Maritime Magazines Archive
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on July 15, 1977The Federal Republic of Germany has announced selection of the General Electric LM2500 marine gas turbine as the power plant for its new F-122 class of frigate ships. The LM2500 is produced by GE's Marine and Industrial Projects Department in Evendale, Ohio. The initial order is for 12 mari
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on July 15, 1977Raytheon Marine Company has opened a New York regional sales office to handle its lines of marine electronics for the commercial and recreational markets. The new office, located at 17 Battery Place, Suite 2435, New York, N.Y. 10004, will have a large display and demonstration area as well
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on July 15, 1977Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, 228 North La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. 60601, has been awarded two new projects in the Middle East totaling $80,- 000,000, J.A. Downs, president, has announced. A contract has been signed for $15,000,000 with the Arabian American Oil Company to dig an
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on July 15, 1977The Maritime Subsidy Board (MSB) has authorized publication in the Federal Register of a notice that it is proposing a new policy permitting spare parts to be based ashore. The proposal also specifies a predetermined limit on the amount of constructiondifferential subsidy (CDS) for the cost
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on July 1977Tidewater Port Jackson Marine of Sydney, New South Wales, have placed an order with Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd., shipbuilders of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, to build a 197- foot offshore supply vessel. The vessel will be propelled by two turbocharged General Motors 16-cylinder
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on July 1977The Maritime Administration has commissioned Manalytics, Inc., 625 Third Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107, to undertake a 12-month study "to recommend specific ways United States-flag lines can increase profitable par- ticipation in the movement of perishable commodities to foreign marke
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on July 1977Something new and interesting is happening in the scaffold plank industry. A new laminated lumber product is being mass manufactured with ideal characteristics for planking. The product is called MICRO=LAM and is made exclusively by Trus Joist Corporation. It is a manufactured high-strength
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on July 1977The formation of Supplier's Marine & Industrial Inc., "Purveyors to the Industries," has been announced by Kevin Patrick Smith, president of the firm. The new company will provide turbine renewal, pump, diesel engine and electrical parts to the marine and industrial markets in the Great Lak
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on July 1977The offshore support and supply ship Independence, built by Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., was delivered recently to Offshore Service Ships, Inc., an offshore vessel operator of New Orleans. The Independence was built by the Moss Point, Miss., division of Halter Marine Service
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on July 1977A new report from international shipping consultants, Westinform, suggests that changing liner trades are making many general cargo vessels obsolete. This is not just because of the usual problems associated with age, such as loss of performance and increasing maintenance and repair, but be
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on July 1977The M/V Gulf Whale, a twin-screw 4,200- hp tug, was christened recently at the yard of her builder, Quality Equipment, Inc., in Houma, La. The tug is owned by Bayou Marine Corporation and operated by Seven Seas Towing, Inc. The vessel was christened by Mrs. Virgie Rome Broussard, daughter of
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on July 1977Two key executive appointments have been made in the Caribbean Division of Crowley Maritime Corporation, according to a recent announcement by Robert Homan, general manager of CMC affiliate Trailer Marine Transport Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla. Richard Simpson has been named vice president
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on July 1977Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., recently delivered the M/V Sureboat to the Union Railroad Company, a division of U.S. Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. The custom-designed double chine harbor boat will be utilized for fleeting and shifter operations around Union
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on July 1977The Combat Systems Committee of The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) is completing arrangements for a Combat Systems Symposium to be held at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., on October 12 and 13, 1977. The Symposium will be sponsored by the Naval Sea Systems Command and the O
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on July 1977The General Regulator Division of Forney Engineering Company, headquartered near Dallas, Texas, has announced the establishment of additional sales and service capability. The primary intent, in addition to intensifying sales coverage, is to provide on-the-spot service engineering to the man
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on July 1977Stow Manufacturing Co. has announced a new Design Manual titled "Marine Valve Remote Operators." Design Manual No. 771 gives its reader technical information on solving a variety of valve operating problems, while providing the designer with complete design freedom. Stow remote operators so
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on July 1977Capt. Herman E. Fritzke, Commander of the Atlantic Area Military Sealift Command based in Bayonne, N.J., has been elected president of the New York Chapter, National Defense Transportation Association, for the coming year. He succeeds Conrad H.C. Everhard, president of Dart Containerline I
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on July 1977Raytheon Marine Company has introduced a new low-cost 25-watt radiotelephone for mariners with short-to-medium-range communications requirements. The RAY-48A is a 12-channel set with two weather channels. It is supplied with channels 6 (ship-to-ship, safety), 16 (distress and calling), 22A
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on July 1977Harold Pecunia, president of Peterson Maritime Services, Incorporated, has announced that the New Orleans, La.-based corporation has opened an office in Houston, Texas, to provide marine services comparable to their operations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, La., and Mobile, Ala. The company i
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on July 1977The appointment of Donald E. Staples as comptroller of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was announced by Peter K. Hoglund, vice president of General Motors and general manager of Electro-Motive Division, LaGrange, 111. Mr. Staples succeeds Guy D. Briggs Jr., who until his retir