Heavy Equipment
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- Manitowoc Engineering Names Fox Executive VP And General Manager Maritime Reporter, Dec 1989 #9
William W. Fox has been promoted to executive vice president and general manager of Manitowoc Engineering Co., a division of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Mr. Fox succeeds Ralph E. Feiertag, who recently retired as president of Manitowoc Engineering.
In his new position, Mr. Fox will oversee the operations of Manitowoc Engineering Co., which designs, manufactures, and distributes cranes, log debarking equipment, and contract products such as large stamping presses and tunnelling machines.
He will also oversee the operations of Manitex, Inc., McAllen, Texas, which designs, manufactures, and distributes offshore pedestal cranes, boom trucks, overhead cranes, and straddle cranes.
Mr. Fox has more than 20 years of experience selling and marketing heavy equipment. He joined Manitowoc Engineering in 1980 as vice president and general manager of the company's Chicago-based sales subsidiary. Promoted to vice president of North American Distribution in 1986, he served in that capacity until his latest promotion.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of cranes and industrial products, and ship repair.
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- New Filter Media Offers Greater Protection Against Abrasive Wear Maritime Reporter, May 1984 #49
service. Stauff disposable filter elements are tested to the latest ANSI/ISO standards, and are available in capacities to meet most industrial and heavy equipment requirements. Element construction permits use in non-bypass, bypass, and reverse flow applications with all hydraulic fluids including
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- Two Management Appointments Announced At Skagit Corporation Maritime Reporter, Nov 15, 1977 #44
graduate of Hamburg Engineering College, Hamburg, Germany. Skagit Corporation, a subsidiary of The Bendix Corporation, is a manufacturer of heavy equipment for the offshore oil, logging, construction, and marine industries
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- AMSOIL Introduces New Arctic Synthetic Grease Maritime Reporter, Feb 2014 #58
Arctic Synthetic Grease is recommended for industrial machinery, heavy-duty automotive and industrial equipment, chassis, bearings, off-road and heavy equipment operating in arctic climates. (As published in the February 2014 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News - www.marinelink.com
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- Prudential Lines Names Captain George Evans Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1977 #35
carries up to 77 lighters (barges) suitable for all cargo types including bulk, breakbulk, liquid bulk, palletized, unitized, refrigerated, and heavy equipment for construction projects. Prudential serves the Mediterranean from U.S. East Coast ports
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- Managing the Big Risks of Marine Construction Marine News, Feb 2018 #22
incidents Fortunately, OSHA offers guidance to help marine contractors address and minimize some of these workplace exposures. Operating heavy equipment on land can be challenging enough. Operating large heavy equipment, often on workboats and swaying with a waterway’s current, has its own unique
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- Marathon Receives Contract For 300-Foot Drilling Tender Maritime Reporter, Feb 15, 1977 #42
Company, Houston, Texas 77208. Marathon is a multiproduct company serving industries in marine construction and transportation, heavy equipment and steel products, as well as a group of diversified companies producing chemicals, batteries, consumer goods, and providing paving and utility
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- Bellinger Delivers Ro/Ro Landing Vessel To West India Shipping Maritime Reporter, Mar 15, 1977 #25
, a stern ramp and bow thruster. Classed by Bureau Veritas, the vessel will join the West India Line fleet, which specializes in handling large, heavy equipment on a worldwide basis. The unique design and capabilities of these vessels have also been utilized in North Sea pipelaying operations. The
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- U.S. Navy Secretary Participates In LCAC Trial Maritime Reporter, Jan 1991 #17
president John J. Kelly: "The LCACs are fully amphibious and are capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots; they can carry personnel, heavy equipment and weapons from ships located miles from shore to landing points on the beach or beyond. Because they can traverse most of the world's previously
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- Halter Marine Adds Tenth Shipyard Maritime Reporter, Sep 15, 1978 #30
plate and for the construction of sections and subassemblies. Railroad tracks around the building and construction area facilitate movement of heavy equipment and assemblies. A huge mold loft occupies the upper portion of the building. Sixty persons are already at work at Chickasaw and up to
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- Smit International Adding Two Submersible Barges To Fleet Maritime Reporter, Apr 1977 #39
of ocean transportation for their dredging equipment. Smit International NV of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, contributed to this method of moving heavy equipment with the development of the submersible barge. Now, Smit Tak Zeetransport B.V. of Rotterdam, coordinates this activity for Smit International
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- Lockheed Shipbuilding Awards LSD-41 Contract To J.J. Henry Co., Inc Maritime Reporter, Aug 1981 #39
designated trouble spots throughout the world. Each ship will be equipped with four air cushion landing craft (LCAC) to deliver combat troops and heavy equipment onto or over the beaches to tactical assault points ashore. Designed for flexibility, the LSDs can also land troops and equipment by helicopter an
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 45ronments. The new agreement will address speci? c techni- cal gaps in the UUV defense and offshore energy markets especially for long duration, multi-payload mission opera- tions where communications are often denied or restricted. As part of the new alliance, Metron’s Resilient Mission Autonomy portfolio
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 42NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein Image courtesy BIRNS MacArtney launches the new ultra-compact ø12.7 mm SubConn Nano connector. Innovative connectivity built on 45 years of ? eld-proven and market-trusted design. Image courtesy MacArtney Birns celebrated its 70th
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25Auerbach explained that ideally, “one ? ed layers of geothermal activity,” noted changes over an area of 8,000 km2. They would have both instruments: seismom- Skett, “and the change in salinity and dis- found up to seven km3 of displaced ma- eters to detect and locate subsurface ac- solved particles for
