1983 Articles
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on July 15, 1983Joseph D. Deal Jr., president of Tracor Marine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has announced the addition of two new members to his management staff at the Port Everglades facility. Hermann H. Haferkamp has been named general manager of the Shipyard Division, and John D. Klockow is now director
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on July 15, 1983Construction of Atlantic Container Line's (ACL) "Leaderships" has progressed past the first major milestone, according to Otto I.M. Porton, president, ACL-USA. Shipyards in Sweden, the U.K., and France began building five RO/RO-containerships early this year. Mr. Porton said the main sections
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on July 15, 1983Service Machine Group, Inc., a Terramar company headquartered in Morgan City, La. in cooperation with Design Associates, Inc., of New Orleans, has developed plans to produce a 205-foot diving support vessel (the DSV 205). Service Machine president Tom Hensley and Mat Kawasaki of Design Asso
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on July 15, 1983Matsumoto Shipyards of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, recently delivered the 150-foot aluminum-hull fireship, the Pemex 652, to Pemex, Mexico's national oil company, for service in the extensive Gulf of Mexico oil fields owned and managed by the firm. The Pemex 652 is the first of two
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on July 15, 1983Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, La., is offering a 20-page full color brochure describing the range of transportation services it provides to the marine and offshore industries. A Houston Natural Gas Corporation subsidiary, Gulf Fleet's vessels provide service f
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on July 15, 1983Marine Drive Systems of Edison, N.J., is offering literature describing its recently announced new private label type program with certain suppliers of mediumsized marine engines. Under this program, engine companies will have the capability of offering directly, or through their outlets, a
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on July 15, 1983The Eighth Congress of the Pan- American Institute of Naval Engineering (IPEN) will be held in Washington, D.C. (Hyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia), September 11-17, 1983. In announcing plans for the meeting, Rear Admiral James W. Lisanby, U.S. Navy, president of the we
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on July 15, 1983A & P Appledore International Limited has been appointed as managers for The Dubai Dry Dock Company, one of the world's largest ship repair complexes. Dubai Dry Dock received many inquiries during the weeks preceding the opening of the yard, last month. Although there is strong worldwide c
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on July 15, 1983Frank L. Beier Radio's fact-filled 1983 brochure is available on request. This unique brochure features illustrated articles by leading electronics industry representatives on subjects ranging from satellite communications to color radar. In addition, the brochure profiles the company's broa
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on July 15, 1983Dravo Wellman Company, a unit of Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa., which provides bulk materials-handling equipment, systems and engineering, has received a contract for an extensive crane rehabilitation project at the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. Awarded to Dravo Wellman by
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on July 15, 1983Latest Developments In Fuel-Efficient Engines High fuel costs and lower grades of marine fuel continue to dominate the thinking of diesel engine manufacturers as well as vessel owners and designers. Engine designs reflect these concerns as diesel manufacturers produce new and modified mod
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on July 15, 1983"The problem is change and how to cope with it. I have learned that 90 percent of problem solving is realizing that you have a problem," stated Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, at the 1983 Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers' Spring Meeting/STAR Symposium in
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- Doing Business With The Navy page: 77
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on June 1983An $88 Billion Market For Marine Suppliers Second In A Series Of Articles — "Selling To The Navy" The dominant role played by commercial shipyards and civilian personnel in the construction of Naval vessels and in the selection and purchase of equipment cannot be overemphasized. Since the
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- WORLD SHIPBUILDING page: 60
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on June 1983The events of 1982 clearly indicated that the improvement in the world order book, which began in 1979, was only a shortlived respite from the problems which have beset the shipbuilding industry since the mid '70s. The total volume of new orders placed fell sharply by over 30 percent from 1
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on June 1983The Ninth Annual Satellite Communications Symposium will be held November 7-9, 1983, at the Hyatt Regency-Atlanta Hotel located in the Peachtree Center complex in downtown Atlanta, Ga. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., sponsors the annual symposium as a service to communications managers and techn
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on June 1983Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) will build special sections in Nashville, Tenn., for the three additional T-5 product tankers authorized recently by Ocean Carriers, Inc. of Houston, Texas. Authorization for the tankers brings the total contract for Ocean Carriers to five and represents
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on June 1983Designers & Planners, Inc. of Washington, D.C., recently announced the appointment of Michael R. Yriondo as director of special projects and Richard S. Carleton as director of marine engineering. The announcements were made by Ferd Serim, president of the firm of naval architects and marine
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on June 1983Z.J. Papazissimos has been named vice president and controller for Sperry Corporation's Electronic Systems operations, headquartered in Great Neck, N.Y. In his new position, Mr. Papazissimos will be responsible f o r directing all financial and legal activities of Sperry's Electronic Syste
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on June 1983Autocator Controls, a division of T.P. Hudgins & Associates, Inc., of Houston, Texas, has been appointed the exclusive representative f o r Veronesi Separatori of Italy, manufacturers of precision centrifuges for purifying and clarifying oils and fluids for a wide variety of marine and indus
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on June 1983The Cunard Shipping Group recently announced that an agreement has been reached to purchase Norwegian American Cruises, a subsidiary of Lief Hoegh of Norway, for $73 million. The agreement includes two luxurious cruise ships, the Sagaf j o rd and Vistafjord. They will join the Cunard fleet