1980 Articles
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on September 1980Omnithruster Inc. has expanded into new facilities to accommodate the growth of its maneuvering and slow-speed positioning systems. Incorporated in the new location will be the administration, marketing, and engineering offices including designing and manufacturing of thrusters, control equ
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on September 1980The first American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Ship Systems Symposium will be held on October 2 and 3, 1980, at the Cherry Hill Inn, Cherry Hill, N.J. It is being held at the start of the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) for modernization of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at the
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on September 1980Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, a Houston Natural Gas Corporation company based in New Orleans, La., recently announced three staff appointments. Jim Barrett has been named domestic sales manager and will have principal responsibility for marketing the services of Gulf Fleet's growing number
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on September 1980David A. Johnson has been named manager of the Propulsion Systems Group at Michigan Wheel Division, Dana Corporation. The announcement was made by H.L. VanderMey, p r e s i d e n t of the Grand Rapids, Mich., division. Mr. Johnson comes to his new position from Michigan Wheel's Coolidge Div
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on September 1980M.A.N. (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nurenberg) AG, West Germany, and Brons Industrie N.V., Appingedam, the Netherlands, have signed a licensing agreement covering the construction and sale of M.A.N, four-stroke engines of type L/V 20/27 and ASL/ASV 25/30 with outputs ranging from 400 to 4,000
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on September 1980Richard F. O'Boyle, president, announces that the firm of Richard F. O'Boyle, Inc. has been appointed U.S. sales representative for CNOMV (Cantieri Navali e Officine Meccaniche di Venezia, S.P.A.) of Venice, a member of the Fincantieri group of Italian s h i p y a r d s . Antonio Marceglia,
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on September 1980Chiles Offshore Limited has signed a letter of intent with Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company to purchase an 82-SD-C self-elevating, shallow-draft cantilever drilling platform for a total rig price of $30 million. The 82 SD-C rig, designed for exploration, production drilling, and workove
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on September 1980Kunio Hashida, NYK Line's general manager in San Francisco for the past three years, has been appointed research commissioner in charge of special projects in the management coordination chamber at the company's Tokyo headquarters. Succeeding Mr. Hashida as general manager in San F r a n c
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on September 1980Furuno has announced the availability of two new high-performance sonars for commercial and sport fishermen. Both units offer an exceptionally wide range of standard features, such as automatic target tracking, 1-kw output power, choice of 60 or 150- kHz operating frequency, a compact and r
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on September 1980The J . J . Henry Company, Inc. of Moorestown, N.J., and Seadrec Ltd. of P a i s l e y , Scotland, announce the formation of a joint v e n t u r e company to provide dredge designs, detail construction drawings, associated engineering services, and dredge equipment to clients throughout the
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on September 1980A new submerged arc chromemoly welding wire, called W-22, is available from the Western Steel Division of Armco. Produced by Armco to the American Welding Society Specification A5.23, Classification EB3, W-22 is a low-carbon, alloy steel wire containing 2.75 percent chromium and 1.00 percen
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on September 1980Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. has received contracts totaling $23,725,000 from the U.S. Navy, providing ship's service auxiliary power for three classes of vessels. Stewart & Stevenson will supply Detroit Diesel Allison, gasturbine- powered, 2,500-kw generator sets for the Navy's new
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on September 1980John W. Gilbert Associates, Inc. of Boston has received a contract from Sun Transport, Inc. of Claymont, Del., to design an advanced tug/barge unit for carriage of specialty petroleum products between U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. The 4,600-bhp tug and 95,000-barrel barge will incorporate sa
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on September 1980Bay Shipbuilding Corporation in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., entered saltwater shipbuilding when the 396-foot tank barge Marie Tilton, built for Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corporation, was christened and launched in a recent dual ceremony. The Marie Tilton is named in memory of Mrs. Marie Tilt
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on September 1980NKK (Nippon Kokan) will build a $56- million jacket for a conventional offshore platform off the northwest coast of Australia. According to NKK officials in New York, the contract was signed with Woodside Petroleum Development Pty. Ltd. of Australia. The company is the operator of a joint ven
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on September 1980Insulation failure is by far the most frequent cause of costly burnouts in marine electrical machinery. While a motor or generator is idle, its coil is under continuous attack by shipboard atmosphere and contaminants. Insulation resistance eventually drops below safe levels. If the conditio
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on September 1980NL Rig Equipment of Houston has prepared a fact sheet illustrating and describing the new Shaffer Multi-Ram™ multiple-size rams. The new rams are designed to close and seal on drill pipe from 31,/, to 5 inches in diameter, making Multi-Ram rams especially useful in situations in which a ta
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on September 1980This year's 19th presentation of the giant Europort Exhibition, to be held from November 18 to 22 at the RAI Halls in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will also feature an i m p r e s s i v e conference program, with simultaneous sessions occurring on several days. A "Dredging Conference" (Novemb
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on September 1980The formation of a new shipping agency, Wilkes, Wylde & Co., Inc., to operate initially in Savannah and Atlanta, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., has been announced by the principals. R.M. (Bud) Wilkes, who has long been active in shipping circles in the U.S. Gulf and Southeast areas, is president
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on September 1980Maine Maritime Academy at Castine has been awarded a grant of $16,000 by the Henri Kummerman Foundation. Set up in 1977 by the president of the International MacGregor Organization, worldrenowned designers and supplier of marine cargo access equipment, the Henri Kummerman Foundation has the e