Maritime Magazines Archive
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- M i d l a n d A f f i l i a t e d O f f e rs Brochure O n Inland W a t e r w a y s Services page: 23
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Maritime Reporter
on August 1983The Midland Affiliated Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, has recently released a new four-page color brochure featuring the diversified water transportation services of its nine companies. The brochure details the specific barging services of the Ohio River Company, Orgulf Transport, and Chotin Tr
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on August 1983The appointment of Theodore J. Lehman to the position of manager, marine and industrial sales, in the sales department of Electro- Motive Division of General Motors Corporation has been announced by Warren A. Fox, director of sales and service. Mr. Lehman, formerly manager of marine sales,
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- Moss Point Marine Delivers Nicor Clipper- Largest Offshore Tug/Supply Vessel Built In The U.S. page: 22
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on August 1983When Moss Point Marine of Escatawpa, Mississippi, delivered the Nicor Clipper to her owners recently, the tug/supply/container deck vessel made the record book. Delivered to new owner Nicor Marine Inc., of New Orleans, the Nicor Clipper measures an astounding 254 feet in length—believed to
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- Moran Appoints Two Top Executives page: 18
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on August 1983Capt. Russell G. McVay has been appointed vice president of operations for Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. to succeed Capt. Leonard G. Goodwin, it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president. Captain Goodwin, an internationally respected authority on ocean towing and a Moran employe
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on August 1983What may be the newest "old" boat in the United States is under construction at Halter Marine's Moss Point, Miss., shipyard. There, a genuine sternwheeler with all the outward appearances of a paddlewheel riverboat of a bygone era is rising on the banks of the Escatawpa River. Appearances c
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on August 1983Our nation's economic climate is, to a great degree dependent upon its national transportation system which serves as a vital link in the chain of production, distribution and sale of goods in both domestic and export trade. In order to ensure that this vital system continues to accomplish i
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- DECK MACHINERY A REVIEW page: 24
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on August 1983Faster, more efficient cargo handling reduces costs and increases profit opportunities for all vessel owners—inland, coastal and deepdraft. To satisfy the changing needs of these cost-conscious customers, manufacturers of deck machinery and cargo handling equipment are continually improving
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on August 1983Dignitaries from the international and national welding and business communities recently gathered in Houston, Texas, for the commissioning ceremony of Oerlikon Welding Industries's new $7-million welding consumables manufacturing facility. Oerlikon Welding Industries (OWI), an Oerlikon-Buehr
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on August 1983Recent accomplishments by the industrial engineering staff and Sheetmetal Department at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) were viewed by Panel SP-8 of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the spring industrial engineering meeting held recently in San Diego, Cal
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on August 1983Jack A. West has been elected an executive vice president of Genstar Corporation, of San Francisco, Calif. Based in the company's San Francisco executive office, he has assumed responsibility for its marine services group and heavy construction operations. The marine services group includes
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on August 1983Dravo Corporation, proud of the firm's marine capabilities, recently issued a 66-page, hard-cover, ring-bound brochure describing the company's facilities and its standard towboat and barge designs. This attractive book contains many color photographs and is divided into six sections coverin
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on August 1983Christening ceremonies were held recently at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., for the M/V Hunter Armistead, the second Ingram-Class tanker built for American Tankships, Inc., a subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans. The vessel is the latest additi
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on July 15, 1983The first phase of construction of a modern maintenance and repair shipyard for the Alaska State Ferries is presently underway in Ketchikan, in southeast Alaska. The yard will have facilities required to perform annual maintenance and repair work on the fleet of nine Alaska Marine Highway ferr
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on July 15, 1983Marco of Seattle, Wash., primarily known as a builder of fishing boats, has signed a contract for the construction of a 75-foot twinscrew tugboat. The Shipyard Division has recently increased its emphasis in the workboat fields as evidenced by its installation of an 1,800-ton-capacity floating
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on July 15, 1983Joseph D. Deal Jr., president of Tracor Marine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has announced the addition of two new members to his management staff at the Port Everglades facility. Hermann H. Haferkamp has been named general manager of the Shipyard Division, and John D. Klockow is now director
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on July 15, 1983Construction of Atlantic Container Line's (ACL) "Leaderships" has progressed past the first major milestone, according to Otto I.M. Porton, president, ACL-USA. Shipyards in Sweden, the U.K., and France began building five RO/RO-containerships early this year. Mr. Porton said the main sections
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on July 15, 1983Service Machine Group, Inc., a Terramar company headquartered in Morgan City, La. in cooperation with Design Associates, Inc., of New Orleans, has developed plans to produce a 205-foot diving support vessel (the DSV 205). Service Machine president Tom Hensley and Mat Kawasaki of Design Asso
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on July 15, 1983Matsumoto Shipyards of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, recently delivered the 150-foot aluminum-hull fireship, the Pemex 652, to Pemex, Mexico's national oil company, for service in the extensive Gulf of Mexico oil fields owned and managed by the firm. The Pemex 652 is the first of two
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on July 15, 1983Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, La., is offering a 20-page full color brochure describing the range of transportation services it provides to the marine and offshore industries. A Houston Natural Gas Corporation subsidiary, Gulf Fleet's vessels provide service f
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on July 15, 1983Marine Drive Systems of Edison, N.J., is offering literature describing its recently announced new private label type program with certain suppliers of mediumsized marine engines. Under this program, engine companies will have the capability of offering directly, or through their outlets, a