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on March 15, 1980Carl B. Hakenjos, vice president of William-McWilliams Co., Inc. in New Orleans, La., was elected president of the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. at its recent annual meeting at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. Other office
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on March 15, 1980A colorful new bulletin contains i n f o r m a t i o n about Chockfast® Orange, a pourable epoxy-resin chocking system for precise and permanent alignment of marine main-propulsion systems and auxiliary equipment. This international chocking system has been used to install more than 8,000 m
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on March 15, 1980Robert K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the Mc- Dermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced that five new vice presidents have been named in the Unit. R.V. Joffrion has been named vice president and general manager, Marine Pipeline and Harvey Fabrica
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on March 15, 1980A jackup accommodation barge for Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has been constructed by IHI (Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.), Japan, for use in the Persian Gulf. It will be a control and accommodation center for 180 personnel employed a
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on March 15, 1980Capt. Darrel W. Starr Jr., USCG (ret.), has been appointed to the position of chief mechanical engineer with Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. The appointment was announced recently by Hugh F. Munroe, president and chief executive officer of the West Coast firm of nav
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on March 15, 1980The appointment of John G. Rogers as manager, facility services, in Bethlehem Steel Corporation's shipbuilding department was announced recently by David H. Klinges, vice president in charge of shipbuilding. Mr. Rogers is advancing from planning engineer. In his new capacity, Mr. Rogers wil
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on March 15, 1980R.J. Brown and Associates has been awarded a contract by Esso Australia Ltd. for the design of an underwater plow to trench-in a pipeline following its installation in Bass Strait, off Southeast Australia. The 23-mile 24-inch gas transmission line will connect the Snapper "A" production platfo
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on March 15, 1980With the establishment of the new company, B&W Diesel A/S, comprising the four divisions — B&W Marine Service, B&W Alpha Diesel AS, B&W Holeby AS, and B&W Engineering—changes have taken place in the technical management positions of B&W Engineering, Copenhagen. Headed by divisional managing
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on March 15, 1980Following a board of directors meeting recently, EDO Corporation, College Point, N.Y., announced a top executive change. Gerald Albert, an officer and director of the company was promoted to president and chief operating officer of the 55-year-old aerospace-electronics firm. William R. Ryan
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on March 15, 1980Information and specifications are now available on a new automatic facsimile receiver by Raytheon Marine Company. The RAYFAX 300 receiver features a four-band, crystal-controlled, single-sideband radio with push-button station selectors which can be set for any eight of the more than 50 fa
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on March 15, 1980Perry Oceanographies, Inc. has recently published a series of single-page brochures describing engineering services and products offered by the firm. Perry has long been recognized as a leader in the design and fabrication of submersibles and dive systems. Perry is now offering shipyard sup
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on March 15, 1980Zapata Corporation, Houston, Texas, announced recently that it has signed contracts for the construction of three new jackup rigs for its offshore drilling fleet in two Singapore shipyards. The company said the U.S.-flag rigs will be owned and operated by Zapata Off-Shore Company, are sched
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on March 15, 1980Olympic Maritime S.A. (Onassis Group), and Sea-Land Service, Inc. have chosen the Navidyne ESZ-4000 Satellite Navigator for their merchant fleets. Sea-Land has purchased 27 Navidyne sets, and Olympic has ordered 22, with an option to buy as many as 18 more, according to A. Clifford Barker,
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on March 15, 1980J.J. Henry Co., Inc., consulting naval architects and designers of many distinctive ships since its establishment in 1947, has opened a branch office in Houston, Texas, it was announced by Charles Zeien, president. Mr. Zeien stated that the Houston office, which is under the management of D
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on March 15, 1980With a t r a d i t i o n a l crash of champagne against its hull, a 258-foot hydro-dump barge was launched recently by the Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore. The barge (shown above) was christened by Marge Dolle, wife of Henry Dolle, a recently retired emp
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on March 15, 1980The Port of Singapore Authority has signed a contract for Imodco to design and engineer a Single Point Mooring terminal system to be anchored in 32 meters (about 105 feet) of water in Singapore Harbor. The single grade buoy will be capable of mooring fully loaded tankers of up to 320,000 dw
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on March 15, 1980Keyes Offshore, Inc. of Houston, Texas, and the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries recently announced an agreement for the construction of two offshore oil drilling rigs at Ingalls facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. Keyes Offshore president Bill Keyes said the first of the self
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on March 15, 1980A 210-ton buoy was recently raised onboard the heavy-lift vessel John Henry in Hong Kong for shipment to Mexico. The buoy was ordered by IMODCO for PEMEX, the Mexican national oil company, and constructed by Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd. of Hong Kong. The buoy had been previously lifted by
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on March 15, 1980R.K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the McDermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., recently announced a management realignment. In announcing the restructuring of the unit into five major areas of responsibility, Mr. Richie said the change will enable Mc- De
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on March 15, 1980Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Tokyo, Japan, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., Chicago, 111., have signed an agreement with Oosterhuis Industries, Inc. of Belle Chasse, La., in which Oosterhuis will become the master distributor for Mitsubishi marine diesel engines in th