Maritime Reporter 1984 Articles
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on November 1984New, three-hole punched, literature from Simpson Timber Company of Shelton, Wash., describes their line of seaworthy marine panels. It contains complete specifications for Marine DecraGuard, MarinePly, SkidGuard and Guardian MDO along with a color illustration of the products. Ideal for int
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on November 1984Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. Mobile, Ala., recently christened and launched the cruise vessel Pilgrim Belle for Coastwise Cruise Line of Hyannis, Mass. Coastwise Cruise Line's parent corporation, Hyannis Harbor Tours, Inc. is also known as Hy-Line. Hy- Line operates the largest fle
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on November 1984—Literature A new mechanically applied pipe connecting system called PYPLOK ® that eliminates the costly expense, hazard and time of welding and brazing has been designed for use in the marine shipbuilding/ repair industries and introduced by Deutsch Metal Components Division, Los Angeles,
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on November 1984American Marine and Machinery Company, Inc. (AMMCO) of Nashville, Tenn., has announced the signing of an agreement with Damen Shipyards, Ltd. of Gorinchem, Holland, for the manufacture and marketing of selected models of the Damen line of vessels. The pact establishes AMMCO as exclusive Dam
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on November 1984The crane ship Titan-1 (shown above) was delivered recently at the Wartsila Turku Shipyards in Finland. Ordered by Sudoimport as the first in a series of four identical vessels, the Titan-1 is said to be the world's biggest catamaran ship, and is intended for hoisting and installation duties
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on November 1984Peck & Hale Inc., W. Sayville, N.Y., designer and manufacturer of material handling and cargo securing systems, has completed their contract with Bell Aerospace in Buffalo, N.Y., for a container lashing system to be used on the new LACV-30 vehicle. The LACB (Lighter Air Custion Vehicle) is c
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on November 1984The Maritime Administration has submitted for publication in the Federal Register a final rule governing the evaluation of bids submitted to federal agencies by subsidized U.S.-flag bulk vessel operators for the carriage of dry-bulk preference cargoes. The new rule requires that operating-
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on November 1984Valmet's subsidiary yard, Valmetin Laivateollisuus Oy in Turku, Finland, recently delivered the first unit in a four-vessel series being built for the Ministry of Gaz Industry of the USSR. The supply/ anchor-handling vessel Rioni incorporates a number of interesting features, like the "fathe
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on November 1984As part of the recent consolidation of the Executive Marketing and Contracts and Sales Departments, Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. of Houston named J. Robert Browning to the position of vice president-contracts and sales, a position that has been vacant for some time. Prior to this change, he
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc. of Modesto, Calif., which was founded in 1969 to manufacture and market innovative diesel fuel filter/water separator systems, has made available an eight-page brochure describing these and other items that the company has extended its product line to include. Drawing
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on November 1984Blount Marine Corporation has announced the completion of the Hitech Express, an extremely lightweight commuter boat built of aluminum, foam, fiberglass, and stainless steel. Making a speed of 31 mph, the vessel completed test runs in Narragansett Bay and is available for demonstration. Cer
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc., of Modesto, Calif., is offering literature on its Thermoline™ Self-Regulating Diesel Fuel Line Heater. The text of the literature, which contains a performance chart, specification table, photographs and drawings to complement the descriptive material presented, expla
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on November 1984The 92nd Annual Meeting and Third International Maritime Exposition of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will be held November 7-10,1984, at the New York Hilton Hotel. The exposition, with more exhibitors than ever before and a larger number of firms from overseas, will c
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on November 1984From an address recently presented to The Annual Meeting of the Propeller Club of the United States Our inland and coastal barge industry is too little understood, indeed it is largely invisible and we have only to look into the mirror to discover who is to blame for that. Our indictment m
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on November 1984Deputy Secretary of Defense William Howard Taft IV was principal speaker at the recent christening ceremony for the U.S. Navy's newest, most powerful warship, the Aegis guided missile cruiser Valley Forge (CG-50). Built by Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding division is Pascagoula, Miss., the new
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- Meyer Werft Launches One And Delivers Another Passenger Ship For Indonesian Inter-Island Service page: 32
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on November 1984For the second time this year, a newbuilding was launched and another newbuilding was delivered on the same day recently by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany. These newbuildings are two of a series of four passenger vessels ordered by the Directorate General of Sea Communic
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on November 1984— Literature Available Airco Welding Products has announced the introduction of the newest member of its family of Pulse Arc™ welding systems for pulsed spray transfer welding. The Pulse Arc 500 system, like the Pulse Arc 350 model, is designed around the pulsed spray process. The process a
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on November 1984Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the 78-foot tour boat Amarya to the Government of Nigeria. The vessel will be operated as a V.I.P. harbor tour boat by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, with her home port being Lagos. Thoroughly modern in her
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc. of Modesto, Calif., has literature available on the company's new Spin-On Fuel Filter/ Water Separator which the company says achieves levels of water separation and particulate removal that previously required two or three separate units. Under the heading "One Head I
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on November 1984Archibald G. Gillies was recently elected vice president in the executive administration of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The announcement was made by William N. Johnston, ABS chairman and president, following a meeting of the board of managers at the semiannual meeting of the inte