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on February 1977A 180-foot by 40-foot offshore supply vessel being built for Arthur Levy Boat Service, Inc. was launched recently at the Moss Point, Miss., Division of Halter Marine Services, Inc. The new vessel, the Lincoln Seahorse, is designed and built to operate anywhere in the world where the explora
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on February 1977Bernard R. Schmidt, a sales engineer in the cathodic protection department of Federated Metals Corporation (a subsidiary of ASARCO Incorporated), has been named chairman of the Metropolitan New York Section of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE). Mr. Schmidt, who previous
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on February 1977Texaco Inc. has announced three appointments in its Marine Department. Richard Willoch has been named assistant to the vice president, Harry N. Pappas has been appointed manager-U.S. Fleet, and Gordon Van Hook has been named assistant manager- U.S. Fleet. In their new assignments, Messrs.
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- Skagit Corporation Appoints Three page: 15
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on February 1977Skagit Corporation, P.O. Box 151, Sedro-Woolley, Wash. 98284, has made several organizational changes in its Marketing Department according to George B. Klos, director of marketing. The changes include the promotions of James A. Carlsen to manager, long range planning and product developmen
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on February 1977Robert B. Skeele has been named president of Zapata Bulk Transport, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zapata Corporation, Zapata Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas 77001. The Houston-based company operates a fleet of U.S.-flag products tankers in international trade. Mr. Skeele is a vete
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on February 1977The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its third meeting of the 1976-77 season at The Engineer's Club in Philadelphia, Pa. It was also Past Chairman's Night and was a pleasant occasion for renewal of old friendships for the 65 members and guests.
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on February 1977The first installation on a U.S.- flag tanker of an Atlas S-Band radar with basic collision avoidance features was recently performed on the S/S Allegiance owned by International Ocean Transport Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. The radar Type Atlas 6500 S BCA was installed by Electro-Nav, Inc
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on February 1977Dr. Marvin A. Griffin, University of Alabama professor of computer science and industrial engineering, has joined Matson Navigation Company in San Francisco, Calif., as a vice president, it was announced by R.J. Pfeiffer, Matson president. Dr. Griffin, who previously served with Matson in t
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on February 1977James B. Platner has been promoted to assistant general manager of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Baltimore, Md., ship repair and conversion yards, Milton H. Leubecker, general manager, has announced. Mr. Platner, who joined Bethlehem in 1952 as a member of the firm's management training pro
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on February 1977Chesterton Clear Acrylic Lacquer, a tough, flexible, heavyduty clear coating formulated for marine maintenance services, has been developed by the A.W. Chesterton Company Chemical Products Division. The new product meets the performance r e q u i r e m e n t s of MIL-C-17504 as a coating co
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on February 1977Earle W. Pitt, president of The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, Mass. 02035, was elected chairman of the board of directors at the board's first meeting of the year 1977. He succeeds Ralph Hayden, who retired in December, and also stepped down as a director. Mr. Pitt will continue as the company
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on February 1977Dravo Corporation, One Oliver Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222, has announced the appointment of C.J. Donoghue as general commercial manager for the company's International Construction Division. He will be responsible for all commercial activities of the division and will coordinate and monito
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on February 1977More than 85 members and guests of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Pacific Northwest Section met at Craig's Olympia Oyster House in Seattle, Wash., on December 2, 1976 to view a film on Arctic marine freight operations. Prior to screening of the film, George H. Stebbins w
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on February 1977John M. Wise, general manager of the Protective Coatings Division of International Paint Co., Inc., has announced the appointment of Jack Voyles and Al Ellis as engineering specialists. Formerly chief engineer of coatings sales for AMF Tuboscope, Mr. Voyles joined the International Paint Grou
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on February 1977A new 95-foot oceangoing tug, the Selat Siberut, built by Equitable Shipyards, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently was loaded aboard the cargo ship Louise Lykes. The tug was built by Equitable Shipyards for the Government of Indonesia, and will be offloaded by the Lykes ship at Singapore, after
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on February 1977Sixty-five thousand pounds of lead donated by ASARCO Incorporated has been used in the construction of a full-scale operational replica of the 12-gun sloop Providence, a colonial warship that was the first to be authorized by the Continental Navy. The lead, which was used for the recently com
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on February 1977Thomas J. Patterson Jr., western regional director, U.S. Maritime Administration, recently addressed a luncheon meeting in San Francisco, Calif., of the California Chapter of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association, on the 1976 progress of the U.S. marine industry under the Merchan
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- Spiltrol Harbor Skimmer Delivered page: 49
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on February 1977Seaward International, Inc., recently delivered another Spiltrol Harbor Skimmer to Asiatic Petroleum Corporation. This is the second that Asiatic has purchased, and it will clean up spills in the Strait of Malacca. The first stands ready at Singapore where Esso Singapore Private, Ltd., also
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- San Francisco Area Sections Of SNAME And ASNE Told Of Business Problems In Ship Maintenance page: 49
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on February 1977Robert S. Boston, assistant to the Chief of Naval Engineering, 12th Coast Guard District, presented a paper entitled "Management of Shipboard Maintenance" at a recent joint dinner meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Gold
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on February 1977B.V. Bureau Wijsmuller Towage and Salvage Company of IJmuiden, Holland, recently took delivery of the new oceangoing tug Typhoon. The tug is the first of two being built by Van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard at Alblasserdam, Holland. The second tug, which will be delivered in March, has been