Maritime Reporter 1986 Articles
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on January 15, 1986Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tenn., has completed a broad restructuring of its organization to enhance its marketing effectiveness and facilitate efficient administration of Ingram's growing fleet. Neil N. Diehl, Ingram Barge Company's chairman, in announcing the changes said: "Ingram
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on January 15, 1986The PNOC Marine Corporation facility at Batangas Bay in the Philippines has experienced dramatic and rapid growth during its short five-year life. It has developed into a modern Lloyds-rated Class A shipbuilding and repair complex. Strategically located on a 50-hectare site at San Miguel, Ba
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on January 15, 1986Diesel Engine Manufacturers Continue To Improve The Fuel Efficiency Of Their Engines Though the recent failure of the OPEC nations to agree on limiting crude oil production may eventually result in lowering fuel costs somewhat, fuel expenses and consumption will continue to remain a major
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on January 15, 1986The majority of steam-driven ships now in service were built in an era of low fuel oil prices, with their steam plants designed at or near maximum performance ratings. In those bygone days, operating a ship at lower horsepower was not a practical consideration. However, with the escalation o
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on January 15, 1986Omnithruster Canada Inc. of Sarnia, Ontario, a subsidiary of Omnithruster Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in recent months has delivered four units for installation in Canadian government vessels. The John P. Tulley, a 226-foot hydrographic survey vessel owned by the Canadian Department of
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on January 15, 1986Keel-laying ceremonies were held recently for the second of three containerships being built for Sea-Land Service, Inc. by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. The laying of the keel of Hull No. 736 took place in Bay's large graving dock where all three vessels will be constructed. Each containership will
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on January 15, 1986Pool Arctic Alaska Anchorage has contracted with Bardex Hydranautics for a rig skidding system which Pool Arctic Alaska will use for Sohio on the Endicot artificial island project in the Beaufort Sea. The system will perform transverse rig skidding over the wellheads on an Arctic wheel-mount
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on January 15, 1986McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a contract worth approximately $48-million by the Chinese Petroleum Corporation of the Republic of China. The turnkey contract involves engineering, procurement, and construction of one drilling and production platform, two wellhead platforms, i
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Available Ingersoll-Rand Company has purchased Fafnir Bearing Division of Textron, Inc., and has merged the ball bearing manufacturer with The Torrington Company, a wholly owned subsidiary. "This merger broadens the combined company's bearing product lines, strengthens our techn
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on January 15, 1986Raytheon Company of Lexington, Mass., has announced that D. Brainerd Holmes, president, will retire from the company effective May 31, 1986. On May 24 he will be 65, the traditional retirement age for senior executives of this diversified electronics company. Thomas L. Phillips, chairman an
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on January 15, 1986Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA in Italy has completed major conversion work on the rollon/ roll-off containerships Amaranth Jolly and Grey Jolly owned by Ignazio Messina. Without increasing the main dimensions, the cargo capacity of each ship was almost doubled—from 500 to 976 TEUs
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on January 15, 1986Another of the U.S. Navy's TAKR Class of Fast Sealift Ships, the USNS Altair, was dedicated at Avondale recently and was delivered ahead of schedule. The USNS Altair (T-AKR-291) is the second of its class to be dedicated at Avondale. It was converted from a Sea-Land (SL-7) commercial contai
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on January 15, 1986The twin-screw harbor utility boat Pelican, was recently christened by Balehi Marine Inc. of Lacombe, La., for the vessel's owner Martin Marietta at a NASA slip. The ceremonies were attended by Mike Gnau, project engineer; Guy Keller, contract administrator; J.S. Checkan, chief engineer; Bil
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on January 15, 1986Simrad, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Wash., has announced the establishment of a branch office in the New York metropolitan area, which has been created in order to more efficiently promote Simrad products in the Eastern portion of the U.S. and Canada. Simrad is a leading manufacturer of
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on January 15, 1986TravAlaska, the West family's cruise and tour firm headquartered in Seattle, will take delivery of a new passenger vessel from Westport Shipyard this spring. The 90-foot boat Glacier Seas will be the first commercial hull from a new adjustable mold the Westport, Wash., fiberglass vessel buil
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Available Armco's Specialty Steels Division has begun commercial operation of a $7-million Automated Pickle Line at its Baltimore Works. The new "tunnel" pickle line and accompanying pollution control facility is one of the most modern in the world. The pickling cycle and bath t
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on January 15, 1986Roger Nejes was appointed assistant to the president of Todd Shipyards Corporation at a recent board of directors meeting and will be responsible for facilitating and implementing the integration of the company's newly acquired subsidiary, formerly The Aro Corporation, into the Todd organiza
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on January 15, 1986Some of the foremost diesel engine manufacturers, shipping companies and engineering firms were represented at the first Diesel Propulsion Conference recently held in Seattle, sponsored by Trans Marine Propulsion Systems of Seattle and International Power Engineering, Copenhagen, Denmark. A
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on January 15, 1986Aalborg Vaerft A/S in Denmark recently lauched its newbuilding No. 249, a refrigerated vessel with a capacity of about 10,000 cubic meters, for the Soviet organization V/O Sudoimport. The reefer, named the Akademik Zavaritskij, is the last in a series of three sister ships, and is scheduled
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Offered Sales of cold-water survival suits by Imperial Manufacturing Company of Bremerton, Wash., approached 100,000 last year, according to production manager Jim Skelly. A big boost in sales for the company, which has been producing survival suits for 15 years, came last summe