Marine News 2014 Articles

- MN 100: Schottel GmbH page: 60
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Mainzer Straße 99, 56322 Spay Rhein, Germany Telephone: 49 2628 610 E-mail: info@schottel.de Website: www.schottel.de CEO Scottel GmbH: Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Jensen Number of Employees: 1,950 + The Company: The Schottel Group, with its headquarters in Spay/Rhine, is one of the world’s leading m
- MN 100: MidSouth Technologies page: 59
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1219 Crescent Avenue Lockport, LA 70374 Tel: (985) 242-5100 Email: jguidry@mst.us.com Website: www.mst.us.com President & CEO: Jeremie Mize The Company: For more than 10 years, MidSouth Technologies has provided technology services to businesses around the world, emerging as a respected
- MN 100: PPG Protective & Marine Coatings page: 59
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One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15272 Tel: (412) 492-5200 Email: Marielle.VANDERLINDEN@ppg.com Website: pmc@ppg.com Executive Vice President: Viktor R. Sekmakas Vice President: Timothy M. Knavish The Company: PPG Industries, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, is a global,
- MN 100: TerraSond Limited page: 53
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539 N. Carancahua Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Telephone: 907 982 5321 E-mail: bbusey@terrasond.com Website: www.terrasond.com CEO/President: Thomas Newman Number of Employees: 65 The Company: TerraSond is a leader in precision geospatial solutions providing professional survey and geo
- MN 100: Thrustmaster of Texas page: 65
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6900 Thrustmaster Drive Houston, TX 77041 Telephone: 832 399 5187 E-mail: Lynn@ThrustmasterTexas.com Website: www.ThrustmasterTexas.com CEO/President: Joe Bekker Number of Employees: 300 The Company: Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. manufactures heavy duty commercial marine propulsion and thru
- MN 100: Massachusetts Maritime Academy page: 64
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101 Academy Drive Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 Tel: (508) 830-5012 Email: blima@maritime.edu Website: www.maritime.edu President: Rear Admiral Richard Gurnon The Company: Massachusetts Maritime Academy is one of nine Massachusetts State Universities. Established in 1891, the academy now offers
- MN 100: Robert Allan Ltd. page: 64
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230-1639 West 2nd Avenue Vancouver, BC V6J 1H3, Canada Tel: (604) 736-9566 Email: info@ral.ca Website: www.ral.ca President: Ken Harford Executive Chairman of the Board: Robert G. Allan The Company: Robert Allan Ltd. is Canada’s oldest private consulting Naval Architectural firm. Estab
- MN 100: Thordon Bearings Inc. page: 70
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3225 Mainway Burlington, State ON Canada L9C5J8 Tel: (905) 335-1440 Email: craigc@thordonbearings.com Website: www.thordonbearings.com President & CEO: Terry McGowan The Company: Thordon Bearings Inc. designs and manufactures a complete range of polymer bearing and shaft line produ
- MN 100: Twin Disc, Inc. page: 69
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1328 Racine Street Racine, WI 53403 Telephone: 262 638 4000 Web: www.twindisc.com President and CEO: John H. Batten Number of employees: 990 The Company: Twin Disc designs, manufactures and distributes heavy-duty power transmission equipment for a wide range of marine applications. The comp
- MN 100: Vigor Industrial page: 68
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5555 N Channel Avenue Portland, OR 97217 Tel: (503) 247-1777 Email: Brian.Manion@Vigorindustrial.com Website: www.vigorindustrial.com President & CEO: Frank Foti The Company: Based in Portland, Oregon, Vigor Industrial is the Pacific Northwest’s leader in shipbuilding and repair. With s
- MN 100: Resolve Marine Group page: 68
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1510 SE 17th Street, Suite 400 Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33316 Tel: (954) 764-8700 Email: info@resolvemarine.com Website: www.resolvemarine.com President & CEO: Joseph Farrell, Jr. The Company: RESOLVE Marine Group, Inc. is a marine services organization that provides salvage, emergency respons
- MN 100: Tradesmen International page: 67
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9760 Shepard Rd Macedonia, OH 44056 Telephone: 800 573 0850 E-mail: ed.rojeck@tradesmeninternational.com Website: www.tradesmeninternational.com CEO/President: Joseph O. Wesley Number of Employees: 9,500 The Company: Tradesmen International provides custom staffing solutions that allow it
- MN 100: Total Lubmarine page: 67
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Le Diamant B – 16, rue de la République 92922 Paris-La-Défense Cedex, France E-mail: rm.total-lubmarine@total.com Web: www.lubmarine.com The Company: Total Lubmarine is a global business unit of the oil major Total Group specialized and dedicated to marine lubricants and greases. Providing ma
- MN 100: Ingram Barge Company page: 66
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4400 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205-2290 Tel: (615) 298-8200 Email: Elizabeth@tsgnashville.com Website: www.ingrambarge.com CEO: Orrin H. Ingram The Company: Ingram Barge Company (IBCO) has been a quality marine transporter on America’s inland waterways since 1946, and has grown to bec
- Safety and the Law Collide on the Water page: 19
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We all can agree that the safety of our employees is critical; if not the most important concern of each of our companies. Our marine-based employees face day-to-day perils that are not encountered by the average American office worker. It is our duty to do everything that we can to ensure that each
- Volvo Penta Quickline: Fast Delivery of Custom Engines page: 56
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Volvo Penta’s new Quickline custom production line is now running full steam, reducing lead times for commercial marine customers with short-fuse requirements for replacement engines. Quickline runs parallel to the regular production line at the plant, producing custom-built, classified and non-clas
- Norton Aluminum Oxide Fiber discs page: 56
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Norton / Saint Gobain Abrasives recently introduced a line of resin fiber discs — Norton Neon F726. The line of Aluminum Oxide (AO) fiber discs offers a proprietary aluminum oxide and organic grain blend, resulting in three times the normal AO cut rate, life and overall performance — at an economica
- Measurement Technology NW’s Running Line Tensiometers page: 56
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Measurement Technology NW’s RL10 VWD and RL20 VWD running line tensiometer product group provide a versatile solution for monitoring line tension speed and payout on multiple wire rope diameters. Suitable for aggressive offshore marine applications with anticorrosive thermoplastic coated Alloy Steel
- Chemistry Charts the Course in Coatings page: 52
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Sherwin-Williams’ WB Acrolon 100, developed through waterborne technology, delivers aesthetics and protection in one topcoat. It all adds up to extended maintenance and recoat cycles. Inland river crews have a lot on their plate. When your job is to be a deckhand, you don’t want to spend much time
- The Perfect Anchor for Paint page: 51
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Barge manufacturer doubles production and reduces paint waste with new blast line. When the 600th barge launch was celebrated at Brownsville Marine Products (BMP) just south of Pittsburgh in November 2012, it marked the company’s success at reviving a site with over 75 years of history. At the same