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on November 1977The National Shipbuilding Research Program Was Developed By The Maritime Administration And The Society Of Naval Architects And Marine Engineers To Serve All U.S. Shipbuilders. The singular characteristic of the National Shipbuilding Research Program is its focus only on making the shipbui
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on November 1977The 85th Annual Meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will convene at the New York Hilton Hotel on November 10-12, 1977, it was announced by Robert T. Young, president of the Society. "This is by far the Society's largest annual event," he said, "with more than 2,0
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on November 1977A joint venture agreement to develop a new class of Surface Effect Ships for the marine industry has been announced by Bell Aerospace Textron and Halter Marine Services, Inc. The venture, known as Bell- Halter and based at New Orleans (Post Office Box 29211, New Orleans, La. 70189), has sta
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on October 15, 1977The latest edition of Lloyd's Register of Shipping "Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships" will be issued later this year and become effective on January 1, 1978. In addition to the many major technical Rule changes which have been made, subscribers will see a great differenc
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on October 15, 1977Port Fabricators, Inc., specializing in the design, construction, maintenance and repairs of facilities and equipment for the petroleum and marine industry, has recently been established at the Port of New Iberia, La. Occupying a 12-acre waterfront site, the new industry represents a "total
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on October 15, 1977For 39 years, the Title XI Federal Ship Mortgage Guarantee Insurance program has run smoothly and effectively. To bring it under control of the Federal Financing Bank, as now proposed, would only add another "layer of bureaucracy," cause interminable delays, and increase costs in administeri
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on October 15, 1977The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) classed 1,056 new vessels of 12,581,000 deadweight tons, or 6,636,000 gross tons, in the first six months of this year, chairman and president Robert T. Young reported at the semiannual meeting of the ABS board of managers held in New York City. During
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on October 15, 1977Avondale Shipyards, Incorporated, New Orleans, La., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, recently launched the second of a series of four segregated ballast tankers for The Standard Oil Company (Ohio). The new ships will sail under charter to SPC Shipping, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of S
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on October 15, 1977Although it is only recently that so much attention has been focused on the prospects for ro/ ro shipping, this type of handling has, in fact, been employed for a number of years on both shortsea and deepsea trades—and with every evidence of success. For example, the advantages of direct sh
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on October 15, 1977James A. Farrell Jr., chairman of Farrell Lines Incorporated, is the 1977 recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award (AOTOS). At 76, and still active as chairman of his family-owned line, he has logged a full halfcentury of energetic pioneering service to the cause of Americanflag ship
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on October 1977The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Washington, D.C., has announced that 101 plant facilities were located along the waterways of the United States in the first quarter of 1977, creating over 6,000 permanent jobs. Of the 101 plant facilities, 74 reported capital investments totaling $1,
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on October 1977N u c l e a r - p o w e r e d merchant ships will sail the oceans by 1990, says Robert T. Young, chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Addressing a meeting of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association in Hong Kong, Mr. Young said that "the operating record of the nucle
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on October 1977The 508,731-dwt ultra large crude carrier (ULCC) supertanker Esso Atlantic, the largest ship built in Japan to date, was delivered to her owner, Esso Tankers, Inc. of Liberia, on August 11, 1977, at Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Shipyard. Besides being the largest ship ever built in Japan, she is
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on October 1977Sessions on a variety of technological, educational and public policy topics will highlight the OCEANS '77 Conference, set for October 17-18-19 in Los Angeles, Calif. This annual meeting and exposition is jointly sponsored by the Marine Technology Society and the Institute of Electrical and
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on October 1977Todd Shipyards Corporation and Santa Fe International Corp. jointly announced the award of a contract to Todd for the construction of the first self-propelled pipelaying reel ship. According to E.L. Shannon Jr., Santa Fe president, the vessel will cost approximately $28,000,000, including o
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on October 1977In recent months, there have been many press and industry reports to suggest a growing interest in LNG shipping, the reports being a mixture of favorable and unfavorable news for owners and operators of LNG carriers, but leaning toward a generally improved outlook for LNG shipping. This app
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on September 15, 1977Norfolk Shipbuliding and Drydock Corporation (Norshipco), Norfolk, Va., has dedicated its new $5-million, 1,030-foot pier for general ship repair, marking completion of the initial phase of an expansion program expected to nearly double the yard's current 2,200 employment within four years.
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on September 15, 1977The 1977-78 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships maintains the format initiated in the previous edition. In addition, a new section of ship silhouettes and a worldwide pennant list of major surface ships have been added to assist recognition. With complete revision of all data and well over 1,2
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on September 15, 1977For two 14,300-dwt ro/ro container vessels building at Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel, for the German owner Deutsche Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft "Hansa," Bremen, MacGregor has supplied a comprehensive array of ro/ro equipment. The most spectacular item is, undoubtedly, the stern acce
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on September 15, 1977"The American Merchant Marine— Lifeline to Peace and Progress" is the theme of the 51st Annual National Convention of The Propeller Club of the United States and the 1977 American Merchant Marine Conference, which will be held October 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1977, at the Moody Civic Center i