Short 1986 Articles
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on April 1986The Moss Point, Miss., yard of Halter Marine, a Trinity Industries company, recently launched the catcher/processor fishing vessel Atlantic Prince being constructed for Lund Fisheries of Cape May, N.J. The 150-foot boat had an extremely short engineering and building period— less than six mont
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on April 1986CompuNav Systems Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, has made available a color brochure on its marine autopilot. Since its introduction in 1982, the Comdev Marine 2000 Autopilot has gained a solid reputation in the commercial fishing industry for its unwaveringly reliable and trouble-free operations.
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on April 1986Savings averaging 15-20 percent on a project basis are claimed for selecting Falk's 1000G crowned tooth gear couplings compared with smaller-bore designs. According to The Falk Corporation, the 1000G series has the largest bore on the market, permitting the same size coupling to be used on a
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on April 1986Boyer Towing, Inc. of Ketchikan, Alaska, will take delivery in April this year of a new 86-foot, twinscrew tug under construction at Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation in Tacoma, Wash. The 1,800-bhp vessel, with a beam of 25.5 feet and depth of 15 feet, was designed by Glosten Associates of S
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on April 1986The Flow Control Division of Rockwell International has published a new technical article, "Rockwell McCannalok® Bidirectional Fire- Seal® Butterfly Valves Development and Qualification." The 12-page technical article describes the development and test program of Rockwell's new bidirectional F
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- A l u m i n um Boats Delivers Unique M i n i - C r e w b o a t To Five Star M a r i n e Service page: 100
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on April 1986An all-aluminum crewboat delivered recently by Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La., to Five Star Marine Service of Belle Chasse, La., the Joe Lynn II (shown), is described by Five Star president Clyde A. Giordano as "a 50- foot crewboat that has the look, feel, ride, and performance of a
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on April 1986Ciserv AB of Gothenburg and ScanMarine Services BV/ScanMarine Trading BV of Rotterdam has agreed to collaborate in a new, jointly owned company—Ciserv Rotterdam BV. Ciserv will buy 50 percent of ScanMarine; at the same time the name will be changed to Ciserv Rotterdam. The partners foresee p
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on April 1986Todd Shipyards Corporation recently announced that David Black was elected by the board of directors to the position of president and chief executive officer of The ARO Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Todd. In addition, the board elected John T. Gilbride, Todd chairman, to the pos
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- Hudson Engineering Plans Study Of Offshore Platforms For 1 , 6 0 0 - F o o t W a t e r Depths page: 97
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on April 1986Hudson Engineering Corporation is planning to initiate a study of composite leg platforms for 1,600- foot water depths. The study will develop technical and cost data for a drilling/production platform and a drilling/wellhead platform for environments like those found in the Gulf of Mexico,
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on April 1986Baldt Inc., Chester, Pa., has published a new 12-page four-color fa- cilities brochure detailing the company's recent reorganization. Entitled "Baldt Charts a New Course," this brochure highlights the responsibilities and long-term goals of Baldt's three new operating divisions. These new di
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on April 1986Stork-Werkspoor Diesel bv (SWDiesel) of Amsterdam has moved its Service and Repair Workshop, formerly located in Rotterdam for the past 25 years, to the Wilhelminahaven in Schiedam, The Netherlands. All service and repair work for The Netherlands and Belgium will now be carried out at the n
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on March 1986Ellicott Machine Corporation of Baltimore, marking its centennial this year and well known for its success in dredge manufacturing, has announced the formation of a new subsidiary—Ellicott Engineering, Inc. This new company will provide machining, assembly, fabricating, and computer-aided en
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on March 1986The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met recently to hear a paper entitled "SWATH AGS Deep Ocean Survey Ships," presented by H. David Kaysen of MAR, Incorporated. The evening began with a discussion of Marine Systems Committee activities by Edward M
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on March 1986Conferees from the Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to appropriate $228.4 million in support of the Navy's Strategic Sealift Program. The money will be used to purchase additional commercial tonnage from private owners for the Ready Reserve Force, as well as to modernize a
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on March 1986The advantages of using Aeroquip Corporation's FT1097 portable hose assembly machine, a simple, fast and reliable way to produce hose assemblies with reusable fittings, are explained in a new company bulletin. Designed to speed production of Aeroquip reusable hose assemblies in sizes up to
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on March 1986—Free Catalog Offered TDI Catalog Sales, Transamerica Delaval, Inc., has introduced a convenient infrared thermometer kit that will handle all non-contact temperature measurement needs. The kit comes complete with thermocouple probe, test leads, type K naked bead probe, infrared thermometer,
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on March 1986Michell Bearings has announced the appointment of Peter Pagan as president of Michell Bearings, Inc. U.S.A. Mr. Pagan was formerly vice president and marketing director of American Metal Bearing. Michell Bearings is the original company founded in England by A.G.M. Michell FRS—the first ma
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on March 1986The semisubmersible rig Ocean Rover has set new world records for drilling the deepest offshore well and running the longest and heaviest casing string from a floating structure. Owned by Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans, the rig achieved the records while drillin
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on March 1986CDI Marine Company recently announced the hiring of Franklin D. DufF as Naval Architecture Division manager for the Bremerton, Wash., office and Robert J. Butera as chief engineer for the Boston, Mass. office. Mr. Duff, as Naval Architecture Division manager, will be responsible for the adm
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on March 1986J.C. Hempel, founder of the Hempel Group of companies and chairman of the Hempel Foundation, passed away in Copenhagen recently at the age of 91. He was a legend in his lifetime, having in just over 70 years built up a worldwide organization from a relatively small beginning in Denmark. Hemp