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on October 1986Thor Bakke has been appointed president of Hempel Coatings (USA), Inc., as part of Hempel's ongoing program to consolidate and strengthen their U.S. and Canadian operations. Mr. Bakke is a native of Norway, receiving his degree in mechanical engineering from Gothenburg Technical Institute a
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on October 1986The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a $96.6-million contract to Peterson Builders, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., for construction of two more mine countermeasures ships, the MCM-6 and MCM-8. The Wisconsin yard already had three MCMs on its orderbook under contracts totaling $180.2 mill
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on October 1986Swiftships, Inc. of Morgan City, La., has been awarded a $12,178,268 fixed price FMS contract for the supply of patrol boats and associated support hardware and services to the government of Cameroon. Work, which will be performed in Morgan City, will consist of the construction of thirty, 3
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on October 1986The Claremont Company, Inc., Meriden, Conn., is offering a free catalog on their line of thermal and acoustical insulation materials for industrial use. The eight-page color publication contains over 40 photographs of Claremont products, from high temperature insulation pad components to ac
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on October 1986"Integrated Marine Control Systems" is the title of a new full-color, 12-page brochure from Bailey Controls of Wickliffe, Ohio, which presents control and instrumentation products, systems and support capabilities available to the maritime and offshore industries. The publication features the
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on October 1986Squire-Cogswell Co., air and vacuum specialists since 1916, has announced exclusive distributorship in the U.S. and Canada of liquid ring vacuum pumps manufactured by Robuschi of Parma, Italy. Designed for industrial applications, the Robuschi line includes conventional base-mounted units as w
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on October 1986Kamatics Corporation, home officed in Bloomfield, Conn., is offering a free, full-color, 22-page catalog on their line of KAron® Bearings, including spherical, rod end and journal configurations. The KAron bearing system is generated by swaging a metallic sleeve around a spherical ball creat
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on October 1986London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd. foresees a 40-percent increase in the refined oil products trade, from 250 million metric tons in 1985 to 350 million metric tons by 1990. This would raise demand for products tankers by 7 million dwt, the report states. The principal growth in t
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on October 1986—Literature Available Raytheon Marine Company's marketing manager, Carsten Peters, has announced that Raytheon has signed a comprehensive distribution agreement with Yokogawa Hokushin Electric Corporation (YEW) of Japan. YEW is one of the world's leading manufacturers of gyrocompasses, ele
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on October 1986Ulstein in Norway recently unveiled a new high-lift rudder that combines the best features of various known rudder types and provides higher lift at large rudder angles compared with conventional flap type rudders. The new rudder is said to provide an exceptionally good effect for vessels th
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on October 1986Avondale Shipyards Division of New Orleans, under subcontract from Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, will perform the major work that is required in the drydocking of the battleship Wisconsin (BB 64), including the pumping out, gas freezing, repairing, and all of the coating of the ship's fuel
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on September 1986On September 26, 1986, the Financial Times will publish a fourpage survey on International Ports. The survey will look at the rapid pace of innovation the ports have had to maintain to meet growing demands, and will consider recent major investment in fast and efficient ways of handling carg
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on September 1986Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. of Stamford, Conn., has announced its intention to divest itself of Interlake Steamship Company and Moore McCormack Bulk Transport. The Interlake fleet consists of 10 Great Lakes bulk carriers, mostly self-unloaders; Bulk Transport owns three 39,000-dwt tanker
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on September 1986Imperial, leading manufacturer of survival suits and equipment, has moved its manufacturing and administrative offices from Bremerton, Wash., to the South Amboy, N.J., headquarters of its parent company, Parkway Fabricators, Inc. Parkway, a Great American Industries Company, purchased Imperi
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on September 1986The Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has announced that it intends to procure on the open world market during FY 1986 up to six logistic support vehicles (SLV) from one or more offerers. If purchased from a foreign seller, the vessels must be reflagged and all conversion work performed
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on September 1986The Navy's Military Sealift Command will accept offers on September 30 this year for various types of merchant ships to be procured during FY 87 that will become part of the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF). In January this year the Navy purchased 13 ships for the RRF at a cost of $206.7 million.
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on September 1986Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV announced recently that the Department of Defense would use its current review of the FY 1988 defense program and budget to assess the requirements for both FY 1988 and FY 1989. The product of this review will be a twoyear budget. Because this y
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on September 1986—Literature Available Theresa Dale has joined the Magnavox Advanced Products Systems Company of Torrance, Calif., as marketing services manager. She assumes responsibility for all facets of marketing communications planning, budgeting and implementation, including advertising, public relati
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on September 1986Carl McBratney and Joseph Cangelosi have announed the formation of their new marine and industrial repair contracting firm. The company, known as Enterprise Marine And Industrial Repairs, Inc. was incorporated in late May, and is located in Port Newark, N.J., at Tyler and Coastwise Streets.
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on September 1986The U.S. Navy recently exercised a $221.8-million contract option with Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Miss., for the reactivation and modernization of the battleship Wisconsin (BB-64). The option is part of a contract awarded to the shipyard earlier, and is in additio