Maritime Magazines Archive
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on September 1977For a considerable length of time, Derek Paget-Clarke has been acting as general manager of ITT Decca Marine, pending the appointment of a new president for the company. Mr. Paget-Clarke carried out extensive reorganization of the company, was responsible for the recent move to Palm Coast,
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on September 1977John Riley, vice president and general manager of Airfilco Engineering, Inc., has announced the appointment of Kevin McPherson as projects manager, with special responsibility for the commissioning and servicing of inert gas systems and generators. The appointment is part of Airfilco's over
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on September 1977Total amount of vessel tonnage in American Bureau of Shipping classification passed 100-million gross tons in July for the first time in the ship classification society's 115-year history. As of July 31, there were 14,993 vessels of 100,111,236 gross tons, or 178,192,423 deadweight tons, in
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on September 1977The 278,000-dwt supertanker Esso Osaka successfully completed shallow water maneuvering trials on August 3, 1977 in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Galveston, Texas, it was announced by Exxon Corporation. The trials, which took nine days, were made in water depths providing as little as 11
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on September 1977A new heavyweight anchoring windlass offering major advances in braking capability and load control has been developed by National Supply Company for semisubmersible d r i l l i n g r i g s and drillships. The company says the D-520-E has been engineered to assure stability and safety under
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on September 1977William B. Hubbard, former Sea-Land Service, Inc., executive, has been appointed to the newly created position of senior v i c e p r e s i d e n t - o p e r a t i o n s for American President Lines. Announcement of the appointment was made by D.L. Commons, chief executive officer of APL and
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on September 1977Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered a new 166-foot offshore supply vessel, Fay Hebert, to its owner, the George Engine Co. of Harvey, La. The ship's overall dimensions are 166 feet in length, with a 38-foot breadth, 13-foot depth, and a normal operating draft of 11 f
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on September 1977Major conversion work on a 13,000-dwt general cargo vessel carried out a t the Gotaverken shipyard in Goteborg, West Sweden, has resulted in the ship's transformation into a sheep carrier able to carry some 32,000 live sheep. The converted vessel, the Dorrit Clausen, has recently been redel
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on September 1977Two New York City office appointments in the water transportation subsidiary companies of Bethlehem Steel Corporation were announced by Steven M. Moodie, vice p r e s i d e n t , water transportation services. George W. Collins was named assistant vice president of Interocean Shipping Compa
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on September 1977Initial projections on the worldwide use of liquid natural gas did not take into account the enormous technical, economic, and logistical hurdles that would arise in the attempt to bring LNG onstream. But now the initial obstacles are being overcome and that—combined with the energy demand in
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on September 1977Congressman John M. Murphy, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and Zenon N. Sdougos, Director, Marine Safety Division, Inter- Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), London, England, will be the principal speakers and honored guests at the three-d
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on September 1977Stolt-Nielsen, BP Tanker Company, and bankers, together with their lawyers and financial advisers, met in Paris on August 2-4, for the signing of the various documents enabling BP to make its i n v e s t m e n t in the Greenwich, Conn.-based specialist chemical shipping and tanker organizati
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on September 1977Jerry D. Icenhower has been appointed president and general manager of Glitsch Cryogenics, Inc., with duties to include full operational control of the organization. Simultaneously, Jimmy A. Ottinger was appointed vice president of production and will be responsible for all phases of manufac
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on September 1977The Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , has approved in principle the applications of SHIPCO 2297 Inc. and SHIPCO 2298 Inc. for Title XI guarantees to aid in the construction of one 165,000-dwt tanker each. The two corporations are wholly
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on September 1977Significant events occurred with keel-laying for the HMAS Adelaide at Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, on July 29. This will be the first of two guided missile frigates (FFG-7 Class) which are being built especially for the Royal Australian Navy. On hand for the ceremony were g
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on September 1977Canada's newest s e l f - u n l o a d i n g Great Lakes bulk carrier was launched recently at the Collingwood, Ontario, Shipyard of Canadian Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited. Built for the Canada Steamship Lines Division of Power Corporation of Canada, Limited, the laker slipped into the w
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on September 1977Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., has received two contracts totaling $7 million for the design, engineering and construction of a coal barge unloading system and a 40-cell dock at Allegheny Power Systems' Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, W.Va. The unloading system will include a
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on September 1977Marystown Shipyard Limited, Marystown, Newfoundland, Canada, now currently working on a $23-million Norwegian order to build five of the heaviest class of tugboats used in offshore oil operations, is now establishing a vessel production control system, extending its production facility and
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on September 1977Seventeen representatives from ASRY's 14 ship repair agencies are shown above meeting for the first time in Bahrain. It was a truly international meeting with the 14 different agency nationalities being entertained by Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard management, which is Arab, Portuguese, an
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on September 1977The Power Systems Group of Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, Conn., has announced the appointment of Thomas E. Matthews as manager of contracts, C-E Marine Power Systems. Mr. Matthews will be responsible for the overall performance and administration of marine contracts, including dire