Maritime Magazines Archive
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on May 1977F.X. McNerney, Director of the Maritime Administration's Central Region, announced that George T. Bornkessel has been named Region Port Development Officer in the Office of Port and Intermodal Development in New Orleans, La. In his new assignment, Mr. Bornkessel is responsible for initiatin
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on May 1977Nominations are being accepted for the second annual Rear Admiral Halert C. Shepheard Award for Achievement in Merchant Marine Safety. The award is given either for a single outstanding contribution to merchant marine safety, or for dedication to, and constructive participation in, activiti
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on May 1977Dome East Corporation, 325 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801, just completed design, engineering, fabrication and installation of the world's largest derrick enclosure. It is now in use aboard the R / V Deepsea Miner II sailing out of California. The structure is a 52-foot-diameter, 70- fo
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on May 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its March meeting at Fraunces Tavern in lower New York City. The chairman, Arnold Stein, formally opened the meeting after an enjoyable social hour and dinner. Seated at the dais were Neil Reddy, Da
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on May 1977The M / V Exxon Lake Charles was delivered recently by Hillman Barge and Construction Company, Brownsville, Pa. 15417. This is the third of five such towboats being constructed by Hillman Barge for Exxon Company, U.S.A. The first two are the Exxon Louisville and the Exxon Memphis, the former
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on May 1977At its regular monthly meeting, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers invited Dr. John E. Halkyard, Kennecott Explorations, Inc. to present a paper on the "Technical Aspects of Ocean Mining." Although the subject matter was not entirely
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on May 1977W.B. Pieper has been named group vice president of Brown & Root's Petroleum and Chemical Group, according to president and chief executive officer Thomas J. Feehan. Mr. Pieper, formerly senior vice president and chief engineer of the Houston, Texas-based subsidiary of Halliburton Company,
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on May 1977Together with the Danish engineering company Haldor Topsoe A/S, Gotaverken has carried out detailed project work for a floating ammonia production plant. This plant can utilize deposits of natural gas which would not otherwise be economical to exploit, and can be located in the vicinity of
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on May 1977On March 17, 1977, Avondale Shipyards, Inc. and the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company christened the new dredge Illinois at the Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans, La. The Illinois is a 27-inch hydraulic dredge classed by the American Bureau of Shipping and certified by the United States C
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on May 1977This year's Ro-Ro Conference and Exhibition—Ro-Ro 77—will be held on June 21-22 in the London Hilton Hotel, London, England. The meeting will take place against a background of continued acceleration in international ro-ro traffic, with new ships increasing the world ro-ro cargo fleet by as
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on May 1977Fernando I. Duque, a port operations specialist, has been appointed director of projects by Rutland Maritime Management Corporation, 17 East 45 Street, New York, N.Y. 10017. Peter A. Holzer, president of the newly established through transportation consulting company, said Mr. Duque will be
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on May 1977A sector of the shipping industry which has been experiencing buoyant conditions recently is that concerned with the transport of assembled (or built-up) motor vehicles — principally passenger cars, but also trucks and other commercial vehicles shipped by sea. Over the past two to three yea
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on May 1977The members who attended the regular monthly meeting of the Long-Beach-Greater Los Angeles Chapter of The American Society of Naval Engineers in March were rewarded by an evening of good fellowship, fine food, and an excellent technical paper by Dr. Maxwell C. Cheung and Nathan Friedland. Fo
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on May 1977The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded two separate contracts with an aggregate value of $968,000 for the construction of fiberglass patrol boats, one for the development of a prototype 11-meter (36-foot) high-speed diesel craft to Uniflite, Inc., headquartered in Bellingham, Wash.,
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on May 1977The Stanwick Corporation has announced the appointment of Robert E. Apple as president of the Stanwick Company, a division located in Norfolk, Va. Mr. Apple, who is chairman of the Los Angeles Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, has over 25 years of experience i
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on May 1977The international World Fishing Exhibition, scheduled for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from August 31 to September 7, 1977, has already succeeded in attracting more than 100 exhibitors from 16 nations. The exhibition marks the first North American venue for this binennial trade show, inaug
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on May 1977Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Norfolk, Va., has ordered a 950-foot floating drydock to help fulfill a long-term contract involving the annual drydocking and repair of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. This will be one of the largest drydocks of its kind in the world. Ishikawajim
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on May 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fourth meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Ramada Inn in Bethesda, Md. The subject of the meeting was a talk on the analysis of advanced naval vehicles. Presentation of the paper entitled "Advanced Nava
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on May 1977Marine Management Systems, Inc., 300 Broad Street, Stamford, Conn. 06901, is developing a fully automated ship data system for the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) under a recently awarded $190,000 contract, it was announced recently. The announcement was made by Eugene D. Story, presid
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on May 1977The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that a second symposium on propellers is being planned by Panel M-16 (Modernization of Propulsion Shaft System) of the Society's Technical and Research Program. The symposium is planned for either June 7 and 8, 1978, or June