Short 2014Edward Articles
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Paul-Munroe Hydraulics, Inc., Orange, Calif., PMH Products Division, recently a n n o u n c e d the availability of an easy-to-use sixpage selection guide f o r 1 o-micron and 10-micron high flow pressure filters. Matching a filter and element to your hydraulic system has been simplified wi
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met in Newton, Mass., on December 5, 1979. The speaker was Dr. Kenneth W. Fisher, who presented a paper on "Liability Avoidance in Ship Design and Construction." Dr. Fisher is the author of several papers on shipb
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980E. Whitney Olson has been named president of Willamette Tug & Barge Co., a major Portland, Ore.-based ship assist, general towing and barging, and oilbarging firm which operates in the Ports of Portland, and Vancouver, Wash. He also serves as Group vice president-Marine S e r v i c e s for
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Benjamin C. Martino has been appointed assistant general manager of Todd Shipyards Corporation's Galveston (Texas) Division, it was announced recently by Robert D. Hesley, general manager of that division. Mr. Martino has over 30 years' experience in shipbuilding and ship repair. Prior to j
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The S t a n w i c k C o r p o r a t i o n, Washington, D.C., has announced the forming of a joint company with Vickers Canada Inc. The new company, Vickers-Stanwick Systems Inc., is a Canadian entity being 51 percent owned by Vickers and 49 percent owned by Stanwick. Operating out of its ne
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Effective immediately, General Electric's Ground Systems Department will operate with a new name: Simulation and Control Systems Department. Formed originally to provide ground systems support for the Apollo Space Program, the Daytona Beach, Fla., facility has successfully re-directed its p
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980European and Asian customers have ordered seven cargo ships worth £42 million from U.K. shipbuilders Austin and Pickersgill during December 1979. The latest orders are f r om Greek operators for two 14,000- ton SD14 cargo carriers to be completed by the second half of 1980 at Austin and Pic
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron announced recently that his company has been granted exclusive rights to market the Elektrisk Bureau (EB) SATURN satcom in the U.S. SATURN furnishes fast contact, round-the-world range, clear reception, and economical operation. It handles telephone co
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980National Marine Services Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo., has announced the appointment of four manufacturers agents for its line of oil/water separators which control water pollution and recover reusable oils. Tate Engineering, Inc., with offices in West Conshohocken, Pa., and Baltimore, Md.,
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Centrifuges are becoming increasingly important on shipboard due to the need for clean fuel oil and other oils at sea. As a result, centrifuges themselves are becoming more s o p h i s t i c a t e d to meet these needs. De Laval Separator Company, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., r e p o r t s a growing
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association has named George A. Uberti of San Diego, Calif., as its 1979 Marine Man of the Year. Mr. Uberti, a 1948 Academy graduate, c u r r e n t l y serves as chief marine engineer at the National Steel and S h i p b u i l d i ng Company in San Die
-
- Gibbs & Cox Names Stark Assistant VP page: 35
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980James J. Convy, chairman of the board, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York, N.Y., one of the nation's leading independent naval architectural firms, recently announced the appointment of Capt. Robert E. Stark as assistant vice president. Captain Stark joined Gibbs & Cox, Inc. in 1972, after completi
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore., received a c o n t r a c t r e c e n t l y from Puget Sound Freight Lines, Inc., Seattle, Wash., for construction of an oceangoing deckhouse barge. The 253-foot barge has a 4,400- ton capacity to carry newsprint and
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980S.G. (Gus) Dever has been named vice president of Colmac Coil Manufacturing by Roger Mc- Millan, president of Colmac Industries, Inc. Colmac Coil Manufacturing is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colmac Industries and is a major manufacturer of heating and refrigeration coils. Mr. Dever comes
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The 17,723-dwt product carrier Pertamina 1020 was delivered recently to her owner, Scorpa Pranedya Navigation, Inc. of Liberia. The ship was constructed at the Hiroshima Works (Innoshima) of Hitachi Zosen. The Pertamina 1020 (shown above) is the first of two product carriers of the same type
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The Fourth British Columbia Towboat Industry Conference will be held at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, March 21-22, 1980. The theme of the conference this year will be "The Tug and its Environment." The meeting will be sponsored by the Council of Marine Carriers and B.C. Tow
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Anthony L. Kucera has been elected president of The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Arlington, Va., succeeding James B. Potter Jr., according to William A. Creelman, AWO chairman of the board. AWO represents the nation's barge and towing industry. Mr. Creelman said, "We thank Mr. Potter
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Two new, diesel-powered, 35,- 000-deadweight-ton product tankers have been ordered by Chevron Transport Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California, f o r service in the company's international trades. The vessels, which will be built by Mitsubishi
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980The Shipyard Division, National Marine Service Incorporated, will open a new division location, E.E. Ahlemeyer, president of the division has announced. The new facility will be in the New Orleans, La., area on the Harvey Canal. Located at 540 Destrehan Avenue in Harvey, the Gulf Coast branch
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980Raytheon Service Company recently published a brochure describing their new Auto-Alarm Receiver / Keyer. The Raytheon Auto-Alarm, Model RAY-1AAR/ K is a solid-state rackmountable unit designed to monitor the 500- kHz international radiotelegraph distress frequency band and actuate a continu