avon, Conn. He was 74 years old and also lived in Lost Tree, Fla.
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on January 15, 1985Tracor Marine, Inc. a subsidiary of Tracor, Inc., has received a contract from the Military Sealift Command to man, operate, and maintain the research vessel Lulu for Submarine Development Group One based in San Diego. The contract will bring the company in excess of $2.5 million over the ne
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on January 15, 1985Ugland Rederi, a Norwegian shipping company, has commissioned Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. to build a 117,000- dwt shuttle tanker. The contract includes an option for a second vessel. The tanker will measure 260 meters in length and will have a breadth of 46 meters and a dept
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on January 15, 1985The General Electric Company's Turbine Business Group has formed a Navy Programs Section to focus on U.S. Navy business, and has appointed Robert M. Eisert to head the section. The announcement was made by George C. Cox, senior vice president and group executive of the Turbine Business Grou
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on January 15, 1985Todd Shipyards Corporation reports that the U.S. Navy has exercised options amounting to $30 million authorizing Todd's Galveston Division to proceed with modification of the first of two vessels into Aviation Logistic Support Ships (T-AVB), and with advanced procurement of major long-lead i
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on January 15, 1985recent monthly meeting of The Society of Marine Port Engineers of New York was held at the facilities of MarineSafety International, located at the LaGuardia Airport Marine Terminal in New York City. The group toured the four marine simulators at the firm's Training Center. The feature of th
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on January 15, 1985—Literature Available Butterworth, Inc., an Exxon affiliate, has announced a new station owned and operated by Seaward Marine Services, Inc. in Baton Rouge, La. to service the U.S. Gulf Coast. This division will be managed by Cecil Achord. Mr. Achord has 14 years' experience in the Gulf off
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on January 15, 1985Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia turned over its 12th Los Angeles Class (SSN-688) attack submarine to the U.S. Navy recently when it delivered the USS Olympia (shown above on sea trials). The new ship is the 36th submarine the Newport News yard has built for the Navy. Olympia (SSN-717)
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on January 15, 1985Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. of South Korea and Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans recently announced the signing of a letter of intent for the construction of four Ocean Odyssey Class selfpropelled, semisubmersible drilling rigs at a price of approximately
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on January 15, 1985Secretary of the Navy John Lehman recently announced that the Navy has awarded shipbuilding contracts to six U.S. shipyards totaling $1,958,000,000. The awards encompass 10 ships, including four nuclear attack submarines of the Los Angeles (SSN-688) Class, three Ticonderoga (CG-47) Class gui
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on January 15, 1985John C. Couch has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Matson Navigation Company, and also has been named executive vice president of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Matson's parent company. He had been Matson's executive vice president for the past year. At the same time, Mic
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on January 15, 1985The New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has issued a call for papers for "Marine Computers '86—A Symposium on Computer Applications in the Marine Industry," to be held April 16-17, 1986, in Boston, Mass. The goal of the symposium is to provide a forum