Short 1986 Articles
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on January 1986—Literature Available A new company, GCG Consultants, Houston, Texas, offering mooring equipment technology for the offshore and marine industries was recently formed, according to company principal G. Curtis Gibby. GCG Consultants offers a variety of services including: evaluation of moori
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on January 1986—Literature Offered A comprehensive line of pneumatic valve actuators to meet virtually any service condition required has been introduced by Limitorque Corporation. Complete details are contained in a new free brochure from the company. Ranging in torque outputs from 70 to 250,000 inch-pou
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on January 1986Nupro Company of Willoughby, Ohio, has available fine metering valves, redesigned for better flow control and longer cycle life. The valves also have a more compact design with fewer components. Long-term reliability is an important benefit. Stem threads, for example, are removed from system
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on January 1986McAllister Brothers, Inc., the New York-based towing and transportation company, has acquired the marine and other transportation- related assets of Norfolk. Baltimore and Carolina Lines, Inc. (NBC). The announcement was made by company president Brian A. McAllister. Termed a charter/ sale
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on January 1986Garlock Mechanical Packing Division, Colt Industries, is offering a free 44-page full-color catalog on their line of sealing devices for the marine industry. Garlock, a worldwide supplier of sealing devices, has been developing effective sealing methods and products since 1887. The company h
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on January 1986Wilson Walton International Ltd. of Stockton-on-Tees, U.K., signed an agreement with BV Materiaal Metingen of Holland to sell the company's range of testing services in the U.K. for ships and offshore structures. Under the terms of the agreement, Wilson Walton will be able to offer the ship
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on January 1986Royal Viking Line recently announced the appointment of Joseph A. Watters as its new president and chief operating officer. Mr. Watters comes to the line from Princess Cruises, where he has served as president since April 1981. Prior to that time he was vice president and subsequently execut
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on January 1986Bull & Roberts (B&R) of Springfield, N.J., is offering free literature on the company's service, products and programs available to the marine industry. B&R is one of the largest suppliers of chemical products and services to all types of oceangoing vessels through one of the largest worldwi
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on January 1986John F. Borum, vice president, Operations Division of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), was recently elected senior vice president at the semiannual meeting of the board of managers of the ship classification society. The announcement of the election was made by William N. Johnston, chairma
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on January 1986A 28,000-ton floating drydock was launched recently at the Nordenham/ Blexen, West Germany, dock construction yard of M.A.N.'s Machinery, Plant and Systems Division (M.A.N.-GHH) on the Weser River. The dock had been ordered by Iran for the Persian Gulf Shipyard Project (PGSP) at a contract
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on January 1986— N e w Literature Offered The first U.S.-built twin-screw Towmaster® Rudder System has been placed in service on the new tug Esperanza, commissioned re- cently for service in the Panama Canal. The Towmaster Rudder System, now built in the U.S. by the Michigan Wheel Corporation of Grand Ra
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on January 1986Avondale Industries, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Navy has ordered two additional LSD (Landing Ship Dock) class ships from its New Orleans-based shipyards division. Avondale said the order, worth $300 million, brings to five the number of LSDs the company is building for the Navy.
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on January 1986A free brochure on fiberglass modular marine bathrooms manufactured by the Frenkin Corporation is now available from Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., a distributor of the units. According to the publication, the seamless fiberglass construction of the bathrooms allows d
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on January 1986Byron A. Lirette has been named sales manager for Elliott White Gill thrusters and will be responsible for all White Gill sales outside of Europe and the United Kingdom. Previously a field engineer for Thruster Systems, covering the Gulf Coast, he will make the Elliott office in the New Orle
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on January 1986Two 16-cylinder "Enterprise" R«5 medium-speed engines burning heavy fuel will provide the main propulsion for each of two new oceanographic research ships now under construction by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Md. The contract with Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Oakland, Calif., inclu