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- Philadelphia Resins System Solves Alignment Problems On World's Largest Movable Flood Barrier page: 124
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on June 1983To protect more than a million Londoners and an estimated $8- billion worth of property, the world's largest movable flood barrier has been put into operation on the River Thames, eight miles downstream from Parliament Square. The entire island of England, Scotland, and Wales is tilting in
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on April 1983Patti Shipbuilding of Pensacola, Fla. recently delivered the oceangoing tug M/V Navasota to Brazosport Towing Co. Inc. of Freeport, Texas. The Navasota is a 100-foot by 30-foot, 3,600-hp class oceangoing tug and is ABS classed + Maltese cross A1 all ocean towing service, + Maltese cross AM
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on April 1983The Ocean Odyssey, a new super-class Arctic semisubmersible recently completed for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans, was christened during impressive ceremonies held at the Oppama shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. in Japan. After completing sea trials on
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on April 1983"The coming year shows signs of both hope and danger for the U.S. barge and towing industry," the new chairman of the board of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO), told the association's members recently. "The hope is based on some longawaited signs of economic recovery, which woul
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on April 1983The first ship's keel to be laid in the U.S. Navy's maritime prepositioning ship program was dedicated recently at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard by Gen. Paul X. Kelley, Assistant Commandant and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Marine Corps. In his remarks, General Ke
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- SNAME Announces 1983 Committee Chairmen page: 100
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on April 1983C.L. French, president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, recently announced the society's committee chairmen for 1983. STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES Advisory Public Service Committee — Donald P. Courtsal, treasurer, Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., and vice pres
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on April 1983The largest, most powerful, diesel-electric, anchor / handling, tug/supply boats ever built in the United States are now nearing completion at Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La. The two new 225-foot, 12,280- hp vessels, the Kodiak I and Kodiak II being built for the Penrod Drilling Corpo
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on April 1983May 2-5, 1983, Houston Discoveries big and small — "Oceans of Discoveries" — will be found at the 1983 Offshore Technology Conference, May 2 through 5, at the Astrodomain Complex in Houston, Texas. It will bring together leading authorities on the offshore industry, scientists, engineers
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on March 15, 1983The North Sounder, reported to be tB8* largest self-propelled oil-spill skimmer in the U.S., was placed in service recently in Seattle, Wash., for the protection of Puget Sound waters by Clean Sound, an organization of 13 petroleum industry companies. The North Sounder will be based in Bell
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on March 15, 1983SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. — A p r i l 6-8 The maritime world, indeed the world at large, is changing rapidly. What has happened and is going to happen will be the focus of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers' Spring Meeting/STAR Sy
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- 1983 RTCM ASSEMBLY page: 12
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on March 15, 1983Savannah, Georgia - April 17 - 20 The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) will hold its 1983 Annual Assembly Meeting April 17- 20 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Savannah, Ga. The Assembly is being hosted by the United States Power Squadrons. During the Assembly there wi
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on March 1983Delivery of a new 14,000-tonlifting- capacity drydock, built for Todd Shipyards Corporation, New York, N.Y., by Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Mobile, Ala., was made recently during ceremonies at the builder's facility to Todd president Hans K. Schaefer. The new drydock will be ins
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- SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL MARITIME SHOW page: 46
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on March 1983A PREVIEW The Second Annual National Maritime Show and Maritime America Conference will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center on March 29-31, 1983. Over 90 manufacturers and suppliers of marine-related equipment will display their range of products and services at the Baltimore faci
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on March 1983Bender Shipbuilding and Repair of Mobile, Ala., recently entered into an agreement with Cleaver and Walkingshaw Ltd., naval architects of Vancouver, B.C., which permits the Gulf Coast yard to offer the proven "hostile" class design to the American Offshore Service industry for construction
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on March 1983A $121-million contract for the construction of the first Gulfspanclass ferry for service between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, was signed recently by the presidents of CN Marine and Davie Shipbuilding of Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. The largest ship ever designe
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on March 1983Halter Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently delivered the Point Chaleur, the second of four 191-foot tug/supply boats to Point Express, Ltd., of Morgan City, La. The Point Chaleur is 191 feet long with a 40-foot beam and a 14-foot depth. She is powered by two EMD 16-645C diesel engine
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on March 1983Southwest Marine, Inc. of San Diego, Calif., recently announced two major achievements in its more than $40-million renovation project — the signing of a contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan to construct a new hi-tech computerized drydock, and the acquisition of a major Wes
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on February 15, 1983The U.S. Navy is currently searching for companies capable of performing naval machinery overhaul work. In an effort to improve the quality of naval machinery Class B overhauls, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is implementing a program to direct procurement of repair services for se
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on February 15, 1983Halter Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently delivered the Point Bravo, the first of four 191-fo?5f ~Tug7supply boats to Point Express, Ltd. of Morgan City, La. The Point Bravo is 191 feet long with a 40-foot beam and a 14-foot depth. She is powered by two EMD 16-645C diesel engines d
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- AWO 40 YEARS OF PROGRESS page: 34
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on February 15, 1983Forty years ago, the American Waterways Operators, Inc., was founded for the purpose of representing the national interests of the inland and coastal marine transportation industry. AWO was incorporated in 1944. On March 3-4, this premier organization will hold its Annual Meeting in Washing