Long 1981 Articles
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- SNAME page: 36
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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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- Outstanding Vessels page: 22
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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
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- M/V Europa Completes Sea Trials; Luxury Cruise Liner Filled With Many Environmental Safeguards page: 18
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on December 1981The new flagship of the German merchant fleet, the luxury liner M / V Europa, recently completed almost three days of sea trials in the North Sea. The 35,000-grt liner is scheduled to undertake her maiden voyage on January 8, 1982. The vessel was built by Bremer Vulkan shipyard, Bremen, Wes
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on December 1981The emergency support vessel (ESV) lolair, built by Scott Lithgow Ltd. at Greenock on the Clyde for British Petroleum Ltd. and the British National Oil Corporation, is undergoing extensive sea trials before final fitting out and service in the North Sea. Of a semisubmersible construction, t
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on November 15, 1981new oil recovery vessel was recently delivered to the owners, The Lake Committee, Lake Maracaibo, La Salina, Venezuela. Designed by Centrifugal Systems, Inc. of Houston, Texas, and built by Monark Boat Company, Monticello, Ark., the Marlimpia is a catamaran type, self-propelled, 28-ton alum
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on November 15, 1981The Inland Waterways Division of Pott Industries, Inc., St. Louis, recently christened its newest towboat, the M / V Mike Schmaeng, an 1,800-hp towboat, built by Inland Marine Constructors, Inc. of Evansville, Ind. The christening ceremonies were at Evansville. The new towboat is named afte
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- ISOSO '81 page: 92
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on November 1981An International Symposium To Assist Ship Operators To Improve Operations "International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO '81) is a 'Catch 22' title, deliberately. There are so many factors that go into the safe, profitable and efficient operations of a ship on the high seas that every
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- EUROPORT '81 page: 62
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on November 1981Europort '81 — the largest international maritime exhibition and conference—will be 20 years old this month. In terms of products, equipment, and technological presentations, this 20th anniversary show will be as young as tomorrow. The exhibit will be held in Rai Halls, Amsterdam, Netherlan
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on November 1981Most operators are not aware that just by operating their boilers within their design criteria, they can save 1.8 percent of their fuel costs. This fact was established by one owner over six years ago. Vessels operating under the U.S. flag today were, for the most part, designed and built i
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- 89th SNAME Annual Meeting page: 10
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on November 1981The 89th Annual Meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will convene at The New York Hilton Hotel, New York, N.Y. on November 19-21, 1981. "This is by far the Society's largest annual event," stated John J. Nachtsheim, president of the Society, "with more than 1,000
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on November 1981The number of vessels in American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) classification has climbed to a record total, William N. Johnston, the chairman and president, reported at the semiannual meeting of the international ship classification society. ABS classed 388 new vessels of 3,200,000 dwt or 1,857,
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on November 1981In June, 1981, Ohio River Company's Huntington, W.Va. coal transfer terminal began operating at a throughput of five million tons per year—up from an average of 3.5 million tons per year. The 75-percent-capacity increase was gained through a 19- month renovation project that was carried out
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on October 15, 1981The two major factors influencing diesel engine design and development continue to be the soaring fuel costs and deterioration in the quality of marine fuels. While most diesel designers are working to modify existing models to achieve lower specific fuel consumption, a milestone urns achie
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on October 15, 1981The Igloo Finn, an 11,200-dwt gas and chemical carrier was delivered recently by Moss Rosenberg Verft, a.s. to Partrederiet NEMO, Oslo, Norway. It is the first in a series of three and will be operated by A / S Havtor Management, Oslo. The Igloo Finn (shown above) is a highly sophisticated
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on October 15, 1981Tidewater Inc., New Orleans, La., announced the election of Damon B. Bankston as president and chief operating officer, and Victor I. Koock and William J. Ramey as vice presidents. Mr. Bankston, former senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Tidewater Inc., succeeds J