1986 Articles
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on November 1986Datamarine International, Inc., Pocasset, Mass., a leading manufacturer of marine electronic navigation systems and industrial flowmeters, has announced the signing of agreements to acquire and merge with Stephens Engineering Associates, Inc. (SEA) of Mountlake Terrace, Wash. SEA designs, m
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on November 1986—Literature Available— Arneson Marine, Inc., Corte Madera, Calif., are the manufacturers of a state-of-the-art marine propulsion system, Arneson Surface Drives, which utilizes surface piercing propellers to provide propulsion for all craft from 16 to 150 feet. Increasingly popular with build
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on November 1986Bird-Johnson Company of Walpole, Mass., a leading manufacturer of commercial and naval controllable- pitch propeller systems, has purchased the assets of The 76 Corporation, comprised of the HDF and Olympic Propeller Companies of Seattle. The firm will reopen on the site of the former HDF Pr
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on November 1986—Literature Available Piping Specialties, Inc. of Farmingdale, N.Y., is offering free color literature on the new Northvale Series 70 "Mini Valve" which, according to the manufacturer, is designed to save space in many industrial and commercial applications. This economical valve is availabl
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on November 1986P&O Cruises has announced the signing of a $10-million contract with Malta Drydocks to upgrade the liner Sea Princess prior to her joining the Los Angeles-based Princess fleet. In addition to major refurbishing of passenger areas, the ship will be fitted with five new Wartsila Vasa diesel ge
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on November 1986The aggregate output of MAN B&W Diesel's MC Series of lowspeed crosshead engines has now comfortably topped 10 million bhp. The breaching of that barrier, and the dominant position in world propulsion markets, is even more significant in light of the comparatively short time since the launch
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on November 1986Crowley Maritime Corporation's recent purchase of assets of Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc. (CCT) from International Controls Corporation will "greatly strengthen Crowley's capability to serve its customers and markets," a senior officer of Crowley said. Commenting on the acquisition,
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on November 1986Reliance Electric Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that they are offering D-C Drives Maintenance and Troubleshooting Courses for those who want to learn solidstate D-C Drives and Systems. According to the announcement, the courses employ up-to-date teaching aids to give participants ind
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on November 1986Rolf Andersson has been appointed vice president, marketing and sales, for Wartsila Diesel, Inc. He was previously project and estimate manager for marine sales at the Wartsila Vasa factory in Finland. Mr. Andersson has more than 10 years' experience as chief engineer and engineer on ships o
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on November 1986Caterpillar now offers crankshafts through the Caterpillar Remanufactured Products Program that meet marine society approval requirements. These are new crankshafts with standard diameter journals. The acquisition cost of these "upgrade-to-new" crankshafts is lower because of the value of the
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on November 1986Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., has laid the keel for a ferry for the Neuman Boat Line Company of Sandusky, Ohio. Constructed of American Steel, the doubleended ferry will be 101 feet long, with a 34 V2- foot beam. Marine architect Timothy Graul of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., designed the f
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on November 1986Wartsila's Turku Shipyard in Finland recently delivered the 12,000-dwt oil recovery vessel/ suction dredge Vaydaghubsky to V/O Sudoimport of Moscow. The new vessel is said to be the largest of her kind in the world. In addition to her oil recovery role, she can be operated as a suction dredge
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on November 1986—Free Literature Available Atlas-Danmark Marine and Offshore, a division of Atlas-Danmark A/S, one of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy duty watermakers, has further strengthened its position in the field of evaporative-type watermakers and freshwater generators with the introduction
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on November 1986—Literature Available Hempel's Marine Paints, the worldwide supplier of coating systems to the marine industry, has published a free six-page brochure on Combic, a new product recently added to its range of antifouling products. Combic is an intermediate solution positioned between traditional
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on November 1986Sperry Corporation of Charlottesville, Va., has recently made available literature on the Sperry GPS Core Module the company has designed and manufactured specifically for the marine environment. The Sperry GPS Core Module is a single-channel, C/A Code, sequenced receiver, with position calc
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on October 1986—Literature Package Offered— The Spinner II line of in-line flow powered oil cleaning centrifuges, a product of T.F. Hudgins & Associates Inc. of Houston, Texas, is now available from Warehouse Supplier of Lawrenceville, N.J. In addition, a free complete literature package with detailed broc
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on October 1986Tideland Signal Corporation of Houston, Texas, has introduced the new SAB-12 Sentinel Articulated Buoy. According to the manufacturer, the buoy has outstanding station- keeping capabilities and may be deployed where water depth makes placement of a fixed structure impractical. The SAB-12 co
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on October 1986Charles W. Mann has been named president of MonArk Boat Company in Monticello, Ark. Prior to his promotion, he had been serving as corporate vice president for sales and marketing. Zach McClendon Jr., chairman of MonArk Industries, the parent company for MonArk Boats and several other Arkan
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on October 1986A new eight-page color brochure, "World Series Contactors And Overload Relays," has been published by the Control Divisions of Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. The brochure describes Siemen's World Series line of 14 contactors and 7 overload relays designed especially for Original Equipment
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on October 1986David Watson, general manager of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point yard, recently announced the receipt of a $1.9-million contract for work on the S.S. Cape Alava, a ship assigned to the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). Mr. Watson stated that the award was made by the American Foreign