Maritime Reporter 1985 Articles
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on June 1985Dr. Donald Liu, formerly assistant vice president of the American Bureau of Shipping, has been elected vice president. The announcement was made by ABS chairman and president William N. Johnston following the recent annual meeting of the Board of Managers in New York. Dr. Liu joined ABS in
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on June 1985When the Navy announced on 2 April that Bath Iron Works had won the competition to build the first of the new DDG-51 (Arleigh Burkeclass) Aegis guided missile destroyers it meant—for the Navy, and for the U.S. shipbuilding industry as well—the end of a very long wait. The reason for the shi
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- CANADIAN SHIPBUILDING — 1985 — page: 76
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on June 1985REVIEW AND OUTLOOK The data in this annual statistical report brings home hard the fact that the Canadian shipbuilding, ship repairing and allied industries are at the crossroads. Policies must be implemented to strengthen our industry. A new federal government was elected last September th
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on June 1985The current "oil glut" and the oversupply of natural gas have lulled Americans into a false sense of energy security. If something is not done to speed up the pace of domestic energy exploration and production, we will find ourselves more dangerously dependent on foreign energy suppliers in
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on June 1985It is estimated there are approximately 10,000 self propelled tugs, towboats and offshore service vessels in the U.S. fleet. Add to the above 10,000 tugs, towboats, and offshore support vessels, the balance of the United States shallow draft self propelled fleet consisting of 11,000 ferrie
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on June 1985Uniden Corporation of America, Marine Communications Division has introduced a new 90-channel remote control VHF marine radio, the Uniden MC 900. Its channel coverage includes all U.S. and international channels as well as all weather channels. Its two-piece design includes a compact control
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on June 1985Murray Grainger, who for 25 years was president of Capital Equipment Enterprises, has announced that he is ending a short retirement and resuming his business activities as Murray Grainger & Co. The new firm will be engaged in buying and selling used equipment. Mr. Grainger is well-known in
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on June 1985—Literature Available Ingersoll-Rand, Charlotte, N.C., recently announced a major sales and technical agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan to market and sell X-FLO, a singlestage turbo compressor manufactured for Ingersoll-Rand by Kawasaki. Ingersoll-Rand will handle marketing
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on June 1985Simpson Timber Company recently announced a comprehensive plan for the company's western building products operations that includes a major investment in the panel products division and realignment of personnel. The $40-million capital restructuring involves a substantial dollar investment f
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on June 1985Raytheon Marine Company of Manchester, N.H., has just introduced the new model JMA-3410 color radar that provides high-resolution color in a compact, digital, rasterscan unit. Raytheon is offering this advanced model, which is manufactured by Japan Radio Company, as exclusive distributor in
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on June 1985The Combustion Control Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Orrville, Ohio, now has available a 12-page brochure that explains automatic combustion trim control using excess oxygen (02) or carbon monoxide/excess oxygen (CO/O.J flue gas analysis. The brochure, AD 106-125, outlines
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on June 1985The board of directors of NASSCO recently announced the election of Richard J. Baumler as vice president, marketing. In this position, he will report to A l f r e d W. Lutter Jr., senior vice president, business affairs. Reporting to Mr. Baumler will be James M. Temenak, director of marketi
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on June 1985Three GEC Rolls-Royce electrical generating sets worth $18 million have been ordered to power the Shell/Esso Tern offshore production platform in the northern sector of the North Sea. Two ERB-1 generating sets, each powered by a Rolls-Royce Industrial RB211 gas turbine developing 30,840 hp,
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- Marathon LeTourneau To Construct World's Largest Bottom Supported Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit page: 12
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on June 1985Rowan Companies, Inc. has contracted with Marathon LeTourneau Company, a Marathon Manufacturing company, a subsidiary of The Penn Central Corporation, for the construction of the world's largest bottom supported mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU). The MODU, a larger version of the highly
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on June 1985Bow and stern mooring systems that improve supply boat operations in hostile environments are described in a brochure just prepared by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. Defined as passive systems, they utilize the special load-elongation characteristics of Samson two-to-one braided ropes to modulat
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on June 1985Lips Propellers has opened a new facility at Todd Shipyard on Harbor Island, Seattle, Wash. Headed up by James (Kimo) Mackey, the new plant will specialize in propeller service, both in drydock and wherever needed in Puget Sound and up the Inland Waterway. Formerly plant manager of Lips Oak
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on June 1985Westport Shipyard, Inc., Westport, Wash., has delivered a 90-foot fiberglass vessel to Catalina Channel Express Lines for service on passenger routes between Los Angeles Harbor and Catalina Island. Catalina Channel Express Lines, which already is equipped with Westport-built vessels, serves
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on June 1985A brand new Victorian-style sternwheel riverboat reflecting the elegance of a bygone era is now under construction at Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., for the Moody Foundation of Galvest o n TGXSS The 152-foot-long Colonel will be able to accommodate up to 800 passengers on histor
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on June 1985Two new CN Marine icebreaking ferries are being fitted with advanced ultraviolet water purification systems that will provide pure potable water without the use of chlorine or other harsh, expensive chemicals. Orders have been received by Puroflow Marine Corporation of Newport News, Va., to
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on June 1985—Literature Available Marine computers are used to calculate and check shipboard safety criteria, primarily stability and cargo distribution, but also material stresses. The rugged Siemens SIMAC marine computer is this type of microcomputer which runs on the concurrent CP/M-86 standard opera