1985 Articles
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on September 15, 1985Transtema Kockumation, Sweden, formerly the electronics division of Kockumation, wellknown producers of the Loadmaster and Levelmaster computer systems, recently introduced a new system under the trade name Shipmaster. The system is designed to furnish the shipping industry with a high-perform
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on September 15, 1985Kockums AB in Malmo, Sweden, and the state-owned Polish shipping company Polska Zeguga Baltycka (PZB) in Kolobrzeg have reached an agreement for the construction of an advanced universal ferry to be delivered in the middle of 1987. The order, worth about 400-million Swedish Kronor ($48.7 milli
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- Aalborg Vaerft Awarded Danish Navy Contract For Seven Flex 300 Convertible Combatant Vessels page: 38
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on September 15, 1985After a year of negotiations, Aalborg Vaerft in Denmark recently signed a contract for the construction of seven Standard Flex 300 vessels for the Royal Danish Navy. The contract provides an option for an additional nine vessels of the same type. The first seven ships will be delivered betwe
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on September 15, 1985A recently published, 20-page, full-color brochure presents Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company's jackup and semisubmersible rig designs and construction capabilities. The new brochure also describes the company's engineering expertise, its specialized steelmaking and fabrication facilities
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on September 15, 1985The naming ceremony for the 65,000-dwt product carrier Lucy was held recently at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Ulsan Shipyard for Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) of the U.S. The vessel was christened by sponsor Mrs. J.J. Klement, wife of the manager of marine transport, Standard
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on September 15, 1985Tyne Shiprepair Limited (TSL), Britain's biggest shiprepair company, has been awarded a multi-million- pound conversion and refit contract by the Ministry of Defence (Navy). The six-month job is to convert the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship Orangeleaf into a Refueling- at-Sea (RAS) vessel,
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on September 15, 1985—Literature Available Wagner Engineering Ltd. of North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, has announced that it has been selected by Saint John Shipbuilding Limited to supply the steering systems as well as integrated steering control systems for six patrol frigates being built for the Canadian Navy.
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on September 15, 1985Caterpillar Marine Systems is offering a free catalog on their marine engine/transmission and marine generator set lines. The 20-page catalog lists a dozen Cat marine propulsion diesels including: 3304, 3208, 3306, 3408, 3412, D379, 3508, D398, 3512, D399 and 3516 models. A handy rating sel
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on September 15, 1985John T. Gilbride Jr., vice president and general manager of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation's Seattle Division, has been elected to the board of directors of Todd Shipyards Corporation, the largest independent shipbuilding company in the U.S., with five divisions on two coasts. Mr. Gilbr
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on September 15, 1985—Free Brochure Available Since nearly the beginning of shipboard and power station boiler use, little thought or consideration has been given to boiler protection from oily condensate return caused by seal failure from the turbines. The U.S. Navy, to protect their boilers, used double-walled
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on September 15, 1985The pure car/truck carrier Isolde has been delivered by Kockums AB of Malmo, Sweden, to Wallenius Lines of Stockholm. With a capacity of 6,230 passenger cars or a combination of 2,930 cars and 540 heavy vehicles, the new ship has an overall length of 649.6 feet, beam of 105.9 feet, depth to
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on September 15, 1985The latest addition to the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans' fisheries patrol fleet, the Leonard J. Cowley, is the largest and most sophisticated vessel of her type in Canada. Operating out of St. John's, Newfoundland, her major function will be the surveillance of the offshore fi
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- Cincinnati Gear Completes Testing Of New, Sophisticated Marine Drive For Navy T-AO 187 Class Oilers page: 34
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on September 15, 1985Last month the Cincinnati Gear Company successfully completed back-to-back full-load testing of a sophisticated new marine drive for the U.S. Navy's new T-AO 187 class of fleet oilers. These ships, powered by two Colt-Pielstick PC4, 16, 272- hp diesel engines, represent a giant technological
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on September 15, 1985The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) is currently studying plans for the revision and expansion of the NMEA 0183 (1.1) Interface Standard for Marine Electronics. This Standard is a uniform data communications protocol providing a common "language" that permits information to be
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on September 15, 1985Furuno USA, Inc. has recently introduced a new loran navigator, LC-90, which is housed in a rugged diecast aluminum case and provides all the features necessary for safe and efficient navigation aboard any size boat, ranging from freshwater bass boats to the largest worldcruising yachts. Rep
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- MIROS To Market New Products In U.S. page: 32
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on September 15, 1985—Literature Available MIROS A/S of Asker, Norway is a budding company with interests geared towards the offshore market. The company has developed a new generation of instruments for remote sensing of directional ocean waves and surface currents. The system represents a breakthrough for rel
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on September 15, 1985Granville W. Holman Jr. was recently elected president and chief operating officer of Raymond International Inc. and James J. Wildasin has been elected president of Raymond Offshore Constructors, Inc., a subsidiary of Houston-based Raymond International, a worldwide engineering and construct
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on September 15, 1985Wartsila's Turku Shipyard in Finland recently received an order from the Soviet Union for a specialized vessel intended for transportation of floating oil drilling rigs weighing up to 20,000 tons. The contract, valued at about $42 million, was won against fierce international competition. Sc
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on September 15, 1985An occupancy rate of 84 percent during 1984 helped Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain to boost revenues up by nearly 20 percent over 1983. The yard celebrated its tenth anniversary last year. Chairman of ASRY Sheikh Daij Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa said he was particularly encoura
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on September 15, 1985A naming ceremony was held recently at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego for the USNS Regulus (T-AKR-292), a Fast Sealift Ship (FS) converted for the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command. Among those participating in the event were: U.S. Senator Pete Wilson, keyn