Maritime Reporter 1985 Articles
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on March 1985Bostik Division, Emhard Chemical Group, Middleton, Mass., is offering new free literature on its marine grade sealants—Bostik 320 Polysulfide/Sealant, Bostik 620 Silicone Sealant/Adhesive, and Bostik 920 Urethane Sealant/Adhesive. The explanatory text of the literature, which also contains c
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on March 1985Designed to facilitate the optimum mating of actuators and ball valves to meet specific requirements, PBM has announced the publication of its unique Reference Book, Section VII, describing "Performance Packages," the company's power-driven actuators coupled to their Adjust-O-Seal Ball Valve
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on March 1985Thomas A. Cuomo, group vice president of Drew Ameroid Marine, recently announced three executive appointments. Frank Catton has been named staff vice president, responsible for the development of new business opportunities in the worldwide marine industry. Robert K. Fleming has been appoin
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on March 1985Thomas J. Johnson has been named director of marketing for Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, an operating unit of the Houston-based Signet Corporation, J. Barry Snyder, president and CEO of Signet, announced recently. Mr. Johnson will supervise marketing activities and will be involved in new b
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on March 1985Rolls-Royce Holdings Canada Limited, which controls the activities of the Rolls-Royce Group in that country, has been renamed Rolls-Royce Industries Canada Inc. According to company chairman W.J. Mandry, "This new name offers a far more specific and descriptive identity for Rolls-Royce's di
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on March 1985Piatt Bros. & Company of Waterbury, Conn., has announced that it will soon assume complete responsibility for marketing, sales, and manufacturing of steel-cored, zinc ribbon anodes identical to those formerly marketed by Federated Metals Corporation under the trade name Diamond Line®, which
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on March 1985At a recent meeting of The Society of Marine Port Engineers of New York, a paper entitled "ALCAP—A Separation System for High-Density Fuel Oils" was presented by Michael Stepanovich, marketing manager for Alfa-Laval, Inc. The following paragraphs are excerpts from his paper. The quality of
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on March 1985CG-49 Vincennes third of 12 Aegis guidedmissile cruisers ordered by the U.S. Navy for construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., has completed her initial at-sea testing in preparation for commissioning on July 6. The new ship is equipped with the Aegis weapons system, the mos
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on March 1985The 27,622-dwt bulk carrier Sanko Daring (shown above) was delivered recently by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company's Tomano Works to Panamanian owner Kisogawa Maritime S.A. She is the first of six sister ships ordered from MES by Kisogawa. Built to Nippon Kaiji Kyokai classification,
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on February 15, 1985International Trade Fair And Conferences Gothenburg, Sweden—February 25-March 1 Offshore Goteborg '85, Sweden's third offshore exhibition and conference, will be held February 25 to March 1 in the Swedish Trade Fair Foundation's Exhibition and Congress Centre at Gothenburg. It is expected
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on February 15, 1985Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. (MGA) has been awarded two contracts under which the San Francisco- based firm of naval architects and marine engineers will assist with the engineering and design phase in the conversion and modification of two ships to be operated by the Military Sealift C
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on February 15, 1985A recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers heard a paper titled "Selection Considerations for Shipboard Computer Hardware." The authors were Albert C. Song, vicepresident- micro/mini systems, and Donald F. Logan, vice preside
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on February 15, 1985Island Research and Development Corporation of Victoria, British Columbia, has ordered a Boeing Marine Systems Jetfoil hydrofoil for use in marine research tasks. The approximate value of the sale is $24 million. Jetfoil is Boeing's trade mark name for its computerized hydrofoil. The Jetfoil
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on February 15, 1985The Maritime Administration has given its approval for United States Lines, Inc. to acquire the ships and other assets of Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. Under the agreement, USL will buy the 11 existing Delta ships and will charter the three being built at the Odense Shipyard in Denmark for Cro
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on February 15, 1985Peterson Builders, Inc. (PBI) of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., recently launched the fourth 255-foot, steelhulled rescue/salvage vessel for the U.S. Navy. Christened Grapple (ARS-53), she is the culmination of a three-year construction project supplying the Navy with these new Safeguard Class vessels
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on February 15, 1985The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts valued at a total of some $82.5 million for the purchase of 11 commercial cargo ships that will be assigned to the Ready Reserve Fleet. Lykes Bros. Steamship Company will sell five breakbulk ships— the Dolly Turman, Frederick Lykes, Howell Lykes, Mason Lyk
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on February 15, 1985Two changes in top management positions have been announced by James A. Kolinski, president of Lister Diesels Inc. of Olathe, Kan. J. Leo Amor has been appointed vice president marketing services. He will be responsible for all internal sales activities including sales administration, parts
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on February 15, 1985At a recent luncheon meeting of The Society of Marine Consultants held at the Whitehall Club in New York, a large turnout of members and guests heard a presentation on the transportation of oil from the arctic. The speaker was Virgil Rinehart, director of the Office of Advanced Ship Developm
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on February 15, 1985Being one of the oldest names in a business doesn't prevent one company from also being one of the newest. At a reception in New York City, Racal Marine Inc. introduced several new entries in radar and navigation electronics, continuing a new product thrust underway at the company for the p
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on February 15, 1985Recently, then Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan released for public scrutiny the Treasury Department's report to the President proposing "tax reform for fairness, simplicity and economic growth." I doubt that any individual would quibble with the objectives set forth in the title o