1985 Articles
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on November 1985Construction will begin soon on the first of two diesel-powered, twin-screw 10,000-gpm fireboats for the City of Long Beach, Calif. The boats were designed by the Seattlebased naval architecture and marine engineering firm of Nickum & Spaulding Associates. Long Beach has selected Moss Point
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on November 1985A broad range of solenoid valves are now available, including 2- and 3-way styles for general purpose use, high-pressure 2-way (to 3,000 psig), explosion-proof 2- and 3-way versions (for hazardous vapors and liquids), high-flow 2- and 3-way models and 4-way valves. These valves are in stock
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on November 1985Nippon Kokan (NKK), Tokyo, Japan, is building an "Ultra Yatzy" semi-submersible offshore drilling rig for the Norwegian Dyvi Group. The construction is expected to be completed in May 1986. The "Ultra Yatzy" will have a maximum deck load capacity of 4,500 tons and a maximum drilling depth o
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on November 1985The USS Safeguard (ARS-50), the lead ship of the new Auxiliary Rescue/Salvage class vessel built by Peterson Builders, Inc., was recent- ly commissioned at PBI's Sturgeon Bay, Wise. yard. It was the first U.S. Navy ship commissioning held in Sturgeon Bay since the early 1940s, In response t
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on November 1985Peter McMullen, president of the Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company (P.A.D.D. Co.), has announced that the company has placed a new drydock into service as the first step in a shipyard improvement program to provide better service for commercial and government ship repair customers. Mr. McMullen,
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on November 1985An informative, four-color brochure explaining how automated project management can help keep projects on-time and within budget is now available from Systonetics, Inc., Fullerton, Calif. This colorful publication details the importance of combining up-tothe- minute information with total v
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on November 1985Ralph B. Ablon, chairman of Ogden Corporation, has announced that Ogden recently completed the sale of Avondale Industries, Inc. common stock to the Avondale Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), in accordance with the plan announced in July this year. The ESOP includes certain employees in
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on November 1985M.A.N. Maschinenfabrick Augsburg- Nurnberg Aktiengesellschaft of West Germany recently brought out Number 16 of the annual publication "Research, Engineering, Manufacturing," which is printed each year to coincide with the Hanover Fair. This issue contains readily understandable articles by
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on November 1985Raytheon Ocean Systems Company has added a new frequency to its popular DSF-6000 Digital Survey Fathometer® depth sounder, creating a newly configured, "deepwater" instrument package at no increase in price. The DSF-6000 now has, in addition to existing frequencies of 24, 40, 100, and 200 k
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on November 1985Chemical parcel barging is now being offered within the Port of New York, according to a recent announcement from Stolt-Nielsen Inc. of Greenwich, Conn., who will be the marketing agent for the new service on behalf of the owners, Maryland Marine, Inc. Said to be a "first" for the port, the
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on November 1985BP North America Petroleum, Houston, Texas, is offering a free, full-color, 12-page brochure on its petroleum and petroleum-related products and services. BP North America Petroleum Inc. (BPNAP) is part of an international network which provides petroleum and petroleum-related products and
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on November 1985Sales of cold-water survival suits by Imperial Manufacturing Company of Bremerton, Wash., approach 100,000 this year, according to production manager Jim Skelly. A big boost in sales for the company, which has been producing survival suits for 15 years, came last summer when new U.S. Coast G
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on November 1985Vikubo B.V., Nijverheidsweg, Holland, is offering a free four-page brochure on their foam-filled floating fenders, Vikubo Shipcushions®. Vikubo ship cushions are built from a combination of polyethylene foam of 49 kg/m3 (3.06 lbs/ft3) core, covered with a polyurethane elastomer coating. Runn
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on November 1985Permanently on station along a 100-mile stretch of the Orinoco River in Venezuela, one of the world's largest, hardest-working dredges, the 23-year old Icoa, works day and night to keep open a 300-foot-wide channel for deep-draft vessels bringing iron ore out from the mines of Venezuela. Th
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on November 1985The 93rd Annual Meeting and Fourth International Maritime Exposition of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will be held November 13-16 at the New York Hilton. The Exposition will again occupy the entire 25,000 square feet of exhibit space on the second floor of the Hilton.
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on November 1985MacGregor-Navire (MGN) has won the contract to supply the burgeoning port of Plymouth with an additional link span. To be installed at the Millbay Docks early in 1986, this second RO/RO berthing facility will satisfy not only current growing demand on the port from both tourist and commercia
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on November 1985— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le A major advance in the wetstrength retention of nylon fiber has paved the way for Samson Ocean Systems, Shirley, Mass., to develop dock and anchor lines with high tenacity and abrasive resistance. The wet-strength retention is made possible using a spec
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on November 1985Hitachi Zosen recently received an order from Canmar/Reading & Bates Limited Partnership, a joint venture of Canadian Marine Drilling Ltd., Canada, and Reading & Bates Drilling Company (USA), to build the world's biggest submersible barge for the development of offshore oilfields in the Beau
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on November 1985Appointment of Alexander Industries of New Orleans, La., and Houston, Texas, as manufacturers' representative for Microphor, Inc. has been announced by John M. Mayfield Jr., president of Microphor. Microphor manufactures several lines of marine equipment at its Willits, Calif., headquarters
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on November 1985A general meeting of the Southeast Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Jacksonville Hilton, Jacksonville, Fla. The theme of the meeting was the conversion and repair of the cruise ship M/V Skyward, operated by Norwegian Caribbean Lines. Th