1984 Articles
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- Bay-Houston Appoints Four Executives page: 24
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on April 1984The appointment of Thomas A. Moran Jr. as executive vice president- Marine Division of Bay- Houston Towing Company was announced recently by Cecil R. Haden, president. Formerly vice president marine sales, Mr. Moran will assume responsibility for overall operation of the division, which is
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on April 1984The Rowan Gorilla I, the first Gorilla Class jackup rig built by Marathon LeTourneau's Marine Division in Vicksburg, Miss., is now on location 268 miles east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, near Sable Island, an area where extreme cold is part of the working environment. The rig's winterizing feat
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on April 1984The Department of Defense (DoD) is implementing a new initiative aimed at developing more cost-effective contract requirements for major system acquisitions. This initiative will address a number of problems inherent in present practices that can result in excessive contractual requirements
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on April 1984Marine Travelift, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., has announced another new model in a continuing program of development of its "Beam Forward" design concept for mobile boat hoists. Latest in the series is the 60BFM model with a lifting capacity of 60 tons. Besides numerous maintenance and eff
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on April 1984The Apollo One, first oceangoing hazardous waste incinerator ship designed and built in the U.S., was launched at the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company's Yard No. 3 in Tacoma, Wash., recently. The $37- million vessel and a sister ship, the Apollo Two, are being constructed for At-Sea Incineration,
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on April 1984C. Larry French has been appointed chairman of the board and chief executive officer of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrison-Knudsen Company. In other promotions, Richard H. Vortmann has been named president and chief operating officer,
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on April 1984The U.S. Navy has awarded a $1,775,000 fixed-price contract to Nationwide Boiler Inc. of Fremont, Calif., for the refurbishment of seven mobile steam plants. The period of performance extends from February 1984 to June 1985. The contract calls for redesign and complete reconditioning of the
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- Westinghouse Secures U.S. Patent On Self-Protecting Sensing Cell Electrodes — Literature Available page: 89
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on April 1984The Combustion Control Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation recently received a U.S. patent for its self-protecting electrodes in its Hagan, in situ flue gas sensing cell, and has incorporated this feature into the Hagen Model 240 excess oxygen/excess combustibles flue gas analyzer.
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on April 1984Scientists at BP's Research Centre at Sunbury-on-Thames, England, have succeeded in developing a family of new anti-corrosion pigments. These pigments, which have been widely patented, are based on the ion-exchange principle—a radical departure from existing technology. Almost all metal fab
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on April 1984McDermott Shipyard's New Iberia Division recently delivered two 194-foot supply vessels to Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc. The Jan Tide and the Abshire Tide are the seventh and eighth in a series of 10 supply boats being built by Mc- Dermott for Tidewater. The pr
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- NATIONAL MARITIME SHOW page: 84
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on April 1984Houston, Texas — April 25—27 The Third Annual National Maritime Show and Conference will be held at the Albert Thomas Convention and Exhibition Center in Houston on April 25-27, 1984. Held previously in Baltimore in 1982 and 1983, the show's new location will provide exhibiting companies
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on April 1984A brochure describing the full range of Kahlenberg airhorns and accessories is available from the Two Rivers, Wise., company. Kahlenberg airhorns are distinctive, powerful signals backed by many years of successful performance. Horn projectors have been scientifically developed for volume,
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on April 1984FMC Corporation's Construction Equipment Group recently introduced two new Link-Belt" lattice boom crawler cranes, the LS-818 and LS-1018, and also unveiled an innovative design in heavy lift attachments. Termed the LS*-918HL, the heavy lift attachment for the existing LS-918 crawler crane i
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on April 1984Rig-A-Lite Company's new product catalog, "Specialists," describes representative products in the firm's broad line of lighting systems, fixtures, controls, and switchgear. The illustrated catalog presents a range of fluorescent, mercury vapor, high-pressure sodium, and incandescent fixtures
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on April 1984Stronger, more reliable wire rope assemblies are provided by a twopart liquid system for socketing wire rope. This pourable, resin socketing system provides elasticity at termination transition points to insure maximum resistance to shock loads. Actual results of dynamic test loads are incl
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on April 1984U.K.-based Elinca Ltd. of Sheffield recently won a major order to install its systems, which control marine fouling and corrosion in ships' seawater systems, on five VLCCs owned by Chevron Shipping Company. The tankers to be protected are the Howard W. Bell, C.W. Kitto, Chevron London, Burna
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- OTC 84 page: 72
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on April 1984Innovative approaches to deepwater drilling and production, the role of government regulations in promoting offshore safety, breakthroughs in seismic surveying, and coping with ice forces in arctic construction are just a few of the topics that offshore experts will address during the 1984 O
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on April 1984Four key appointments have been made in Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, Jacksonville, Fla., Crowley senior vice president and general manager of the division. David N. Messer has been appointed to the new position of
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on April 1984A general-purpose line of efficient end-suction pumps with capacities to 1,200 gpm is being offered by Worthington through its national network of independent distributors and direct-sales personnel. The cast iron pumps, designated as the D-800 line, are available in 19 sizes, frame-mounted
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on April 1984Louis J. Conti, chairman of the board of Marine Transport Lines, has announced a number of promotions in the operations and financial staffs of the company. Joseph G. Drescher has been appointed vice president-operations. He has been with the company for 14 years, and was previously fleet d