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on December 1984Tom Collins, president of Desco Marine, Inc. of St. Augustine, Fla., recently announced that the yard has been chosen by Malvin Kvilhaug to build a 107-foot steel fish boat for his Michigan Fishing Corporation. The contract is for a combination scallop dredge and stern dragger to be named Co
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on December 1984Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. announced recently that an initial down payment has been received on a contract with All American Fisheries, Inc., a San Francisco-based fishing company, for the construction of a 5,000-gross-ton 367-footlong Surimi fishing processing trawler. The vessel, which has a
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on December 1984Responding to demands for high reliability mixing seals in aggressive high pressure environments, the Engineered Products Division of EG & G Sealol has developed a seal system with demonstrated service times of 12 to 18 months mean time between maintenance (MTBM). The system is capable of ha
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on December 1984Keel-laying for MCM-3 Sentry, took place recently at Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wise. This ceremony marked the second keel-laying of the three mine countermeasure ships under contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command at PBI. In addition to the MCM construction contracts, Peter
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on December 1984—Literature Available To date some 600 units of the Krupp MaK successful M551/M552 series diesel engines have been manufactured at the factory in Kiel, and another 35 engines have been produced by the licensee UBE Industries in Japan, with a total output of 3 million bhp. These engines have
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on November 15, 1984The rig transporter vessel Ferncarrier (shown above), operated by Dyvi Heavy Lift of Oslo, recently completed her fourth transport of a semisubmersible drilling unit, the Penrod 73, from California to the Gulf of Mexico via the Strait of Magellan. This latest voyage took just over 42 days, dis
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on November 15, 1984—Free Brochure Available The new rasterscan 8600 ARPA manufactured by Krupp Atlas Elektronik has been given type approval by the U.K. Department of Transport following evaluation by the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment. One of the most advanced ARPAs now available, the 8600 is one of f
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on November 15, 1984IMODCO of Los Angeles, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been awarded a contract by Esso Suez, Inc. for a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) terminal. This unit for Esso is designed to securely moor tankers of up to 85,000 dwt, primari
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on November 15, 1984—Free Brochure Available Alexander Industries, Inc. of New Orleans and Houston, a specialist in supplying the marine and offshore industries, has been appointed Gulf Coast agent for Clow/Greenberg bronze marine valves and fittings. According to Alexander vice president Jim Bishop, the Clow/G
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on November 15, 1984Renk of Augsburg, West Germany, has published a 24-page booklet that contains a list of marine gear units used in naval vessels. Renk marine gear units are designed in such a way that they are suitable for use in both merchant vessels and warships, and the present reference list includes gea
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on November 15, 1984Matson Navigation Company's twin container barges, Haleakala and Mauna Loa, have been christened and are nearing completion at McDermott Shipyard in New Iberia, La. The 350-foot by 64.5-foot barges will enter service early next year in Matson's "Neighbor Islands" feeder service between Honol
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on November 15, 1984Comsat TeleSystems, Inc. recently announcd that Richard S. Rothermel has been elected vice president- sales. He will be responsible for all activities relating to the sales of TeleSystems' products in North America, including management of the company's sales representatives, distributors, a
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available WABCO Fluid Power, an American- Standard company, has established a worldwide network of six companies to more efficiently service international oceangoing vessels. A free brochure on the new service is available from the Lexington, Ky., company. The new venture, calle
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on November 15, 1984Comsat TeleSystems, Inc. has announced the appointment of Kenneth H. Hoch as assistant vice president for marketing services and contracts. In this newly created position, he will oversee the company's advertising and promotion, technical documentation/training, and domestic and internationa
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available Babcock & Wilcox, a McDermott company and a leading supplier to the power industry, and FlightSafety International, a leader in simulator training for both aircraft pilots and ships' officers and engineers, recently announced the formation of a joint venture internation
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on November 15, 1984Scott Watterworth has been named vice president-operations for General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. of San Francisco. His new responsibilities will encompass overall management direction of full cargo vessel operations handled by the company's offices in California, Oregon, and Washington. M
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on November 15, 1984Henry Killian has been named vice president of H.O. Penn's Power Division by the company's president, Robert W. Cleveland Jr. In addition to retaining his present duties as vice president and general manager of the Lift Truck Division, Mr. Killian will assume all responsibility for the day-t
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available Braden Winch Company of Broken Arrow, Okla., a Division of PACCAR, is now manufacturing and marketing a 12,000-pound planetary hoist with three-motor and four-drum options, called the PD12B. The hoist uses the patented Braden HV80 brake valve, which is essentially a s
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available The managing director of C. Plath of Hamburg, West Germany, a division of Litton Industries Inc., announced recently that an agreement for close cooperation with Racal Marine Controls Limited has been signed. The combined know-how and expertise of these two highly resp
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on November 15, 1984The headquarters of Western Gear Corporation, a Bucyrus-Erie Company subsidiary that has been situated in Lynwood, Calif., since the early 1940s, has been relocated to South Milwaukee, Wise., in a consolidation move that is expected to ease and speed communications between parent company and