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on February 15, 1983Edward J. Campbell, president and chief executive officer of Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., recently announced five executive appointments which became effective on January 1. The appointments were: William P. Fricks, formerly vice president, finance, has been named vice pre
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on January 15, 1983The Maritime Subsidy Board and the Maritime Administrator recently approved applications under which Crowley Maritime International, Inc., a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp., will acquire all stock in Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., from Holiday Inns, Inc., for $96 million. Approval of the s
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on January 15, 1983The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL), Port Hueneme, Calif., a leading investigator of innovative pier designs for surface combatant ships such as frigates, destroyers, and cruisers, has completed two comprehensive studies to generate new design ideas and to influence future pier co
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on January 15, 1983W e s t C o a s t C o m b a t S y s t e m s M e e t i ng The Long Beach-Greater Los Angeles and the San Diego Sections of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), in conjunction with the Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific and the Naval Ship Weapon Systems Engineering Station, is
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on January 15, 1983The Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association (CSSRA) recently held its semiannual general meeting in Ottawa. The CSSRA represents 25 shipbuilding and ship repair firms and 72 allied industries from coast to coast. Meetings of the board of directors and allied members were also h
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on January 15, 1983Energy Transportation Corporation of New York City has taken delivery of a tug and 420- foot notched-stern barge for the transportation of liquefied ammonia in the Gulf Coast area. The tug/barge will be operated by Energy Ammonia Transportation Corporation, a subsidiary, under long-term tim
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on January 15, 1983Plans are on the drawing board to construct a modern port in Nome, Alaska. The city is asking the state legislature to appropriate $38.5 million for construction of a medium draft port near the mouth of the Snake River. The project is the number one priority for marine construction in northern
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on January 9, 1982September 30 - October 2 Siloxi, Mississippi The American Society of Naval Engineers, in conjunction with the Ingalls Shipbuilding and Data Systems Divisions of Litton Industries and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, U.S. Navy, P a s c a g o u l a, Miss., are sponsori
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on January 9, 1982SHIP-trans-PORT Symposium Rotterdam, Netherlands Sept. 6-10 Sponsored by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and the Port of Rotterdam to celebrate the 50th anniversary of both organizations. Contact: MARIN, P.O. Box 1555, 3000 BN Rotterdam, Netherlands, Tel. (010) 114768; te
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on January 9, 1982September 30 - October 1, — New York, NY The New York Metropolitan Section of SNAME, in conjunction with T&R Panel 0-36 (Economic Analysis of Marine Transportation Systems), The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, will present from September 30th to October 1st a "Symposium
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on January 4, 1982The nation's railroads will receive major profit windfalls in the next few years due to a change of accounting methods allowed them in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, according to a study conducted by the Chicago law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook. The study was jointly published by a
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on January 4, 1982May 3-6, 1982 Houston The technology used to find and produce offshore resources has probably undergone more advancement over the last decade than any other segment of any other industry. The most recent advances will be revealed at the 14th annual Offshore Technology Conference set for
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on January 4, 1982Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered a 127- foot raised pilothouse tug, the Capt. Fred Bouchard, to Bouchard Transportation, Inc. of Hicksville, N.Y. The vessel was named after the company's founder. The versatile vessel can be mated with notched stern barges, tow in the co
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on December 15, 1981A Report On The 89th Annual Meeting A series of extremely interesting technical papers, a banquet, dinner-dance, and the presenting of traditional awards were the hallmarks of the 89th annual meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held in the New York Hilton Hotel
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on December 15, 1981The USSR has launched a nuclear merchant shipbuilding program which will, by the close of the 1980s, make the Soviet merchant marine the only one to have both nuclear-powered icebreakers and cargo vessels. According to a report in the journal "Soviet Shipping," the first nuclear-powered mer
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on December 15, 1981Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., recently announced several new executive personnel assignments at the corporate and division levels. The new corporate assignments are: M.J. Hill, from president, Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Company, to corporate executive vice president, Hous
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on December 15, 1981One of the many features that characterizes an LNG carrier is the presence of cargo boil-off, the result of heat leakage to the cargo f r om the surroundings. Until now, the boil-off has been utilized as fuel in producing steam f o r the steam-turbine propulsion plant. However, LNG has latel
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on December 15, 1981Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division, recently sponsored the first international marine diesel engine seminar to be held on the West Coast. Four major diesel manufacturers made half-day presentations at the two-day conference that was attended by more than 150 persons representing more th
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on December 1981Edward E. Paden, president of Levingston Industries, Inc., has announced three senior management assignments resulting from the formation of two new companies within the Levingston Group. Joe Barrios, currently president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, has been appointed president of th
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on December 1981[...] Review — Blue Ridge cargo tanks. Each tank is fitted with a deep well cargo pump. The 658-foot-long ship is also fitted with a cylindrical appendage- type bulbous bow to improve speed, and is powered by a GE steam turbine engine. The Blue Ridge and her sister ships incor- porate st