Maritime Magazines Archive
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on April 1980A c c o r d i n g to the American Waterways Operators, Inc., the Geological Survey and the Coast Guard have announced plans to begin a joint study of the adequacy of existing s a f e t y and health regulations, and of the technology available for exploration, drilling, development and produ
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on April 1980National Supply Company, a major manufacturer of o i l f i e ld machinery headquartered in Houston, Texas, has named four men to key positions with its drilling equipment product line. Phillip P. Musmeci was named general manager-subsidiary companies, with responsibility over Par Industries
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on April 1980The Gulfwind, the first completely computer- designed offshore jackup drilling rig, is under construction for Chiles Drilling Company of Houston, Texas, at Marathon LeTourneau Company's Brownsville, Texas, yard, Marathon announced from its Houston headquarters. The Marathon-class 150-44-C can
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on April 1980The $43-million highly automated merchant c o n t a i n e r s h ip S S Resolute was delivered to F a r r e l l Lines Incorporated 13 weeks ahead of schedule by Bath Iron Works, a Congoleum Company. The ship's condition was so excellent that it was delivered directly from sea trials, and a bo
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on April 1980NKK (Nippon Kokan) has delivered a 1 6 , 5 0 0 - d w t chemical product carrier, the M/ T Essi Gina, to BJ. Ruud Pedersen A/S, a major Norwegian shipowner. Masato Hiraki, NKK New York general manager, said the ship was constructed at NKK's Tsu Works, and is the first large-size c h e m i c
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on April 1980Veteran shipbuilding executive Richard W. Thorpe Jr. of Bath Iron Works has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the C o m m e r c i a l Shipbuilding Committee of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Washington, D.C. Marine Marketing and Long Range Planning manager of the Bath, Ma
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on April 1980A new brochure on applications of shellmold casting is available from ESCO Corporation, Portland, Ore. The four-page color folder explains how the Shellcast™ process produces intricate, precise, finesurfaced castings to extremely close tolerances. Stable molds of Zircon sand and other featu
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on April 1980Three 195-foot by 35-foot by 11-foot 11-inch double-skin tank barges have been constructed by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., for Binion Marine Service of Houston, Texas. The barges are certified by the United States Coast Guard for the carrying of Grade "A" and lower
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on April 1980The annual membership meeting of Western Shipbuilding Association (WSA) was held recently in San Francisco, Calif. Rear Adm. James K. Nunneley, USN, Deputy Commander for Industrial and Facility Management, Naval Sea S y s t e m s Command, Washington, D.C., was the guest speaker. Admiral Nu
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on April 1980Literature is available on a new line blind recently introduced by Marland Environmental Systems, Inc., Walworth, Wis. Ideal f o r use on tankers, barges and associated applications, the device acts to prevent leakage in inert gas systems and pipelines for fluid cargoes, fuel oil and ballast
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on April 1980The Hong- Kong Trade Development Council reports that the Wah-Kwong Shipping Group recently placed an order for a 260,- 000-dwt ore carrier, the largest of its kind ever built. The contract was awarded to the Japanese Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., with delivery expecte
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on April 1980F o u r new 35,000-deadweightton petroleum product tankers have been ordered by Chevron Transport Corporation, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California, for service in the company's international trades. The diesel-powered vessels will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in it
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on April 1980The El Paso Company, Houston, Texas, announced that Arthur G. Berndt of New York, who has almost 30 years' experience in the shipping industry, has joined its LNG shipping subsidiary, El Paso Marine Company, as vice president operations. El Paso Marine Company operates a fleet of six of the
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on April 1980G & W Industries, Cleveland, Ohio, r e c e n t l y c o m p l e t e d construction of the fishing trawler Vito C II f o r Vito Ciaramitaro of Gloucester, Mass. The new 96-foot vessel will be used in the North Atlantic. This vessel marks the first new construction f r om the Great Lakes f o r
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on April 1980Above, J. Barry Snyder, president of Houston, Texas-based Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, and Mrs. Snyder stand proudly with Gunther Kuehl, director of North American sales for MaK engines at the MaK engine manufacturing plant in Kiel, West Germany, with the first of four specially built engines
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on April 1980The U.S. Navy guided missile frigate Clifton Sprague ( F F G 1 6 ) was r e c e n t ly launched 19 weeks ahead of schedule by Bath Iron Works. The ship honors the name and memory of the late Vice Adm. Clifton Albert Frederick Sprague, USN, World War II hero famed for his exploits with aircraft
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on April 1980Columbia, the latest 122-foot combination fishing- vessel built by MARCO Seattle, was christened in Seattle, Wash., recently by Kristine Fuller, daughter of one of the owners. The all-steel vessel is outfitted for crabbing and for packing salmon and herring. Owners of the vessel include Cha
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on April 1980At its recent annual meeting held in New Orleans, La., the Water Resources Congress elected Maurice C. Stout, vice president, Indianapolis Water Company, Indianapolis, Ind., chairman of the board; Tval Goslin, consultant, Western Engineers, Inc., Grand Junction, Colo., vice chairman; B. Jos
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on March 15, 1980Adm. John B. Hayes, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, will be the keynote speaker at the American Petroleum Institute's 1980 tanker conference, May 11- 14, at the Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Calif. The conference, which has the theme "Tankers — Energy Lifelines for a New Decade," will d
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on March 15, 1980Allen R. Stern has been named president of Ingram Exploration Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans, La., it was announced recently by James A. O'Neill, Ingram president. Ingram Exploration was formed in late 1979 as a result of the corporation's decision to