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 8these are moored contact mines that have bro- began, a critical strategic objective for Ukraine was prevent- ken loose from their moorings during storms or heavy seas. ing a Russian amphibious landing in the northwestern Black They now pose a hazard to all maritime traf? c, regardless of Sea, which would
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43“The industry is an ecosystem which includes owners, managers, mariners, shipyards, equipment makers, designers, research institutes and class societies: all of them are crucial,” – Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports All images courtesy ABB Marine and Ports provi
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42OPINION: The Final Word Seeing the Ship as a System Shipping must engage with the decarbonization realities that lie ahead by changing the way it crafts maritime legislation to re? ect its place in the interconnected, interdependent world economy, said Eero Lehtovaara, ABB Marine & Ports. ABB Marine &
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40the ings even during night-time operations or other low-visibility real world? It can take around 20 seconds for bridge systems situations such as fog, heavy rain or highly re? ective situations. to update, and this naturally adds to the complexity of the Even under these conditions, for example, the
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 39Designs “Wall Climbing Robot” Danish Pilot calls gets ClassNK Nod LEGO Model "A tribute build to a work life at sea" Image courtesy MOL, Sumitomo Heavy Industries lassNK granted its Innovation Endorse- Image courtesy Espen Andersen/DanPilot ment for Products & Solutions to a “Wall Espen Andersen
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35SIMULATION e have a close relationship with tech- Realism is prized beyond immersive, photo-realistic visu- nology, evidenced by, for example, als, and providers are introducing increasingly accurate func- the phones we are estimated to un- tionality. FORCE Technology’s upcoming DEN-Mark2 math- lock around
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 33CRANES & OFFSHORE WIND HLP is developing a crane that will enable tower HLP is developing a crane that will enable pieces to be stacked components such as towers to be stacked in multiple layers on vertically in marshalling areas. installation vessels. HLP is developing a ring crane capable of 6
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31only be the de- sire to be able to install 25MW turbine towers in one piece but also to expand the area on the deck within which the crane can handle the heavy towers or nacelles and thereby be able to carry more turbines on the vessel,” says Kanstrup. “If, for example, a 3,200t crane can handle a load of
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 25RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND Photo by Brian Suriani USN Military Sealift Command From a global supply chain perspective, What makes MSC so vital to the we’ve learned a lot about dealing with Navy’s ? eet and our military disruptions. COVID delivered a big forces around the world? wake-up
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16MARKETS SOVs – Analyzing Current, Future Demand Drivers By Philip Lewis, Director of Research, Intelatus © Björn Wylezich/AdobeStock t a high-level, there are three solutions to transferring Lower day rate CTVs are often used for daily transfer of technicians from shore bases to offshore wind farms
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 15hydro-acoustic design of a propulsor that delays cavitation meets its underwater noise limits. This will require specialized inception and cavitating area. The third approach should be test sites or specialized mobile underwater testing equipment. isolation mounting of a vibro-active equipment and
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 14Book Review Approach to Meeting Underwater Radiated Noise Limits Def ned By Raymond Fischer uantitative underwater radiated noise limits will construction inspections, 5) possible training with respect to be developed shortly by IMO, and/or countries salient design/construction essentials, 6) compliance
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 13from gasoline to methanol, but compared to just buying an EV After some pondering, I think I can reduce it to this logi- today that is a pointless exercise. It would actually make more cal sequence: sense to buy a plug-in hybrid that is con? gured for methanol It is the carbon. We want zero carbon as
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12Back to the Drawing Board When Efficiency Does Not Help Sustainability By Rik van Hemmen y brother and I had a discussion about methanol This study concluded that the Toyota Prius Prime is the green- where we concluded that methanol is a prom- est car you can buy in the United States. ising sustainable
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 8Training Tips for Ships © By tuastockphoto/AdobeStock Tip #58 Enhancing Behavior-Based Safety By Murray Goldberg, CEO, Marine Learning Systems ave you ever heard the term “Behaviour-Based environment where each individual feels personally respon- Safety”? Although the term itself is relatively sible for
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 7REGISTER NOW Seawork celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2024! The 25th edition of Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, is a proven platform to build business networks. Seawork delivers an international audience of visitors supported by our trusted partners. Seawork is the
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2Control its future, including the great need for new ships and mariners. 38 Tech Files By Edward Lundquist 38 Tech Feature Situational Awareness 30 Heavy Lifters 43 The Final Word The race for bigger cranes to enhance offshore energy ef? ciency. Seeing the Ship as a System By Wendy Laursen 45 Classi
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: Coverships & mariners O? shore Energy Analyzing Since 1939 | Number 4 | Volume 86 SOV Demand Drivers One-on-One Rob Langford, VP Global O? shore Wind, ABS Heavy Lif New Cranes for O? shore E? ciency Simulators & our Changing Relationship with Technology COV1 MR Apr 2024.indd 1 4/5/2024 9:13:59 A
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 43Products 1 2 VETUS Maxwell In-Mar Solutions 3 Furuno ABB 4 for workboat operators encompasses EH Group 1. Heavy Duty 5 three large-sized MFDs with wide, all- Windscreen Wiper glass displays: the 16” TZT16X, 22” Heavy-duty wiper has a thermal cut- TZT22X and 24” TZT24X. Powered out in
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 39There are ? ve major paint catego- lenges in shipyards is managing small building is a multifaceted endeavor ries in new construction shipbuilding: parts, which are prone to surface rust that demands integrative systems before installation. Optimizing the planning, as well as adoption of new 1.