Maritime Magazines Archive
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on August 15, 1980Waller & Associates, Inc., naval architects and marine consultants of Houston, has been chosen by American Tankships, Inc. and its parent Ingram Company of New Orleans to provide plan approval and engineering services to support Ingram's tanker construction program at National Steel and Shi
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on August 15, 1980Marland Environmental Systems, Inc., Walworth, Wise., a leading manufacturer of sewage treatment systems for large commercial vessels, has introduced a flow-through Type II Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) for workboats of small to medium crew size. The new device, named Sani- System® 40, is
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on August 15, 1980H.L. VanderMey, president of the M i c h i g a n Wheel Division, Dana Corporation, has announced the formation of a propulsion systems group to market new systems for the increased propulsive and maneuverability efficiency of marine vessels. The systems involved in the new group will be com
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on August 15, 1980A & P Appledore Limited and Det norske Veritas have signed a joint contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Limited, part of one of Korea's largest industrial trading groups, to provide operational and completion assistance for their major and unique shipbuilding complex, situat
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on August 15, 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, delivered 30 large commercial vessels during the first six months of 1980. For that period, Halter president Floyd J. Naquin reported deliveries of 17 supply vessels, seven crewboats, five tugs, and one utility/fireboat from the company's six commercial ship
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on August 15, 1980The board of directors of Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company recently elevated J.R. Maumenee from president of the corporation to chairman of the board and chief executive officer; William J. Roy was elevated from vice president-operations to president of the corporation, and Julius
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on August 15, 1980According to Nav-Com Incorporated's president Gerald A. Gutman, the company has relocated to larger quarters in Deer Park, N.Y., in order to keep pace with the rapid expansion the organization is experiencing. The new facility provides 6,000 square feet of space, including executive offices, s
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on August 15, 1980According to Gerald A. Gutman, president of Nav-Com Incorporated, the firm has received an award from Ogden Marine, Inc., equipping the Ogden fleet with Magnavox model MX-1142 Satellite Navigation Receivers. As i n d i c a t e d by Stanley S. Unger, senior vice president of Ogden Marine, In
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on August 15, 1980The Maritime Administration has released a four-volume technical report on the Sea-Shed 'tween-deck, modular conversion system that allows containerships to carry loads too large or too heavy to be shipped in standard containers. The Sea-Shed concept was developed to allow the increasingly
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on August 15, 1980John J. Farrell Jr., president, International Terminal Operating Co. Inc. (ITO), one of the largest stevedoring and marine terminal operating companies in the United States, has announced several promotions and changes in ITO's executive structure. Robert J. Nolan, formerly senior vice pres
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on August 15, 1980Zapata Corporation of Houston recently announced that its board of directors and the board of directors of Trafalgar House Limited have approved an agreement for Zapata's U.K. subsidiary, Zapata Off-Shore Services Limited, to acquire Offshore Marine Limited, an offshore oilfield supply vessel
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on August 15, 1980The Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard in Lockport, La., is directing special attention to the ballast tanks on its ships. Since this shipyard constructs numerous vessels of every size, shape and purpose, a lot of ballast tanks are involved. Ballast tanks receive intermittent exposure to salt
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on August 15, 1980The Gulf Coast's first onshore deep-draft oil terminal moved a step closer to reality recently with the issuance of a dredging permit by the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The permit allows the Port of Galveston and Pelican Terminal Corporation (PELCO) to proceed with constr
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on August 15, 1980Bulletin 580 introduces Teledyne Metal F i n i s h e r s ' unique Teleplate™ hard chrome plating process for new and used diesel engine liners. The brochure explains how this carefully controlled process promotes energy savings, faster break-ins, less engine downtime, and longer service lif
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on August 15, 1980Butterworth Systems recently announced that it has received U.S. Coast Guard approval for its SFC Bilge Water line of oil/water separators. In its approval, the U.S. Coast Guard has certified that Butterworth® SFC BW oil/ water separators comply with the specifications detailed in IMCO A.39
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on August 15, 1980The Philadelphia Sun, second of a new class of fuel-efficient, dieselp o w e r e d coastal tankers under construction for Sun Transport, was launched recently at the Chester, Pa., yard of Sun Ship. A cheering crowd of more than 8,000 guests, employees and their families looked on as Mrs. Pat
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on August 15, 1980Halifax I n d u s t r i e s Limited, Nova Scotia, the Canadian shiprepairing company, has reentered the market for fishing vessel new construction with a 27-million Canadian dollar order f o r three stern trawlers f r om National Sea Products Limited. The 1,100-ton vessels—all three keels h
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on August 15, 1980Richard E. McGinnis, corporate vice president of TRW Inc. and general manager of TRW's United- Carr Divisions in Burlington, Mass., has been elected a director and trustee of Bird-Johnson Company, Walpole, Mass. Howard Scott, chairman and chief executive officer of Bird- Johnson, said: "We
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on August 15, 1980MacGregor Comarain, Inc. of Cranford, N.J., has a p p o i n t ed Robert C. Strasser as technical director. The post is considered a key one considering the currently improved p r o s p e c t s f or merchant and naval shipbuilding in the U.S., with the consequent increase in opportunity for c
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on August 15, 1980A new Skipper Trawl Eye System for echo recordings from the trawl mouth is now available from Simrad, Inc. of Armonk, N.Y. The system includes a transducer unit for trawl headrope mounting, special "twin-flex" cable and selftensioning hydraulic cable winch, and a Skipper 603 six-inch recorde