Maritime Magazines Archive
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Maritime Reporter
on October 1978A new tug/supply vessel, the Charleston, has been delivered by Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., to Gonsoulin Enterprises of Houma, La. The new boat, second of two built recently at Halter for Gonsoulin, has overall dimensions of 185 feet in length, with a 40-foot beam and 14-foot depth.
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on October 1978With the rapid increase in the need for large plants in nonindustrialized areas, major Japanese shipbuilders have each developed unique methods to build large plants utilizing their engineering and shipbuilding techniques, such as barge-mounted plants. Some of them have already exported bargem
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on October 1978The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced its program of technical meetings for the 1978- 79 season. All meetings this season, except the Annual Meeting, will be held at the Whitehall Club, 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. The sc
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on October 1978SEACO, I n c o r p o r a t e d , 146 Hekili Street, P.O. Box 1171, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, has announced plans to design and construct an advanced type of fishing craft for use in the rough waters around the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. The 300-ton vessel will be 100 feet long and similar in c
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on October 1978The Claymore, a ro-ro passenger/ vehicle vessel capable, when fully loaded, of carrying up to 527 passengers and 47 cars or six 40- foot trailers and 24 cars, was recently launched from Robb Caledon's Leith, Scotland, yard. When delivered to her owners, Caledonian Macbrayne of Gourock, Scotl
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on October 1978Northwest Marine Iron Works of Portland, Ore., has placed the Veendam, a Holland-America passenger liner, back into service in less than two weeks, following an accident suffered in Alaskan waters. The passenger liner, which runs between Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, was
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on October 1978The Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore., launched the second in a series of the world's largest roll-on / roll-off (ro / ro) barges on September 9. John E. Carroll, FMC Division president, said: "The triple-deck truck trailer barge will be delivered within
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on October 1978The advantages of using general-purpose dry cargo containers for the carriage of both dry and liquid bulks as opposed to special units, which probably have to bear the costs of repositioning after use, is discussed in a booklet published by the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Associ
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on October 1978New Bulletin 1404.3 from Abex Corporation, Denison Division, Columbus, Ohio, describes the company's recently introduced R5 Series of hydraulic pressure valves. The new valves can be mounted directly to an SAE pump outlet to give the pump maximum protection against peak pressure and minimize
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on October 1978The U.S. Coast Guard has removed all restrictions based solely on sex in the training, assignment and career opportunities of its personnel, Commandant John B. Hayes announced. As the result of recent policy decisions: — All women graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Jike the men, wi
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on October 1978A joint venture called Arctic Dredging and Construction (ADCON) has recently been formed to engage in large-scale offshore construction projects required for development of oil resources in the Beaufort Sea. The new organization brings together the experience, equipment and operational capa
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on October 1978The Malacca Maru, a heavy cargo carrier employing the world's largest (600-ton) heavy derrick, has been delivered by Kawasaki Heavy Industries to its owners, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and Nippon Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. In addition to general cargo, the Malacca Maru can transport various types of
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on October 1978The Maritime Administration has released a report which presents procedures, recommendations, and guidelines for tuning marine steam turbine propulsion systems and related auxiliary components. The study, "A Practical Operating Guide for Tuning Steam Turbine Propulsion Systems — Final Repor
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on October 1978Tidewater Inc., 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, La. 70112, has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with Angelina Casualty Company of Lufkin, Texas, for Tidewater to acquire Angelina for the equivalent of $3,650,000 in the form of Tidewater common stock. The e
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on October 1978The election of Rear Adm. William M. Benkert, USCG (ret.), to be president of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) was announced by Adrian S. Hooper, chairman of the board of AIMS and IOT Corporation. Admiral Benkert will succeed James J. Reynolds, who has been president of AI
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on October 1978James J. Scott Jr. of Sea-Land Service, Inc. has been named executive director for the Port Authority of Jebel Ali, a new Mideast port due to become fully operational in the second quarter of 1979. Announcement of the appointment has been made by Sea- Land following the signing of a 10-year
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on October 1978A cooperative relationship between two institutions—Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in Glen Cove, N.Y., and Hofstra University— will begin this fall, it was jointly announced by Rear Adm. Charles N. Payne, president of Webb Institute, and Dr. James M. Shuart, president of Hofstra. Unde
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on October 1978NAFSI S.A., located in Piraeus, Greece, has announced the appointment of Alario and Associates, Inc. of 2701 Houma Boulevard, Metairie, La. 70002, as its exclusive representative for U.S. Gulf Coast interests. Robert J. Alario, president of Alario and Associates, Inc., describes NAFSI as on
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on October 1978The effects of a continued worldwide s h i p p i n g depression, rising ship repair costs, and the instability in international currency relationships have all played a part in stalling the long-awaited recovery of the world hull insurance markets. This was the view of William J. Bradford J
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on October 1978The line of tank cleaning machines manufactured by Butterworth Systems (U.K. and USA) have received approval, in accordance with the latest IMCO requirements for the design of crude oil w a s h i n g systems. Effective August 30, 1978, the approval was made by the United Kingdom Department