1986 Articles
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on May 1986Two 215-foot by 50-foot by 14- foot split-hull dump scows have been constructed by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) of Nashville, Tenn., for the Panama Canal Commission. The two 1,300-cubic-yard barges, the first to be built by NABRICO for the Commission, will be used in the on-going dred
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on May 1986EG&G Washington Analytical Services Center, Inc. (EG&G WASC), was awarded a new threeyear contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to provide technical and program management support for the AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Combat System. Total value of the award, w
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on May 1986The Woodward Governor Company of Fort Collins, Colo., has recently published two new brochures, one on cogeneration entitled, "Control System Design Guide," and another on the advantages of modernizing turbine-control equipment called, "Retrofit/Modernize Your Steam And Gas Turbines." The "
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on May 1986—Literature Available Valmet's Shipbuilding Group recently established a new engineering affiliate in Calgary, Canada, providing engineering services for Arctic marine and offshore projects mainly in Canada and the U.S. The founding partners besides Valmet are Arno Keinonen, D. Eng., and Ed
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on May 1986Omnithruster*Canada has delivered a PV700 unit to Halifax Industries Ltd. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of a complete propulsion and auxiliary machinery package supplied by GEC Diesels Inc. of Etobicoke, Ontario, for the Canadian Coast Guard. The PV700 Omnithruster is to be retrofitted t
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on May 1986The Chemical Carriers' Association, Inc. (CCA), representing marine chemical tanker owners and operators in the United States, held its eighth annual meeting recently at the new Paramus, N.J., headquarters of the American Bureau of Shipping. The current officers, who were appointed to conti
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on May 1986Literature Available MarineSafety International, a professional maritime training organization, has been awarded a contract to provide shiphandling training services to the U.S. Navy in Newport, R.I. The award calls for simulator training courses at various levels to be provided for up to 1
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on April 1986Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., recently acquired three 180-foot supply boats and one 190-foot towing/supply vessel at a total cost of approximately $2 million from the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. The four vessels, built in 1981 and
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on April 1986The American Legion National Mechant Marine Award for 1984-85 was presented recently by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (RKA) to Dr. C.Y. Chen, chairman of Energy Transportation Corporation (ETC) of New York City, at a ceremony in the U.S. capital. This prestigious award, sponsored by the
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on April 1986"Minimizing Ship Operating and Support Cost" was the topic at a recent meeting of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Samuel Judge of the Naval Sea Systems Command spoke to 87 members and guests at Fisherman's Wharf in Hampton, Va. Among the me
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on April 1986The guided missile frigate Reuben James (FFG-57) was delivered to the U.S. Navy recently by the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, according to an announcement by Len M. Thorell, company vice president and general manager. The Reuben James, completed 12 weeks ahead
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on April 1986Eastern Marine Inc., Panama City, Fla., has delivered a harbor/ coastal-type, Z-Drive Class tugboat to the nation's leading producer of nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. The 98-foot, 659-ton M/V Winslow C. Kelsey, built for General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division of Groton, Conn., will
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on April 1986Baltek Corporation of Northvale, N.J., has developed "AL-600," a totally new core product with a revolutionary surface treatment engineered for hi-tech vacuum bag, pre-preg and wet sandwich layup construction of boats, industrial, aerospace and military products. According to the manufacture
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on April 1986The Maritime Administration has announced plans for a conference on shipments of containers on barges, to be held in New Orleans, La., on April 29 and 30. The conference will be cosponsored by the Gulf Ports Association, the Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals, Inc., the Louisiana State Univer
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on April 1986Shell U.K. Exploration and Production has contracted with Bardex Corporation, through its London office, for the rig-skidding system on the Shell Tern platform in the North Sea. The system will consist of a control console and four hydraulic gripper jacks. The console will have the capabili
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on April 1986National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) recently announced that R.H. Vortmann has been elected president and chief executive officer of NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrison- Knudsen Company, Inc. He succeeds C.L. French, chairman and chief executive officer, who retired. M
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on April 1986Saab Marine Electronics AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, is offering a free 16-page color brochure on Tank- Radar, a new complete system for monitoring liquid cargoes in tankers. The TankRadar system measures level, temperature and inert gas pressure in cargo tanks and the level in ballast and bunk
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on April 1986A joint venture between Snamprogetti and IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International based in the United States, has been awarded a contract by AGIP S.p.A., on a turnkey lump sum basis for a deepwater floating production storage and offloading terminal (FPSO). The system will produce crude oil fro
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on April 1986— F r e e L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Tri-Tex Marine Inc., a subsidiary of Baldt Inc., recently introduced the new Fitz-Wright Handy Elevated Lifting Package (H.E.L.P.). The Handy Elevated Lifting Package (H.E.L.P.) accompanies the worker to the job site and provides safe aerial and c
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le A new acrylic adhesive, called TG-6, has been introduced by Thomson-Gordon Limited of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, for bonding its Thordon elastomeric marine bearings and bearing materials to a wide range of backing metals, including steel and nonferrous