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on November 1986The South Korean yard Hyundai was awarded the contract to lengthen four Atlantic Container Line (ACL) roll-on/roll-off containerships employed on the North Atlantic, it was recently confirmed by ACL. The U.K. shipyard Scott Lithgow is expected to have the contract to stretch a fifth ship, t
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on November 1986Penske GM Power, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., recently introduced its new computerized monitor, the Penske Onboard Diagnostic System. The Penske system, available for all Penske Single Turbocharged engines, is a small (6 inches by 3 inches) microprocessor controlled, solid-state computer. Utilizing a
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on November 1986The first meeting of the 86-87 season for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the princess Louise II Restaurant in San Pedro. The author, Thomas R. Junod, marine and offshore manager of Equipment Engineering Inc. of Costa
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on November 1986Parametrics, a unit of ASEA, Orange, Conn., is offering free two new recently published color brochures of ParaJust Gx, a third generation AC motor speed control. Now available from 3 through 30 hp, ParaJust Gx controls are, according to the manufacturer, the most versatile and reliable cont
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on November 1986—Free Literature Available The full line of Swagelok "QT" Series Quick-Connects, in sizes from 1/8" to 3/4", is now available with "keyed" bodies and stems from Crawford Fitting Company, Solon, Ohio. A positive mechanical lockout system allows "keyed" bodies to couple only with matching "ke
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on November 1986—Literature Available M.E.K. Equipment, Inc. of Newport News, Va., has recently announced the availability of their new crane bumpers. The crane bumpers are made of foamed polyurethane, a process that allows much lower deceleration and therefore better protection of the equipment being stop
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on November 1986Meyer Werft of Papenburg, West Germany, recently released an artist's rendering of its new roofed-over building dock. With a length of about 870 feet and width of more than 328 feet, this hall will be one of the world's largest roofed building docks. The 131-foot-wide dock within the 197-foo
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on November 1986—Literature Available Aeroquip Corporation of Jackson, Mich., has introduced a new hightemperature hose, FC498 AQP SAE100R6, that is specifically designed for low-pressure valve and cylinder return line applications. Made from Aeroquip's patented AQP elastomer, a scientifically superior ela
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on November 1986Brian McAllister, president of McAllister Brothers Inc., has announced the appointment of Capt. Martyn L.C. Reynolds as vice president-sales. Captain R e y n o l d s ' s career spans more than 25 years in the shipping industry. Formerly of Wales, U.K., he started his career with Ben Lines o
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on November 1986Union Bay Marine Corporation and Thomas R. Dyer have announced the formation of a new company, Union Bay Shipbuilding Corporation. The new company will be owned jointly by Union Bay Marine and Mr. Dyer. Mr. Dyer has been appointed president, and will operate the shipyard located at 801 N.W.
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on November 1986McDermott International, Inc. has signed contracts worth a total of approximately $15 million (11 million pounds sterling) with Conoco (U.K.) Limited, to install offshore facilities for the Southern Basin Gas Development in the British sector of the North Sea in 1987 and 1988. The contracts
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on November 1986WABCO Fluid Power division has been awarded a contract to provide electropneumatic propulsion control systems for the Navy's new T-AO-187 Class Fleet Oilers. These vessels will have the Colt Industries' newly developed diesel engines, the largest engine manufactured in the U.S. Two of these
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on November 1986Dan-Vaerft A/S, which consists of the shipyards Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Frederikshavn Vaerft A/S, and Helsingoer Reparations Vaerft, S/S, has made an agreement with T.A.S.T. Corporation of New York for T.A.S.T. to be their representative in the American and Canadian markets, effective this fall.
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on November 1986The Diesel Engines Division of Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A., a member of the IRI Group, and one of Europe's major shipbuilding and diversified organizations, is offering a free full-color brochure on their production facilities at Trieste, Italy. The Trieste factory of the Div
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on November 1986Bob Pope, president of Woodward Governor Company, has announced the appointment of Pete Gomm as general manager of the Engine and Turbine Controls Division in Fort Collins, Colo. Mr. Gomm moved into his new post following the retirement of Norm Alvis, former vice president and general manag
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on November 1986Wartsila Accommodation Systems, Korea Ltd., a company producing ship accommodations, was recently established by Wartsila in the Republic of Korea. The company, in which Wartsila is major shareholder, is situated in Masan near major shipyards. The first delivery from the factory in Korea wi
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on November 1986The Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has awarded a contract on behalf of the Army for the construction of four Logistic Support Vessels (LSV). They will be primarily used to transport cargo from ship to shore and from beach to beach and through inland waterways in intra-theater lift ope
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on November 1986Rauma-Repola's Rauma shipyard in Finland recently laid the keel of a 7,600-dwt hydrometeorological research vessel scheduled for delivery to V/0 Sudoimport of Moscow in the fall of 1987. This vessel will serve as an icebreaker, research, supply, and passenger ship in the Antarctic region. D
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on November 1986Korkut Engineers, Inc. of Metairie, La., is releasing its HYDROS and BENDER programs for commercial use. Korkut Engineers started to establish their CAD system with TI- 980A and TI-990 minicomputers in FORTRAN 66 language in 1964. During that time they were used in house only. Recently the
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on November 1986AB Hagglund and Soner, among the leaders in the fields of cargohandling, heavy-duty hydraulic systems for industrial, marine and offshore applications, is offering a free, 92-page collection of 12 full-color brochures on the company's marine and industrial services products. The Hagglunds pu