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- MN 100: Tradesmen International page: 67
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on August 20149760 Shepard Rd Macedonia, OH 44056 Telephone: 800 573 0850 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tradesmeninternational.com CEO/President: Joseph O. Wesley Number of Employees: 9,500 The Company: Tradesmen International provides custom staffing solutions that allow it
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- MN 100: Total Lubmarine page: 67
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on August 2014Le Diamant B – 16, rue de la République 92922 Paris-La-Défense Cedex, France E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lubmarine.com The Company: Total Lubmarine is a global business unit of the oil major Total Group specialized and dedicated to marine lubricants and greases. Providing ma
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- MN 100: Ingram Barge Company page: 66
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on August 20144400 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205-2290 Tel: (615) 298-8200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ingrambarge.com CEO: Orrin H. Ingram The Company: Ingram Barge Company (IBCO) has been a quality marine transporter on America’s inland waterways since 1946, and has grown to bec
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on July 2014We all can agree that the safety of our employees is critical; if not the most important concern of each of our companies. Our marine-based employees face day-to-day perils that are not encountered by the average American office worker. It is our duty to do everything that we can to ensure that each
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on July 2014Volvo Penta’s new Quickline custom production line is now running full steam, reducing lead times for commercial marine customers with short-fuse requirements for replacement engines. Quickline runs parallel to the regular production line at the plant, producing custom-built, classified and non-clas
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- Norton Aluminum Oxide Fiber discs page: 56
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on July 2014Norton / Saint Gobain Abrasives recently introduced a line of resin fiber discs — Norton Neon F726. The line of Aluminum Oxide (AO) fiber discs offers a proprietary aluminum oxide and organic grain blend, resulting in three times the normal AO cut rate, life and overall performance — at an economica
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on July 2014Measurement Technology NW’s RL10 VWD and RL20 VWD running line tensiometer product group provide a versatile solution for monitoring line tension speed and payout on multiple wire rope diameters. Suitable for aggressive offshore marine applications with anticorrosive thermoplastic coated Alloy Steel
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on July 2014Sherwin-Williams’ WB Acrolon 100, developed through waterborne technology, delivers aesthetics and protection in one topcoat. It all adds up to extended maintenance and recoat cycles. Inland river crews have a lot on their plate. When your job is to be a deckhand, you don’t want to spend much time
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- The Perfect Anchor for Paint page: 51
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on July 2014Barge manufacturer doubles production and reduces paint waste with new blast line. When the 600th barge launch was celebrated at Brownsville Marine Products (BMP) just south of Pittsburgh in November 2012, it marked the company’s success at reviving a site with over 75 years of history. At the same
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- Winch Safety through Standardization page: 47
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on July 2014Celebrating the 10,000th YoYo Winch For decades, barge owners and operators had no reason to think twice about their rigging. There were only a few choices when it came to winches, and there were ratchets as well. Because of the simplicity of these machines, few people in the industry were compelle
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on July 2014Performance, Speed, Fuel Economy & Environmental compliance all come together to form the ultimate balancing act for engine OEM’s and their customers alike. The ‘need for speed’ has been at the heart of professional fast craft operations since powerboats first overtook their bow wave and went on t
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on July 2014EBDG’s LNG bunkering barge design receives ABS approvals as the maritime industry increasingly looks to LNG as a fuel of the future. In early June, Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle told listeners at an LNG Bunkering conference in Vancouver, Canada that “Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bun
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on July 2014Along the way, ATBs gain speed, efficiency, safety – and popularity. Operators of articulated tugs and barges, or ATBs, say they like the maneuverability, weather reliability, stability, speed of these units, and the manner in which the tug pushes the barge. As a marine transportation concept, th
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- WRRDA: Charting a New Course page: 26
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on July 2014Innovative Financing for the Inland Waterways Infrastructure Out of a Congress long on budgetary constraints and short on bipartisanship has come the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA)—and by wide margins, no less. In my more cynical moments, I am tempted to think that this
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on July 2014Advance Work on Engine Selection with the OEM pays handsome dividends when your vessel is delivered. Don’t skip this necessary step. It is hard to say why the phenomenon occurs, but with every new engine that arrives in any boat yard comes a sense of approval and appreciation. Heads turn and work e
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- Congress Gets It Done with WRRDA page: 20
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on July 2014On May 22, the Water Resources Reform Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, containing major recommendations of the Capital Development Plan (CDP), was passed by a vote 91-7 in the Senate. As MarineNews was going to press, President Obama finally signed the bill into law. The conference agreement had p
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on July 2014Those MarineNews readers who are not familiar with Bob Kunkel probably should be. That’s because Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Technologies, previously served as the Federal Chairman of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program under the Maritime Administration and Department of Transport
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on July 2014NOAA’s newest output includes a feature on economics. The National Ocean Watch site features facts, charts, story maps and videos. It turns out that our maritime economy – commercial, recreational and everything in between – really matters. In 2011, the U.S. Ocean and Great Lakes economy produced
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- Marine News July Editor's Note page: 6
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on July 2014I couldn’t possibly kick off this edition of MarineNews without first acknowledging – and applauding – the passage of the long-awaited, much needed Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). Signed into law by the President on June 10th, the bill gives the domestic waterfront a much improve
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- Get Your Motors Runnin’ page: 22
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on July 2014Advance Work on Engine Selection with the OEM pays handsome dividends when your vessel is delivered. Don’t skip this necessary step. It is hard to say why the phenomenon occurs, but with every new engine that arrives in any boat yard comes a sense of approval and appreciation. Heads turn and work e