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on May 15, 1977New oceangoing ships in the American merchant marine fleet, now almost entirely steam driven, will likely be powered by diesel engines, according to experts at a marine technical symposium sponsored by Mobil Oil Corporation in New York. Shipowners were told of a recent study made for the U.
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on May 15, 1977Formation of a new repair division was announced by Marine Concrete Structures, Inc. Operations were scheduled to begin last month, with the facility concentrating on hull repairs and alterations for barges, tugs and workboats. "As the search for oil and gas intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico
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on May 15, 1977Seatrain International S.A., and General Contracting Corp. have announced the formation of Saudi Container Services. Seatrain International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seatrain Lines, and General Contracting is a member of the Olayan Group. The new organization, according to John Lamar
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on May 15, 1977Seabury C. McGown has been appointed to the post of manager of contracts administration for Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer headquartered in Bellingham, Wash., with a second plant in Swansboro, N.C., according to John L. Thomas, president. In his new capacity, he will be respon
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on May 15, 1977At the recent annual board of directors meeting of Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, the following company officers were reelected: John L. Roper 2nd, chairman of the board; John L. Roper 3rd, president and chief executive officer; E.L. Pickler Jr., vice president; George W. Roper
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on May 15, 1977Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Co., Inc. announces the introduction of a line of FM facsimile recorders designed for use aboard ships or wherever facsimile graphics via FM circuits are desired. The recorders are available in both lO^-inch and 18-inch-wide versions. Both vers
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on May 15, 1977The March 1977 meeting of the Pascagoula Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers was held at the Tiki Restaurant, Gautier, Miss. The cocktail hour was followed by a business meeting, which included a reading of the financial statement and adjustments in assignments for the president
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on May 15, 1977Young engineers, designers and researchers from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico received $9,500 in prizes recently at Windows on the World in New York. The formal dinner concluded the first biennial Henry R. Worthington North American Technical Awards Contest, sponsored by the Polytechnic Instit
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on May 15, 1977Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation (Norshipco), Norfolk, Va., has announced two multimillion-dollar projects for the firm's Berkley plant: Norshipco has signed a contract in excess of 15 million dollars with the Brazilian shipyard Ishikawajima do Brasil-Estaleiros S.A. (Ishibras)
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on May 15, 1977The Texaco Caribbean, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) of 269,800 deadweight tons, built for the fleet of Texaco Panama Inc. by IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.), was christened recently in ceremonies at the IHI shipyard in Kure, Japan. The vessel was delivered last mon
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on May 15, 1977George H. Manchester has joined Uniflite, Inc., fire-retardant fiberglass boat manufacturer h e a d q u a r t e r e d in Bellingham, Wash., as manager of commercial and military sales, according to Alva M. Hill, vice president of marketing. The company has a second plant in Swansboro, N.C.
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on May 15, 1977Alexander Industries, Inc. has been appointed exclusive sales agent for Camlock Flange Sales Corp. (C-L Couplings), covering the area of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama. The patented C-L Coupling represents a revolutionary break- |""H LITTON SYSTEMS Litton AUTOMATED MAR
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on May 15, 1977A new compact and low-priced Galbraith Pilot-Marine Solid State Salinity Indicating Panel designed to measure and monitor the amount of salt or chlorides dissolved in water is being marketed by Marine Electric RPD, Inc., 166 National Road, Edison, N.J. The GPM Salinity Indicating Panel inco
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on May 15, 1977To strengthen its service capabilities to shipowners the world over, Hitachi Zosen has recently established a Ship Conversion Planning Department as part of the Administration Division of the Shipbuilding Headquarters. The new department began operations on April 1, 1977. The new department
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on May 15, 1977M. Bruce Meyer has been appointed regional vice president, Far East, for Dravo International, with responsibility for spearheading and coordinating Dravo Corporation's marketing activities in that area. J.J. Burke, formerly Dravo's regional marketing manager, Far East, will assist Mr. Meyer
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on May 15, 1977The technical and economic feasibility of a floating methanol plant has been verified in a joint study by Continental Oil Company (Conoco), High Ridge Park, Stamford, Conn. 06904, and a Tokyo group of Mitsui companies consisting of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corporation, and Mitsu
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on May 1977At a recent meeting in Ottawa, Capt. G.L. Edwards presented a review of his experience in command of HMCS Algonquin, one of the four DDH-280-class gas turbine helicopter carrying destroyers which were commissioned in 1972-73. Some 60 members of the Eastern Canadian Section of The Society of
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on May 1977Dr. Gerald P . Francis has been appointed head of the Department of Engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. He has concurrently received the rank of captain, U.S. Maritime Service. A 1958 graduate of the University of Dayton, Captain Francis later earned a master'
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on May 1977A new Wager Photoelectric Smoke Indicator System, particularly suited to monitoring diesel and gas turbine emissions, detects and measures accurately the opacity of smoke exhaust with no interference to readings from ambient light. All readings are to within 2-percent accuracy on a scale of
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on May 1977Pacific Far East Line (PFEL) recently announced the appointment of Ronald C. Rasmus as new senior vice president to manage its New York office. Mr. Rasmus was former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Maritime Aids of the U.S. Maritime Administration. He was appointed to this post in May 19