1981 Articles
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on May 1981A new catalog showing a broad range of electrical components and accessories for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of industrial equipment is now available from Reliance Electric Company, Cleveland. C o n t a i n i n g hundreds of photos, drawings, and diagrams, the 154-page catalog is full
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on May 1981A new six-page four-color illustrated brochure titled "Treasure Islands" is now available from Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company, the leading designer and manufacturer of mobile selfelevating, offshore drilling rigs. The brochure gives specifications of the company's line of slot and can
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on May 1981During meetings in New York recently, Grady Brown, chairman of the board of the Liberian Shipowners' Council, discussed shipowner reactions to UNCTAD proposals regarding the phasing out of open registry shipping. Two reports have been prepared by the Council, entitled "Some Arguments Agains
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on May 1981Few applications have more demanding and at the same time sensitive material requirements than those encountered in downhole petroleum exploration. However, many manufacturers are finding Armco Nitronic 50 stainless steel to offer the type of properties needed for dependable downhole servic
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on May 1981An International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO) will be sponsored in New York City November 17-19 by five major maritime industry organizations, each representing a separate discipline within the industry. The Symposium will be held in the spacious Passenger Terminal on the Hudson Riv
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on May 1981General Dynamics' Charleston (S.C.) Facility will fabricate components for four offshore drilling rigs under a $33-million contract from Bailey & Shannon Drilling Company, Inc. of Stafford, Texas. The award involves construction of major portions of steel work on the rigs. The components wi
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on May 1981V. Wayne Davis has been elected as president of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Chapter, Portsmouth, Va., of the Naval Civilian Administrators Association (NCAA). The testing superintendent from the Production Department succeeds Andy James, head, Employee Relations Division of the Industrial Re
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on May 1981Wendle W. Huddleston, president and chief executive officer of Hudson S h i p b u i l d e r s , Inc. (HUDSHIP), announced that the company had acquired additional property for a major expansion of its shipbuilding operation. The new property is located on the west bank of the East Pascagoula
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on May 1981The Blohm + Voss M1000® joiner partition and ceiling system, which has been installed in more than 580 merchant and naval vessels and some 85 offshore units in the North Sea, will now be manufactured in the United States. B + V recently announced plans for a plant in the Gulf Coast area. T
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on May 1981American Aero, Inc. of Houston, a subsidiary of Weatherford I n t e r n a t i o n a l , has promoted Dwight Toney to sales and operations manager for its Marine Crane Division. He will be responsible for both domestic and international sales involving the firm's varied line of hydraulic mar
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on May 1981In covering materials for marine transporting, problems exist that can be eliminated by the use of a super strength netting available from the Griffolyn Company Division of Reef Industries, Houston. The primary applications for the netting are: prevention of tarp ballooning due to high winds
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on May 1981The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has signed an agreement with the Register of Shipping of the People's Republic of China (ZC) for reciprocal performance of classification and other services, such as assigning Load Lines. The agreement allows ABS exclusive surveyors to be stationed in C
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on May 1981Construction of the Ocean Environment Basin (shown above) in Trondheim, Norway is nearing completion. Total building expenditures for the basin, which has been under construction for more than two years, will amount to approximately $25 million. By means of this basin, the research consortium
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on May 1981A contract to provide diesel main propulsion engines for two new 35,000-dwt Falcon I tankers has been awarded to the Transamerica Delaval Inc. Engine and Compressor Division in Oakland, Calif. The announcement was made by Division general manager Clinton S. Mathews. The two 666-foot vessels a
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on May 1981National Supply Company, Houston-based oilfield equipment firm, has named David A. Higbee and John C. Marchiando to new managerial responsibilities in the National Drilling Equipment Division. Mr. Higbee is promoted to general manager-manufacturing. He will be accountable for the company's pl
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on May 1981Inc., Seattle naval architects and marine engineers, and the Norwegian-owned Maritime Technical Consultants Corporation of Seattle was announced recently. The announcement was made jointly by B.F. Jensen and Kaspar Overaa of MTCC. The merged organization will be called Jensen Maritime Consulta
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on May 1981The First International Marine Technology Exhibition will be sponsored by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and held in conjunction with its 90th Annual Meeting on November 18-20, 1982, at The New York Hilton Hotel. This precedent- setting announcement was made by John J. N
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on May 1981Ottawa, Canada — June 16-19 This major event will bring forth the results of research and development in designing ships for ice navigation by many nations of the world. For years to come "Ice Tech '81" will be considered and referenced as a major event in resource and marine development
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on May 1981The Naval Air Development Center, Warminister, Pa. Chapter of the Naval Civilian Administrators Association recently awarded an honorary membership to Capt. Ralph S. Barnaby, USN (ret.). Captain Barnaby, now 87 years old, has had a long and intimate association with the Center and its civilian
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on May 1981A uniquely simple system for measuring and inspecting cargoes of petroleum and chemical tankers and barges is the topic of a new 24-page brochure offered by Vu-Gage System, a Mobil Company. The Vu-Gage® system covered by the brochure has been accepted f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n on U.S. Co