1986 Articles
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on January 1986Garlock Mechanical Packing Division, Colt Industries, is offering a free 44-page full-color catalog on their line of sealing devices for the marine industry. Garlock, a worldwide supplier of sealing devices, has been developing effective sealing methods and products since 1887. The company h
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on January 1986Marathon LeTourneau Company, Houston, Texas, a Marathon Manufacturing company, has reorganized its marine and offshore energyrelated operations, it was announced by Charles P. Siess Jr., president and chief executive officer. Mr. Siess said that the principal changes involve the following ma
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on January 1986The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that the 1986 Chesapeake Marine Engineering Symposium is to be held on January 24, 1986, at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va. The featured speaker for the reception and luncheon will be R
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on January 1986Sulzer Brothers Limited of Winterthur, Switzerland, has introduced a longer-stroke version of their 400-mm bore medium-speed, four-stroke cycle engine. The new engine, called the ZA40S, is a longstroke version of their proven ZA40 engine. By increasing the engine stroke from 480 mm to 560 mm
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on January 1986Eastern Marine, Inc., the Panama City, Fla., shipbuilding firm, has announced plans to develop one of its three facilities as an offshore supply base. This move was stimulated on account of the increasing offshore exploration activities in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's Northwest Panhandle
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on January 1986Wilson Walton International Ltd. of Stockton-on-Tees, U.K., signed an agreement with BV Materiaal Metingen of Holland to sell the company's range of testing services in the U.K. for ships and offshore structures. Under the terms of the agreement, Wilson Walton will be able to offer the ship
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on January 1986—Free Literature Available Texaco Marine Services Inc. (TMSI), Port Arthur, Texas, has signed operating agreements with Archon Shipping Inc., and Acturus Shipping Inc., to manage the tanker Brooklyn and the tanker Williamsburg, according to William R. Cumming, president of TMSI. TMSI, a who
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on January 1986Royal Viking Line recently announced the appointment of Joseph A. Watters as its new president and chief operating officer. Mr. Watters comes to the line from Princess Cruises, where he has served as president since April 1981. Prior to that time he was vice president and subsequently execut
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on January 1986Bull & Roberts (B&R) of Springfield, N.J., is offering free literature on the company's service, products and programs available to the marine industry. B&R is one of the largest suppliers of chemical products and services to all types of oceangoing vessels through one of the largest worldwi
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on January 1986John F. Borum, vice president, Operations Division of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), was recently elected senior vice president at the semiannual meeting of the board of managers of the ship classification society. The announcement of the election was made by William N. Johnston, chairma
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on January 1986Offshore Shipbuilding of Palatka, Fla., has delivered the paddlewheel passenger vessel Andrew Fletcher, a replica of the steam-driven sidewheelers that flourished at the turn of the century. The new vessel, however, is powered by two Detroit Diesel engines driving the port and starboard padd
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on January 1986As we enter 1986, marine engineers and shipowners have available the largest selection of diesel engines ever—low-speed, mediumspeed and high-speed machines; two-stroke cycle and four-stroke cycle designs; crosshead-piston and trunk-piston designs; loop-scavenaged and uniflow-scavenaged desi
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on January 1986A review of some notable conversions of inland/offshore vessels featured during 1985. HARVEY TROJAN Avondale-Harvey The Harvey Quick Repair Division of Avondale Shipyards in Harvey, La., during 1985 completed an extensive overhaul and re-engining of the 121-foot oceangoing tug Harvey T
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on January 1986A portfolio of some important inland and offshore shallow-draft vessels and rigs built during 1985—selected for their high standards of design or performance ANDREW FLETCHER Offshore Shipbuilding The passenger vessel Andrew Fletcher was delivered during 1985 by Offshore Shipbuilding of
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on January 1986A 28,000-ton floating drydock was launched recently at the Nordenham/ Blexen, West Germany, dock construction yard of M.A.N.'s Machinery, Plant and Systems Division (M.A.N.-GHH) on the Weser River. The dock had been ordered by Iran for the Persian Gulf Shipyard Project (PGSP) at a contract
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on January 1986— N e w Literature Offered The first U.S.-built twin-screw Towmaster® Rudder System has been placed in service on the new tug Esperanza, commissioned re- cently for service in the Panama Canal. The Towmaster Rudder System, now built in the U.S. by the Michigan Wheel Corporation of Grand Ra
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on January 1986Avondale Industries, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Navy has ordered two additional LSD (Landing Ship Dock) class ships from its New Orleans-based shipyards division. Avondale said the order, worth $300 million, brings to five the number of LSDs the company is building for the Navy.
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on January 1986A free brochure on fiberglass modular marine bathrooms manufactured by the Frenkin Corporation is now available from Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., a distributor of the units. According to the publication, the seamless fiberglass construction of the bathrooms allows d
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on January 1986Byron A. Lirette has been named sales manager for Elliott White Gill thrusters and will be responsible for all White Gill sales outside of Europe and the United Kingdom. Previously a field engineer for Thruster Systems, covering the Gulf Coast, he will make the Elliott office in the New Orle
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on January 1986Two 16-cylinder "Enterprise" R«5 medium-speed engines burning heavy fuel will provide the main propulsion for each of two new oceanographic research ships now under construction by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Md. The contract with Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Oakland, Calif., inclu