Short 1980 Articles
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on November 15, 1980The American Association of Port Authorities concluded its 69th annual convention, held in Norfolk, Va., recently with the election of officers and directors for the coming year. Don Welch, executive director of the South Carolina Ports Authority, was elected president of the Association th
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on November 15, 1980The first cement carrier ever built in Taiwan was delivered recently to her owners, Asia Cement Corporation, by China Shipbuilding Corporation's Keelung Yard. Named Asia Cement No. 1, the vessel is now operating in Taiwan coastal trade. The 6,000-dwt ship constitutes an important step in th
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on November 15, 1980James J. Linane, a vice president of the New York insurance brokerage firm of Johnson & Hig- gins, has been reelected to another one-year term as general chairman of the Marine Section of the National Safety Council. Mr. Linane headed a slate of officials on the Marine Section executive com
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on November 15, 1980The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its October meeting in Essington, Pa. Some 65 members and guests attended the technical session to hear a paper titled "New Construction Coatings and Corrosion Protection Update," presented by J.H. Shubroo
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on November 15, 1980ADI Transportation Systems, a division of CallData Systems, Inc. of the Grumman family of companies, has announced the appointment of Dr. John A. Cartner as director, marine transportation systems, and Michael E. Gaffney as associate director of marine transportation. Dr. Cartner is a gradu
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on November 15, 1980The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published the 1980 edition of Rules for Building Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. The "Rules" will be applicable to units contracted after November 1, 1980. In this third edition, there is a new appendix containing specific mat
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on November 15, 1980The fall meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Kahler Motel, Hibbing, Minn. Total attendance was 80 members and guests. During the technical session, slides and detailed explanations were provided
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on November 15, 1980Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc. (CCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Transway International Corporation, has placed a $22-million order for a roll-on/ roll-off trailership with Jos. L. Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany. Delivery is scheduled for August 1981, according to John W
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on November 15, 1980Watts Regulator Company now has available full-port, flanged carbon and stainless-steel ball valves in 150 and 300 ANSI class —2, 3, 4, and 6-inch. These competitively priced valves conform to requirements of API 607, and grounded ball and stem, tapped actuator mounting holes, and glass-rei
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on November 15, 1980Robert W. Maceluch has been named controller of the Ryan- Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries. He will occupy offices in the Ryan-Walsh Center in Mobile, Ala. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Maceluch served as a consultant to Ryan-Walsh with the accounting firm of Pannell, Ke
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on November 15, 1980Paul I. Beining, president of CDI Marine Company, Jacksonville, Fla., has announced an important change in executive management of the company. James M. Dunford, who had been executive vice president, has assumed the position of assistant to the president, and Dr. James R. Wilkins Jr. will
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on November 15, 1980Fabrisil is the trade name for a family of fiberglass textile insulation offering exceptional versatility to industry in temperature control applications to 1,000 F. Introduced by HITCO, the woven glass family complements the company's existing line of Refrasil engineered silica textiles fo
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on November 1980A new line of high-performance marine radars has been introduced by Si-Tex at Clearwater, Fla. Si-Tex Koden Model 3 has 3 kw of power, two pulse lengths, and generates clear sharp targets over x/4- to 24-m:le range. Model 9 has 6 kw of power, three pulse lengths, and seven range scales f r
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on November 1980The Facet Mark V ballast monitor is said to be the only U.S.- made ballast monitor that meets IMCO requirements and is certified by the United States Coast Guard under the c e r t i f i c a t i on number 162.050/5005/0. The sensing module of the ballast monitor continuously monitors the oil
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on November 1980Donald J. Duffy has been appointed the Port of Oakland's manager of the Midwest Region, based in Chicago, it was announced recently by Ted Connolly, president of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners. In his new position, Mr. Duffy will be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r promoting the port's
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on November 1980Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has announced that its Applied Sciences Group has received an initial contract of approximately $1.1 million from Fujitsu Ltd., Japan, to develop a computerbased Tactical Support Center for the Japanese Maritime Defense Agency. William C. Moyer, group vice pres
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on November 1980Ronald L. Stone has been named to head maritime activities at the Bort of San Francisco, it was announced by port director Edward L. David. "This appointment completes the reorganization of the Port's management," Mr. David said. As deputy director of maritime affairs, Mr. Stone will manage
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on November 1980Two of Europe's important and w e l l - k n o w n repair yards have merged recently. Mercantile Marine Engineering and Graving Docks Company N.V., and Beliard Murdoch S.A., both of Antwerp, have consolidated into one company. Mercantile-Beliard will own and operate eight private drydocks f
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on November 1980The Commercial Division of Masonite Corporation has introduced a marine joiner panel that is 30 percent lighter than comparable products now used in the marine industry. Firetest™ 80-32 is an asbestosfree asbestosfree product, and comes in 4 by 8-foot panels. They can be custom- made to va
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on November 1980The board of directors of Martin Logicon Energy Company of Pine Bluff and North Little Rock, Ark., recently announced the election of Roger L. Lanier as vice president of Martin Logicon Energy Company, Martin Terminals Company, and Logicon, Inc. Mr. Lanier is a former U.S. Coast Guard offic