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on October 1980This year's 54th Annual Convention of The Propeller Club of the United States, and the concurrent 1980 American Merchant Marine Conference, will take place on October 8-10. The host Propeller Club Ports for the event will be Seattle and Tacoma, but all sessions will be held in Seattle's Was
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- MARICHEM 80 page: 28
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on October 1980Third International Conference On Marine Transportation, Handling And Storage of Bulk Chemicals This year's International Conference on the Marine Transportation, Handling and Storage of Bulk Chemicals—MariChem 80— will be held October 21-23 in the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, England.
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- EUROPEC II page: 14
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on October 1980EUROPEC II, to be held from October 21 to October 24, 1980 at Earls Court, London, England, will be the world's foremost event dealing with North Sea conditions, operations, and engineering challenges. Its impact on the future of North Sea operations — and similar activities in other offshor
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on October 1980In the shadow of the St. Louis Arch, Ingram Barge Company recently christened their new 9,000- bhp St. Louis Ship-built towboat, the M / V John M. Donnelly. The new vessel is named for John M. Donnelly, president of Ingram Barge and a director of Ingram Industries. He is presently chairman
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on September 15, 1980Private American shipyards have been invited to bid on the first Lwo Maritime Prepositioning Ships, a new class of cargo vessels designed to provide standby logistic support for the rapid deployment of United States Marines around the world. The invitation was extended by the Maritime Admin
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- New UPSCO Shipyard Begins Production page: 36
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on September 15, 1980An entirely new shipyard, programmed to build commercial tug/ barge units, is now in operation in Ontonagon, Mich. Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Company (UPSCO), a privately owned firm, was formed in May of 1979 when its president, Charles H. Kerkman, together with Robert J. Rotundo and Robe
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- MTC '80 page: 40
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on September 15, 1980"Decade Of The Oceans" More Than 150 Technical Papers—More Than 200 Exhibits This year's Marine Technology Conference, to be held October 6-8 at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to hear U.S. Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt as the keynote speaker. Scores of sci
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on September 15, 1980The recent drydocking and inspection of the SS United States at Norshipco's yard in Norfolk showed the 28-year-old ship to be in excellent condition, both inside and out. Since the world's fastest passenger liner was mothballed in 1969, the Maritime Administration has provided her with meti
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- Multi-Purpose Mobilization Ship page: 14
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on September 15, 1980One of the Maritime Administration's (MarAd) missions is to provide shipping capability during a declared national emergency. As one part of this mission MarAd has identified the need to have "on-the-shelf" plans and specifications f o r designs which will satisfy shipping requirements. Mar
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on September 1980The first American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Ship Systems Symposium will be held on October 2 and 3, 1980, at the Cherry Hill Inn, Cherry Hill, N.J. It is being held at the start of the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) for modernization of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at the
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- SMM 80 page: 14
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on September 19809th Exhibition And Congress Ship, Mad mery, Marine Technology International Amid general signs of a worldwide recovery in the shipbuilding industry, the 9th Exhibition and Congress of Ship, Machinery, Marine Technology International will be held in Hamburg, West Germany, from September 23
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on September 1980Avondale Shipyards recently launched the Eagle I, one of the largest split-hull hopper dredges in the world, for Eagle Dredging Corporation of New Orleans. The unique vessel is being constructed at a cost of more than $30 million, according to J.W. Bean, president of Eagle Dredging. The Eag
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on August 15, 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, delivered 30 large commercial vessels during the first six months of 1980. For that period, Halter president Floyd J. Naquin reported deliveries of 17 supply vessels, seven crewboats, five tugs, and one utility/fireboat from the company's six commercial ship
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on August 15, 1980The Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard in Lockport, La., is directing special attention to the ballast tanks on its ships. Since this shipyard constructs numerous vessels of every size, shape and purpose, a lot of ballast tanks are involved. Ballast tanks receive intermittent exposure to salt
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on August 15, 1980The Philadelphia Sun, second of a new class of fuel-efficient, dieselp o w e r e d coastal tankers under construction for Sun Transport, was launched recently at the Chester, Pa., yard of Sun Ship. A cheering crowd of more than 8,000 guests, employees and their families looked on as Mrs. Pat
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on August 1980A large contingent of the San Diego and San Pedro tuna fishing industry gathered in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., recently to witness the christening and delivery' of the tuna seiner Captain Frank Medina, built for Capt. and Mrs. Joe Medina Jr. of San Diego; and the launching of the Jane for Venatun,
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- Coal-Fired Marine Boilers page: 42
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on August 1980A Coal-Fired Marine Steam Plant Can Be Offered Today Which Will Provide The Same High Traditional Reliability. The origin of the steam boiler can be directly related to the invention of the steam engine, and its development has been a vital element in the successful generation of power by s
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on August 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP), Pascagoula, Miss., marked its entry into the foreign market with the delivery of the 112-foot offshore supply vessel Grayscout to Gray MacKenzie Company, Ltd., Marine Division, Bahrain. The vessel departed from Pascagoula recently to join the already siz
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on July 15, 1980The 7 6 - f o o t tug Jekyll Isle (shown above) has been delivered by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Corporation, Somerset, Mass., to Jekyll Towing and Marine Services Corporation of Jekyll Island, Ga. With the power and range to perform both mid-ocean and coastal work, the 185-ton vessel fills
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on July 15, 1980The final meeting of the 1979- 80 technical program of the Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Bethesda Naval Hospital Officers Club. George H. Levine and John F. Walter of the Maritime Administration, who were introduced by mo