1985 Articles
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on May 15, 1985appointed product development manager-Northwest for Simpson Timber Company. He succeeds John Gould, who is leaving fulltime employment. Dr. Bohme comes to Simpson from Champion International, where he had been director of the container technology, sales, and converting division in Minneapol
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on May 15, 1985Ned A. Smith has been promoted to senior vice president of American Steamship Company (ASC) of Buffalo, N.Y. The announcement was made by ASC's president and CEO, D. Ward Fuller. Mr. Smith will continue to be responsible for all marketing and sales department activities and the insurance ma
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on May 15, 1985The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has announced a new system of computer programs, called EAGLE, for use with the Hewlett Packard 9000, Series 200 computer recently installed in the ABS New York headquarters. A feature of the EAGLE system will be a program based on the "ABS Rules for Bu
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on May 15, 1985Carl M. Albero, president and chief executive officer of American Systems Engineering Corporation (AmSEC), has announced the appointment of Gary L. Weerts to the position of senior program manager, in recognition of his contributions to the firm as a senior manager. Mr. Weerts has been a pro
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on May 15, 1985M.E.M.A.C.-Dantronics Boca Raton, Fla., is the exclusive representative organization for the Danish Marine Communication A/S in the U.S. and Canada. The new and second generation HF1200A radiotelephone system is said to be one of the most comprehensive long range radio telephone systems to
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on May 15, 1985The Oil and Natural Gas Commission of India has signed a contract for construction of a $16.5-million well-stimulation vessel by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. of South Korea. The 26212 -foot ship will feature a dynamic positioning system, with two bow thrusters and two stern
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on May 15, 1985Tano Corporation of New Orleans, a Rexnord company, has been awarded a $2.7-million contract addition by the U.S. Coast Guard to manufacture electronic control systems for five cutters. With this follow- on award for five shipsets, added to a contract awarded in January this year for four ot
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on May 15, 1985COMSAT TeleSystems has announced that Alan G. Korobov has been elected vice president for finance, and Myles Mutnick has been promoted to the newly created position of controller. Mr. Korobov will oversee all of TeleSystems' financial and MIS activities, and Mr. Mutnick will direct the compa
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on May 15, 1985Baldt Incorporated, Chester, Pa., has announced the availability of a six-page, full-color brochure, Bulletin 100, that details the Moor-Free Rapid Release System. This innovative computer-assisted system allows offshore rig operators to safely free a vessel from its moorings four times fast
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on May 15, 1985—Literature Available William L. Wathen, president of Terry Steam Turbine, Windsor, Conn., recently announced a small auxiliary turbine, the first new small turbine to be developed by the industry in 20 years. The GLT solid-wheel, singlestage machines are designed to meet requirements of AP
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on May 15, 1985Radio-Holland USA, B.V. recently announced that Mobile Marine Radio, Inc., owners/operators of Coastal Station WLO Radio, North America, has awarded Radio-Holland USA, B.V., in Houston, and Thrane & Thrane A/S in Denmark the contract to supply an automatic radiotelex system that will be used
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on May 15, 1985Manufacturers of shipboard electronics equipment continue to improve their products in an effort to make navigation more precise and safer, and to provide easier, faster communications—both on a costeffective basis. The editors of MR/EN asked the manufacturers and suppliers of marine naviga
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on May 15, 1985In mid-March, Mighty Servant 3 began a 14,400-mile voyage from Bremen, West Germany to San Francisco, Calif. This heavy-lift ship, operated by Wijsmuller Transport B.V., Ijmuiden, Netherlands, transported the 25,000-ton-lift-capacity floating drydock Mission Bay to Continental Maritime of Sa
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on May 15, 1985Michael M. Scheidt has been promoted to vice president-marketing and sales of American Steamship Company (ASC), Buffalo, N.Y. The announcement was made by ASC's senior vice president, Ned A. Smith. Mr. Scheidt will be actively involved with the planning and development of long-term marketing
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on May 1985Capable of seating more than 450 at dinner, the Bay Queen is certified by the U.S. Coast Guard to carry 600 passengers. With an overall length of 145 feet, beam of 32 feet 4 inches, and depth of 9 feet 4 inches, the vessel offers two fully enclosed, carpeted decks, and a third deck that prov
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on May 1985A recent meeting of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects, held aboard the Princess Louise I, heard a paper entitled, "Fiber Optics for Shipboard Applications," by Donald Chambers, senior project engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company in Anaheim, Calif. Member
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on May 1985Ward Leonard Electric Co., Inc., of Mount Vernon, N.Y., is offering a new 66-page catalog that contains useful information on the company's full compliment of quality electrical control products for both maritime and defenseoriented applications. Entitled "Defense-Maritime Controls," the book
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on May 1985The first of three 40,790-dwt open-hatch bulk carriers, the Star Florida, was delivered recently by Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. of South Korea to her managing owner, A/S Billabong of Bergen, Norway. The delivery took place one month earlier than initially scheduled at the owner's
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on May 1985Bromma, Inc. of Greensboro, N.C., a subsidiary of the Swedish Bromma-Smides company of The Axel Johnson Group, has secured a valuable share of the U.S. spreader market for shipboard applications. The new RO/RO-containership Sea Wolf, ordered by Crowley Maritime's Delta Line in 1983 and now und
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on May 1985Charles M. Aker, president of Omnithruster Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., designer and manufacturer of marine maneuvering and propulsion systems, has announced the signing of a representative's agreement with Pumps & Power Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., a major supplier of pumps and compressors