Maritime Magazines Archive
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on November 1980William J. Blume, president, announces that Blume Worldwide Services has been appointed North American sales representative for the Selco Group of Companies, Singapore. The Selco Group includes Selco Salvage, which operates a comprehensive marine salvage service in an area covering the South
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on November 1980Algoma Central Railway of Sault Ste. Marie, the third largest Canadian Great Lakes operator, recently christened the 13th vessel in its fleet in honor of the town of Collingwood with the launching there of the M/V Algowood. Mrs. Douglas A. Berlis, whose husband is vice president and general c
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on November 1980For the second time in only a f ew months, the authorities of the People's Republic of China have approved a license agreement between a Chinese diesel engine builder and B&W Diesel A / S of Copenhagen. The new agreement grants to China Corporation of Shipbuilding Industry the license to bu
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on November 1980Candia, the Piraeus-based shipping organization that has, during the past four years, gained international recognition for its Suez Canal Transiting Service, has just opened a branch office in New York City. The firm has been offering its services to American shipping operators for several
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on November 1980In conjunction with Salen Technologies (SALTECH), ASEA, Swedish-based worldwide manufacturer of electrical equipment, has developed two new systems that are said to result in substantial shipboard fuel savings. Designated Economy Sailing and Opti-Trim, the new systems have been tested with ex
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on November 1980International Paint Company, Inc. of Union, N.J., recently sponsored a technical seminar concerning the economic importance of hull condition. It featured Dr. Robert L. Townsin, professor in the Department of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding at the U n i v e r s i t y of Newcastle-upon-
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on November 1980This year's Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award, the U.S. maritime industry's highest honor for distinguished service, was presented to Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii. Sponsored by United Seamen's Service, the silver statuette of Christopher Columbus was presented to the Senator by Sam
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on November 1980William Hunt and Kenneth Watson have joined N a s h v i l le Bridge Company (NABRICO) as plant engineers. Mr. Watson was formerly with Watson & Wynne, contractors, Murfreesboro, Tenn. He will manage all construction c o n c e r n i n g the Nashville and Ashland City, Tenn., plants for NABRI
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on November 1980The 88th Annual Meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will convene at The New York Hilton Hotel on November 13-15, 1980 according to an announcement made by Lester Rosenblatt, president of the Society. "Again this year," Mr. Rosenblatt said, "we will have 14 excell
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on November 1980The Hunt Company of Houston continues its expansion with the addition of three new sales team members — Elmo Bergeron, Terry L. Tucker and Frank Doonan Jr. Mr. Bergeron, with more than 30 years' experience in the oil industry, has been named sales manager for Louisiana. He will headquarter
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on November 1980Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) has announced the signing of contracts to build two jackup rigs for Reading and Bates Exploration Co. (R&B). Costing approximately $80 million in total, the jackups will be of Friede & Goldman L-780 MOD II design for operating in water depths up
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on November 1980As the title implies, this is a technical book dealing with the shipping industry. It is a reference manual packed with detailed information r e l a t i n g to shipping, navigation, marine insurance, maritime and commercial law, chartering, and ship operations. The bulk of the 510-page, hard
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on November 1980lotron Corporation of Bedford, Mass., in close cooperation with Radio-Holland B.V. of Amsterdam, has just received what it believes to be one of the largest orders ever recorded in the maritime collision-avoidance industry. This order, valued at more than $4 million, calls for the installati
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on November 1980John T. Gilbride Jr., general manager of Todd's Seattle yard, recently announced the promotions of Lawrence H. Hagen to director of industrial and public relations, and Dennis M. Plumb to personnel manager. Mr. Hagen has been employed continuously in the area of personnel management at the Se
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on November 1980The Kings Point Fund, Inc., the financial arm of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association, has received a $20,000 grant from the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The generous grant will be utilized to acquire books for the Academy's library, and the volumes obtained will b
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on November 1980Iraq has ordered a 6,000-grt seagoing passenger vessel (artist's conception shown above) from the Wartsila Turku Shipyards. The ship will be delivered to the Iraqi Ministry of Transport and Communications in the spring of 1982. Capacity of the vessel will be about 300 persons, and passenger s
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on November 1980M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., one of the nation's largest naval architecture and marine engineering firms, has expanded its Western Area operations with a recently added facility in Oxnard, Calif. The Oxnard office will be staffed initially with 60 engineers, technical writers, editors, and illus
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on November 1980Two models of a new, four-inch chart recorder have been added to Morrow Electronics' Sea Viper line. The instruments are equipped with such sophisticated features as thermal printing head, noise suppression circuitry, and adjustable white line. The SV-101 shallow-water model has six depth ran
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on November 1980Devoe Marine Coatings Company of Louisville, Ky., a division of Grow Group, Inc., recently announced management changes in its Western and Far Eastern regions. Owing to rapid expansion in Far East markets, George G. Moran, director of Pacific operations, is now headquartered in Singapore. The
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on November 1980Within a recent one-week period, General Dynamics Corporation accepted two conditional orders f o r six liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at a total cost of more than $1 billion. Three of the ships were ordered by Zapata Western LNG Inc., a subsidiary of Zapata Corporation of Houston. The o