1984 Articles
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on November 1984Closely following the completion of its first catamaran, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash., has just christened the Spirit of Alderbrook, its second 72-foot, all-aluminum, high-speed passenger catamaran, this time for the Wes Johnson family of Union, Wash. Some 600 guests gat
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on November 1984Asea Marine, an operating group of Asea Inc. of White Plains, N.Y., has appointed C.A. Richards & Associates, Inc. of Houston as a manufacturer's representative for marketing and sales of marine electrical equipment for installation on board ships, offshore rigs, and supply vessels. Bo Stenh
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on November 1984AB Siwertell of Sweden has de- veloped a design for floating bulk transfer stations based on a catama- ran platform equipped with various configurations of unloading and loading towers according to re quired capacity and duty. It is in tended for direct trans-shipment between oceangoing carr
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on November 1984Mirrlees Blackstone, one of the world's largest manufacturers of medium-speed diesel engines, has moved into its recently constructed sales, service, and warehousing facility in Houston. The facility, located near Intercontinental Airport, will house a large inventory of spare parts for the
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on November 1984$2.5-million contract to build a penumatic ship's unloader has been won by the Brazilian marine, offshore, and industrial equipment manufacturer CEC Engineering of Rio de Janeiro. CEC is part of the CCN shipbuilding, shipping, and equipment group. The unloader, which will be used for the unl
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on November 1984Moody-Tottrup International, a Reliance Consulting Group Company, has available a new six-page brochure on services it offers to the offshore and marine industry. The publication features a large three-page "marine activity" color photograph over which boxes are laid out somewhat in genealog
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on November 1984—Literature Available Bulletin A4-63.00 from WABCO Fluid Power Division, American- Standard, describes the new Type 740 pneumatic directional control valve, designed for lightweight installation in critical environments. The Type 740 is a family of highly chemical-resistant valves with high
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on November 1984IMODCO of Los Angeles, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been awarded a contract by Esso Suez, Inc. for a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) terminal. This unit for Esso is designed to securely moor tankers of up to 85,000 dwt, primari
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on November 1984Seaward International, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dexter H. Brown as director of marketing. He will be based at Seaward's corporate office in Falls Church, Va. and will be responsible for marketing and sales of the company's marine products. He has 20 years of sales and marketing
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on November 1984—Literature Available Alden Electronics, Inc. of Westboro, Mass., announces the introduction of a new facsimile transceiver for shipboard installations. The Alden FAX 340 III is compatible with all Group 3 systems, and operates over a variety of communications links including phone line, mic
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on November 1984Consolidated Grain & Barge Company of St. Louis recently announced several personnel changes. Jim McEvilly has been elected vice president with responsibility for all aspects of the company's barge operations. He had previously served as manager of barge operations and manager of barge trans
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on November 1984—Free Literature Available Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. of Japan is offering free literature on three new products that the company recently placed on the market as a solution to the fuel quality problem—Selfjector Excellent-Series, e-HIDENS-System, and Marine Decanter Centrifuge. The att
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on November 1984Twenty-one executives of the maritime industry from nine different countries were elected members of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at the semi-annual meeting in September of the Board of Managers of this international ship classification society. The meeting was held at ABS headquart
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on November 1984The first large engine in M.A.N. B&W's new line of ultra-longstroke engines was successfully tested recently in Copenhagen. New color illustrated literature describing this new engine in full detail is now available free of charge. M.A.N.-B&W reports this new engine type for the marine mark
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on November 1984Sperry Corporation has announced the development of a high accuracy, deepwater integrated navigation system for use aboard seismic exploration vessels, and is now offering this system to potential users of such equipment. Free literature is now available from Sperry completely describing th
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on November 1984James C. Evans, a veteran of 31 years in the oil and gas industry, has been elected a vice president of Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans, responsible for environment and governmental affairs. He succeeds John R. Macgregor, who recently retired after six years in th
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on November 1984—Literature Available AMP Special Industries recently issued Product Bulletin 805-1. This Bulletin, entitled "Marine Cable Splicing Kit," describes the latest equipment for wiring methods to be used in modular shipbuilding, jumboizing and repairs. The methods and equipment listed have been
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on November 1984-Literature Available Charles Stucky of Drew Ameroid ® Marine has announced that DHL Worldwide Courier Express will be the exclusive service for air dispatch of PACE™ fuel evaluation program bunker samples from ports located at the major shipping routes around the world. Upon notifying DHL
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on November 1984—Literature Available The Salwico Controil is an infrared type oil content monitor for oil in ballast water from tankers that is notable for its ease of use and simplicity of installation, yet with sophisticated functional ability. The portable hand-held control terminal can be deployed wher
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on November 1984Eller & Company, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, announces the appointments of Robert J. Flint as senior vice president in charge of all stevedoring and terminal activities in South Florida ports, including operations at Tam- pa, Miami, Port Everglades, and Port Canaveral, and Ben E.