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Optimizing Feed Rates For Crosshead Diesels
New program analyzes scrapedown oil as way to detect changes in the condition of an engine's cylinders ExxonMobil introduced a program to optimize cylinder oil feed rates in low-speed (crosshead) diesel engines. The "Feed Rate Optimization" program
Seacor Crewboats "Eliminators" Some Maintenance Costs
A crewboat is designed to transport supplies and personnel to offshore oil rigs. Loading the cargo must be quick and efficient. The last thing the crew wants to worry about is whether they have enough storage space for the engine lube oil filters.
Wtirtsilti Delivers Advanced Icebreaker To Finnish Board Of Navigation
The icebreaker Otso (shown), ordered in March 1984 by the Finnish Board of Navigation, was delivered recently by Wartsila's Helsinki Shipyard. She is the first of two technologically advanced icebreakers of a new type. The second vessel was ordered
Repower With Cummins NTA-855-Ms Gives Pushboat A New Life
When J.F. Brennan Co., Inc., a marine contractor located in La Crosse, Wis., decided to repower their eight-year-old workboat Anne Marie, they selected two 350-hp Cummins NTA-855-M marine diesels. The increased power and performance of the in-line,
Innovators Recognized At Patent Ceremony
Outstanding creativity in science and engineering were recently honored by a U.S. congressman and senior Navy officials. Keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD-6) joined Naval Surface Warfare Center commander Rear Admiral Michael Mathis,
Uniflite Receives $1,440,000 Contract For Utility Boats
Uniflite, Inc., a major fiberglass boat manufacturer headquartered in Bellingham, Wash., has been awarded a $1,440,000 contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to build 16 Mark IV 50-foot fire-retardant fiberglass utility boats, according to James J.