1983 Articles
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on November 1983Port Allen Marine Service (PAMS), of Cincinnati, Ohio, is currently offering a 14-page color brochure highlighting its many marine capabilities. PAMS, with modern and efficient facilities on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and in the Port of Baton Rouge, is among the most diverse shipyards o
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on November 1983A new full-color brochure from Jamesbury Corp. of Worcester, Mass., describes its broad line of "Fire-Tite" ball and high-performance butterfly valves and its firetested actuators. The products are well-suited for handling flammable liquids, gases, and other hazardous materials where leakag
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on November 1983Krupp Atlas-Elektronik Division of Krupp International Inc., N. J. announced the delivery of Atlas microprocessor-controlled fish-finding systems worth $250,000, for installation on the Arcturus, a new trawler/crabber vessel built for Jeff Hendricks and Associates of Anacortes, Wash. Constr
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on November 1983Squire-Cogswell Company, air and vacuum specialists since 1916, has been providing 100 percent oil-free air for industrial and marine shipboard applications with their Pur-Pax single and two-stage oil-free air compressors. The Two Stage Air Compressor features a unique Dyna-Balance system wh
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on November 1983Caterpillar has introduced a new V925 lift truck designed for the worldwide container handling industry. The V925 has 75,000 pounds of capacity when equipped with a container handling spreader for moving and stacking fully loaded 20 to 40-foot containers at dockside, rail yards, and transfer
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on November 1983Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wise., recently commenced work on the conversion of the containership ex-President Harrison. The 668-foot ship is being converted to an auxiliary crane ship (TAC-1) by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration for future use by the U
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on November 1983Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron announced recently the introduction of an inexpensive high-quality point-to-point microprocessor- controlled receiver with important advantages for seagoing vessels and coast stations. A brochure is offered describing the receiver. Microprocessor contr
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on November 1983The S.S. Mormacsun, a tanker owned by Moore MacCormack Lines, Bulk Transport Inc., is burning $168 in fuel less per day utilizing combustion trim control systems manufactured by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Combustion Control Division, headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, according to a W
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on November 1983The Sedco 602, an offshore drilling rig, now in Singapore, has become the 2,000th user equipped for maritime satellite communications. With its newly installed ship earth station, the rig has access to the international maritime satellite system operated by INMARSAT, which provides the satel
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on November 1983Burrard Yarrows Corporation of Vancouver has received an order from the Canadian Government to build two Type 1100 Navaid/Light icebreaking vessels at a total cost of Can. $108.5 million. Construction will begin early next year. The icebreakers are to be constructed at the Burrard Yarrows y
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on November 1983A new generation of premium quality energy-efficient motors with power factor correction to 95 percent has been announced by Reliance Electric Co., Euclid, Ohio. Highly efficient and compact capacitor technology provided by Reliance Electric Company's affiliate Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corp
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on November 1983The Seattle Hilton is the site for the November 29 to December 1, 1983, meeting of ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding. The committee's various subcommittees are currently processing hundreds of shipbuilding industry standards. Included is an initial group of Navy MIL-SPECS and Standard Dra
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on November 1983Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. Seoul, Korea, for eight bulk carriers with an option for four more, the shipbuilding company president, Hong, In-Kie reported recently. The U.S. $140-million contract for the 45,000-dwt
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on November 1983"Zinc: Its Corrosion Resistance," a 200-page book that brings together much detailed information and data on the corrosion resistence of zinc and zinc-coated steel, is available free of charge from Zinc Institute Inc., New York, N.Y. The book is divided into four chapters which deal with th
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on November 1983MARCO Pacific Shipbuilding Corporation, a subsidiary of MARCO Seattle, has announced plans to build a new design tuna purse seiner. The vessel is 58 meters long, 11.5 meters wide, and 5 meters deep, with a carrying capacity of 700 metric tons of frozen tuna in 12 refrigerated brine wells. T
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on November 1983In order to provide high quality chemical transshipment service in the U.S. Gulf area, Stolt-Nielsen, Inc., the Connecticut-based parcel tanker group, contracted with Maryland Marine, Inc. for three stainless-steel barges which meet the strictest requirements to barging between their large p
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on November 1983A new shipyard company, the Boston Shipyard Corporation, has formally opened in East Boston, Mass. The company has taken over the former Bethlehem Steel property, inactive since the fall of 1982. Boston Shipyard is performing a mixture of commercial and government repair work. The company
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on November 1983A hardware/software package used to monitor ship fuel consumption and propulsion engine efficiency, was announced recently by Marine Management Systems, Inc. (MMS), Stamford, Conn., and Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. (SES) of Essex, Conn. Albert C. Song, vice president/ mini-micro systems a
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on November 1983Reportedly the first completed exhibit of the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair became a reality recently when the 1,000 passenger paddlewheel riverboat Creole Queen was christened in New Orleans. The new 190-foot by 40-foot sternwheeler which was built by Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La.,
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on November 1983"Trains" of freight barges crisscrossing the world's oceans, lakes and rivers, is the goal set by the Barge Train Division of American Metal Bearing, Inc., which has announced the introduction to the commercial market of its "Flexor," a flexible steel and synthetic rubber barge connector tha