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on December 1977The program for the 18th Annual Marine Coatings Conference has been announced by chairman Ernest W. Skiles, The Carboline Co. The three-day conference, scheduled March 22-24, 1978, at the Del Monte Hyatt House, Monterey, Calif., is sponsored annually by the Marine Coatings Committee of the
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on December 1977Rear Adm. Charles P. Murphy, USCG (ret.), general manager, ship construction, Sea-Land Service, Inc., has been named recipient of the second annual Halert C. Shepheard Award for achievement in marine safety. The award was established by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping in honor of
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on December 1977John R. Millard, who has directed marketing activities at Raytheon Marine Company since 1973, has been named to manage an aggressive new marketing program aimed at increasing Raytheon's business in the commercial marine electronics markets. As marketing manager for commercial marine product
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- SNAME Completes Boiler Safety Report page: 10
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on December 1977In response to an increasing number of serious marine steam boiler casualties, a panel of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers' Ships' Machinery Committee has completed a guide for anyone involved in operating this equipment, which is a compilation of significant published s
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on December 1977The ninth of the new Spruance class of 30 multi-mission destroyers, designed and being built by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton I n d u s t r i e s , Pascagoula, Miss., was commissioned by the Navy on Saturday, November 19. The USS David R. Ray (DD- 971), named in honor of a young h
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on December 1977Bethlehem Steel Corporation laid the keel for a 27,340-deadweight- ton containership for Farrell Lines at its Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Md., shipyard on November 9, and for the first time in more than five years began to build a ship on the inclined ways. The 1,200-foot-long building basin
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on December 1977A $281,203 contract for the Development of a Standardized U.S. Flag Dry Bulk Carrier has been awarded to M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 350 Broadway, New York, N.Y., by the Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration. M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. has form
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on December 1977Genstar Limited, Montreal, Canada, has announced the appointment of James S. Byrn as president of Genstar Marine Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Byrn was formerly president and owner of Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, recently acquired by Genstar's Seaspan Internatio
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on December 1977Sun Trading & Marine Transport, Inc. (S.T.M.T.), 200 West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, Pa. 19087, an operating unit of Sun Company, has named presidents of two of its subsidiaries. Frederick P. Eisenbiegler, bulk ship product group vice president for Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company — anothe
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on December 1977The Maritime Administration has conditionally approved applications filed by subsidiaries of Zapata Corporation, Houston, Texas, for the sale of eight U.S.- flag tuna boats to foreign companies and transfer of the boats to foreign registry and flag. Three of the vessels would be sold to Pes
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- M a r i n e Boiler Reliability page: 17
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on November 15, 1977During the past 15 to 20 years, the s h i p b u i l d i n g industry has placed increasing demands upon the manufacturers of main steam propulsion machinery to produce equipment of increasing reliability and efficiency. During this time period, the plant power requirements have steadily incr
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on November 15, 1977As part of an effort to enhance Wigham Poland Inc.'s brokerage services, one of the first areas to be expanded is the marine insurance division. The marine division, 111 John Street, New York, N.Y. 10038, headed by a team of professionals with excellent reputations, will offer a wider range o
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on November 15, 1977The Flagship Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its first meeting of the 1977-78 technical program year at the Officers' Club of the National Naval Medical Hospital, Bethesda, Md. Following the social hour and dinner, which were enjoyed by approximately 65 members and gue
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on November 15, 1977Santa Fe International Corporation, Orange, Calif., has reached an agreement in principle with A.W. Thompson, Inc., a prominent Texas drilling contractor, to purchase all the outstanding shares of A.W. Thompson, Inc., for $22 million in cash and notes. A.W. Thompson, Inc., headquartered in
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on November 15, 1977Stanley A. Dashew, president and founder of OMNITHRUSTER INC., recently announced that the board of directors elected J. Michael Melvin vice president, marketing. Mr. Melvin will report directly to the office of the president. OMNITHRUSTER INC. manufactures 12 different models of thrusters
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on November 15, 1977CIBRO Petroleum, a major industrial fuel oil marketer headquartered in New York City, has announced construction is underway at Todd Shipyards Corporation, Houston Division, for the newest addition to its super barge fleet. The 24,200-ton vessel, to be named CIBRO Philadelphia, will join th
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on November 15, 1977Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron has announced the addition of the EN 400 SSB Transmitter/ Receiver to his company's product line. "This is a unique unit," said Mr. Negron. "It's chock full of excellent features, performs beautifully and reliably, is simple to operate, and has a sensi
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on November 15, 1977The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has joined with the interagency Ship Structure Committee (SSC) in the sponsorship of an international Ship Vibration Symposium to be held at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va. (Metropolitan Washington, D.C.) on October 16
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- New England Company Receives U.S. Funds To Investigate Giant Sphere As Offshore Oil Terminal page: 46
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on November 15, 1977The U.S. Government is assisting an industry-sponsored program to study and test models of ocean platforms shaped like giant concrete bubbles, each capable of holding enough fuel for 500,000 cars on a crosscountry trip. These unique vessels, called Tuned Spheres, will be located 15 to 40 mile
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on November 15, 1977Geared Twin Screw (GTS) pumps, capable of moving large quantities of crude oil and almost any other liquid cargo or water ballast, are fully described in a bulletin published by the IMO Pump Division, DeLaval Turbine Inc. GTS pumps have particular application in the marine field, as they can