Maritime Reporter 1981 Articles
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on April 1981The tasks of logging ship's control commands, r e s p o n s e s , and propulsion system operation can be completely turned over to an automatic printout logging system developed by National Marine Service Incorporated. The bell logger system automatically prints engine order telegraph comma
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on April 1981A new series of welding type, fabricated valve operating stands, used to o p e r a t e valves below decks, is now being manufactured by the Marine Products Division of Hayward Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth, N.J. Two standard heights, 14-inch and 24-inch, are available. Each can be supplie
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on April 1981Moss Verft, a member of the Norwegian Kvaerner Group, recently c o m p l e t e d the liquefied gas/ammonia carrier Hebe (shown above) for K / S A / S Helengas of Stavanger, Norway. The vessel will be operated by Rederiet Helge R. Myhre A/S, also of Stavanger. She is built to Det norske Verit
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on April 1981Cummins Engine Company offers a 12-page, four-color catalog containing specifications, design features, and marine applications for the company's latest K series diesels. Five models are available, with marine continuous ratings ranging from 365 to 1,250 bhp. The K series is available in a
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on April 1981William J. Turner Jr. has been named by Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc. as vice president and managing director for its recently leased bulk terminal in New Orleans. He has extensive bulk handling experience reaching back several decades. Since 1977, he has been managing director of Or
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on April 1981With the high cost of energy it has become more important than ever to clean tubes in condensers and heat exchangers on a regular schedule. Goodway Tools Corporation has developed the Ream- A-Matic machine f e a t u r i n g an electric motor that turns a flexible shaft inside a nylon casing
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on April 1981Col. James G. Ton, past president of the Philadelphia Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), received the SAME Board of Directors Service Award from Brig. Gen. William T. Meredith, USAF (ret.), regional vice president and a national director of SAME, and Dr. August Pistilli
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on April 1981David H. Watts, formerly executive vice president of the company's Americas Region, has been elected to the position of president and chief operating officer of Solus Ocean Systems, Inc., Houston. He joined the company in 1965, participating as a research diver in the company's P50-foot div
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on April 1981Three major shipowners — Canadian Pacific, Compagnie Maritime Beige S.A., and the C.Y. Tung Group's interests including Furness Withy — have announced that CP Ships, Dart, and Manchester Liners have agreed to coordinate on an equal basis the container services they now operate between Canada,
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on April 1981Officials of Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Inc., Haddam, Conn., announced that construction has begun on a new coastal cruise ship for American Cruise Lines. The ship, which is to be named America, will be the largest inland coastal cruise ship in the country, and is expected to be completed in
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on April 1981The Galleon Agate (shown above), a 19,102-dwt cargoliner built for Galleon Shipping Corporation, Philippines, was delivered recently by the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai Zosen, an affiliate of Hitachi Zosen. She is the second of three ships of the same type ordered by Galleon from Hitachi. The
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on April 1981American Aero, Inc., a subsidiary of Weatherford International, will more than double its current production capacity by building a new manufacturing plant, warehouse, and office complex in northwest Houston. The AAI plant proposal, more than a year in the planning stages, was approved by W
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on April 1981Marine Industries Corporation has opened an office in St. Louis making Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) products readily available in that area for the first time in several years. Located at 1544 Autumn Leaf Drive in Manchester, Mo., the office will be headed by Lonnie Jacobs, according
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on April 1981Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. announces the appointment of World Shipping, Inc. as its agents for the Midwestern territory, based in Chicago. World Shipping will assume the Chicago area office location held formerly by Delta Line at 3001 Butterfield Road in Oakbrook, 111., and the current tel
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on April 1981Eighth Presentation Of This High-Quality Exhibition Is Booked To Capacity Indications are that this year's Nor-Shipping Exhibition, to be held as usual at the Sjolyst Centre in Oslo, will attract great interest. All available exhibition space had been booked six months in advance, and the
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on April 1981The appointment of John M. Pisani as director, Office of Port and Intermodal Development at the Maritime A d m i n i s t r a t i on (MarAd), was announced by Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs. An employee of MarAd for 12 years, Mr. Pisani most recently
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on April 1981National Marine Service has introduced a scanning pyrometer, which is a basic tool to help the operating engineer maintain full power and fuel economy while minimizing downtime by scanning diesel engine cylinder temperatures automatically. This scanning pyrometer can be used for single- or
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on April 1981An updated, input-output, economic analysis of America's maritime industries just released by the Commerce Department's Maritime Administration indicates that each dollar in sales by the U.S. merchant marine adds another $3.81 to the national economy. The study, "Economic Impact of the Mari
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on April 1981Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Boston, has named Donald L. Caldera to the new post of senior vice president, marketing of its Cincinnati-based marine subsidiary, Midland Affiliated Company. Midland, one of the nation's largest barging operation on the inland and coastal waterways, with sh
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on April 1981Tidewater Inc. has announced that its marine subsidiary, Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., is supplementing its global offshore oil and gas support fleet by 20 vessels having an aggregate cost of approximately $50.6 million. Fourteen vessels costing about $31 million have recently been acquire