1983 Articles
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on October 15, 1983A new floating drydock and innovative transfer system were commissioned recently in the Daewoo shipyard at Okpo, South Korea. The drydock, designed by U.K.-based A.P. Appledore, features four fixed towers which serve as wing walls, differing from the traditional concept with full-length wing w
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on October 15, 1983Oy Wartsila AB Turku Shipyards, Finland, has delivered the gas tanker Paramacay to Maraven S.A. of Venezuela. The vessel and its accommodations were designed for tropical conditions. It is equipped with four tanks with a total volume of 14,000 cubic meters. Pressure and temperature may be reg
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on October 15, 1983Two split hull hopper barges were recently delivered to the Panama Canal Commission by Twin City Shipyard, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. The two ruggedly constructed dump barges were specially designed by Twin City Shipyard for the Panama Canal Commission to handle extremely large and dense blasted r
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on October 15, 1983Tenneco Inc., Houston, Texas, recently announced that two of its subsidiaries and a Norwegian company are forming a joint venture, Argosy Offshore Ltd., to own and operate oil field service boats in the Gulf of Mexico. Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production and Philadelphia Life Insurance C
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on October 15, 1983Global Marine Development Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., has contracted to NKK and Mitsui & Co. the construction of a unique mobile drilling island to work in the frozen Beaufort Sea. The island, called a Concrete Island Drilling System is to be operated by the Global Marine subsidiary for oi
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on October 15, 1983Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Canada's largest West Coast shipyard, has delivered two sister-ship icebreakers to Gulf Canada Resources Inc. of Calgary. The vessels, named Kalvik and Terry Fox, are reported to be the most powerful of their type in the world. They are 88 meters in length, 17.5
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on October 15, 1983Maine's Bath Iron Works Corp. has announced the appointment of four new directors as part of its program to continue strengthening its advanced technology program and to prepare for upcoming shipbuilding projects. James R. Vander Schaaf has been promoted to program manager for the shipyard's
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on October 15, 1983A new eight-page, full-color brochure now available discusses the drilling capabilities and equipment fleets of the three drilling contractors and the well servicing/workover company which make up Marathon Oilfield Service Companies, headquartered in Houston, Texas. The new brochure covers th
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on October 15, 1983Moss Point Marine Inc. of Escatawpa, Miss., has delivered the 6,000-hp, 214-foot Nicor Power to Nicor Marine Inc., of New Orleans. With her extraordinary horsepower and supply vessel capacities above and below decks, the 214 by 44 by 16 fits a new description of workboat. "This is certainly no
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on October 15, 1983The Mitsui Supermaran CP30 type Marine Hawk was recently delivered at the Tamano Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, to her joint owners, The Maritime Credit Corporation and Nankai Ferry Co., Ltd. She is a catamaran type highspeed passenger vessel built of light
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on October 15, 1983A shiplift system designed and constructed by Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Calif., was recently commissioned at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Maritime Engineering Department's facility at Ulsan, Korea. The system's platform is approximately 66 by 400 feet and has a capacity of 4,1
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on October 15, 1983Stanley Clark, president of Raytheon Marine Company and Apelco Marine Electronics, has announced the relocation of Apelco's headquarters for sales, service and distribution from Manchester, N.H., to Tampa, Fla. At the same time, Mr. Clark announced John Vourloumis, formerly national sales m
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on October 15, 1983Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. has delivered the M/V Miscaroo to its owner, BeauDril Ltd., a subsidiary of Gulf Canada Resources Inc. Vancouver Shipyards reports it is one of the most powerful supply vessels in the world and the first icebreaking supply vessel to be built in Canada to Canadian
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on October 15, 1983Preparing their crews on vessels or rigs to deal with emergency medical problems can significantly reduce medical care costs, lost-time injuries and legal problems. In response to requests from a number of clients, MarineSafety International has arranged to have an emergency medical course p
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on October 15, 1983American M.A.N. Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Augsburg, West Germany, has acquired B&W Diesel Inc., New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of B&W Diesel A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. The acquisition consolidates and strengthens the marketing, sales and service of M.A.N.—B&W Diesel in t
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on October 15, 1983Transatlantic reinforcement and resupply would be a critical factor in the conventional defense of Central Europe. Even considering major improvements now planned in airlift and pre-positioning of materiel, the bulk of equipment and resupply would have to come by sea. In addition, the econom
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on October 15, 1983Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, USN, the Navy's "Dean of Project Managers," was reassigned recently within the Naval Sea Systems Command as Deputy Commander for Weapons and Combat Systems. He relieved Rear Adm. Dempster M. Jackson, who retired from the U.S. Navy. Admiral Meyer previously served
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on October 15, 1983Farboil Company, of Baltimore, Md., has published a new Directory of Farboil Marine Coatings Systems. It is available free upon request. The brochure provides paint characteristics for new construction and repair work as well as paints for topside, weather deck, superstructure and cargo spac
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on October 15, 1983Rising demand for Westfalia oil purifying centrifuges has spurred the formation of a "Mineral Oil Group" at Centrico, Inc., it was recently announced. According to Wend Wendenburg, executive vice-president of Centrico: "With oil prices high and slated to go higher, more and more users are c
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on October 15, 1983National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif., reported that a contract option for approximately $13 million has been exercised by the U.S. Navy for the regular overhaul of the U.S.S. Cayuga (LST-1186) A contract awarded by the Navy to NASSCO in October 1982 provided for the re