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on March 1980Willard G. Olmstead has been appointed to the position of vice president and controller of Federal Barge Lines, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., by Pott Industries Inc., it was announced by Robert A. Kyle, president of Federal Barge Lines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pott Industries. Pott is a member
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on March 1980Eugene K. Pentimonti has been named vice president, Engineering at American President Lines, Ltd., Oakland, Calif. His responsibilities include overseeing all engineering design and construction of vessels, f a c i l i t i e s and equipment. The announcement was made by Henry Kozlowski, sen
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on March 1980Russell B. Inserra, former project manager of Atlantic Diving Company, Inc. of Gloucester, Mass., has been appointed to the post of vice president, Engineering and Operations, by William T. Jebb Jr., president of Atlantic Diving Company. "Mr. Inserra has been project manager on some very to
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on March 1980State Boat Corporation, Houston, Texas, announced the promotion of Joseph Borkowski I I and Arthur A. Windell to the position of fleet supervisor. In their new positions, both Mr. Borkowski and Mr. Windell will each be responsible for the operation, manning, and maintenance of 13 vessels in
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on March 1980Another major oil company, Amoco, has signed contracts to equip ships in its fleet with computerized engine monitoring and control systems from Megasystems, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. The orders were placed through Kevin Patrick Smith's Suppliers Marine & Industrial, Inc., Great Lakes area repr
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on March 1980Marine Contractors, Inc., a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced the beginning of a $68-million turnkey project for Sociedade Nacionale de Combustives (SONANGOL) and Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC). The project includes the design, engineering, fabrication and installatio
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on March 1980G.J. Mount has been elected vice president of Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, a Houston, Texasbased company engaged in the marine transportation of liquid and bulk materials, according to a recent announcement. Mr. Mount will be based in the company's recently e s t a b l i s h ed Northeast d
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on March 1980Nichigoh Maru, a 36,912-gt, f u l l y automated containership built at the Hiroshima Works (Innoshima) of Hitachi Zosen, Japan, was delivered recently to her joint owners — Yamashita- Shinnihon Steamship, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Nippon Yusen. A special committee made up of personnel r e p
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on March 1980Burmeister & Wain recently announced that 29 of 44 vessels ordered by Hon}? Kong shipowners f o r delivery in 1980-81 will be equipped with B&W engines. W o r l d Wide Shipping Ltd., headed by chairman Sir Yue- Kong Pao, has chosen Burmeister & Wain's new engine type LGFC( A) for 18 of the
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on March 1980The W i n t e r M e e t i n g of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Bond Court Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. One hundred seventy-four registered members and guests attended the meeting and were presented with
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on March 1980A jackup-type offshore oil drilling rig built at the Ariake Works of Hitachi Zosen, Japan, was recently delivered to the National Drilling Company (NDC) of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Christened Junana, the slot-type drilling rig is one of three offshore drilling rigs (the other two are
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on March 1980Richard R. McKay, president of Adams & Porter Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas, has announced the addition of Hugh T. Wilson to the firm. Mr. Wilson, with more than 25 years of industry experience, joined the organization in January of this year. For the past 11 years, he was with Highlands
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on March 1980The election of John F. Bandon to the position of vice president and general manager of Curtis Bay Towing Co. of Pennsylvania was recently announced by Malcolm W. MacLeod, president. Mr. Bandon succeeds the former manager of Curtis Bay's Philadelphia, Pa.-based operation, Eric W.L. Heeley,
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on March 1980TANO Corporation, New Orleans, La., has been awarded a $2,852,000 contract by Avondale Shipyards, Inc. to provide centralized control and monitoring systems for the three containerships Avondale is currently building for American President Lines Ltd. The ships, which will be powered by large,
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on March 1980Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. announced that a branch office in Houston, Texas, has been opened for its Offshore Sy°+ems & Services organization. Named as manager of the new office at North Belt Place Three, 340 North Belt East, is James E. Lucas. Prior to assuming his new post, Mr. Lucas was
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on March 1980The National Maritime Council, Washington, D.C., recently announced two top level appointments. Edward Chick, senior vice president/Africa Division, F a r r e l l Lines, New York, was named National Shipper Advisor Coordinator for the entire NMC, serving as liaison with all four NMC Regional
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on March 1980Two vice presidential appointments have been announced in the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Jeffersonville, Ind. Kenneth W. Peters has been named vice president of finance at the division level, while Robert W. Kilroy has been appointed vice preside
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on March 1980Solus Ocean Systems have made the following executive appointments as the first part of a planned corporate reorganization to transfer the company's Europe and West Africa headquarters from Hounslow, Middlesex to Aberdeen, Scotland. Colin James has been appointed, manager, unmanned submersi
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on March 1980Capt. James E. Kaune, USN (ret.), has been appointed assistant general manager of the San Francisco (Calif.) Division of Todd Shipyards, according to Carl R. Meurk, Group vice president-West Coast, Todd Shipyards Corporation. Captain Kaune joins the Todd organization after an outstanding Na
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on February 15, 1980RCA Global Communications, Inc., selected as coordinator by the People's Republic of China to conduct a marine satellite test program, recently announced the successful completion of the tests. The program, designed to evaluate China's use of the Marisat Satellite System, included a series of