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on March 15, 1977Jones, Bardelmeier & Co., Ltd., the ocean bulk shipping consulting firm headquartered in Nassau, Bahamas, is opening a branch office in Singapore this month. Derek King, one of the senior officers in the firm, will go out from Nassau to become the resident partner. Roger M. Jones, president
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on March 15, 1977Another contract for manufacturing support and leveling members of insulation panel systems for liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers has been awarded to Cryogenic Structures Corporation, a subsidiary of BALTEK Corporation, Northvale, N.J. The tankers are being built under contract for El Pas
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on March 15, 1977Robert T. Young, president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, a professional/ technical organization for members of the marine industry, has announced the following committee chairmen for 1977: Committee on Applications — chairman, Dr. William R. Porter, vice president
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on March 15, 1977Ameron Protective Coatings Division of Brea, Calif., recently announced the appointment of engineering, sales and manufacturer's representatives on a national basis. Robert R. McMurchy, marketing manager of the firm's Southwest Region, announced the appointment of Joye Dalton as engineerin
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on March 15, 1977Zachary M. Reynolds, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a San Francisco naval architect, presented a paper entitled "Investigation of Select Hull Forms" at a recent dinner meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the
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on March 15, 1977P and O Ferries of London, England, has announced that it will introduce the first Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoil boat service in Europe on June 1. The revenue charter service will link central London and Zeebrugge, Belgium, with times scheduled to allow direct rail connections to Brussels. The r
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on March 15, 1977One of the most prominent men in the Inland Waterways shipping industry, Floyd H. Blaske, died on February 27, 1977. He was 63. Services were held in Louisville, Ky., on March 2. Mr. Blaske was chairman and chief executive officer of the American Commercial Barge Line Co., and of Jeffboat,
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on March 15, 1977Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a summer course on port planning and development, which will be held from August 15 to 26, 1977. The objective of this course is to provide port planners, operators, administrators, or regulators with a basic grounding in the concepts and
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on March 15, 1977Sperry Vickers has announced the appointment of Arthur R. Whited to planning manager for its International Group. Mr. Whited will remain at the company's Troy, Mich., World Headquarters. In his new position, Mr. Whited will be responsible for managing long-range business plans, product and
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on March 15, 1977Precision National Corporation, the firm which has been saving many dollars for diesel engine operators by restoring bent, worn and damaged crankshafts to likenew condition, can now provide the same repair service for big cylinder liners. The firm has constructed a special building in Waco,
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on March 15, 1977Communication Associates, Inc., has introduced a 125-watt SSB that has 24 preprogrammed channels that can be spread across the entire 2-18 mHz marine frequency range. The system is easy to reprogram, and because its 24 channels can be spread out or grouped in any band without restriction, i
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on March 15, 1977Leading executives of Poland's shipbuilding and associated industries recently visited Eastern, Midwest and Gulf areas of the United States. The visitors included Andrzej Adamczyk, director, Ministry of Heavy Machinery (Warsaw) ; Mieczyslaw Tokarz, director, United Polish Shipyards (Gdansk)
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on March 15, 1977As offshore oil operators move into deeper waters, the cost of constructing and installing conventional steel jacket or concrete gravity platforms rises steeply. The Tension Leg Platform System (T.L.P.) design by Deep Oil Technology Inc. of Long Beach, Calif., has been devised to economize
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on March 15, 1977"The climate is the best I have seen in 17 years for U.S.-flag ship operations," stated Michael Klebanoff, president, Ogden Marine Inc. (OMI), in a talk given at a recent meeting with New York securities analysts. Mr. Klebanoff reinforced this statement by saying that the imbalance between
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on March 15, 1977Halliburton Company and its subsidiary Brown & Root, Inc., P.O. Box 3, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced that Thomas J. Feehan, formerly Group vice president, has been named president and chief executive officer of Brown & Root. Mr. Feehan also was made a member of the board of directors
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on March 15, 1977The De Laval Separator Company has established a Marine/ Offshore Sales Department to provide increased service to this rapidly growing segment of the company's markets. Robert J. Wimmer has been named national sales manager for the new department. The sales force for the new marketing dep
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on March 15, 1977The American Ship Building Company has received a group of contracts totaling approximately $20 million for the conversion of a Great Lakes bulk carrier and construction of several types of barges. First of the contracts is with Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company for the conversion of its
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on March 15, 1977The 18th American Towing Tank Conference has been scheduled for August 23-25, 1977, at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. The conference is under the joint sponsorship of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Office of Naval Research. Technical sessions to be held in the following subject area
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on March 15, 1977The traditional bottle of champagne was recently crashed against the bow of the M/V Reeves Tide, the newest addition to Tidewater Marine Service's fleet of oil field service vessels, in christening ceremonies held at the Poydras Street Wharf, New Orleans, La. P e r f o r m i n g the honors
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on March 15, 1977Recognizing the growing importance of the Italian cargo access equipment market, the International MacGregor Organisation has established a new company in Genoa, MacGregor Italia S.p.A. MacGregor has been longestablished in Italy through the General Agency for Italy of MacGregor-Comarain S