Maritime Magazines Archive
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on July 15, 1977Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., has announced completion of a new addition to their main fabricating plant. This new addition is the first expansion since SteelShip Corporation was acquired by Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa., in August 1976. The new 11,000-square-foot add
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on July 15, 1977Harstad Staalindustri, a new and extremely modern shipyard, is in operation. It is located in the city of Harstad in northern Norway, on about the same latitude as the north slope of Alaska. The new yard, which is building fishing boats, tugboats and other coastal vessels, is a joint venture
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on July 15, 1977The dictionary defines "encyclopaedia" as "works which give a detailed account of the whole field of human knowledge, or of some particular section of it." Encyclodaedia is therefore a very apt term to use when describing Mac- Gregor's new Ro-Ro brochure. With more than 400 Ro-Ro ships to i
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on July 15, 1977An energy-saving device that replaced steam traps on U.S. Navy ships won a $25,000 prize for the inventor, a civilian employee of the Navy, at a ceremony on the White House lawn. President Carter made the presentation to Lawrence L. Guzick for a constant flow Drain Orifice that is saving th
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on July 15, 1977Members and guests of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met on June 2 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Officer's Club in a joint session with the Puget Sound Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers. Election results were announ
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on July 15, 1977Anixter-Mark, an industry leader in the development and manufacture of communications antennas for over 25 years, has announced a new Marine Five- Way Ratchet Mount. The mount is fully brass with triple chrome plating for long life and maximum corrosion resistance. The hardware is all stain
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on July 15, 1977Wm. Norman Duncan, vice president and general sales manager, has announced the appointment of Donald S. Otto as marketing manager for the Heavy Marine Division of International Paint Company, Inc., New York, N.Y. Mr. Otto, a graduate of Cornell University, has a broad background in the che
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on July 15, 1977Comdr. Lester A. Dutcher, Robert L. Hague Merchant Marine Industries Post No. 1242, American Legion, Department of New York, announced the selection of the recipient of the Post's Distinguished Service Citation and Guest of Honor for the Post's 37th Annual Guard of Honor Ball. Vice Adm. Wil
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on July 15, 1977Electro-Nav president Robert Negron has announced that his company, one of the nation's top marine electronic distributors, has been appointed sole U.S. representative for the entire BEN Electro-Magnetic Speed Log line. The BEN Speed Log is a combination ship speedometer/odometer that saves
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on July 15, 1977The Maritime Subsidy Board has received applications from two operators to amend their operating-differential subsidy (ODS) agreements so they can transport liquid bulk cargo under the cargo preference laws of the United States. Moore-McCormack Bulk Transport (Moore-McCormack), Inc., One La
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on July 15, 1977The tug-fireboats M.L. Walker and H. Burgess were christened recently at Thunderbolt Marine Industries, Thunderbolt, Ga. They are the first of a new generation of shiphandling and firefighting tugs specifically designed for work in the Panama Canal. The main feature of these tugboats is the
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on July 15, 1977The Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers hosted the 1977 Spring Meeting/ STAR (Ship Technology and Research) Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, May 25-27. This event proved to be one of the most successful Spring Meetings in rece
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on July 15, 1977Chiles Offshore Limited, Houston, Texas, has just signed a contract to purchase Marathon LeTourneau's first 150-44-C shallow- draft self-contained, self-elevating cantilevered drilling platform. The announcement was made jointly by Clay Chiles, General Partner of Chiles Offshore Limited, an
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on July 15, 1977Harland and Wolff, the Belfast, Northern Ireland shipbuilding company, has recently delivered the S/S Lima, the last of four giant 318,000-ton oil tankers ordered by Airlease International for operation by the Royal Dutch Shell Group. The first vessel in the series, the Lampas, was delivere
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on July 15, 1977Seven Seas Towing, Inc., 201 Louisiana Street, P.O. Box 464, Westwego, La. 70094, has announced the appointment of Capt. L.S. Cleveland as operations manager. His responsibilities include all operations of the growing fleet such as personnel, maintenance, rigging and logistics. He will also
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on July 15, 1977Lantana Boatyard has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 134-foot landing craft, according to Robert Zitner, vice president of operations. The vessel was designed by James S. Krogen & Co., Inc. of Miami, Fla., for Kenneth Arndt, president of the Krystal Corporation in Homer, A
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on July 15, 1977Christening and blessing cer- emonies for the new, 2,250- horsepower, harbor-assist tugboat Mamo II were recently conducted at Pier 19, Honolulu, Hawaii, by officials of Dillingham Maritime- Pacific Division, Dillingham Corporation's Hawaii maritime company. The event began with the Reverend
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on July 15, 1977National Supply Company has shipped to British Petroleum Ltd. a unique 15,000-psi subsea wellhead system to be used in the North Sea. The BOP stack and individual components were s u c c e s s f u l ly tested in December at National's Houston Wellhead Plant and shipped on schedule for subse
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on July 15, 1977Fritz K. Weimann has been appointed manager of long-range planning and product development, according to Skagit Corporation's director of marketing, George B. Klos. Mr. Weimann will be responsible for long-range planning with emphasis on new products, and the adaption and extension of Skag
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on July 15, 1977A specially designed maritime satellite communications system is being marketed by Western Union International, Inc. (WUI), One WUI Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004. The system, called MARISAT, was described by Roy K. Andres, WUI's vice president for planning, at a recent press conference held