Medium 1977 Articles
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on September 15, 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced its program of technical meetings for the 1977/ 1978 season. The schedule is as follows: September 29, 1977 — Paper: "Farrell Lines '85' Class Container Ships," by Thomas Sartor Jr., Far
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on September 15, 1977The Maritime Subsidy Board (MSB) has issued a final opinion and order in Docket No. A-117, concerning determination of the estimated f o r e i g n construction cost of two 125,000-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels. The determination was made in connection with the application
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on September 1977A Seminar on Ship Operation in Heavy Weather has been scheduled for September 19-20 at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y. _ Recently, there has been increasing interest in technical developments toward more efficient operation of ships in heavy weather services
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on September 1977The following management changes have been announced by Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (GT&T) president Herbert I. Goodman. Edward A. Monto, formerly president, Compania Maritima Gulf S.A., an affiliate of Gulf Oil Corporation, is appointed general manager, crude oil sales-domestic mar
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on September 1977Joseph R. Burgess has been named president of Central Pacific Shipping Agency, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Marine & Supply Co., Ltd., which has opened new offices at 126 Queen Street in downtown Honolulu. The announcement by Steven Loui, executive vice president of the parent company
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on September 1977June tonnages at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa set an all-time record for a one-month period, according to figures released by port director Harley Ladd. During June, the port recorded 136,412 tons of cargo moving in and out of the port, surpassing the previous one-month record set in September
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on September 1977The Philippine Center, located at 556 F i f t h Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10036, is currently holding an exhibit that not only highlights but explains one of the Philippines' most valuable resources— the Filipino Seaman. This informational exhibit on the Filipino Seaman, sponsored by the Phili
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on September 1977Kenneth W. Gundling, vice president-marine, United States Lines, has announced three appointments to the division. Capt. Leonard H. Pert has been appointed to the position of assistant marine superintendent. Mr. Pert joined the company in 1956 as a pier superintendent in New York. He was su
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on September 1977An agreement signed by COMSAT G e n e r a l Corporation has opened the way for the start of construction this year of a shore station in Japan to operate with the Indian Ocean MARISAT satellite. The station, expected to be completed in the summer of 1978, will be the first MARISAT station to
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on September 1977The United States Navy has agreed to extend its use of each of the three s a t e l l i t e s in the MARISAT System for an additional two and one-half years, ending in 1981. Payments for service provided during the full t e rm of the agreement will total approximately $138 million if the MAR
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on September 1977At a recent press conference held at the Seamen's Church Institute in New York City by ITT Decca Marine, Inc., a major technological breakthrough in marine navigation, the new Decca "Clearscan" Radar was introduced. According to ITT Decca Marine, Inc., the U.S. distributor for The Decca Rad
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on September 1977The hopper dredge Manhattan Island, first split hull, self-propelled hopper vessel built in the U.S., completed its sea trials recently, and was awarded certification by the American Bureau of Shipping and the U.S. Coast Guard. Initial trials were held in Lake Pontchartrain, La. Because of
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on September 1977For a considerable length of time, Derek Paget-Clarke has been acting as general manager of ITT Decca Marine, pending the appointment of a new president for the company. Mr. Paget-Clarke carried out extensive reorganization of the company, was responsible for the recent move to Palm Coast,
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on September 1977Total amount of vessel tonnage in American Bureau of Shipping classification passed 100-million gross tons in July for the first time in the ship classification society's 115-year history. As of July 31, there were 14,993 vessels of 100,111,236 gross tons, or 178,192,423 deadweight tons, in
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on September 1977A new heavyweight anchoring windlass offering major advances in braking capability and load control has been developed by National Supply Company for semisubmersible d r i l l i n g r i g s and drillships. The company says the D-520-E has been engineered to assure stability and safety under
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on September 1977Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered a new 166-foot offshore supply vessel, Fay Hebert, to its owner, the George Engine Co. of Harvey, La. The ship's overall dimensions are 166 feet in length, with a 38-foot breadth, 13-foot depth, and a normal operating draft of 11 f
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on September 1977Major conversion work on a 13,000-dwt general cargo vessel carried out a t the Gotaverken shipyard in Goteborg, West Sweden, has resulted in the ship's transformation into a sheep carrier able to carry some 32,000 live sheep. The converted vessel, the Dorrit Clausen, has recently been redel
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on September 1977Two New York City office appointments in the water transportation subsidiary companies of Bethlehem Steel Corporation were announced by Steven M. Moodie, vice p r e s i d e n t , water transportation services. George W. Collins was named assistant vice president of Interocean Shipping Compa
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on September 1977Stolt-Nielsen, BP Tanker Company, and bankers, together with their lawyers and financial advisers, met in Paris on August 2-4, for the signing of the various documents enabling BP to make its i n v e s t m e n t in the Greenwich, Conn.-based specialist chemical shipping and tanker organizati
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on September 1977The Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , has approved in principle the applications of SHIPCO 2297 Inc. and SHIPCO 2298 Inc. for Title XI guarantees to aid in the construction of one 165,000-dwt tanker each. The two corporations are wholly