Maritime Reporter 1981 Articles
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on November 1981E n e r g y Audit Corporation, Montclair, N.J., an infrared scanning inspection company, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to perform infrared electrical and mechanical equipment inspections on all of the aircraft carriers in the United States fleet. Steven L. Miller, director of
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on November 1981Andrew A. Sallean has joined Bretagne ACB Corporation, New Orleans, La., as vice president of the newly formed department of naval architecture. ACB is a marine equipment design and manufacturing company specializing in articulated and integrated tug/barge hydraulic connection systems. The
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on November 1981COMSAT General Corporation announced recently that the U.S. Navy has extended its contract for use of each of the three satellites in the MARISAT System for an additional year. The renewal provides an option for the following year as well. The provision of this additional service is valued
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on November 1981Scarsdale, N.Y., have been awarded contracts for Elinca marine growth and corrosion control systems to be installed on four semisubmersible drilling rigs under construction for Sedco Inc., Dallas, Texas. The first is for the SEDCO 710 under construction at Mitsui Shipbuilding, Shiba, Japan,
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on November 1981John F. Sullivan Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, announced the appointment of James M. Blenkhorn Jr. as vice president of marketing. Mr. Blenkhorn is rejoining Bath Iron Works after leaving in February 1979 to serve first as group vice president of
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on November 1981EPSCO, Incorporated of Westwood, Mass., and Datamarine International, Inc. of Pocasset, recently announced the signing of an O.E.M. agreement for $1.6 million whereby Datamarine will purchase from EPSCO microprocessor- based loran C navigation receivers, manufactured to their specifications
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on November 1981American Iron and Steel Institute, Washington, D.C., recently published a new text, "Handbook of Corrosion Protection for Steel Pile Structures in Marine Environments." Authored by corrosion engineers and steel pile specialists, the 260-page book provides an indepth study of the problems and
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on November 1981Marine Transport Lines, Inc., New York, N.Y., announced recently that it had purchased from Nereide SpA. of Naples, Italy, a 134,000-dwt ore/oil carrier for $13 million. The vessel, to be renamed Oswego Prima, incorporates the latest safety and antipollution systems including inert gas and
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on November 1981American President Lines (APL), Oakland, Calif., has announced that the first of its three new containerships, the largest ever built in the U.S. and the first to be diesel propelled, will be named the President Lincoln. The ship will be christened and launched on December 19, 1981, at Avon
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on November 1981Burrard Yarrows Corporation of Vancouver, Canada's largest ship repairer, has won an 11- million Canadian-dollar contract to carry out a modernization refit on the frigate HMCS Mackenzie. This is the first time a major refit of a Canadian warship has been entrusted to a private dockyard on
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on November 1981The Maritime Administration announced the award of a cooperative agreement of $97,989 to the Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region as a first step in the development and demonstration of a computerized system which would track and, in an emergency, provide the location of all ship
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on November 1981Kockumation AB of Malmo, Sweden, a world leader in the production and marketing of marine electronic equipment, recently announced the firm is now represented by three separate agents for coast-to-coast sales and service in the U.S. NavCom Inc. of New York represents Kockumation on the East
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on November 1981The San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers began its 1981- 82 program with a presentation on unmanned marine vehicles. Thirty members and guests of SNAME met at the Half Moon Inn in San Diego to hear Robert Wernli of the Naval Ocean Systems Center discuss
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on November 1981Atlantic Marine, Inc. of Ft. George Island, Fla., is completing the outfitting of two 75-ton, double- ender ferryboats for Island Developers, Miami. The Pelican was delivered in October, while the Eagle has been launched and will be delivered before the end of the year. The 120-foot by 46-f
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on November 1981Duraline, of Islip, N.Y., a division of J.B. Nottingham Co., Inc., has introduced two new units on the market: model V500A portable ventilation blower and model V20KW portable heater attachment. Duraline's V500A blower has two unique features: all-aluminum c o n s t r u c t i o n and a low
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on November 1981A new epoxy polyamide coating with the corrosion resistance of coal tar epoxy, but without its application or toxicity problems, has been introduced recently by Devoe/Prufcoat, Devoe & Raynolds Co., a division of Grow Group, Inc. Known as CHEM-TAR™ High Build Epoxy Coating, it may be appli
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on November 1981Caterpillar Tractor Co., Engine Division, has announced a new 1,200-rpm 3412 marine engine configuration rated 317 kw (425 hp) at 1,200 rpm continuous and 354 kw (475 hp) at 1,200 rpm medium-duty c o m m e r c i a l . This new configuration was designed to operate within the 450-1,200 rpm r
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on November 1981Two 23-meter (about 75-foot) long lightships are to be built at Ocean Shipyards, Fremantle, Western Australia, for the Australian Department of Transport at a cost of 2.4-million Australian dollars. On completion, scheduled in 1982, one will be stationed at the Carpentaria Shoal, Torres Str
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on November 1981Paul I. Beining, president of CDI Marine Company, Jacksonville, Fla., recently announced major changes in the organizational structure of the company. Donald W. Jett has been promoted to executive vice president responsible for the operation of the firm's nationwide network of marine design
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on November 1981Bayou Black Shipyard of Gibson, La., recently delivered one of several 42-foot allaluminum crewboats — the Frontier I — to Frontier Marine of Morgan City, La. The vessel has a length of 42 feet, a beam of 13 feet, and a depth midship of 6.5 feet. Fuel capacity is supplied by an independent 30