Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on May 15, 1980Hoffert Marine Inc. plans to m a n u f a c t u r e a fuel oil/water emulsion system that will provide economic boiler operation and assist in pollution control. According to Paul E. Hoffert, president of the Jacksonville, Fla., company, the new unit will be known by the trade name Fire-Brite
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on May 15, 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, a subsidiary of Ashland Oil, Inc., and Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Asmar of Chile recently delivered the first Class 011-C jackup drilling rig. The customer, Diamond M Drilling Company, is a Houston- based international offshore drilling
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on May 15, 1980A recent meeting of the Eastern U.S.A. Branch of The Institute of Marine Engineers was devoted to the topic, "Ship Propulsion Systems for the Eighties." An all-day session held at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., the theme of the symposium was how the continuing escala
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on May 15, 1980The chairman of the Installation and Facilities Subcommittee of the House A r m e d S e r v i c es Committee termed the development and deployment of the Trident ballistic missile submarine "the heart of our nuclear strategy." Speaking at recent christening ceremonies for the USS Michigan (
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on May 15, 1980A versatile onboard communications center, Marisat terminal model 3055M, is described in a new four-color brochure being offered by Comsat General Corporation of Washington, D.C. The 3055M terminal gives a ship or offshore facility at sea many of the same communications capabilities that bu
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on May 15, 1980Robert A. Sleiertin has joined the staff of Career Associates, Inc., North Dartmouth, Mass. as director of recruiting and placement for technical, management, marketing, sales, and purchasing personnel in the maritime industry. Career Associates is an established professional placement firm
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on May 15, 1980Nippon Kokan (NKK) of Japan has signed a construction contract with the w o r l d ' s l a r g e st drilling contractor, Sedco, Inc. headquartered in Dallas, Texas, for two NKK/BMC 250 mat-supported type jackup rigs. Masato Hiraki, NKK New York general manager, said the order covers the thir
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on May 15, 1980A new brochure on its automatic Omega navigation system is available from Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas. The Tracor Automatic Omega is said to provide the capability to reestablish a position fix even if "lost" by as much as 100 miles. This is possible by judicious use of a fourth transmitter
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on May 15, 1980Two high-performance, multiple service mechanical packings have been developed by A.W. Chesterton Company, Stoneham, Mass., for pump and valve applications in media in pH range of 4 to 11, and in temperatures up to 400F(205C). Greater yarn strength and the incorporation of PTFE and other l
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on May 15, 1980M a s c h i n e n f a b r i k Augsburg- Nurnberg AG of West Germany has acquired all of the shares held by Burmeister & Wain A / S in the Danish company B & W Diesel A/S. M.A.N, now holds 99.5 percent of the shares in that company; the remaining shares are owned by the Norwegian shipowner O
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on May 15, 1980Newfoundland's Premier Brian Peckford has announced that the National Research Council of Canada has given final approval for the construction in St. John's of a $46.8-million marine research institute that will accelerate the Province's promising offshore oil potential. Calling the institu
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on May 15, 1980A new way of salvaging ships by the use of a highly sophisticated balancing/regulating technique has been developed by the Gothenburg firm of MP Consult. The method also can be used for the accurate positioning of subsea pipelines. A s u b m e r g e d vessel is first blasted free of marine
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on May 15, 1980The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met recently at Walter Reed Army Hospital's Officers' Club to hear a paper by Richard A. Swanek and Alfred L. Dinsenhacher, both of David Taylor NSRDC, and Lt. Michael F. Flessner of the U.S. Coast Guard, on "Car
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on May 15, 1980A two-phase, 19.5-million Canadian dollar modernization program is being carried out by Halifax Industries Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, at its ship repair facility, Halifax Shipyards. William J. Riley, president and chief executive officer of Halifax Industries Limited, says: "Given our v
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on May 15, 1980Robert E. O'Brien, president and chief executive o f f i c e r of Moore McCormack Lines, Incorporated, has announced that Vincent Fiorenza, assistant vice president- cost and subsidy, will be assuming additional responsibilities for directing the purchasing and inventory departments. Mr. Fi
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on May 15, 1980James J. Henry, chairman of the board of the J.J. Henry Co., Inc., New York, N.Y., has been elected to the Norshipco board of directors. The announcement was made recently by John L. Roper 2nd, Norshipco board chairman. A graduate of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Mr. Henry forme
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on May 15, 1980TTS ( I n t e r n a t i o n a l ) A/S of Bergen, Norway, has received a contract from Halifax Industries L i m i t e d of H a l i f a x , Canada, through its U.S. subsidiary, TTS, Inc. of Newport News, Va. The $1.3 million contract involves a major modernization that will result in Halifax I
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on May 15, 1980The Austin Company, international d e s i g n e r s and builders headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has been awarded a multimilliondollar contract by Paceco, Inc. for expansion of its Gulfport, Miss., facilities. Paceco, a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, one of the world's largest manufac
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on May 15, 1980A new, rust-preventive marine ballast tank coating that is said to provide economical and longlasting protection to ferrous metals in a saltwater environment has been introduced by Farboil Company of Baltimore. The new coating, named Ballastite 400®, is non-toxic and does not contaminate ba
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on May 15, 1980Santa Fe International Corporation and Acres Consulting Services Ltd. have formed a joint venture to provide design and engineering services for offshore oil and gas operations in Canada. The new o r g a n i z a t i o n , headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, will be incorporated as a jointly o