1985 Articles
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on October 15, 1985The Woodward Governor Company is offering a 14-page booklet on their extensive line of mechanicalhydraulic governors, electronic controls, actuators, and metering valves commonly applied to gas turbines. The publication is divided into seven separate sections: Mechanical- Hydraulic Governors
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on October 15, 1985—Free Literature Available Warren Pumps Inc., a newly formed corporation organized by the managers of Warren Pumps— Houdaille, Inc. and Scott-Macon, Ltd., a New York-based financial advisory firm, successfully completed recently the purchase of the business of Warren Pumps-Houdaille, Inc. f
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on October 15, 1985Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, Harvey Quick Repair Division, Harvey, La., is offering a free, full-color, foldout brochure on Avondale propellers. The six-page publication gives an informative synopsis of the propeller styles offered by the company, as well as t
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on October 15, 1985Amsterdam, Netherlands — November 12-16 The 22nd Europort International Maritime Exhibition will be held this year on November 12-16 at the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Whether the shipowners' interest is deepsea, coastal, or inland waterways, Europort is b
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on October 15, 1985Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wise., has just added another 1,100 feet to its existing 1,100- foot dockwall along the Menominee River. Planning for the dockwall extension began in 1982 when Marinette applied for grant funding through the Wisconsin Harbor Assistance Program. Thro
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on October 15, 1985—Free Literature Available Alsthom's Diesel Group has received an order for four SEMT-Pielstick type 9 PC 20 L engines to power the 2,600-passenger cruise liner (model shown) ordered by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Alsthom's Shipbuilding Division, Chantiers de l'Atlantique. This diesel ord
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on October 15, 1985The Maritime Administration in cooperation with the U.S. Navy recently announced the selection of 15 port locations on the East and West Coasts for the berthing of 37 cargo vessels in the Ready Reserve Force (RRF), a select group of merchant vessels which can be activated on five days' notic
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on October 15, 1985The Maritime Administration has awarded an $18,396,652 contract to Dillingham Ship Repair of Portland, Ore., for the conversion of a National Defense Reserve Fleet containership into the third in a series of U.S. Navy Auxiliary Crane Ships (T-ACS). When converted, the T-ACS 3 (ex-President
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on October 15, 1985All speakers have now been confirmed for the sessions of the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association's (CSSRA) 38th Annual Technical Conference, CSSRA president Henry Walsh recently announced. The conference will be held Monday, February 10 and Tuesday, February 11,1986 in Montr
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on October 15, 1985Guy Ames Stitt, president of American Maritime Int'l, Inc. (AMI), has announced the appointment of Dennis C. Tarbutton to the position of vice president-marine support services. Mr. Tarbutton will have the responsibility for providing support services to marine equipment manufacturers and o
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on October 15, 1985Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production recently announced a significant oil discovery offshore Norway on Haltenbank Block 6507/7, the second major hydrocarbon discovery this year on the block, in which the company is a partner. The 6507/7-3 well flowed at a combined daily rate of 15,491 barr
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on September 15, 1985—Literature Available Grow Group, Inc. has acquired the Napko Protective Coatings Division of the O'Brien Corporation, according to an announcement by Russell Banks, president and chief executive officer of Grow Group. Napko Corporation, with headquarters in Houston, is now a subsidiary of Gr
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on September 15, 1985—Free Literature Available Autronica Marine A/S of Norway is offering a free, six-page brochure on their MlP-calculator, type NK-5, which enables ship engineers to readily monitor the engine's performance and thereby ascertain the action necessary to obtain maximum possible efficiency. The br
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on September 15, 1985The Navy's Military Sealift Command has awarded a fixed-price contract totaling $30,709,896 to Bay Tankers, Inc., One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, N.Y., for the operation and maintenance of four T-AKR Fast Sealift Ships. Two of the ships will be based in Violet, La., one in Bayonne, N.J.,
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on September 15, 1985As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen its responsiveness to the offshore industry, Honeywell's Marine Systems Division has announced two new appointments in its offshore business. John D. Owen was recently named systems business manager. Mr. Owen joined the offshore industry in 1970, and
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on September 15, 1985—Literature Available A three-valve manifold that connects process lines with differential pressure transmitters in control systems, is now available from Whitey Company, Highland Heights, Ohio. A major and visible safety feature is the bonnet lock plate on each valve. It prevents accidental
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on September 15, 1985A new brochure detailing applications of differing sizes of keyless OK couplings is available free from SKF Steel Couplings of Avon, Conn. The four-page brochure, printed on heavy, silver-coated stock, contains illustrations of the OK coupling connections on a marine vessel's shaft lines, th
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on September 15, 1985—Free Brochure Available Centurion Industrial Marine Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, is offering a chair called the Crew Seat that is designed specifically for passenger vessels and workboats. Featuring an elegant and functional design that will "fit" into the most discriminating environment, th
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on September 15, 1985Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wise., recently laid the keel for the first of 13 Yard Patrol (YP) craft in advance of construction schedule. Contracted by the U.S. Navy, the vessels will be delivered to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and will be used for instruction of mids
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on September 15, 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation's new Sabine Yard in Port Arthur, Texas went into service recently when its huge floating drydock was used to perform work on the 1st Lt. Alex Bonnyman, a vessel for the U.S. Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Ship Program. The ship, one of two Maersk vessels reconstr