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on September 15, 1985Bertrem Products, Inc., Tulsa, Okla., recently began importing Straub couplings and pipe repair clamps from Switzerland for use in the United States and Canada. These pipe connections have a patented pressure energized sealing system ideal for all kinds of pipes. The new Straub coupling repl
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on September 15, 1985—Literature Available Saab Marine Electronics' U.S. subsidiary, Saab Tank Control of Hoboken, N.J., has announced that Tampa Shipyard, Inc. has ordered five shipsets of level gauging equipment. The systems ordered are the latest development of level gauging equipment by Saab Marine Electro
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on September 15, 1985The N.Y.-N.J.-Sandy Hook Pilots Association recently took delivery of a high-speed, rough-water commuter dispatch boat. It is a 64-foot, allaluminum, twin-screw vessel designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates of Boston, Mass., and built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corp., Somerse
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on September 15, 1985Alsthom's ACB unit in Nantes, France, has decided to create a subsidiary in Norway, called ACB Norge A/S, to develop business in the Norwegian offshore market. ACB thus intends to concentrate efforts in Norway on activities for which it already has significant involvement, including Skuld te
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on September 15, 1985Rep. W.J. (Billy) Tauzin (D LA) will discuss standby boats and warehouse vessels at the next quarterly meeting of the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) to be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on September 24. Capt. W.A. Mayberry, USCG (Ret.), executive director of OMSA, said t
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on September 15, 1985—A directory of the leading shipbuilding and ship repair firms— The following listing of Canadian shipyards highlights yard capabilities and special services offered. For full descriptive literature circle the appropriate number on the Reader Service Card in the back of this issue. ALLIED
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on September 15, 1985A review of new designs to meet the challenges of deep water and harsh environments Offshore drillers, in 1984, ordered a total of 37 units to be built, includ- ing 24 semisubmersibles. Some of these orders were letters of intent subsequently never material- ized into firm construction c
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on September 15, 1985The Congressional Maritime Caucus has created an Advisory Board made up of industry and Executive Branch leaders to prepare an "action plan" aimed at stimulating legislative and regulatory initiatives to revitalize the American merchant marine. The Caucus, consisting of 72 members of the Ho
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on September 15, 1985Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Inc. of Lockport, La., is building 16 Island Class patrol boats (WPB) under an $80-million contract awarded by the U.S. Coast Guard. These boats will be used for offshore patrol work involving law enforcement, surveillance, and boardings. Basic duties will
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on September 15, 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation's design for the world's largest matsupported jackup drilling rig, the Bethlehem 600, will open an additional million square miles of outer continental shelf to jackup operations. That's a 30-percent increase from current jackup territory, representing an area nea
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on September 15, 1985Brown & Root International, Inc. has been awarded a contract for engineering feasibility studies related to the development of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s Rocky Point Unit drilling and production platform offshore California. Chevron and partners Phillips Petroleum and Champlin Oil are considerin
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on September 15, 1985The 115-foot Oriole, built by Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La. for A&P Boat Rentals of Cut Off, La., gives new meaning to the term "crew/utility vessel." the allaluminum, triple-screw boat can not only haul 63 people, 30 long tons of cargo, and 12,000 gallons of rig water; it can als
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on September 15, 1985Matson Navigation Company has sent invitations, to selected shipyards on the three U.S. coasts, to bid on conversion of the roll-on/rolloff trailer ship Matsonia to a combination RO/RO and lift-on/lift-off container carrier for the West Coast-Hawaii trade. This followed a preliminary inquiry
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on September 15, 1985Moss Point Marine, Inc. of Escatawpa, Miss., recently delivered the 800-passenger, sternwheel excursion boat Colonel to her owner, the Colonel Museum, Inc. in Galveston, Texas. The 152-foot vessel is now providing historical and dinner cruises of the Galveston Bay harbor. The Colonel can ser
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on September 15, 1985Halifax, Nova Scotia—October 1-3 This year's Fifth Annual Canadian Offshore Resources Exposition and Conference (CORE) is again scheduled for Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 1-3. The exposition will be held at the Port of Halifax Ocean Terminals and the conference at the Halifax World Trade
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on September 1985The Forney Engineering Company, Carrollton, Texas, is offering a free, full-color brochure on their new AFS-1000 control system. The three-hole binder publication offers several color photographs of the AFS-1000 and its components, along with clear, concise explanatory text. According to th
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on September 1985A.C. LiCausi, Inc., a marine and industrial boiler consultant firm serving the maritime and industrial boiler user, has been formed in New Orleans, La., by A.C. LiCausi, president of the firm. A 1951 graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, Mr. LiCausi was Foster Wheeler Boiler Corporati
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on September 1985"Getting Your Next Customer— and Keeping the Ones You Have" is the subject of a special workshop to be presented October 2-3 by the Association of Diesel Specialists, announced ADS president Harold Klebanoff, LaBan Equipment Corp., Valley Stream, N.Y. The workshop will be held at the Ramada
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on September 1985—Literature Available The new digital clamp-on instruments capable of measuring both DC and AC current and voltage have been introduced by Amprobe Instruments division of Core Industries, Inc. of Lynbrook, N.Y. Model ACDC1000 measures AC or DC currents and voltages on two ranges up to 999 a
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on September 1985—Literature Available Hollming, Ltd., the Finnish shipbuilding and engineering group, has opened offices in Louisiana. The objective is to promote and conduct marketing of the Aquamaster Azimuth propulsion units and support sales and service activities in the U.S. and Canada. The office is m