Maritime Magazines Archive
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on August 1984September 20-22, Louisville, Kentucky The second annual International Inland Waterways Conference and Trade Show will be held September 20 through 22, 1984 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The three-day show will feature conferences and workshops with th
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on August 1984Herman J. Molzahn Vice President, Operations The American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC) is the national trade association for the small and medium-sized commercial shipbuilding industry. These yards build and repair the barges, tugboats, and towboats for the fuel-efficient domestic
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on August 1984Herman J. Molzahn, Vice President, Operations The American Waterways Operators, Inc. is the only association in the United States which focuses on the regulatory interests of the coastal and inland barge and towing industry. Through its committee structure, AWO carefully monitors all regul
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- Tipping Over The Pork Barrel page: 25
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on August 1984Jeffrey A. Smith, Director of Public Affairs The term "pork barrel" has been part of the American political lexicon for years. William Safire's American Political Dictionary defines it as "A piece of legislation that provides morsels for scores of Congressmen in the form of appropriations
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- AWO — A Legislative Report page: 20
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on August 1984The Barge And Towing Industry — A Legislative Review — Dena L. Wilson, Director— Legislative Affairs Congress left Washington, D.C. for the first part of its summer recess after passing omnibus water resources legislation, H.R. 3678, on June 29, by a vote of 259-33. House passage of this l
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on August 1984Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I. has announced the recent delivery to New York City of the 145-foot, U.S. Coast Guardapproved, 425-passenger dinner cruise vessel, Riveranda. The vessel was designed and constructed for World Yacht Enterprises, Ltd., of New York, and is a close siste
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- A New Fireboat For Seattle page: 17
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on August 1984Seattle's new fireboat, designed by Nickum & Spaulding Associates, is being built by Nicholas Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash., and will carry an ABS classification when completed in mid-1984. The 96-foot by 23-foot by 7-foot aluminum hull and superstructure is capable of 28 knots
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on August 1984The Flexaust Company, the industry leader in ventilation ducting, announces a major improvement in its product line. Most hoses are now flame retardant and are recognized as having an Underwriter's Laboratories 94 V-0 flammability classification. By using a variety of constructions and mate
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on August 1984Following the successful modification of the jack-up drilling rig Britannia from a slot-type drilling unit to a cantilevered unit, completed recently within the contractual time, the Rotterdam Shipyard has contracted another rig modification job. The Houston-based rigowners Reading and Bate
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on August 1984Mississippi Marine, a Greenville based shipyard and repair facility, demonstrated its lift strength, length capabilities and drydocking expertise recently for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The job was to drydock and repair the 279- foot-long dredge Jadwin. This was no small task as the
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on August 1984ASMAR Shipbuilding & Docking Company, Chile's largest ship repairer and shipbuilder, is to build a new joint venture shipyard at a total cost of around $13 million near Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile. The project is a joint venture between ASMAR and the South Africa
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on August 1984The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command recently took delivery of three Fast Sealift Ships (FSS), part of an eight-ship package comprising the Navy's Fast Sealift Ship program designed to increase the mobility and responsiveness of the Armed Forces. These vessels are conversions of the high
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on August 1984L.C. Ackerman, Charles H. Eure Jr., and O. Ray Yates Jr. have been elected to the board of directors at Norshipco, Norfolk, Va. Mr. Ackerman became associated with the Walker Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer and marketer of automotive exhaust systems and filters, in 1952. In a span of
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on August 1984Two 22,000-hp tugs, the Smit Rotterdam and Smit London of Smit Tak International Ocean Towage and Salvage Company (the Netherlands), recently towed a Concrete Island Drilling System (CIDS) from Nippon Kokan's Tsu Yard in Japan to the north coast of Alaska. Global Marine Development Inc.'s
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on August 1984Eastern Marine, Inc. of Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the 64-foot aluminum passenger launch P.C.C. Colibri (shown above) to the Panama Canal Commission Agency of the U.S. Government. The vessel has a beam of 18 feet and a depth of 8 feet 6 inches. Propulsion equipment on the P.C.C.
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on August 1984The board of directors of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. has elected William A. Creelman to serve as its chairman of the board. Mr. Creelman, who is president of National Marine Service Incorporated of St. Louis, Mo., will be completing the unexpired term of Archie L. Wilson, which
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on August 1984— Literature Available To meet today's business requirements, vessel owners are discovering a need for totally inte- grated shipboard communications. Systems that fulfill the needs of both internal and external voice, data and telex traffic. Nav-Com has developed COMNET, a system that ties
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on August 1984Lockheed Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Wash, recently launched the U.S. Navy dock landing ship Germantown (LSD-42) five weeks ahead of schedule. The 609-foot amphibious assault ship was christened by Mrs. Barbara Kelley, wife of Gen. P.X. Kelley, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. The Ge
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on August 1984Due to the many requests received, Crandall Dry Dock Engineers, Inc. will once again conduct a Dockmasters Training Seminar on December 11-14, 1984, to be held in San Diego, Calif. The 15th such seminar of its kind, it is intended to familiarize dockmasters and their colleagues with the many
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on August 1984At the invitation of Bath Iron Works (BIW), the members of the Northern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers were recently treated to a tour of BIW Portland Repair Facility. This operation is the result of the combined efforts of the city, state and private industry w