1984 Articles
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on July 15, 1984American - Standard, Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y., is offering an eight-page bulletin on its FanEX® air/oil heat exchangers. The well-illustrated brochure contains general information on the advantages of FanEX heat exchangers, the Amaspher® turbulation principle on which they work
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on July 15, 1984Charles W. Gower has been named vice president of engineering for Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., according to an announcement by A1 Zang, president of the shipyard. Mr. Gower joined NABRICO in 1978 as manager of design. He was named director of engineering in 1980, an
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on July 15, 1984Marland Environmental Systems Inc. of Walworth, Wise., a leading manufacturer of water purification and treatment systems and services, announced that Bob Daniels has been elected president and chief executive officer. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, he will be directing the
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on July 15, 1984Gennaro Oliva, former hull design engineer with Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., has just recently joined the staff of Atlantic Coast Enterprises, Inc., manufacturers of a widely diversified marine product line. Since his education as a naval architect, and receipt of a Bachelor
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on July 15, 1984At a time when even the lowercost Japanese and the aggressive South Korean shipbuilding fraternities are experiencing some difficulties, there are signs of success in the Scandinavian countries. The shipbuilding industries of each of these four traditional maritime nations are still active,
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on July 15, 1984Stavanger, Norway August 21—24 The sixth Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference and exhibition will be held August 21-24 at the Siddis Centre in Stavanger, Norway, one of the world's leading centers of offshore activity. Currently scheduled at two-year intervals, ONS is an international
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on July 15, 1984Trondheim, Norway—August 6—12 The organizers of Nor-Fishing '84, one of the world's leading international fisheries fairs, report that interest in this year's event, to be held August 6-12 in Trondheim, Norway, is greater than ever before. Because of enormous demand from exhibitors, the p
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on July 15, 1984The three ferry boats that carry thousands of commuters and visitors daily across San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Larkspur will soon have completely new propulsion drive systems for which Philadelphia Gear Corporation is manufacturing special gearboxes. The original propulsion o
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on July 15, 1984Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the 98-foot scalloper Traveler to Jakob N. Shervo and his sons, John K. and Jarry, of New Bedford, Mass. Over the years, Bender has delivered several scallopers to New Bedford fishing interests, but this is the first
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on July 15, 1984Deutsch Metal Components, Los Angeles, Calif., has announced the release of their new detailed Pyplok catalog which contains technical and dimensional information on the mechanically applied pipe connecting system. The catalog illustrates how Pyplok is designed for the shipbuilding and ship
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on July 15, 1984A/S Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk has entered into an agreement with the international corporation McDermott International Inc. for cooperation in a joint venture for offshore oil and gas engineering. Kongsberg will sell 49 percent of Kongsberg Engineering, a.s. to McDermott, and the joint company
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on July 15, 1984Cummins Engine Company recently announced new engine model codes for their worldwide marine product line. The new models are being adopted to identify all new products by liters instead of present cubic-inch displacement. These new codes have been formulated to provide a consistent marine engi
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on July 15, 1984The North Marchioness, a 61,177-dwt bulk carrier, was recently completed at Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Works and subsequently delivered to its owner, Polaris Transport Corporation of Greece. The North Marchioness is the eighth Panamax 60BC Mark II-type bulk carrier built by Hitachi Zosen, and is
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on July 15, 1984B. James Lowe, president of Tacoma Boatbuilding Company of Tacoma, Wash., has announced that details of a contract valued at $110 million with Gulf Pacific Cruise Lines of Houston for construction of an 800-passenger cruise liner have been finalized. Implementation of the contract had been
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on July 15, 1984Comsat World Systems Division announced recently that Roaring Creek Earth Station in central Pennsylvania was officially dedicated on June 1, 1984. Roaring Creek Earth Station is the newest and largest international communications satellite earth station in the Intelsat global communications
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on July 15, 1984Norcontrol, a division of A/S Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, Norway, has recently renewed a sixyear collaboration agreement with Burmeister & Wain Diesel A/S, Denmark. B&W Diesel is, through its own and more than 30 licensed manufacturers, the world's largest supplier of slow-speed diesel engines
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on July 15, 1984The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has issued a "Call For Papers" to be delivered at the 1985 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) to be held in the Astrohall, Houston, Texas, May 6 - 9, 1985. A 200 to 300-word abstract should be submitted on the official OTC form by Septe
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on July 15, 1984Caterpillar Tracor Co. announces the availability of factory Remanufactured Fuel Nozzles and Tune-Up Kits for 1100, 3100, and 3208 engines. The nozzles are priced at approximately 45 percent of new on an exchange basis. New nozzles are designed to match Caterpillar engines for optimum fuel
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on July 15, 1984Nineteen U.S.-flag merchant ships have been procured for the Ready Reserve Force of the National Defense Reserve Fleet administered by the Maritime Administration. MarAd executed the $30-million contract with Delta Lines and Lykes Bros, shipping companies at the request of the Chief of Nava
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on July 15, 1984Desco Marine president Tom Collins announced recently that Emerson Shank has accepted the position of vice president for sales and marketing with the St. Augustine shipbuilder. Mr. Shank will supervise Desco's sales and marketing program for new boat construction, repair and marine hardware