1986 Articles
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on April 1986Donahue, Inc. Advertising & Public Relations has expanded its professional staff with the addition of Laurence F. Daspit, who will represent the firm in Houston and throughout the Southwest. The announcement of this appointment was made by James C. Donahue, president of Donahue, Inc. As a m
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on April 1986Dravo Mechling Corporation, the barge line subsidiary of Dravo Corporation, has announced the appointment of Frank McCormick as manager of Dravo Mechling's Tiger Fleet facility in Baton Rouge, La. In his new position, Mr. McCormick will be responsible for all of the fleeting services provid
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- OTC - '86 SPECIAL PREVIEW page: 39
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on April 1986M a y 5 - 8 , 1 9 8 6 , Houston The 1986 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), to be held at the Astrodomain in Houston May 5-8, focuses this year on world trade and the increased recognition of OTC's role in bringing together U.S. and international exporters, importers, and registrants to
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- H e m p e l O f f e r s Brochure O n N e w T w o - I n - O ne M a r i n e C o a t i n g s S y s t em page: 30
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on April 1986Hempel's Marine Paints, a worldwide coatings manufacturer, is offering a free color brochure detailing their recently launched two-in-one solution for on-board repair and maintenance, Combi-Coat. The new two-in-one system combines both primer and finish in one coat, simplifying on-board repa
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- C O M S A T M a r i t i m e Tests T V T r a n s m i s s i o n To Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h 2 page: 30
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on April 1986COMSAT Maritime Services recently performed a successful experiement transmitting a compressed 768 Kbps service from its Southbury, Conn., Coast Earth Station to the Queen Elizabeth 2 of Cunard Lines. The one-hour program containing NBC Nightly News, ESPN SportsCenter, and Nightly Business
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on April 1986FAST Systems, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is offering a free eight-page brochure on their PACE SM-Series oil/water separators. The publication details the construction, operation, equipment, design, capacity and certification of the PACE marine oil/water separators. The brochure comes complete wi
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- M a r i n e M a c h i n e ry Association M e e t i n g Set For W a s h i n g t o n , April 30 page: 29
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on April 1986The Marine Machinery Association will hold their next meeting at the Sheraton Washington (D.C.) Hotel on Wednesday, April 30. The program is scheduled as follows: 9-9:15 Welcoming remarks, D.A. Marangiello, executive director, MMA. 9:15-10:15 Major General Joe Morgan, USAF, executive direct
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on April 1986Biehl & Co., a well-known U.S. Gulf and South Atlantic steamship agency and stevedore, has acquired the major interest in U.S. Navigation, a former subsidiary of Hapag- Lloyd (America) Inc. Hapag-Lloyd decided to divest themselves of U.S. Navigation in order to better concentrate on its own
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on April 1986The Department of the Navy recently announced the commissioning of the dock landing ship Germantown (LSD-42) at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, Wash. The principal speaker at t h e ceremony was Gen. Paul X. Kelley, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the ship's sp
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on April 1986The Stolt Sapphire, first of five 38,000-dwt parcel tankers being built for Stolt-Nielsen by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd., was delivered at the Okpo shipyard in South Korea recently. The remaining ships, to be named Stolt Emerald, Stolt Topaz, Stolt Aquamarine, and Stolt Jade,
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on April 1986M a y 1-2, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. ASNE Day 1986, the 98th annual national convention of the American Society of Naval Engineers, will be held May 1-2 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., and will feature technical sessions, exhibits, an awards banquet, and other social functio
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on April 1986The Military Sealift Command has reported that bids to carry U.S. military cargo for the next six months have increased on the North Atlantic route while declining on shipments to the Far East. Coming in with the low of $17.54 per measurement ton on containerized military cargo to Europe, Unit
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on April 1986— C o l o r Brochure A v a i l a b le Harry S. Burker Jr., president and chief executive officer of Siemens-Allis, has announced that, effective immediately, the company will be named Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. The name change follows Siemens' purchase of Allis-Chalmers' remaining inter
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on April 1986Jotun has introduced a new two-pack modified epoxy coating specially formulated for application by brush, roller or spray, to steel surfaces that cannot be shotblasted or otherwise carefully prepared. Known as "Jotamastic," the new product can be applied over existing coatings of many kinds, a
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e O f f e r ed Lima Electric Company announced the availability of a new line of single phase alternators for marine and industrial service. Designed in the compact 282 frame, the new design provides superior single phase electrical performance in a rugged mechanical struct
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on April 1986—Brochure A v a i l a b le Jamesbury Corporation, a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc., and a leading manufacturer of valves, actuators and associated controls, has announced the introduction of the Jamesbury Series 3000 ball valve. The Series 3000 ball valve is intended for general s
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on April 1986The Moss Point, Miss., yard of Halter Marine, a Trinity Industries company, recently launched the catcher/processor fishing vessel Atlantic Prince being constructed for Lund Fisheries of Cape May, N.J. The 150-foot boat had an extremely short engineering and building period— less than six mont
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on April 1986Ameritech Corporation of North Kingston, R.I., has designed a 45-foot harbor service vessel intended primarily for firefighting, rescue, and salvage. With a beam of 14 feet and displacement of 29,000 pounds, the craft may also serve other purposes. Called Cyclops I by designers H.R. Frazier an
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on April 1986A major spokesman for the nation's barge and towing industry said that recent government action to drastically reduce the federal deficit greatly increases the need to establish a government- industry "Users Board," consisting of representatives from the various users and beneficiaries of the
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on April 1986CompuNav Systems Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, has made available a color brochure on its marine autopilot. Since its introduction in 1982, the Comdev Marine 2000 Autopilot has gained a solid reputation in the commercial fishing industry for its unwaveringly reliable and trouble-free operations.