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on February 1986American Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Lafayette, La., one of the country's largest producers of rope and cordage products, recently announced the appointment of Albert T. Monaco as cordage engineer. Mr. Monaco has spent the last 35 years in a variety of engineering, research and sales position
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on February 1986Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, a leader in the development of the U.S. Navy's revolutionary Aegis weapons system, retired recently after 42 years of Naval service. His last assignment was a deputy commander for weapons and combat systems at the Naval Sea Systems Command. His accomplishments in t
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on February 1986—Literature Available Metropolitan Master Machinists, the Manufacturing Division of Metropolitan Plumbing Supply Corporation, has introduced a new line of Vanstone flanged fittings. According to the manufacturer, the company has doubled its machine shop capacity and they are diversifying th
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on February 1986Reco Crane Company of New Orleans, La., announced the promotion of Gary Hardin to general sales manager. Mr. Hardin, a veteran sales manager of the Xerox Corporation, joined Reco three years ago as assistant offshore operations manager. Reco, with branches in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Ch
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on February 1986Dillingham Ship Repair, a part of the worldwide Dillingham Corporation, is offering a free full-color brochure on their ship repair services and facilities available at the Portland Ship Repair Yard in Portland Harbor. This brochure is divided into six major sections, "Dillingham Ship Repai
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on February 1986The Marine Division of the British company, Houseman (Burnham) Ltd. has been acquired by Vecom B.V. of Maassluis, Netherlands. Aiming at strengthening its water treatment operations in specific geographical areas of the industrial market, Houseman wanted to restructure its International Divi
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- New Yard Opens In Port of Altamira page: 47
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on February 1986CELASA (Protexa Group) recently announced the availability of its new yard location in the Port of Altamira in the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Offshore market. In addition to its present Gulf yard in Tuxpan, Veracruz, which is capable of building jackets up to 700 feet, t
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on February 1986—Literature Available Marine Travelift has announced the development of a new "Floating Boat Hoist" model. The 35-toncapacity unit was designed for use in ports where conventional launching pier facilities would be impossible or not practical. Model 35FBH is gasoline powered for adaptabilit
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on February 1986Todd Shipyards Corporation has announced that it has put operations at its New Orleans Division on idle status following a six-month strike by Local 29 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America. According to Todd president Hans K. Schaefer, this action was made ne
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on February 1986Dr. Anthony C. Antoniou, formerly general manager of Hellenic Shipyards, Scaramanga, has joined the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard in Bahrain, the yard recently announced. Dr. Antoniou, whose technical and managerial experience includes seven years as head of the design and drawing office
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on February 1986A new line of flow transmitters is included in the free One-Stop Shopping, sensors and controls catalog from Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Catalog Sales, Plainville, Conn. A patented flow-through paddlewheel design is used to give accurate linear output; ± 1 percent. One version is cavitation-fr
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on February 1986The British Petroleum Company p.I.e. is offering a 32-page brochure which gives a statistical review of world energy consumption and production. The full-color publication offers several pages of outstanding color graphs presenting the world energy picture clearly and concisely. Some of the
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on February 1986NICOR Inc., Naperville, 111., recently announced consolidation of various administrative functions of two of its marine subsidiaries, NICOR Marine Inc. and National Marine Service Incorporated, in new offices in New Orleans, La. The corporate offices, financial, accounting, legal and treasur
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- Key Appointments At Oerlikon page: 36
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on February 1986Oerlikon Welding Industries, Houston, Texas, has announced several key appointments. Jim Finley has joined the company and will have sales responsibility in the Western states. Mr. Finley joins Oerlikon after several years experience with manufacturing companies and welding distributors. He
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on February 1986Peterson Builders, Inc., (PBI), Sturgeon Bay, Wise., has announced the certification of their metal thermal spray facility and metal thermal spray operators by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. Metal thermal spray is a system for melting any metal (aluminum, bronze, copper, st
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on February 1986The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced that it will begin joint shipboard fire protection research, development and testing with the U.S. Navy at the Coast Guard Fire and Safety Test Detachment at Mobile, Ala., early this year. The two services will share operating costs and equipment and t
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on February 1986Two Carnegie Hero Medals were recently awarded posthumously to Capt. William A. Fournier and seaman Daniel J. Govoni by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. The medallions are awarded annually by the commission, citing the heroic actions of one individual to save another's life. Captain Founi
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on February 1986Apelco Marine Electronics has published a full-color 1986 catalog describing a number of new, exciting high-tech products. Among these is a liquid crystal display (LCD) radar, the Model LDR-9900, which Apelco plans to introduce this spring. Using the newest LCD technology, this is said to be
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on February 1986Peterson Builders, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., held successful acceptance trails for the second 225- foot steel vessel of the new class of Navy Auxiliary Rescue/Salvage ships, ARS-51, Grasp. The trial included included performance tests for all ship systems and operational equipment. Having
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on February 1986Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, has been awarded a $386.6-million Navy contract for the construction of two Aegis guidedmissile cruisers (CG-63 & 64) of the Ticonderoga Class, and Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded $242.6 million to build one ship (CG-65) of t