1981 Articles
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on March 15, 1981John F. Sullivan Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Bath Iron Works Corporation (BIW), and vice president of Congoleum Corporation, has announced a major reorganization of his senior management staff at BIW. William E. Haggett has been promoted to president and chief operating offic
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on March 15, 1981David Chen Tou Sin has been appointed General manager of Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore, to succeed E.S. Ware, who returned to the United Kingdom recently on completion of his contract with the shipyard. Mr. Chen, who is a graduate in both marine engineering and shipbuilding, brings to the pos
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on March 15, 1981Foss Shipyard, Seattle, has been named a marine dealer for Cummins Northwest Industrial (CNI) and will provide service and spare parts throughout the Northwest. The agreement between Foss Launch & Tug Company and Cummins Northwest Industrial was recently announced by Ross Bishop, Commercial M
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on March 15, 1981A newly published heat recovery handbook gives comprehensive information on using heat exchangers to recover waste heat for re-use. The handbook, published by American Standard Heat Transfer Division, gives details of a series of case histories with schematics of actual installations where
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on March 15, 1981A new organization was announced recently for the marketing and servicing of all Racal- Decca Marine p r o d u c t s in the United States. A joint Racal Electronics- ITT statement said that Racal, the international electronics group that acquired the Decca companies last year, is in the fina
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on March 15, 1981Transamerica Delaval Inc. has announced the signing of an agreement with Stork-Werkspoor Diesel B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, to market and manufacture SWD's TM620 diesel engines in the U.S. and Canada. The "Enterprise- SWD" TM620 will be m a n u f a c t u r e d exclusively at Transamerica
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on March 15, 1981The title of the paper presented at a recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was "Electrical Cable for Ships — Past, Present and Future." The author was Dieter Popoff, and some information for the paper was contributed by
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on March 15, 1981Nationwide Boiler Rentals, Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has been awarded a $1.9-million contract by the U.S. Navy to design and construct seven mobile boiler rooms. The systems, each consisting of two 5,000-pound-perhour, 200-psi boilers, contain complete water-softening equipment, chemical
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on March 15, 1981Work is under way at Raytheon Company on a U.S. Navy system that will measure magnetic fields of ships before and after their hulls have been treated for defense against magnetically influenced mines. The automated system, which includes underwater magnetic sensors and data processing and d
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on March 15, 1981Robert B. Bittner has been named vice president and chief engineer for Riedel International, Inc., according to Robert E. Westermann, executive vice presidentconstruction /dredging group. In his new post, Mr. Bittner will supervise all engineering for the parent company and all construction-
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on March 15, 1981Congressman J. Joseph Moaklev (D-Boston) has announced a federal grant of $2 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce's E c o n o m i c Development Administration to Massport to complete renovation of Boston's historic Fish Pier. At a reception at the Capitol, Congressman Moakley, who h
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on March 15, 1981Navire Cargo Gear has released an artist's i m p r e s s i o n (shown above) of the roll-on/roll-off linkspan that will revolutionize transport between the Isle of Man and the U.K. mainland. The innovative design developed by Navire Cargo Gear, working closely with consultants Burness, Corle
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on March 15, 1981The San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its January meeting at the Sheridan Harbor Island Hotel in San Diego. Michael L. Steine, manager of marine marketing for the Tano Corporation, presented a timely paper titled "An Approach to Plant Automation
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on March 15, 1981COMSAT (Communications Satellite Corporation) of Washington, D.C., will conduct a one-day informational seminar for mari- European Agent European Marine & Machinery Agencies. 60 Brookley Hoad. Brockenhurst Hants, S047RA, U K Telex 47509 time communications equipment suppliers and telecommuni
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on March 15, 1981Epoxo, a non-slip safety coating that helps prevent hazardous slips and falls on offshore rigs and aboard ship is now available from American Abrasive Metals Company. Designed for a highprofile, h e a v y - d u t y t r a c t i o n, Epoxo was originally developed for use by the United States
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on March 15, 1981As part of its continuing expansion of services related to arrival of new 22,000-dwt container- RO/RO vessels, Gerald W. Chick has joined Gdynia America Line, Inc., New York, general agents for Polish Ocean Lines (POL), as manager of sales in the metropolitan New York region. Ronald G. Davi
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on March 15, 1981More than 90 people attended a recent meeting of the Southern New England Section of The American Society of Naval Engineers held at the Submarine Base Officer's Club, Naval Submarine Base, New London/Groton, Conn. Ronald Provencher from Naval Sea Systems Command gave a presentation describ
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on March 15, 1981Compania Trasmediterranea of Madrid, Spain, has purchased a second Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoil for passenger service on their route between Las Palmas and Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Jetfoil will be delivered in October of this year. Trasmed began Jetfoil service in August 1980, and in
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on March 15, 1981F. Robert Black, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Moran Transportation Industries, Inc., announces the relocation of his office to Houston, where he will be directing the majority of his attention to strategic affairs and corporate expansion to Los Angeles and New Orleans.
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on March 15, 1981Tidewater Inc. has announced a major realignment in the executive staff of Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., the oldest and largest of the company's enterprises serving the energy industry. Sam S. Allgood has been elected president of Tidewater Marine, with responsibility for worldwide marine o