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on July 16, 1985Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., Tidewater Inc.'s marine subsidiary, has outfitted one of its supply vessels for special service off the coast of West Africa for Nigerian AGIP Oil Co., Ltd., a venture of the national oil companies of Nigeria and Italy. According to Richard M. Currence, presi
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on July 16, 1985— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le New from the Gems Sensors Division of Plainville, Conn., are Fabri- Site Kits, which permit users to custom- assemble level indicators to exact requirements. The indicators provide direct continuous level readout of water, oil, or most corrosive or flam
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on July 16, 1985The major Korean Shipyards have recently asked the Korean Government to lower the interest rate on loans for ship and plant equipment exports on deferred payment terms. At a recent meeting arranged with the minister of commerce and industry at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, Korean shipbuilders r
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on July 16, 1985A $2.6-million contract to design, furnish, and install an electronic maintenance/repair facility for the Kuwait Navy has been awarded to Collins Systems International, Inc. (CSII) by the State of Kuwait. Design of the facility will be done at Rockwell's Collins Defense Communications facili
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on July 16, 1985The Falk Corporation, Milwaukee, Wise.-based subsidiary of the Sundstrand Corporation, recently announced three personnel appointments. Dennis J. Clark, who joined Falk in 1971 and was previously a sales representative in the St. Louis and Pittsburgh offices, was appointed district manager o
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on July 16, 1985Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation (Norshipco) has taken a significant step in improving its ship repair capabilities with the purchase of a used floating drydock from Verolme Botlek in Rotterdam, the first half of which arrived in Norfolk recently (photo). When the second half arriv
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on July 16, 1985A new bulletin recently published by American-Standard Inc. Heat Transfer Division makes it simple for maintenance personnel to identify and replace leaking or failed heat exchangers. Bulletin 104-50 outlines six simple steps that provide information to permit easy and simple ordering of a
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on July 16, 1985Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Seattle, Wash, and Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, have been a w a r d e d c o n t r a c t s t o t a l i ng $352,353,340 to rehabilitate and modernize 12 of the Coast Guard's Hamilton Class cutters. According to John T. Gilbride Jr., vice president and gener
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on July 16, 1985Marine Builders, Inc. of Utica, Ind., recently launched the Missouri River Queen (shown above), a 95- foot paddlewheel excursion boat with a 31-foot beam, 6'/2-foot depth, 3'4-foot draft and a '/-inch steel hull. The 600-passenger vessel was delivered to Richard Lynn of Kansas City, Mo., whe
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on July 16, 1985This article is an excerpt from IMA's recent quarterly update on the Navy ship maintenance and overhaul market. Information is current as of 1 July, except where noted. ANALYSIS OF FUTURE CONTRACTING Navy has issued a new ship maintenance planning schedule covering FY 1985-1986. We have an
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on July 16, 1985—A Review— FOR MORE INFORMATION If you wish to receive additional information on any of the yards described in the review, circle the appropriate reader service numbers) listed under each company's name, using the postage-paid card bound into the back of this issue. BOEING Circle 10 on R
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on July 16, 1985The experimental windship Alcyone arrived in New York recently after a highly successful trans-Atlantic crossing from La Rochelle, France. The maiden voyage, with Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau aboard, was designed to test extensively the Cousteau-Pechinev Turbosail ™ wind propulsion system wi
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on July 16, 1985Ship Analytics of North Stonington, Conn., has announced receipt of a three-year U.S. Navy contract for the training of senior officers at the Maritime Training and Research Center (MTRC) in Toledo, Ohio. For seven weeks each year, Navy personnel will take part in a comprehensive, scientifi
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- Newport News Shipbuilding Delivers 13th Los Angeles Class Submarine, SSN-718 "Honolulu/ To Navy page: 7
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on July 16, 1985The submarine Honolulu (SSN- 718) became the 13th Los Angeles class attack submarine delivered recently to the Navy by Newport News Shipbuilding. The sub is the 37th the Virginia shipyard has built for the Navy. The Honolulu will officially enter the fleet early this month when it is commis
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on July 16, 1985Advanced Marine Enterprises, Inc. (AME), headquartered in Arlington, Va., was recently awarded Navy contracts with a total value of approximately $26.5 million. The Military Sealift Command awarded a one-year contract, with two one-year options, for a total projected value of some $7.5 milli
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on July 16, 1985—Peters Promoted Stanley Andrie Jr. has been appointed director of transportation for Canonie Transportation of Muskegon, Mich. He has been with the company since 1974, and has held the positions of captain, operations coordinator, and most recently, manager of operations. A graduate of the
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on July 16, 1985—Literature Available Raytheon Marine Company of Manchester, N.H., has just introduced the DSL-150 doppler speed log for ships, workboats, and fishing vessels. This highly accurate speed log exceeds all International Maritime Organization (IMO) standards for speed-measuring devices that are
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on July 16, 1985—Literature Available Bob Daniels, president of Marland Environmental Systems Inc., Lorton, Va., recently announced the company's receipt of a contract for six military Reverse Osmosis Purification Systems (MMS-1000). The order, valued in excess of $1,000,000, came from the Nigerian Armed F
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on July 16, 1985A year after its introduction by the Power Division of the Skinner Engine Company, Erie, Pa., the first hydraulically actuated governor valve control for controlling steam turbine speed has performed even better than initial expectations. Data gathered from dozens of installations around the c
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on July 16, 1985—Literature Available Twin four-bladed Lips propellers drive the most recent addition to the fleet of Sun Refining and Marketing Company, the coastal tanker Eastern Sun delivered recently by Jeffboat, Inc. To meet the demands of the coastwise trade, the propellers (shown above) were cast of C