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on May 1989Fred J. Coritz has been appointed vice president and general manager of IMO Pump Division of Imo Delaval Inc., succeeding J.K. (Ken) Lippincott, who is retiring later this year after 42 years of service with the company. Mr. Coritz, who had been general manager of Delaval Condenser Division
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on May 1989A new free, color brochure from Tom Graboski Associates, Inc. Design, fully details the company's architectural signage and graphics work. The Coconut Grove, Floridabased firm specializes in architectural signage and graphics, and has worked extensively with cruise lines, both on newbuildin
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on May 1989Rockment A/S reports that Rockwool TNF Systems are now some of the most popular soft core systems in the world, with installations on over 1,150 vessels. Rockwool Modular TNF Systems have been supplied for some of the world's most modern and advanced passenger cruise vessels and ferries. Th
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on May 1989Bailey Refrigeration Co., Inc., Avenel, N.J., has appointed Oscar F. Poppe Jr. as its Miami branch manager. Mr. Poppe comes to Bailey from Bermuda Star Line where he was vice president of operations. A marine engineer from Miami, Mr. Poppe has considerable experience in the marine industry
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on May 1989Albert L. Bossier Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Avondale Industries, Inc., has been chosen to receive the 1989 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Award given by the Navy League of the United States, a 70,000-member civilian organization dedicated to America's maintaining a strong
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on May 1989Avondale Industries Inc., New Orleans, La., was recently awarded a $319-million contract by the U.S. Navy to construct three T-AO-187 Class fleet oilers. Each of the Henry J. Kaiser Class oilers will have a displacement of 40,700 tons, length of 677-1/2 feet, and beam of 97-1/2 feet. Accord
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on May 1989The new WD 234 is another outstanding addition to the line of Deutz MWM high performance boat propulsion units. The engine is a result of the cooperation between Deutz MWM and Wizemann Marine. The task of this cooperation is to have Detuz MWM basic engines matched by Wizemann at its marine
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on May 1989One of the first extended service programs for marine transmissions has been introduced by ZF of North America, Inc., Lincolnshire, 111. ZF, a worldwide manufacturer of major power train components, offers a Buyer Assurance Plan that pays 100 percent parts and labor for any original or like
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on May 1989With the recent merger of Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc., with the BFGoodrich Company, LQMoffitt operations have become part of the Dynamic Polymer Products business unit of the BFGoodrich Aerospace Division. While BFGoodrich assumes the ongoing business relationships of former LQMoffitt, the prev
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on May 1989Mackay Communications and C. Plath recently announced the signing of a sales and service agreement covering the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Through the agreement, Mackay hopes to improve services to commercial shipping and other markets. C. Plath is a major manufacturer of navigation equipment in
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on May 1989Everpure, Inc., of Westmont, 111., is offering free literature on the onboard potable water disinfection systems marketed by the company. Everpure Bromination Systems, which represent the state-of-the-art in onboard potable water disinfection, are in use worldwide on offshore production plat
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on April 1989Stanley G. Flagg & Co. of Stowe, Penn., is offering a free catalog of its complete line of fittings and flanges for the marine industry. Flagg-Flow fittings have been a part of the Flagg product line for over 50 years. During that time, the company's engineers have developed a complete line
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on April 1989Richard R. Hopkins, president of JJH Inc., recently announced the appointment of Capt. John Dachos, USN (ret.),to the management staff of the Cherry Hill, N.J., office. Prior to joining JJH Inc., Capt. Dachos was the commanding officer of the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station, the Navy
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on April 1989I n t e r c o n t i n e n t a l E n g i n e e r i n g - M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n (INT E R C O N ) of Kansas City, M o . , has been awarded additional o p t i o n s for the manufacture of pedestal type, t w i n - c a r g o cranes for the U.S. Navy's Auxiliary Crane Ship (
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on April 1989StartMaster of Marion, Ohio, is offering free literature describing their air starting systems which, according to the manufacturer, provide dependable starting for heavy trucks, buses, mining machinery, oil and gas drilling equipment, marine engines, compressor packages, generator sets, and
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on April 1989The Meyer Werft of Papenburg, West Germany, a leader in the conversion of cargo vessels and tankers into livestock carriers, recently received an order from the Dutch shipowner Vroon B.V., Breskens, to convert the car carrier Mediterranean Highway into a sheep/cattle carrier to be named Corm
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on April 1989Red Fox Industries, Inc., New Iberia, La., is offering a free 20-page color brochure on the marine sanitation systems marketed by the company. The sewage treatment division of Red Fox Industries manufactures flow-through discharge-type sewage treatment units designed for use on wetlands, doc
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on April 1989Robert A. Banck has been named president of TANO Marine Systems, Inc., New Orleans, La., which designs and builds computerbased electronic systems for industrial and defense applications. The appointment was announced by James J. Reiss Jr., president of TANO Corporation, parent company of T
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on April 1989Keppel Shipyard, a major operating division of Keppel Corporation Limited, has completed a S$4.3-million (about US$2.2-million) conversion contract for the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. The M/V Santorini, a RO/RO car/passenger ferry, was converted to a full passenger-class vessel for s
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on April 1989—Literature Available Soundcoat Company of Deer Park, N.Y., now offers Quilted Barrier Absorber (QBA), a combination of materials specifically designed to provide durability and excellent acoustical properties. It is a composite of limp mass sandwiched between two layers of quilted absorb