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on October 15, 1981The Phoenix Seadrill Rig 3 — The Mr. Ray—an all-new slottedtype submersible posted drilling barge built by McDermott Inc. shipyard, New Iberia, La., was christened recently at ceremonies held at the yard. The rig can drill below 30,000 feet in nominal 7- to 21-foot water depths. It is one o
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- Gastech '81 page: 19
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on October 1981If the production, transportation and use of LNG and LPG are related to your business in any way, you should be in Hamburg, West Germany from October 20 to 23. At that time the 8th International LNG/LPG Conference and Exhibition will be in progress. These conferences are held every two year
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- Bay Shipbuilding Delivers The 'Energy Freedom'—First Of New Fleet Planned By Universal American page: 16
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on October 1981Bay Shipbuilding Corp., a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., r e c e n t l y d e l i v e r ed ahead of schedule the 550-foot Energy Freedom to Universal American Shipping Corporation of Greenwich, Conn. The Energy Freedom was d e s i g n e d , engineered and built by Bay Shipbuilding
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on October 1981The first American-owned, U.S.- flag, oceangoing freezer ship designed to operate off the U.S. East Coast was christened recently during ceremonies held at the New York Port Authority's Pier 1, Brooklyn. The "Holland" (shown above) will offer a new service to the East Coast fishing industry
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on October 1981The recent delivery of the Acadian Commander (shown right) and Acadian Explorer by Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., marked the completion of a six vessel contract with Acadian Marine Service, Inc. for the world's first diesel electric SCR tug/supply vessels. The 217-foot w o r k b o a
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on October 1981The Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) is adding a new dimension to its drilling fleet with the construction of a heavy-duty, fully winterized, s e l f - p r o p e l l e d semisubmersible with huge deckload capacities, that will be capable of operating in the ice-infested waters of
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on October 1981Two of the maritime industry's internationally respected organizations are sponsoring a two-day Extreme Loads Response Symposium to be held October 19-20 at the Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Va. The symposium is being arranged by the interagency Ship Structure Committee and The Societ
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- Two Vessels Trucked To 'Sea' page: 5
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on September 15, 1981Two recently delivered vessels—a vehicle ferry and a harbor push tug—had to endure difficult overland journeys by truck to reach the sites of their respective intended service. The Arctic Falcon is a 36-foot-long towboat that was specifically designed to be trucked overland. The vessel was del
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on September 15, 1981The Super Hydrodyne, an improved towboat design that resulted from an extensive $500,000 research and development program, was unveiled recently by St. Louis Ship, a division of Pott Industries Inc., St. Louis, Mo. The Super Hydrodyne, claimed to be more energy efficient and maneuverable th
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on September 15, 1981The building capabilities of some shipyards are hampered by the problems involved in moving a launch-ready hull across dry land to the ways. For Vancouver Shipyards Co., Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia, the solution has been to use "water bearings" to float the hull across land on a .
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on September 15, 1981The 55th Annual Convention of The Propeller Club of the United States, and the concurrent 1981 American Merchant Marine Conference, will be held in Baltimore, Md., on October 14, 15, and 16. Headquarters hotel for the event, which is being hosted by the Propeller Club Port of Baltimore, is
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- OCEANS 81 page: 12
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on September 15, 1981Oceans '81, the annual conference and exhibition sponsored by the IEEE Council of Oceanic Engineering and the Marine Technology Society, will be held September 16-18 at the Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Mass. A record 300 technical presentations will be made by eminent persons from academe, resea
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on September 15, 1981Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, I.a., and Tidewater Marine Service, Inc. signed contracts recently for the construction of eight new tug supply vessels totaling $30.8 million. The announcement was made by Sam S. Allgood, president of Tidewater Marine Service, and Harold P. Halter, preside
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on September 15, 1981The Port of Portland, Ore., is gearing up for the coming turn-of-the-century by which time it is anticipated that the volume of general cargo in the port will triple. The Port Commission recently accepted a master development plan devised by a 30- member Citizens Advisory Task Force. The init
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on September 15, 1981In a quarter-century of building selfelevating offshore mobile drilling rigs on its banks, the Old Man Mississippi has continually challenged Marathon LeTourneau Company's shipyard at Vicksburg to put them into the water without launchways. And for all the 68 rigs launched, the yard has respo
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on September 15, 1981The Petromar Bravo (shown above), third in a series of six 192-foot tug/supply boats being built by Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., for the Petromar Corporation of Rockport, Texas, was christened recently in Corpus Christi. The vessel was christened by Jan Cady, wife of George Cady
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on September 1981Latest offerings from the world s leading manufacturers Time being money for owners and operators of vessels and o f f - shore rigs, any speed-up in cargo handling produces cost savings, in many cases substantial ones. Recognizing this, manufacturers of all types of equipment used in thes
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on September 1981Some of New York City's harried mass transit users will have something- to look forward to this month. The first of two new ferries, the Andrew J. Barberi, is scheduled to enter service between St. George, Staten Island, and the Battery, on the tip of Manhattan. To the maritime community,
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on September 1981The year 1981 is a watershed, "a point of basic change in the direction and momentum of American maritime policy" that will see the start of the restoration of U.S. superiority," stated Assistant Secretary of the Navy George Sawyer in a recent address to the graduating class at Webb Institu
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- A Report On ASNE Day 1981 page: 67
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on September 1981More than 2,000 persons participated in the 1981 national meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) held in Washington, D.C. Nineteen local ASNE sections from around the country, including four student sections, were represented. The theme of the two-day meeting held at the Sh