1985 Articles
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on December 1985Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, Ltd. of London—a joint venture of Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Lloyd's of London Press— has appointed the Maritime Data Network (MARDATA) of Stamford, Conn., to coordinate all of its sales and marketing activities in North America. The Connecticut
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on December 1985—Literature Available Macmeter®, a cost-effective metering device distributed by North American Marine Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., features a rugged and reliable paddlewheel flow sensor used to verify deliveries, shippers documentation, billing and inventory control. The self-contained unit has se
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on December 1985The U.S. Coast Guard has completed the installation in New York Harbor of the Inogon Leading Mark, a single station, short-range optical guidance system that directs vessels safely and accurately through narrow channels. The system, which had previously undergone testing by the Coast Guard's R
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on December 1985—Catalogs Available Two of the world's leading marine manufacturers— Perko, Inc. and United Kingdom-based Lucas Marine Products—have combined efforts to offer in the U.S. the 200 Series International Navigation Lights. The series, certified for sail or power-driven vessels up to 20 meters (65
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on December 1985A more efficient turbocharger, increased horsepower ratings, and traditional dependability mark the General Motors Electro-Motive Division Model "FB" Series diesels. The 645FB is a turbocharged and aftercooled, two-stroke uniflow scavenged, open combustion chamber, poppet valve, 45-degree Vee
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on December 1985MarineSafety International, New York, N.Y. is conducting tests for Transport Canada and the Northumberland Ferry Company for a proposed 100-meter-long ferry boat to operate between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The new ferry will be powered by a Voith Schneider propulsion system, th
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on December 1985This is an excerpt from the second quarterly update to the IMA report on U.S. Navy Ship Procurement. Information is current as of 8 November, except if noted. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS The number of Navy ships under contract continues to decline. Reports indicating significant future shipbuildi
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on December 1985—Literature Available W.B. Lampert, general product manager, Heat Exchange Products Division, Vapor Corporation, recently announced the introduction of Vapor Sphere Matrix® Technology that is said to improve performance of liquid-to-liquid, shell-and-tube heat exchangers. The Sphere Matrix he
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on December 1985Richard E. Bowe, chairman of the board and president of Ellicott Machine Corporation, and Charles D. Little, president of Ellicott Machine Corporation International, have announced the following three promotions and one hiring at Ellicott's Dredge Division. Peter A. Bowe to vice president and
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on December 1985Four new satellite navigation receivers from Magnavox offer both GPS (Global Positioning System) and Transit capabilities in the same unit. Called the MX 1100-GPS series, these navigators combine GPS and Transit satellite data to generate position information. Further, speed and heading sens
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on December 1985Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $1.292-million contract by the U.S. Navy for the conversion and regular overhaul of YFU-79 (self-propelled harbor utility craft) to HLT-1 (helicopter landing trainer) with redelivery to the Navy in March 1986. Some of t
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on December 1985W. J. Amoss Jr., president of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. and Stanley H. Barer, chairman of Totem Resources Corporation of Seattle, Wash., jointly announced that an agreement in principle had been reached for the acquisition by Totem Resources Corporation of controlling interest in Inter
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on December 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation dedicated its new Sabine Yard recently in Port Arthur, Texas. The keynote speaker, Walter F. Williams, Bethlehem's president and chief operating officer, said that despite current depressed conditions in the industry, the new yard is in a good position to be profi
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on December 1985Harnischfeger Corporation of Milwaukee has announced that it has been awarded a contract to build the world's largest dipper/ clamshell dredge for Great Lakes International Corporation of Oak Brook, 111. The dredge will consist of a P&H 5700 electric excavator mounted on a self-propelled 220
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- Cunard Gives $115-Million Contract To Lloyd Werft To Convert QE2 To Diesel And Alter Accommodations page: 17
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on December 1985A contract valued at $115 million has been awarded by Cunard Line to Lloyd Werft of Bremerhaven, West Germany, to convert the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 from steam to diesel propulsion. According to Trafalgar House, Cunard's parent company, no British yard was able to tender for the cont
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on December 1985China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), the national shipping company of the People's Republic of China, and Dr. John J. McMullen, owner of Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc., announced the formation of COSCO North America, Inc. COSCO North America, which is jointly owned by COSCO and Dr. McMullen, is
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on December 1985The chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Interocean Management Corporation, George P. Steele, has announced the election of Robert S. Bassett as president of the company. Mr. Basset previously served as executive vice president and has been with Interocean Management Corporat
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on December 1985The first of 10 Torpedo Weapons Retrievers (TWR) under contract at Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wise., departed the shipyard recently for delivery to the Naval Sea Systems Command in Charleston, S.C. The TWR Class is an entirely new design developed by Marinette in cooperation
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on December 1985Thomas E. Moran, president of Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Inc., has announced new areas of responsibility for vice president W. Anthony Watt. Mr. Watt took over the sales and marketing division of the company. Working with Mr. Watt will be sales representatives Karl B. Eckhardt,
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on December 1985—Free Literature Available Furuno USA, Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., has introduced a new ARPA series and a new compact doppler speed log, DS-70. The DS-70 doppler speed log displays vessel speed and distance run to accuracies of ± 1 percent. The system uses paired-beam transducers to