Maritime Magazines Archive
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on August 15, 1977The new Edo Western 515A- 604 Deep Tow Survey System uses a new hydrodynamically designed tow vehicle to provide efficient operation for deepwater side scan surveys in ocean depths up to 2,000 feet. The highly successful 515A- 604 tow vehicle combines an extremely stable tow characteristic
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Roy F. Dobson as manager of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Great Lakes Steamship Division was announced by Capt. Steven M. Moodie, vice president of the division. At the same time, Captain Moodie announced that Calvin G. Durham will succeed Mr. Dobson as assistant manager
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on August 15, 1977An 18-member Hong Kong Technical Committee has been formed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The committee, composed of prominent individuals in maritime affairs, will enable ABS to maintain closer contact with scientific and technical matters relating to shipbuilding and engineerin
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on August 15, 1977A tentative agreement to sell all of its South American shipping operations for about $75 million was announced by Prudential Lines, Inc., a U.S.-flag ocean carrier. The purchaser would be Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., a subsidiary of Holiday Inns, Inc. "The proposed sale of the South Ameri
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Patrick J. McAllister as manager, marine projects, has been announced by David A. O'Neil, president of Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. Seaworthy is engaged in engineering consulting for marine propulsion, fuel optimization and control systems for marine gas turbine, diesel
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on August 15, 1977Charles A. Hurd has joined Southwest Marine, Inc. as vice president, sales and marketing. Southwest Marine is a multifaceted marine repair and construction facility located on seven acres in Chula Vista, Calif., on San Diego Bay. Mr. Hurd has responsibility for ship repair and construction
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on August 15, 1977John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., naval architects, marine engineers and transportation consultants of One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, have announced the opening of a new office located at 2101 Executive Drive, Hampton Roads, Va. 23666. Designated as the Hampton Roads Operati
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on August 15, 1977In keeping with their efforts to provide a total coastwide service concept on marine rotating equipment, Steamco II, Inc. recently announced the opening of a new division office in Jacksonville, Fla. The new office will be headed by Douglas Whitney. Mr. Whitney is a Maine Maritime graduate a
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on August 15, 1977Houston Natural Gas Corporation (HNG) has acquired Pott Industries Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., through a tax-free exchange of 4,881,046 shares of HNG common stock for all of Pott's common and preferred stock outstanding. Pott will continue to headquarter in St. Louis and will be operated under
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on August 15, 1977The following management changes within Gulf Trading and Transportation Company (GT&T) have been announced in Pittsburgh, Pa., by Herbert I. Goodman, GT&T president. Peter E. Luitwieler, formerly regional vice president-Western Europe, Africa, and Middle East, in London, has been named vice
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on August 15, 1977A.T. Pouch Jr., president of Pouch Terminal, Inc., has announced its appointment as sales representative in the United States and Europe for the International Office for Navigation, Commerce, and Supply of Cairo, Egypt (N.C.S.). N.C.S., as the Egyptian firm is known, operates in all Egyptia
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on August 15, 1977The Southern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its quarterly meeting recently in Groton, Conn. Dr. Foster H. Middleton, professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI), presented an enjoyable program on recent experiences with underwa
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on August 15, 1977Members of the committee planning the three-day conference and exhibit "Marine Weather and Ocean Systems—Today and Tomorrow," which will be held at the Downtown Athletic Club, New York City, September 14-16, gather around a world globe, symbolizing the international aspects of the atmospher
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on August 15, 1977William B. Alexander, president of Airfilco Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La., has announced the appointment of John E. Riley as vice president and general manager of the company. Airfilco Engineering, Inc. is a gas process equipment supplier specializing in the design and installation
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on August 15, 1977Carl Biehl, chairman of the board of Biehl & Company, steamship agents for numerous shipping lines throughout the world, has announced the following managerial promotions in the Houston, Texas, office. T.E. Dugey, executive vice president, has retired but will remain with the firm as a cons
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on August 15, 1977Compagnia Italiana Transoceanica Di Navigazione S.P.A., Genoa, Italy, and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd., Korea, signed a contract on May 25, 1977, with the approval of the Italian Government authorities early June for the conversion of two bulkers into roll-on/roll-off ships. The conversi
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on August 15, 1977The board of directors of Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, Calif. 92012, has approved a restructuring of the company's management, resulting in the appointment of Jerome J. Filiciotto as executive vice president-operations, reporting to Fred W. Garry, chairman, chief executive and preside
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on August 15, 1977Airfilco Engineering, Inc., 1901 Julia Street, New Orleans, La. 70113, have recently commissioned the first of a series of inert gas systems fitted aboard the Shipmor Associate Tankers building at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. The decision to fit the inert gas
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Karl B. Eckhardt as vice president and general manager of the Atlantic Division of Prudential Lines was announced by Spyros S. Skouras, president. Working from Prudential Lines headquarters at One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, Mr. Eckhardt will be responsible
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on August 15, 1977Walter R. Garrison, president of CDI Corporation, has announced the appointment of James M. Dunford as vice president, CDI Marine Company. Mr. Dunford joined CDI management in 1973 as technical director of CDI Marine Company, and in this capacity has directed CDI's marine engineering facili