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on May 1988James E. Cunningham, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of McDermott International, Inc., recently announced that the board of directors has formally designated Robert E. Howson, president and chief operating officer of McDermott, as his successor. Mr. Cunningham will reach re
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on May 1988Megator Corporation, of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently completed U.S. Navy contracts valued at $1.3 million. Megator Corporation is the manufacturer of the Megator "Sliding- Shoe Pump." This positive displacement pump had been selected by NAVSEA to undergo extensive NAVSSES testing as a replaceme
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on May 1988J JH Inc., a leading naval engineering organization with facilities located in Crystal City, Va., Portsmouth, Va., Cherry Hill, N.J., Bath, Maine, Panama City, Fla., and Long Beach, Calif., recently announced the expansion of their CADAM capability to their Portsmouth facility. J JH Inc. has
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on May 1988At the Shipbuilders Council of America board meeting held recently in Washington, D.C., James R. Mellor, executive vice president, Marine, Land Systems & International, General Dynamics Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., was elected chairman of the board of directors of the council. Mr. Mellor suc
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on May 1988The maritime college of Nantes, France, recently installed a training simulator that will be used for the training of future engineers for the merchant marine. More than 150 guests, mainly from the French shipping and marine training environment indicated a solid interest in the Norwegian-bu
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on May 1988The Society of Marine Port Engi- neers. New York, N.Y., recently held its 36th annual Fort Schuyler Forum at the SUNY Maritime Col- lege campus in the Throgs Neck sec- tion of the Bronx in New York City. The theme of the forum was "Corrosion Materials and Material Protection," and five tech
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on May 1988ITW Philadelphia Resins of Montgomeryville, Pa., has published a six-page full-color brochure on Chockfast Grouting Systems for machinery installation and foundation repair. Permanent alignment of gas-engine compressors, electric generators, diesel engines, pumps, fans and other rotating an
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on May 1988Cruise International (CI) of Norfolk, Va., operator of the "Spirit" line fleet of seven harbor cruise ships, has announced plans to build five New York-class vessels in the next two years. Two will be built in 1988, and three in 1989. A contract for the first of the two has been awarded to B
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on April 1988Rear Adm. Paul L. Krinksy, superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, has been elected an honorary member of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) by the group's council. A plaque signifying Admiral Krinksy's membership was presented to him by ASNE's president, Dr. Alfred
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on April 1988Tenfjord Inc. of Norway (represented in the U.S. by Tenfjord Inc. of Hoboken, N.J.) is offering free literature on steering gears manufactured to their rotary piston design. The Tenfjord unit is very compact, especially the M-type with its integral pump units, and space-saving is an importan
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on April 1988Rexnord Defense Systems Inc., the New Orleans-based manufacturer of marine automation and control systems, has been purchased by its former president and renamed TANO Corporation. James J. Reiss Jr. has purchased all outstanding stock of Rexnord Defense Systems from its parent company, Rexn
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on April 1988The new RS-7100 VHF radiotelephone is a heavy duty commercial grade system that permits use of up to six full-function remote stations. Extremely popular in Europe, the RS-7100 is now approved for use in the United States. This is a full duplex radio, with dual watch, designed primarily for
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on April 1988Datamarine adds a new dimension to loran and Satnav navigation with the introduction of the Model 7000 Datamarine Chartlink. The Chartlink delivers vital navigation information quickly and in an easy-to-understand form by translating loran or Satnav information into an easily recognizable el
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on April 1988Inventory Locator Service, Inc. (ILS), Memphis, Tenn., is now offering its Cross Reference Data Base of more than 22 million part numbers on compact disc. Named CD-Fiche, the ILS CDROM (read only memory) is offered to subscribers as an alternative to on-line access to the ILS Cross Reference
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on April 1988—Literature Available According to a recent announcement, Perkins' range of light commercial marine diesel engines have been given a new look. The engines, comprising 16 different units, will now be marketed as Power Prestige. This range includes Perkins' newest Prima and Perama small diesel
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on April 1988Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has converted the 100-foot, aluminum crewboat Southern Light, into a fisheries security vessel for the Republic of the Marshall Islands. As the boat will patrol the territorial waters of the Marshall archipelago, her fuel capacity was expanded from 2,40
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on April 1988Arthur A. Riedel, chairman and chief executive officer of Riedel International Inc., recently announced three key promotions. Jamshed (Jim) Dastur has been named president of Riedel International Constructors, a subsidiary of Riedel International, Inc. Mr. Dastur, a highly educated and expe
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on April 1988The U.S. Navy has awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton, Pascagoula, Miss., a $769.1-million contract to build four additional Ticonderoga (CG-47) Class Aegis guided-missile cruisers. This award brings the total number of Aegis cruisers awarded Ingalls to 19 of the 27 ships authori
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on April 1988Last year, Radio Holland USA opened new service depots in the San Francisco, Portland and Seattle areas. Now, the company has opened two additional depots in Norfolk, Va., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The new branch manager of the Norfolk—in Virginia Beach—is Kenneth Ravenna, formerly with Spe
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on April 1988Aqua Signal Corporation of West Chicago, 111., has published an elaborate 52-page catalog that illustrates the latest state-of-the-art lighting techniques for shipping, offshore, industry and sporting areas. The catalog offers more than just plain product information: it contains hints on ec