Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on May 15, 1980The Lake Charles, first liquefied natural gas tanker built by General Dynamics to transport LNG to the United States, was christened recently at the corporation's Quincy, Mass. shipyard. When she goes into service, Lake Charles will carry LNG from Algeria to the U.S. Gulf Coast. All previous
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on May 15, 1980Exhibitors from 11 countries— Canada, Finland, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, U.K., U.S.A., and West Germany — have already booked for Kormarine '80, the International Shipbuilding, Marine Equipment, P o r t s and Harbors Exhibition which will be held in KOEX, the new exh
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on May 1980Wartsila's Turku shipyard in Finland recently delivered the Golar Frost, a 75,000- cubic-meter gas tanker, to Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation of Liberia. The vessel is designed for transport of liquefied petroleum gases and anhydrous ammonia. Powered by a single Wartsila./Sulzer diesel eng
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on May 1980The Big Apple, symbol of New York City's economic and entertainment life, was utilized by Jackson Engineering Shipyard recently in a most unusual ceremony. The company designed a flag with the New York City red apple symbol on a field of white. While hundreds of invited guests and shipyard emp
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on May 1980The latest technology f r om synthetic fiber research by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. has resulted in a double-braided rope with the u n i q u e c o m b i n a t i o n of h i gh strength and low stretch. The new generation fiber is c a l l ed Duron II, and is now being used in Samson Stable Bra
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on May 1980ITT Decca Marine in the past has been the source of only sophisticated a u t o p i l o t s f o r big ships, fishboats, and navies. Over 13,000 Decca autopilots have been sold to date. The all-new DP150 autopilot is the first small-boat pilot of its caliber to be marketed by ITT Decca. The D
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on May 1980The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded the Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation a $24.6-million contract to perform combat systems integration for 17 a d d i t i o n a l FFG-7 Class guided missile frigates now under construction. Prior contracts were awarded for integration of the
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on May 1980Tracor, Inc.'s Applied Sciences Group has been contracted, on a consulting basis, to perform the engineering development of an automated Inland Waterways Communications System, which will provide automated voice and data communications s e r v i c e s along the Mississippi River and its conn
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on May 1980Blancke Marine Services, Inc., Westville, N.J., has obtained a contract from Chico Associates for the preliminary design of a 167-foot freezer / trawler vessel. P r i m a r i l y d e s i g n e d to catch, freeze, and package various underutilized species of fish located in the North and Cent
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- N e w Diesel Introduced By C u m m i n s E n g i n e - L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 38
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on May 1980Cummins Engine Company has introduced a new 16-cylinder marine diesel, the KTA-3067-M, that produces 1,250 bhp at 1,800 rpm during continuous-duty operation. Complete free literature is now available on the new engine, which is the most powerful in the Cummins K series line of engines design
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- M a g n a v o x O f f e r s N ew M o n i t o r i n g System — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 38
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on May 1980Improved marine safety and economy are being achieved with a new communication tool called the Vessel Monitoring System, according to the system's manufacturer, the Advanced Products Division of Magnavox, Torrance, Calif. Designed for use with an MX 111 Shipboard Marisat Terminal, the VMS
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on May 1980Warren T. Myers has been appointed executive vice president and director of the Whitehall Brokerage, Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004. The Whitehall Brokerage is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ter Bush & Powell, Inc., Schenectady, N.Y., and serves primarily as a marine insurance f
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on May 1980Westinghouse Electric Corporation's marine division in Sunnyvale, Calif., has received a $6- million contract to build reduction gears for the Ticonderoga (CG-47), lead ship in a new class of AEGIS-armed guided-missile cruisers. Under terms of the contract 0 awarded by the designer and bu
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on May 1980V.C. Yin has joined R.J. Brown & Associates of America Inc. as chief engineer, with responsibility for the Engineering Department at the Houston office. Mr. Yin has 10 years' experience in offshore engineering with a variety of U.S. companies, including, most recently, Occidental Petroleum
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on May 1980Some 70 members and guests attended the recent meeting of the Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held at the Engineer's Club in Philadelphia. Following opening announcements by section chairman K. Gyswyt, the nominating committee presented its slate
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- Safety And The Marine Environment page: 44
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on May 1980Years of planning will come to fruition with the 1980 SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium. This has all taken place under a Steering Committee headed by George Uberti of National Steel and Shipbuilding, prominent in the Society's San Diego Section, and by a papers committee headed by Rear
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on May 1980An entirely new concept in offshore oil production facility, called the BTMM Production and Storage Ship, has been designed and developed by Tenvig Offshore A.S (Tenvig) of Oslo, Norway. The fully developed design of the ship and its systems was performed by Tenvig in cooperation with A/S K
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on May 1980"One of the greatest ironies of today's world is that the United States, which needs both a powerful Navy and a strong and economically viable U.S.-flag merchant marine, has permitted both to languish," U.S. Congressman Elwood H. Hillis of Indiana, a member of the House Armed Services Committe
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on May 1980Pickands Mather & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has announced several major appointments for The Interlake Steamship Company. Pickands Mather, which manages Interlake, is a subsidiary of Moore McCormack Resources,Inc., Stamford, Conn. Louis H. Mensen has been named superintendent of vessel propert
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on May 1980A record number of members attended the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects of British Columbia recently and elected the following board of directors: president, Les Coward; v i c e p r e s i d e n t , Dave Moore; treasurer, Eric Dixon; director of education, Vic Gads