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Jeffboat Delivers The Thruston B. Morton
Shortly after the motor vessel Thruston B. Morton was christened on July 8, 1978, at the River Front Plaza in Louisville, Ky., she joined the fleet of American Commercial Lines, Inc., moving tows on the inland waterways system. The vessel was named to honor Thruston B.
Acetylene Gas Used To Straighten Ships' Decks
Sunderland Shipbuilders, part of British Shipbuilders, is using a new system of heat treatment to straighten the decks of ships. The technique, known as "flame straightening," uses dissolved acetylene gas in a specially developed blowpipe. When a ship's deck is being constructed,
Safety In Marine Applications Course Sponsored By ISA —Washington, D.C., June 27-28
The fundamentals of design, installation, operation and maintenance of intrinsically safe systems in marine applications will be explored in a two-day short course sponsored by the Instrument Society of America (ISA). The course will be held at the Sheraton National Motor Hotel, Washington, D.
Schedule Announced For ASNE Day May 5-6
The 60th annual meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers will be held at the Shoreham- Americana Hotel, Washington, D.C., on May 5-6, 1977. The theme of this year's national meeting is "Military Civil Maritime Partnership, Naval Engineering's Pathway to Future Progress.
Lykes Ship Sends Data By Satellite-Phone Hookup
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., recently demonstrated a reliable, inexpensive method of transmitting data at medium speed from ship to shore via satellite and regular telephone lines. Lykes made repeated transmissions between one of its ships,
Call For Papers For American Welding Society's 70th Annual Convention
The American Welding Society is extending an invitation worldwide to authors engaged in metalworking to participate in the professional program of its 70th annual convention to be held April 2 to 7, 1989. Consisting of the 70th AWS Annual Meeting