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on March 15, 1983The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) in cooperation with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is going to make a major effort to help develop more U.S. Shipbuilding Standards. The Technical and Research (
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- n t e r o c e a n S t e a m s h i p Buys Lykes S t e a m s h i p For $ 1 5 0 - M i l l i o n page: 39
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on March 15, 1983W.J. Amoss Jr., president and chief executive officer of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., announced recently that the purchase of Lykes Steamship by Interocean Steamship Corp. from The LTV Corporation has been completed. The sale price was $150 million including $85 millio
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on March 15, 1983Thordon elastomeric bearing compounds will be distributed in the U.S., its territories and possessions by Waukesha Bearings Corporation, Waukesha, Wise., as a result of an agreement between the firm and Thomson-Gordon Ltd. of Canada, the developer and manufacturer of Thordon. According to t
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on March 15, 1983The Crosby Group, Inc., a subsidiary of American Hoist and Derrick of St. Paul, Minn., recently announced that Richard Sked, formerly vice president, sales, has been promoted to vice president, sales planning and administration. In this position, Mr. Sked will have the responsibility for pro
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on March 15, 1983LEEVAC Shipyards, a division of Morgan City-based LEEVAC Corporation, has announced it has developed a World Class Tug/Supply Vessel in conjunction with a Norwegian design team. The 70-year-old Jennings, La., shipyard has taken a giant leap ahead by answering the need for a vessel designed
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on March 15, 1983Houston Systems Manufacturing Company, Houston, Texas, has completed the fabrication and rig-up of a workover/drilling platform rig for the Hercules Offshore Drilling Company, two trailerized desert rigs for USS Oilwell Supply and one mobile workover rig for Cooper Manufacturing Company. Each
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- C e n t r i c o F o r m s M i n e r al O i l G r o u p , L o h m e y er N a m e d H e a d O f U n it page: 37
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on March 15, 1983Rising demand for Westfalia oil purifying centrifuges has spurred the formation of a Mineral Oil Group at Centrico, Inc., North Vale, N.J., it was recently announced by Wend Wendenburg, executive vice president of Centrico. Centrico, Inc. is the North American distributor of Westfalia separ
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- A m e r i c a n W a t e r w a ys S h i p y a r d C o n f e r e n ce O f f i c e r s Elected page: 33
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on March 15, 1983The American Waterways Shipyard Conference met recently in New Orleans, La., and unanimously elected officers for the coming year. Elected were: chairman—Robert W. Greene, president and chief executive officer, Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., and vice chairman—Neal S. Platzer, preside
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on March 15, 1983The North Sounder, reported to be tB8* largest self-propelled oil-spill skimmer in the U.S., was placed in service recently in Seattle, Wash., for the protection of Puget Sound waters by Clean Sound, an organization of 13 petroleum industry companies. The North Sounder will be based in Bell
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on March 15, 1983Dravo Mechling, the barge line subsidiary of Dravo Corporation, recently announced a series of management changes related to its operations in the New Orleans- Baton Rouge, La., area. Tom Terrell has been appointed manager, Southern operations. Located at Dravo Mechling's facility in Kenner
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on March 15, 1983Bell Aerospace Textron, division of Textron, Inc., has started production of the first hull assembly for the new U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft. The event was marked by a recent ceremony in New Orleans, La. The Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) is being built at the Bell Halter Inc. shi
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on March 15, 1983Sal-Glas protective coatings are now available from Salwico Glassflake, Inc., Hoboken, N.J., for use wherever corrosion, abrasion, and chemical resistance are required. Needing no primer, Sal-Glas can be applied by brush, trowel, or airless spray rig on most metal, concrete, fiberglass, and
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on March 15, 1983Thomas Marine, Inc. of Patchogue, N.Y., recently delivered a 24-foot survey boat to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The boat will be used to survey ship slips, take soundings, and monitor dredging operations in the N.Y.-N.J. harbor. Designed by Thomas Marine, Inc., the boat
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on March 15, 1983Edward J. Campbell, chairman, executive committee of the Shipbuilders Council of America, the national industry association of shipbuilders, ship repairers and ship component manufacturers, has announced selection of M. Lee Rice to succeed Edwin M. Hood as president of the council. Mr. Rice
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on March 15, 1983A free, full-color, 124-page ring-bound book is now being offered by Centrico, Northvale, N.J., completely describing the full line of Westfalia Mineral Oil Separators for diesel lube oil and fuel oil as well as for the demineralization of lube oils for gas turbines. This very informative b
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on March 15, 1983Swiftships, Inc., of Morgan City, La., has been awarded a contract to build two 50-foot aluminum fire/rescue boats for the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council. The all-aluminum vessels are designed for fire-fighting, paramedic, and rescue work. They will operate in Plaquemines Parish at
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on March 15, 1983A new company which will offer specialized support to industrial and aerospace companies in developing and selling products and services to the Navy shipbuilding programs was formed recently. Defense-Marine Marketing, Inc. of Annapolis, Md., was founded by David R. Banner, a Naval Academy
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on March 15, 1983Literature is being offered detailing a compact, highly efficient oily water separator, the latest product being marketed by the Pump & Compressor Division of Hamworthy Engineering Limited of Poole, Dorset, U.K., to combat pollution by ships' bilge and ballast discharge. Hamworthy spent ove
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on March 15, 1983J.C. (Jock) Leighton has been elected executive vice president of Raymond Kaiser Engineers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond International Inc. based in Oakland, Calif. He also was elected a member of the executive committee of the subsidiary's board of directors. Mr. Leighton, who
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on March 15, 1983International Transport Contractors (ITC-Holland) of Haarlem, Holland, is offering a free eight-page color brochure describing its new very large semisubmersible ship the Sibig Venture. The vessel was constructed by A s t i l l e r o s Espanoles S.A. (AESA) and recently completed sea trials