1981 Articles
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on January 15, 1981McNab, Inc., Mount Vernon, N.Y., has just introduced a computerized fuel management system as an answer to skyrocketing fuel costs. The McNab 63000 onboard system automatically receives instantaneous operating data on shaft horsepower and ship's speed. It calculates fuel consumption costs f
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on January 15, 1981McDermott Incorporated has announced its acquisition of automatic pipeline welding equipment, technology, and related license rights from H.C. Price Company. Included were five automatic pipeline welding spreads that will be installed aboard Mc- Dermott pipelaying barges. Each of the five s
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on January 15, 1981A rugged new lever-operated "Super-Searchlight" is announced by the Super-Marine Division of Phoenix Products Company, Milwaukee, Wis. Using a powerful, energy-saving halogen cycle sealed beam ffl lamp, the new fixture tilts 55 degrees above and 30 degrees below horizontal, and rotates 400
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on January 15, 1981Three senior management personnel at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., have been named vice presidents of the company. Leonard Erb, president of Ingalls and senior vice president of Litton Industries, has announced the promotion of Edwin B. Robbins, David B. Wright and Wayne D. Sti
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on January 15, 1981Helitron A / S of Aalesund, Norway, has developed a significant improvement to its well established POSCON range of integrated ship maneuvering systems, a new option called CORC (for Center-of-Rotation Control). POSCON maneuvering systems provide simpler means of ship handling at zero or lo
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on January 15, 1981The Wheelock Maritime International Limited of Hong Kong has placed an order with the China Corporation of Shipbuilding Industry of Beijing for the construction of two 27,000-dwt Lakes-fitted bulk carriers. These vessels will be built by CCSI's Dalian Shipyard and are due for delivery in 19
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on January 15, 1981The Jacksonville Port Authority has budgeted nearly $34 million for capital improvement projects in the coming year, according to John R. Mackroth, Jacksonville Port Authority managing director. The planned expenditures are almost equally divided between the Marine and Aviation Divisions. H
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on January 15, 1981Keyes Offshore, Inc. of Houston, a major drilling rig owner and contractor to the offshore industry, has contracted with Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Miss., to build another Friede & Goldman L-780, Mod 2 jackup drilling rig. This is the fourth rig that Keyes has awarded to Ingalls du
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on January 15, 1981An innovative and versatile system using Lucker hydraulic pulling machines to operate a crane, to pull or tension as required, has been incorporated into the derrick barge Mr. "2" Hooks (shown in drawing above), recently outfitted by i t s owner, Portable Marine Structures, Inc. of Houston.
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on January 15, 1981Belcher Towing Company will add a 3,000-horsepower ship docking tug to its fleet in the Port of Miami, vice president James Whitehouse has announced. To be named the Belcher-Miami, the new tug is scheduled to go into service in Miami harbor by the fall of 1981. Belcher Towing, a subsidiary
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on January 15, 1981Sun Transport, Inc. and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) recently signed a contract for MSC's five-year charter of Sun Transport's 34,400-dwt p r o d u ct tanker New York Sun (See December 1, 1980 issue MR /EN, page 28). The contract for MSC's charter of the newly constructed tanker in th
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on January 15, 1981Escher Wyss, Ravensburg (Federal Republic of Germany) has supplied a total of more than 1,400 controllable-pitch propellers, whose power ratings and diameters extend up to 33,800 kw (45,266 bhp) and 7.8 m respectively. The first hydraulically operated controllable-pitch propeller for marine
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on January 15, 1981The size of c r e w b o a t s has lengthened considerably as the search for oil and gas moves farther offshore and into rougher waters. Halter Marine's standard long-deck, 101-foot crewboats like the Capela and Atalaia are distinctive examples of the new generation of large crewboats for the
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on January 15, 1981Bring together a highly experienced trawl skipper and one of the world's leading builders of fishing vessels and machinery and you have the makings for an impressive new boat. Such was the case when MARCO Seattle's new North Pacific fishing vessel Dona Genoveva was christened recently for W
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on January 15, 1981Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh announced recently that negotiations are underway to acquire the Ryan-Walsh group of companies headquartered in Mobile, Ala. The acquisition, which is subject to approval by directors of both organizations, will be for an undisclosed number of shares of Dravo
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on January 15, 1981The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from National Marine Service, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of 46 double-skin, petroleum / chemical tank barges and five towboats. The towboats, one built by Dravo Corp
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on January 15, 1981The biggest tug with Voith Schneider propulsion units to be built in the United States has been designed by the Jacksonville, Fla., firm of Norman N. De- Jong and Associates, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers. Destined for ship-handling duties in the Panama Canal, the 105- foot "W
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on January 15, 1981Henschel Corporation of Amesbury, Mass., has introduced a new ship's bell logger to its extensive line of commercial ship control and interior communication equipment. The new 10-2550 series bell logger will accurately record and display ship's control parameters using existing shipboard sig
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on January 15, 1981Temple Drilling Company and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont shipyard recently commissioned a 150-foot water depth mobile offshore drilling rig for Tidelands Limited II. The rig was christened the Comanche by its sponsor, Mrs. Janis Huitt, wife of Dr. J.L. Huitt, senior vice president,
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on January 15, 1981The tank barge Hannah 6301 was launched recently at Bay Shipbuilding Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The launching was witnessed by a group of Hannah Marine Corporation personnel and customers and Bay Ship officials. The vessel was christened by Hannah's appointed sponsor for the occasion,