Maritime Magazines Archive
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on July 1977Delta Shipyard, a unit of Chromalloy American Corporation, has announced the completion of the M/V Echo, a seismic/utility vessel for Shell Oil Company. Primarily for use in the Gulf of Mexico, the M/V Echo is designed for shallow-water operation with a minimum draft of 5 feet 6 inches. Th
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on July 1977Members and guests of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met recently in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, for their annual spring meeting. A technical session at which two papers were presented was held at the Officers Club, HM Dockyards
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on July 1977Little noted among 1977 Maritime Day ceremonies was a speech by John P. Diesel, chairman of Newport News Shipbuilding and executive vice president, Tenneco, Inc., before the Newport News (Va.) Propeller Club, which by word of mouth, has since caused considerable comment — and requests for c
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on July 1977Omnithruster is a new system for use aboard commercial, fishing, scientific, government, pleasure and special-purpose vessels such as cushion craft and hydrofoils. Of unique design, for which patents have been applied, the system provides thrust through port and starboard jets, jetting wate
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on July 1977A new Marisat shipboard communications terminal, designated the MX 111, has been announced by P.A. Gaechter, manager of marketing, Marine Systems Operation, Magnavox Government & Industrial Electronics Company. The Magnavox Terminal provides two-way voice, telex, highspeed data and facsimil
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on July 1977A control manufacturer, like any other organization, is in business to sell a product at a profit and therefore, makes every effort to develop and standardize a line of products that is acceptable to a given market in terms of overall performance and is within established price limitations.
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on July 1977C.F. Bean Corporation, New Orleans, La., and Adriaan Volker Dredging Company, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, have announced their intention to jointly invest in a trailing suction hopper dredge for operation in the United States. To be named Eagle I, the dredge will have a 4,750-cubic-yard capa
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on July 1977Rapid progress is being made with the 4,000-ton bulk cement carrier being built by Carrington Slipways at its shipyard on Old Punt Road, Tomago, New South Wales, Australia, 2322, for Bulkships Container Limited. Special cement-handling equipment, supplied by Cladius Peters of Hamburg, is de
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on July 1977Worthington Compressors, Inc., 333 Elm Street, West Springfield, Mass. 01089, has announced the establishment of a Marine and Navy sales group headed by Frederick O. Snyder in Philadelphia, Pa. Superseding the prior functions of the Worthington Marine and Government sales group in the compr
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on July 1977The Farrell Lines containership S/S Austral Entente was redelivered May 19 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans after a new 144-foot midbody section was added to the original 669-foot hull. The "jumboization" increased the vessel's length to a C-8 vessel equivalent and more than doubled its r
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on July 1977Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, recently launched the first of a series of four segregated ballast tankers for The Standard Oil Company (Ohio). The new ships will sail under charter to SPC Shipping Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SOHIO. The
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on July 1977The Vicki Ann, a new marine lubricants supply vessel for Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., harbor service, has been placed in operation. The boat owner is San Pedro Marine, Inc., San Pedro, Calif., Shell Oil Company marine distributor. The vessel is listed at 95 dwt and has a capacity for
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- New Vessel Joins Circle Line Fleet page: 18
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on July 1977Miss Freedom, a new 500-passenger Circle Line vessel that will inaugurate ferry service to Ellis Island from both Battery Park and Liberty State Park (Jersey City, N.J.) was christened recently at dockside ceremonies at the Circle Line Pier 83 in New York City. New York Mayor Abraham D. Be
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on July 1977Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., recentlyannounced the keel-laying for the M / V Sen. Alvin T. Stumpf — a ferry under construction for the Mississippi River Bridge Authority. The Sen. Alvin T. Stumpf will carry up to 40 automobiles and 1,000 passengers per trip across the Mississippi Rive
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on July 1977The Scottish Offshore Partnership (SCOPA) has announced the formal opening of its office in Houston, Texas. This significant action by a British group of consulting engineers requires explanation. SCOPA has been set up with its headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, to provide a wide range of e
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on July 1977General Dynamics has been awarded a $354,500,000 contract by the U.S. Navy for construction of a fifth Trident ballistic missile submarine, plus options for construction of two more. This new award raises the value of the company's contracts for the 560-foot-long, 18,750-ton missile-firing su
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on July 1977Wilmington Launch Service, Wilmington, Del., has placed in service the new 65-foot shipdocking tug, Tina, which can create controlled thrust while pushing or hauling, fore and aft, even sidestepping, with only one man on deck. This capability is the result of several design innovations. The h
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on July 1977Robert E. Kenny has been named president and chief operating officer of Hillman Transportation Company, an operating division of Hillman Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219. Hillman Transportation is engaged in inland marine transportation serving shippers of coal, other basic comm
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on July 1977Propulsion Systems, Inc. of Kent, Wash., has entered the small thruster field with 16 and 24-inch-diameter tunnel thrusters. In these thrusters, the propeller shaft is driven directly by a hydraulic motor contained in the unit. Each of these two thrusters is available with three different
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on July 1977Reederei D. Oltmann KG of Bremen have placed orders for two multipurpose/container ships with Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation in Pusan and have retained Technical Marine Planning Ltd., a London consulting naval architecture and marine engineering firm, for the development of