M i c r o p h o r , Inc., of Willits, Calif., and Thyssen Henrichshutte AG, of Hattingen, West Germany, have formed a jointly owned company, Microphor Europe GmbH, to manufacture and market Microphor marine and rail products in Europe, it was announced recently by John M.
Mayfield Jr., president of the U.S. firm, and Peter von Bargen, managing director of Thyssen Henrichshutte AG.
The new company will be responsible for the manufacture and sale of Microphor railroad equipment on the European continent and the United Kingdom.
The agreement licenses the company also to manufacture and market Microphor marine equipment in West Germany. Ken J.
Bassham, European area general manager for Microphor, Inc., and Horst Werner, sales manager for Thyssen, have been named managing directors of the joint firm. It will be headquartered in Hattingen.
The Microphor marine product line includes oily /water separators, marine sanitation devices, and automatic sump/pumps.
. Yet, recent boat sales suggest the Scandinavian country’s role is changing. Vessel orders and rules in Norway are propping up yards and designers on Europe’s fringes. Medium-sized hull orders for Romanian, Russian and Turkish boat builders are new, while large vessel orders for Denmark or Spain continue
In all probability, the changes taking place in Europe will have a profound impact on the way ocean carriers do business in the years ahead. Of course, no one can predict exactly what the European economy will look like in 1992. While many people expect the European Community to achieve full
GEOMAR & theABYSS AUV Study the S. Atlantic Seafloor For most of human history, the size and depth of the Earth’s oceans have made it nearly impossible for surveyors and scientists to collect valuable and comprehensive data on the seafloor. In recent years, this led to the question: “Why is it that we
Organization (GTO), a San Francisco, Calif.- based transportation group, has announced the formation of a firm to operate ro/ro barge service between Europe and Saudi Arabia. The new firm has been named Euro-Arab Sea Trailer (EAST). Leo Collar, GTO's managing director, said that EAST would operate
The first combined roll-on/rolloff mini-bulk carrier/inland motorship in Europe—the RoRo-Simmental— belonging to the Swiss company Rohr- und Saar-Kohle AG, was recently commissioned. The vessel is 95 meters long (approximately 312 feet), about 11 meters wide (36 feet), and with a deadweight of 2
Great Lakes Atlantic Steamship Co., Suite 893, 1028 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, has filed an application with the Maritime Administration for an operatingdifferential subsidy contract for a proposed new U.S.-flag service. Following is the text of a news release issued by
J. Wright, president of Stolt-Nielsen Inc., has announced the promotion of Stephen Harwood White to the position of managing director, tanker trading- Europe. In his new capacity, Mr. White will be headquartered in London, England, directing the company's European tanker business. Mr. White, has been
If foreign shipbuilding subsidies are eliminated or substantially reduced, U.S. shipyards have the potential to compete successfully with Northern European yards for construction of U.S.-owned commercial tonnage by the mid-1990s. This was the conclusion of a paper delivered at a meeting of the Society
fastest growing segments of the North American cruise industry; the Baltic luxury ferry market is one of the most well-developed cruise markets in Europe. Why do Scandinavians purchase 27 times more short cruises per person than North Americans? How profitable are the two markets, and where is the
into new markets and enhancing customer support in the Nordic countries. With these two new companies, Furuno now has a total of six subsidiaries in Europe, including two in the U.K., two in Denmark, one in Norway, and one in Sweden, plus Furuno U.S.A., Inc., in the U.S. For more information and free
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has intensi? ed competition for LNG Floating LNG has speci? c advantages in this context. First, cargoes, impacting the dynamics of demand between Europe it allows developers to access remote reserves that may be and Asia. A complex combination of price ? uctuations, energy unreachable for traditional
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, Renewables General Manager, LDA, discusses the investment and lessons learned. By Greg Trauthwein journey over the past ? ve years has been pace. Europe’s installed capacity is set to quadruple from LDA’s marked by signi? cant strategic shifts. Mov- 40GW today to 140GW by 2030, fueling demand for
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& COO Publisher & Editor business, regardless of focus Greg Trauthwein Photo Justin Zurre [email protected] Tor industry – is dominated in Europe – the world’s most mature market by the speed of change being doled Offshore Energy Editor – and Asia. You can read Alisa’s assessment Amir Garanovic out
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example, Brazil, because of the tax machine there, that we believe is a big innovative leap in the tug industry we build tugs for Brazil in Brazil; for Europe, the Middle actually going forward.” East, Asia, we build a lot in Turkey. We are working closely Decarbonization: with top tier yards in Turkey