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on May 15, 1977At its recent board of directors meeting, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif., elected Kenneth Evans as vice president-engineering. This promotion reflects his increased responsibilities as head of the growing engineering capability. A native of Sunderland, England, M
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on May 15, 1977James R. Smith, president of The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Washington, D.C., has announced that 128 plant facilities were located along the waterways of the United States in the fourth quarter of 1976, creating nearly 25,000 permanent employment opportunities. Of the 128 plant fac
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on May 15, 1977Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., has appointed Richard Schmitt as naval architect, Shipbuilding Administrative Division. Mr. Schmitt's responsibilities include the review and updating of ship repair cost estimating techniques and the development of special marketing programs
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on May 15, 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its April meeting at the Seamen's Church Institute in New York City. After a social hour and dinner, the technical session was held, and a paper entitled "Estimated Return-On-Investment of Oil Tan
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on May 15, 1977Dr. John L. McLucas, former administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been elected president of COMSAT General Corporation, and John A. Johnson, president of COMSAT General for the past four years, has been elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Dr. McLuc
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on May 15, 1977Gulf Oil Corporation has acquired a newly developed oil recovery vessel for its deepwater oil terminal in Bantry Bay, Ireland. Besides requiring a highly effective oil recovery unit, Gulf also required a ship to patrol the waters near Whiddy Island, where the terminal is located, and periodi
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on May 15, 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fifth meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Officers Club of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. The meeting included the presentation of two papers on unsteady propeller hydrodynamics. The prese
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on May 15, 1977John H. McMullen Jr. has been appointed manager of manufacturing engineering for Newport News Shipbuilding. Mr. McMullen will be responsible for production engineering, process engineering, capital justifications, space allocations, plant equipment, and office equipment planning and acquisi
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on May 15, 1977EDO Corporation, pioneer producer of aviation, oceanographic and electronic equipment, has announced that it has named John H. Devine Jr. as president of the company's International Division, which is headquartered at College Point, N.Y. 11356. Mr. Devine succeeds Dewey A. Canessa, who has
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on May 15, 1977Tidewater Marine Service, Inc. of New Orleans, La., has accepted delivery of the Sellers Tide, a new towing-supply vessel built by Halter Marine Services, Inc. at their Lockport, La., shipyard. The 194-foot by 40-foot by 17-foot offshore service vessel is powered by two EMD diesel engines rat
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on May 15, 1977The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its March meeting at the Engineers' Club in Center City. Seventy members and guests were on hand for the presentation of a paper entitled "Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) — a General Review," by Rober
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on May 15, 1977The ferryboat Virginia Dare, being built by Equitable Shipyards, Inc. in its Madisonville (La.) Shipyard for the State of North Carolina Board of Transportation, was recently launched. The Virginia Dare will be delivered to Cedar Island Terminal Facility (Pamlico Sound), Cedar Island, N.C. Th
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on May 15, 1977The New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met in March at the faculty club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following a social hour and dinner, the 100 attending members were greeted by a special guest for the evening, Robert G. Mende, secret
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on May 15, 1977Dravo SteelShip Corporation announces three new brochures available. Fresh off the press is a four-color descriptive brochure of the SteelShip 50, a four-color brochure of the general line of AlumaShip vessels built by Dravo SteelShip Corporation, and a completely revised edition of Dravo S
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on May 15, 1977Basil J. Rusovich Jr. has been elected president of the International Trade Mart of New Orleans, La. Mr. Rusovich, who is president and chief executive officer of Transoceanic Shipping Co., Inc. and its subsidiary, International Export Packers of Louisiana (INTERPACK), was formerly first v
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on May 15, 1977More than 16 of the world's most renown manufacturers of navigational aids and communications equipment recently displayed their wares at the first such Conference and Exhibit ever to be held in downtown Manhattan, New York City. The three-day exhibit, and the all-day seminars on those subj
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on May 15, 1977Two promotions to assistant v i c e president have been announced by the executive board of Columbus Line, One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048. Marco T. Pacella, formerly general manager, marketing and sales, has been named assistant vice president in charge of marketing and sales
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on May 15, 1977Currently, the Lever Operated Twist Lock is universally used for securing containers on deck. Line Fast Corporation of Long Island, N.Y., one of the most progressive firms in the container securing industry, has developed an improved version of this popular device. The Line Fast Fastloc®, a
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on May 15, 1977The appointment of Maritime Supply Co., Inc. of Miami, Fla., as distributor for the complete line of Farboil marine paints and coatings was announced by David Baird, general manager of Farboil Company. Maritime Supply will service the southern Florida marine industry and specifically the Po
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on May 15, 1977St. Louis Ship Division of Pott Industries Inc. recently appointed William R. Cumming as sales manager, Gulf Division, and promoted Donald G. Storck to sales manager, Inland Division, according to an announcement by Anthony G. Tobin, executive vice president-marketing. Mr. Cumming will head