Maritime Reporter 1981 Articles
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on July 1981The Spring Meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was convened r e c e n t l y at the Westlake Holiday Inn near Cleveland. Total registration was 85. Following registration and the business session in which the next year's
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on July 1981The Port Information Resources Committee, Inc., has made donations totaling $8,000 to two leading marine historical groups. In a recent ceremony at the Seamen's Church Institute, Committee chairman and president James P. McAllister p r e s e n t e d $4,000 checks to John B. Hightower, presi
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on July 1981As synthetic fiber ropes are becoming more widely used in various industries and government agencies, there is a need for comprehensive engineering data to compare the various constructions. In a specially prepared technical report for the Offshore Technology Conference, Samson Ocean System
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on July 1981The promotion of James Messenger to the position of assistant to manager of ship repair sales in Bethlehem Steel Corporation's shipbuilding department was announced recently by Louis W. Gomlick, manager. Mr. Messenger is advancing from sales engineer in the ship repair sales office, which i
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on July 1981A six-page, fold-out brochure on its Motorgard™ X Program is available from the Drew Ameroid Marine division of Drew Chemical Corporation, Boonton, N.J. It describes an integrated program for motor vessels incorporating products for critical shipboard systems and services to protect equipme
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on July 1981A total of 31 United States m a r i t i m e i n d u s t r y operations were cited recently for outstanding achievements in safety, including one that has functioned for more than seven years without an accident resulting in lost time among crew personnel of the vessel. Co-sponsored by the A
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on July 1981With the cost of marine fuel up about tenfold during the vast eight years, efficient operation of shipboard machinery has become a must in today's merchant fleets. Manufacturers of automation and monitoring equipment have responded to the challenge with ever more sophisticated hardware to i
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on July 1981The final 1980-81 meeting of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers attracted 60 members and guests to the decks of the Princess Louise. This session was dedicated to past chairmen of the Section and to the introduction of new officers,
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on July 1981Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., announced it has acquired the Ryan-Walsh group of companies following approval by shareholders of the Mobile-based cargo-handling organization. The acquisition was made on the basis of 18.825 Dravo common shares for each of the 21,911 shares of Ryan-Walsh
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on July 1981Major steps to reconstruct the nearly century-old sailing ship Wavertree (shown above) to her original design were accomplished at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Hoboken, N.J., shipyard recently. Owned by the South Street Seaport Museum, the Wavertree will have 110 feet of her upper deck, from
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on July 1981A new device to limit or prevent damage to thickeners, clarifiers, mixers, elevators, hoists, conveyors, or other process or materials- handling systems where large torques are encountered, has been introduced by the Delroyd Worm Gear Division of Transamerica Delaval Inc. Designated the TQ-8
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on July 1981The S/S Ponce (shown above) left Sun Ship Inc. recently after undergoing a 22- month, $30-million conversion at the Chester, Pa., shipyard. In the unusual project, which began in July 1979, a new hull section was spliced into the center portion of the rollon /roll-off (RO/RO) trailership, and
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on July 1981Arthur E. Erb, president of Eller & Company, Inc. of Tampa, Fla., has announced the purchase of Uiterwyk Cold Storage Corp. The transaction includes all stock and assets owned by Uiterwyk Cold Storage, one in a group of companies o p e r a t i n g out of Tampa under the Uiterwyk name. This
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on July 1981Paddle flow switches are available from Gems Sensors Division of Transamerica Delaval to provide a flow or no-flow condition for shipboard and other marine applications. The FS-550 paddle units are said to offer the same quality and reliability that has been provided by other Gems flow cont
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on July 1981Shaver Transportation Company has recently taken delivery of a new ship handling tug, the Portland, for service in the Port of Portland. The Portland is propelled by two Maritime Industries model 1650 H 360° steerable Z-drives, each rated at 1,700 bhp. The Maritime propulsion units are beli
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on July 1981Todd S h i p y a r d s Corporation has contracted for a 14,000-displacement- ton floating d r y d o ck for its Houston Division, to be built by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair company of Mobile, Ala. The dock and related pier and upland facilities improvements will cost approximately $12 millio
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on July 1981TIW Industries Ltd. of Toronto has signed an agreement with DredgeMasters International, Inc. (DMI) of Hendersonville, Tenn., to cover the manufacturing of portable dredges for Canadian and international markets. The agreement covers complete manufacturing and assembly of a minimum of three
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on July 1981Following negotiations between Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and M.A.N.-B&W Diesel GmbH on behalf of B&W Diesel A/S, Copenhagen, a license agreement was signed recently authorizing the production of B&W twostroke diesels in Japan by Kawasaki. The 10-year agreement includes all B&W two-str
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on July 1981NICOR Inc. chairman and president C.J. Gauthier recently announced acquisition, with NICOR common stock, of two marine transportation companies — Arthur Levy Enterprises, Inc. and Offshore Island Boats, Inc. These two companies, along with Acadian Marine Service Inc., will operate as NICOR'
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on July 1981Caterpillar Engine Division announces a new family of highspeed, heavy-duty diesel engines in the 800-1,600 bhp (600-1,200 kw) class. Designated the 3500 series, the engine family provides optimum value for a wide variety of high-horsepower applications. The family will ultimately consist o