1986 Articles
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on August 1986The Petrojarl I, said to be the world's first purpose-built, floating offshore oil production and testing system, was completed recently at the Tsurumi Works of Nippon Kokan (NKK) in Japan and delivered to K/S Petrojarl A/S. The vessel will enter North Sea service this summer, operated by Go
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on August 1986—Literature Available— As another element of safety of vessels at sea, all ships of more than 300 grt must be equipped with one of the relatively new Navtex receivers by February 1, 1990. Navtex is a 24-hour warning system that transmits a broad range of navigational and weather information
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on August 1986The submersible barge/drydock Rio Manzanares designed and built by Conrad Industries, Inc. of Morgan City, La., for the Republic of Venezuela, left the port recently under tow to its South American home port of Guanta. The unusual vessel was accepted on behalf of Venezuela by Capt. Jesus Enriq
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on August 1986—Literature Available A compact, microporcessor-based monitoring system that measures cable tension, line position and speed of submerged mooring lines is available from remote Systems Technology (RST), a subsidiary of Baldt Inc. The electronic Load Monitoring/Line Payout System indicates val
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on August 1986—Literature Offered The Hyster Company of Danville, 111., has announced the expansion of its versatile XL line of lift trucks with the addition of seven new models in the Challenger 70-110XL series and the Challenger 135-155XL series. The Challenger 70-110XL series will offer lift trucks with
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on August 1986Ward Leonard Electric Co. Inc., Mount Vernon, N.Y., has published a new 10-page catalog that details a complete line of push buttons. Catalog No. 19, "Ward Leonard Push Buttons," consists of five sections that cover Series WF 7/s-inch (22 mm) Operators and Pilot Lights (miniature); Series WC
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on August 1986In order to meet the long-term needs of the petroleum industry more effectively and provide a broader service base, SeaForest Holdings Limited of Newfoundland, through its subsidiary, NORDCO Limited of St. John's, and Gotaverken Arendal Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Gotaverken Arendal AB of
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on August 1986Capt. C.J. (Jerry) Wages, USN (Ret.) has joined MarineSafety International, New York, N.Y., as director of a new simulator training center to be established at Newport, R.I., for senior and intermediate level line officers attending the U.S. Navy's Surface Warfare Officers' School (SWOS) at
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on August 1986Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wise., recently launched the YP 683 first of the 20 Yard Patrol boats under contract to the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command. This YP was the first woodhull vessel launched at the Marinette yard since 1943 when the company launched the 192-foot whi
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on August 1986Tidewater Marine Services, Inc. of New Orleans, the marine subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., has announced the major upgrading of its towing/supply vessel Hatch Tide by McDermott Shipyards in Morgan City, La., for service in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico as industry conditions improve and drillin
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on August 1986High-torque, low-speed hydraulic motors are being used on many paddlewheel vessels all over the world. This form of propulsion transmission and its benefits would appear to be attractive in other applications also. Hydrostatic drives are by no means new for propulsion transmission on paddle
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on August 1986London-based Stay Fresh Ltd., manufacturer of Ethysorb®, the remarkable "life extender" of fresh produce, has announced a major worldwide distributor agreement with U.S.-based Magnus Maritec, a subsidiary of Economics Laboratory Inc., to supply the merchant marine and offshore industry with
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on August 1986—Free Literature Available Survival International, Inc. (SI) of Seattle, Wash., is offering free new literature on its "First Family" of survival/exposure suits that have been introduced for the 1986 year. The firm is said to be the only company that produces a complete line of such products
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on August 1986Ketchikan, Alaska, a city "five miles long and two blocks wide," in the words of one area firefighter, has acquired a new, 30-knot fireboat capable of covering that expanse. The Harry Newell, named for the only member of the Ketchikan Fire Department to lose his life in the line of duty, was
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on August 1986This year marks the 85th anniversary of Baldt Inc. of Chester, Pa., a leading supplier of anchors, chains, related marine hardware, and mooring release systems. The company evolved over the years from a manufacturer of chain and anchors, whose credits include supplying the first WWII Liberty
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on August 1986Tacoma Boatbuilding Company (TBC) in Washington recently launched on schedule the USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9), the ninth in a series of ocean surveillance ships designed and built by TBC for operation by the Navy's Military Sealift Command. Speakers at the launching ceremony included Paul A.
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on August 1986—Literature Available— TransTema Kockumation, in conjunction with in-service trials organized by TransConsultants, the consulting subsidiary of Rederi AB TransAtlantic, has developed the new fuel consumption monitoring system, Fuelmaster. Now available, the Fuelmaster uses the concept of co
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on August 1986The Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, together with the Puget Sound Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers, held their annual joint meeting recently at the Officers Club of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash. A techn
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on August 1986Small stable semisubmersible platforms, moored at deep-ocean sites, are essential to the development of advanced range facilities for the training of Navy combat pilots and air crews. The platforms will accommodate electronic instrumentation and antennas that relay data compiled during train
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on August 1986South Korea is the latest nation to land an order for the building of the ship type known as the pure car/ truck carrier (PC/TC). Daewoo Shipbuilding, one of Korea's newest and most versatile yards, has entered the growing car carrier building market with an order for construction of two 5,2