Short 1986 Articles
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on July 15, 1986— L i t e r a t u r e Available The MK-20 omni-directional TV antenna offered by Naval Electronics Inc. of Tampa, Fla., distributors for Naval Electronics A.B. of Sweden, features three separate band elements with interference filters and an internal, changeable, low-noise amplifier utilizin
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on July 15, 1986Combustion Engineering, Inc. (C-E), Windsor, Conn., has been awarded three separate contracts for boilers and related equipment to be installed on U.S. Navy ships, the company recently announced. Under the contracts, valued at approximately $7 million, C-E will supply nine waste heat boilers
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on July 15, 1986Pekka Laine, managing director of Tervakoski Oy, has been appointed managing director of the new shipbuilding company to be established by Wartsila and Valmet. Mr. Laine has previously served as head of marketing for FINNPAP in Helsinki, in international duties in Warsaw and Frankfurt, and a
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on July 15, 1986Governor Bill Allain, chairman of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority, has announced that the 1986 Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway Development Opportunities Conference will be held in Knoxville October 22-24. This prestigious conference will be jointly sponsored by the Auth
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on July 15, 1986— L i t e r a t u r e Available Cat Pumps Corporation of Minneapolis recently unveiled a line of corrosion-resistant plunger pumps featuring aluminum bronze manifolds and 316 stainless steel or Nitronic 50 wet-end parts. Durable ceramic plungers, preset lubricated seals, and unique internal
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on July 15, 1986The Sembawang Group of Singapore has announced its entry into the international salvage and towing business with the launching of a new subsidiary, Sembawang Salvage Co. Pte. Ltd. (SEMCO). The initial investment is reported to be S$35 million (about $15.7 million). The new company was formed
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on July 15, 1986James H. Sanborn has been elected president of Sonat Marine Inc. of Philadelphia. The announcement was made by Ronald L. Kuehn Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of Sonat Inc., the parent company of Sonat Marine. Mr. Sanborn succeeds Stephen A. Van Dyke, who recently becam
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on July 15, 1986Marathon LeTourneau Company's Brownsville, Texas, unit has been awarded a contract for the fab- rication and modification of platform drilling rigs by Helmerich and Payne of Tulsa, Okla. The contract calls for Marathon to fabricate a new platform drilling rig designated H&P Rig 106 (drilling
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on July 15, 1986American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL), headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., recently christened three towboats that it purchased from other companies. The renaming ceremonies for two of the vessels—the MV Don Stephens (ex- Miss Rosie) and the MV Al Pannier (ex-MV United States)—were held
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on July 15, 1986In accordance with its policy that diversity makes good business sense, Goltens, the 45-year-old worldwide marine diesel service organization, has undertaken a number of projects in fields beyond a strictly marine environment, but in areas in which Goltens is equally at home. The firm's lat
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on July 15, 1986Jackson A. Baker has been promoted to the new position of vice chairman for Sea-Land Service, the principal operating unit of Sea- Land Corporation. He was also named chief operating officer for Sea-Land Service and executive vice president-operations for the parent company. R. Kenneth John
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on July 15, 1986George A. Lorenz, Jack T. Trotter and Kenneth W. Waldorf were elected to the board of directors of Zapata Corporation of Houston at the recent annual stockholders' meeting. All will serve three-year terms expiring in 1989. Mr. Lorenz has been a member of the board since 1979. He retired in
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on July 15, 1986National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has announced the appointment of Janice S. Shanklin to the position of director, Information Systems. In this capacity, she reports directly to R. H. Vortmann, president, who said, "This will provide a single, company-wide focus for all data
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on July 15, 1986A free brochure is being offered by S.S. White Industrial Products on their line of havy-duty flexible reach rods, available to the marine industry for remote valve control up to 40 feet from the valve site. S.S. White Industrial Products' pre-lubricated heavy-duty flexible reach rods have b
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on July 15, 1986— L i t e r a t u r e Available A compact, smooth and quiet diesel powered DC arc welding generator with solid-state current control, BIG 30 Diesel is a product of M iller Electric Mfg. Co., Appleton, Wis. The new solid-state design assures a stable, consistent output of welding power, even
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on July 15, 1986Automobiles being imported from Japan and South Korea through the Port of Portland (Oregon) have grown to a record rate of 1,000 units a day during recent months, and are expected to soar even higher during the coming months. Executive director Lloyd Anderson reports that Toyota, one of thre
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on July 15, 1986Bailey Controls, Wickliffe, Ohio, has announced the following appointments in its domestic sales operation: William T. Heist has been named manager of the newly formed Northeast Sales Region, which was created by the merger of the Eastern and Allegheny Sales Regions. Mr. Heist joined Bailey
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on July 15, 1986Robert E. Howson, president and chief operating officer of McDermott Marine Construction, announced that James F. Franklin has been promoted to vice president and general manager, Fabrication and Shipyard Operations based at Bayou Boeuf and Amelia, La. Mr. Franklin has been general manager
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on July 15, 1986Two of Finland's biggest shipyards, Wartsila and Valmet, will merge into one shipbuiding group, with Wartsila taking a controlling 70-percent interest. To begin operations in early 1987, the merger will make the new group a market leader in specialty vessels, according to Wartsila president
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on July 15, 1986Tracor Hydronautics, Inc., Laurel, Md., a subsidiary of Tracor, Inc., has received a multimillion-dollar contract from FlightSafety International to provide a shiphandling simulator to support a program for the U.S. Navy's Surface Warfare Officers School in Newport, R.I. William C. Moyer, Ph