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on July 1980A new dredge, developed in Australia, has been termed by engineers as a breakthrough in its field. This hydraulic bucket wheel c u t t e r / d r e d g e was produced after two years of testing, proving, and modifying the prototype under actual working conditions, according to the Australian
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on June 15, 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company recently launched the motor vessel Pride of Texas at its Orange, Texas, shipyard. The 36,000-dwt dry bulk carrier was christened by Mrs. Valerie Nemirow, wife of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs Samuel B. Nemirow, in the presence of some 7
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on June 1980A N e w Concept In M a r i n e Transport Is Seeded Only In Times Of Economic U p h e a v a l And Bears Fruit Only If It Is A d a p t a b l e To Economics Of A C h a n g i n g Pattern The most c h a l l e n g i n g and unique problem the naval architect faces when developing the design of a n
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on May 15, 1980The Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, which is presently undergoing considerable expansion, recently inaugurated a new 1,200- ton Crandall r a i l w a y d r y d o c k, with a side transfer system to enable as many as four vessels to be docked simultaneously. The construction was undertaken by the
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- The Shipbuilding Market In The USA page: 24
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on May 15, 1980During most of the 20th century there has been a debate in the United States about the operation of and the need for shipping and shipbuilding. The debate was interrupted by two world wars and has been intensified during the past 30 years. During the same period, the political and economic in
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- Safety And The Marine Environment page: 44
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on May 1980Years of planning will come to fruition with the 1980 SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium. This has all taken place under a Steering Committee headed by George Uberti of National Steel and Shipbuilding, prominent in the Society's San Diego Section, and by a papers committee headed by Rear
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on May 1980An entirely new concept in offshore oil production facility, called the BTMM Production and Storage Ship, has been designed and developed by Tenvig Offshore A.S (Tenvig) of Oslo, Norway. The fully developed design of the ship and its systems was performed by Tenvig in cooperation with A/S K
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on April 15, 1980Recommendations Are Presented Which Will Enable The Boiler Purchaser Or Designer To Specify Materials, Design Features, And Operating Guidelines Which Should Assist In Establishing Boiler Reliability In an attempt to investigate the phenomena which affect marine boiler reliability, the Mariti
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on April 15, 1980The Carl V i n s o n (CVN-70), third Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched recently during c e r e m o n i e s at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Not only was the launch a major step in the U.S. Navy's shipbuilding program, but also Carl Vinson is the first liv
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on April 15, 1980John P. Laborde of Tidewater, Inc. is the new chairman of the National Ocean Industries Association. He was elected by the b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s during the NOIA Eighth Annual Meeting, March 1980. Mr. Laborde, whose office is in New Orleans, La., has been active in the Association s
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- RORO80 page: 38
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on April 1980The 4th International Conference And Exhibition The 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Roll-On Roll-Off Transportation will be held from April 15-17, 1980 in Monte Carlo at the new Convention Centre. The Principality of Monaco is l o c a t e d midway between the French and Ital
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on April 1980Lester Rosenblatt, president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, recently announced the following committee chairmen for 1980: Vice president—Advisory Public Service Committee—Donald P. Courtsal, vice president and general manager, Dravo Corporation, E n g i n e e r i n
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on April 1980The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has been authorized to act as a "Certified Verification Agent" by the Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior to ensure that offshore fixed platforms and other structures meet federal standards. The standards apply to fixed stru
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- OTC-8O page: 12
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on April 1980PREVIEW-12th Annual Conference And Exhibition— There is one event each year that the entire offshore industry recognizes as the focal point for the dissemination and display of the latest technology, equipment, and services—The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The Conference will be h
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on April 1980The Gulfwind, the first completely computer- designed offshore jackup drilling rig, is under construction for Chiles Drilling Company of Houston, Texas, at Marathon LeTourneau Company's Brownsville, Texas, yard, Marathon announced from its Houston headquarters. The Marathon-class 150-44-C can
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on April 1980The annual membership meeting of Western Shipbuilding Association (WSA) was held recently in San Francisco, Calif. Rear Adm. James K. Nunneley, USN, Deputy Commander for Industrial and Facility Management, Naval Sea S y s t e m s Command, Washington, D.C., was the guest speaker. Admiral Nu
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on March 15, 1980R.J. Brown and Associates has been awarded a contract by Esso Australia Ltd. for the design of an underwater plow to trench-in a pipeline following its installation in Bass Strait, off Southeast Australia. The 23-mile 24-inch gas transmission line will connect the Snapper "A" production platfo
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on March 1980The second of a series of 1,200- ton/225-foot seiners being bulit by Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., splashed into Sturgeon Bay's waters on January 5, 1980, nearly three months ahead of schedule. The Captain Frank Medina (shown above) is owned by the Carolyn M. Corporation of S
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on February 15, 1980The past five years in the history of Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., have been marked by construction of three new submarine tenders for the U.S. Navy and expansion of ship repair capabilities. Concurrent with construction of AS-39 Land-class submarine t e n d
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- Is A Big Bulk Carrier A Good Bet? page: 48
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on February 15, 1980Entering the 1980s, it is hard to believe that it is now more than six years since the last "boom" in the big bulk carrier market was ended by the "Oil Crisis," and an abrupt change in the trading pattern of the combined fleet. For much of this period, operators of big bulk carriers—and by "bi