Short 1985 Articles
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on November 1985Ron Stevens, president of Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company, recently announced that the USNS Denebola was officially delivered to the U.S. Navy on October 10, 21 days ahead of schedule. At an informal meeting with employees to announce the early delivery, Mr. Stevens told the workers that
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on November 1985Foss Launch & Tug Co. recently inaugurated a new service, moving containers between Seattle/ Tacoma and New Westminster, B.C., which is the result of a company program to identify and develop new markets. Chuck Main, manager of sales development and Tim Brewer, vice president of sales, coordin
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on November 1985A new San Diego-based company is launching a new approach for the repair and modernization of military and commercial vessels. The firm, Engineering Visions, Inc. (Envisions), is focusing on providing integrated contract management for planning, engineering, and production for the overhaul of
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on November 1985Africa Ocean Lines (AOL), the fast-growing, non-conference liner company, marked its first anniversary recently by revealing that it is soon to become a shipowner in its own right. The company has signed a contract worth approximately $20 million for the delivery of two 17,600-dwt multipurpo
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on November 1985—Literature Available The British Royal Navy has purchased a deepwater bathy system from Raytheon Ocean Systems Company, East Providence, R.I., and installed it aboard the HMS Challenger, a new seabed operations vessel. The Challenger is one of the world's most technologically advanced hyd
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on November 1985Newman's Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, has available a new four-page brochure detailing NEWCO ball valves specifically designed for high-reliability operation in the oil, petrochemical, and related industries. It has been formatted with line drawings for ease in selection and order placement
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on November 1985Using satellite signals only, Oceaneering International, Inc. of Houston has accurately positioned the Doo-Sung, a semi-submersible drilling rig on contract to Exxon in Alaska's Navarin Basin. This is said to be the first time a rig has been positioned without the use of landbased or acousti
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on November 1985John T. Gilbride Jr., vice president and general manager of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation's Seattle Division, has announced the award of a $6-million Navy phased maintenance contract for routine maintenance work without drydocking on the fast combat support ship USS Camden (AOE-2). This
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on November 1985Versatile Vickers Inc. of Montreal, one of Canada's most experienced naval ship repair yards, was recently awarded two refit contracts worth approximately Can.$20.5 million (approximately $15 million). The most valuable of the contracts, worth Can.$13 million ($9.5 million), is to carry out
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on October 15, 1985The president and COO of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and the president and COO of its subsidiary, Matson Navigation Company, will switch positions this month, according to R.J. Pfeiffer, chairman and chief executive officer of both firms. John C. Couch, Matson's president and chief operating
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on October 15, 1985Matson Navigation Company of San Francisco has ordered three new high-speed container cranes for its terminals. One each will be installed at the Oakland and Los Angeles terminals; these are expected to be in operation by late October this year. The third crane will be installed at Matson's
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on October 15, 1985W.L. (Les) Porter Jr. has been named vice president, Raymond Fabricators, Inc., Houston, Texas, a subsidiary of Raymond Offshore Constructors, Inc. Mr. Porter is responsible for domestic and international fabrication projects and for the operation of Raymond Fabricators' 437-acre yard at Ho
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on October 15, 1985Siemens AG of West Germany is offering an eight-page full-color brochure on automatic remote control system DIFA 41 for main diesel engines with fixed propeller. The text of the brochure explains that the DIFA 41 automatic control system enables direct remote control of the main diesel engin
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on October 15, 1985A three-component design is now available from Transamerica Delaval Inc. to permit users to build their own system for monitoring and controlling liquid flow. The heart of this flow system is a sensing unit that is available in four versions. Included are: sensors for flow velocities from 1 to
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on October 15, 1985Cartridge-mounted Style 114 Chesterton® Seal from A.W. Chesterton Co., Stoneham, Mass., is expressly designed to convert several series and models of Viking Pumps from mechanical packing to mechanical sealing. Conversion is easily accomplished by removing the original pump packing and gland
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on October 15, 1985Marine Management Systems, Inc. (MMS), Stamford, Conn., was awarded a contract to supply their IBM PC-based Planned Maintenance System (PMS) for Amoco Transport Company, according to an announcement made by MMS vice president Don Logan. This contract supplements an earlier award to MMS for
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on October 15, 1985Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates announced recently that Peter E. Hubbard has joined its subsidiary, Midland Affiliated Company, as senior vice president, sales and marketing. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Midland is the largest barge operator on the nation's inland waterways, with revenues of
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on October 15, 1985David John Sparkuhl has been named operations manager for Western Cruise Lines, San Pedro, Calif., it was recently announced by Alex Currie, senior vice president and general manager. In addition to being in charge of all technical and mechanical operations of Western's Azure Seas, Mr. Spar
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on October 15, 1985P r e s i d e n t R e a g a n has announced his intention to nominate John Gaughan as Administrator of the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration. Mr. Gaughan is currently Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs for DOT. A graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, he
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on October 15, 1985Contracts worth the equivalent of $84.2 million for the building of two 170,000-dwt bulk carriers were signed recently in Rio de Janeiro by the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social national development bank and the stateowned Docenave bulk carrier fleet. The $84.2-million fig