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on March 15, 1977Great Lakes & European Lines (GLE), 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, 111. 60606, has opened offices in Bremen, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, under the direction of Manfred Merz. Before being reassigned as manager of GLE's European operations, Mr. Merz headed up GLE's New York regional
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on March 15, 1977Mark L. Shafer has joined Matson Agencies, Inc., 100 Mission Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94105, as senior vice president and general manager. Matson Agencies, Inc., serves as general agent for NYK Line in Pacific Coast ports, Alaska and Hawaii. Mr. Shafer, formerly with Pacific Far East L
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on March 15, 1977Dresser Industries, Inc., Waukesha, Wis. 53186, has announced that Robert A. D'Amour, president of Waukesha Engine Division since 1970, has resigned. C.E. Lee, vice president-manufacturing, has been assigned the additional responsibilities of acting president of the Division, pending the se
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on March 15, 1977John I. Alioto, president of Pacific Par East Line, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has announced the appointment of Bernard Orsi as vice president of Marine Operations. Mr. Orsi, 33, has been general manager of San Francisco's civil service division since 1971. Prior to that, Mr. Orsi was exec
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on March 15, 1977Available from the Sier-Bath Division of Gilbarco, Inc. is an eight-page booklet on the features and applications of Sier- Bath's NL Barge Pump, which offers substantial operating savings and handling versatility to barge users unloading petroleum, chemical and other industrial products. R
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on March 15, 1977The John W. McGrath Corporation has announced the appointment of Joseph F. McGoldrick as board chairman and chief executive officer. The office of chairman of the New York-based stevedores and terminal operators has been vacant since the death of John W. McGrath in 1972. Mr. McGoldrick joi
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on March 15, 1977The San Diego Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its recent quarterly meeting at the Naval Station Officers Club in San Diego, Calif. Among those present for the dinner meeting was Capt. John M. Phelps, USN (ret.), who helped organize and was the first Section chairman
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on March 15, 1977The Radio Navigation Product Group of Communication Associates, Inc. has introduced its CR- 20 Loran A receiver, which is called Instant Positioner®. It offers fully automatic two-station acquisition, tracking, and simultaneous displays of two lines of position. It provides accurate fixes w
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on March 15, 1977P.K. Wennberg, president of Propulsion Systems, Inc., Kent, Wash. 98031, has announced the appointment of Eagle Marine, Inc. as PSI sales representative, covering Florida and Georgia. The agreement covers PSI's product lines of PSI/Liaaen controllable- pitch propellers and thrusters; PSI/Fr
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on March 15, 1977As a result of technological developments and an increasing demand for diversified services in the maritime sector, Det norske Veritas has established a new separate body to coordinate all such activities outside the traditional field of classification and governmental commissions. The new
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on March 15, 1977J.D. Geary, president of Midland Enterprises Inc., 1400 580 Building, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201, has announced the election of three corporate officers by the Midland board of directors. John M. Keelin has been elected controller, William J. Mayer assistant vice president of finance, and Thoma
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on March 15, 1977The appointment of Nevil M.E. Proes as senior vice presidentliquefied natural gas was announced recently by Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, a unit of IU International Corporation. Mr. Proes joins Gotaas-Larsen after six years of service as president of Texas Eastern LNG, Inc., a subsidi
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on March 15, 1977Northville Industries of Huntington Station, N.Y., has announced the receipt of a contract with the government of Panama to conduct the first stage of a crude oil supertanker transshipment terminal on the Pacific Coast. The award authorizes Northville Industries to proceed with a feasibilit
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on March 15, 1977The Glacier Metal Company Limited of Middlesex, England, was founded by a U.S. citizen over 75 years ago. During the intervening period, the firm has become one of the world's leaders in plain bearing technology, and manufactures bearings and bearing assemblies in six factories employing ne
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on March 15, 1977Wire rope slings are used in a multitude of applications for material handling. To promote safe working conditions and to comply with specifications set forth by ANSI B30.9 and OSHA, Armco Steel Corporation's Union Wire Rope engineers have suggested a standard inspection program and guideli
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on March 15, 1977Snow and icy streets failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the more than 500 people who recently gathered in Annapolis, Md., at Key Auditorium, St. John's College, for the Third Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium. Papers were limited to only eight this year, in order to allow time for each aut
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on March 15, 1977One of the interesting new ship designs of 1976, the "Multiflex" multipurpose cargo ship developed by the Danish shipbuilders Burmeister & Wain, is to include MacGregor stern slewing ramps when the first two are delivered to the yard's subsidiary company, Hamlet Shipping. The order for the
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on March 15, 1977The advent of the very large crude carrier (VLCC) not only brought a new dimension in cargo handling, it also brought a new dimension to tank washing. Water washing of cargo tanks of these large vessels requires tremendous volumes of water. For this reason the industry cast about for means
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on March 15, 1977The U.K. affiliate of AIRFILCO Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently completed installation of an inert gas blanketing system onboard the naval supply ship Durance. AIRFILCO, whose systems are presently being installed on Sohio, Exxon and British Petroleum tankers at Avondale and
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on March 15, 1977The Bellinger Shipyards, a division of Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., recently delivered the M/V Inagua Island to West India Shipping Company, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla. The heavy-lift, roll-on/roll-off, landing vessel is 267 feet by 60 feet by 16 feet, with a deadweight of 2,226 long ton