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on March 1977Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine, president John F. Sullivan recently announced the promotion of three of his department managers to vice presidents. Named were Royce A. Young Jr., vice president of production, Robert M. Smith, vice president of industrial and community relations, and Hug
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on March 1977F. Steven Carlon has been employed by Savannah Machine and Shipyard Co. of Savannah, Ga., in the position of contracting sales engineer for the industrial steel fabrication division, as announced by David H. Green, executive vice president. Mr. Carlon graduated from Virginia Military Institut
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on March 1977Atco Marine Corporation of Brooklyn, N.Y., has announced that it is now manufacturing the Waco magnetic pilot hoist under license from Walcker & Company of Bremerhaven, Germany. George C. Grimbilas, president of Atco Marine, in making his announcement, indicated that while Atco has been marke
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on March 1977A new endurance record for gas-turbine powered commercial ships was established recently when the Australian cargo vessel Iron Monarch, equipped with a General Electric marine heavy duty (industrial) gasturbine engine, completed over 10,000 fired hours of operation, and three years operation,
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on March 1977Saudi Arabian ports have greatly improved the problems of congestion and berthing facilities, reported Paul Semack, president of Marine Transport Service, Inc. (MTS) of New York, N.Y., which operates ro/ro vessels with container capability between Galveston, Texas, Baltimore, Md., Philadelphi
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on March 1977The General Electric Company Limited of London, England (GEC), which is not affiliated with the General Electric Co. of U.S.A., has announced that it completed the purchase of ALCO Engines, White Industrial Power, Inc., from White Motor Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio. The new name for the 1
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on March 1977John M. Wise, general manager of the Protective Coatings Division of International Paint Company, Inc., has announced the appointment of John S. Cole as manager, Southwest District sales. Formerly with Noury Chemical Co., Mr. Cole has 16 years of experience in the chemical industry, 11 of
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on March 1977After years of research on internal insulation systems for LPG carriers under license from Shell Research, Ltd., and fully utilizing the company's experience in the construction of independent tank-type LPG carriers, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. of Japan completed the world's first int
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on March 1977Erich H. Feierabend has been named vice president of manufacturing for Abex Corporation, Denison Division, according to an announcement by B.R. Horne, division president. Mr. Feierabend will be located at the division's headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, and will be responsible for all United
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on March 1977Pott Industries Inc., 611 East Marceau Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63111, has announced that Gulf Fleet Jones (Ireland) Limited, a recently formed Irish corporation owned by Pott and The Jones Group Limited of Dublin, had been awarded a contract by Marathon Petroleum Ireland Limited to furnish t
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on March 1977Newpark Resources, Inc., has announced their purchase of a 50 percent interest in Bulkfleet Marine Corporation for an undisclosed cash amount. Bulkfleet was organized to design, construct and operate Dedicated Deep Notch Tug Barge Units (DDNTBU) in charter service along the U.S. Gulf, Carib
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on March 1977Svend Hansen Sr., chairman and founder of Hansen and Tidemann, Inc., ship agents, charter brokers, and related transportation services, was awarded the "Order of Good Hope" recently by the South African Government. Mr. Hansen, who is Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of South Africa i
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on March 1977Schmidt Manufacturing, Inc. of Houston, Texas, has introduced the Model BRC 4000, a unique new sandblasting system designed to blast, recover, and classify blasting abrasive. The BRC 4000 is comprised of a blasting unit, a vacuum recovery system, and a classification system, all in a single
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on March 1977Frederick L. Smith has been elected vice president of Oil Mop, Inc., it was announced by Kelvin J. Smythe, president and chief executive officer of the Belle Chasse, La.-based manufacturer of pollution control equipment. Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana with
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on March 1977Wichmann Diesel, Inc. has announced the opening of offices at 2701 Delaware Avenue, Kenner, La. 70062, which serves as base for operations in the U.S., Canada and South America. The parent company, Wichmann Motorfabrikk A/S of Bergen, Norway, was founded in 1903. From a very modest family b
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on March 1977St. Louis Ship Division of Pott Industries has announced that it now has available an additional line of FAST marine sewage treatment systems. The systems, called Mini-FAST, are USCG certified as Type II flow-through devices. Mini-FAST units are furnished as individual components with each
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on March 1977Jered Industries, 1300 South Coolidge Road, Birmingham, Mich. 48008, have recently been awarded two major contracts for their vacuum flush sewage handling system. The total value of the contracts are in excess of $2,000,000. Both systems comply with the Type III no-discharge requirements sp
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on March 1977Richard N. Weeks, president of Weeks Stevedoring Co., Inc., 216 North Avenue East, Cranford, N.J. 07016, has announced the recent acquisition of two barge-mounted cranes to complement their fleet of floating cranes now numbering 18. Formerly owned and operated by Prolerized Schiabo Neu Co.
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on March 1977Decca Survey Overseas Limited, England, has announced that the firm is now providing full marine consultancy services in the Arabian Gulf area through its Bahrain office. This service is designed to meet the requirements of clients in this area who may not have the appropriate expertise ava
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on March 1977Avondale Shipyards has announced the appointment of Douglas L. Oehrlein as marketing manager for the main yard located on the Mississippi River approximately 10 miles above New Orleans, La. Avondale Shipyards is a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation and is one of the largest and most successful