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on March 1980The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a comprehensive "Manual of Practice for Protection and Cleanup of Shorelines" from oil spills. The two-volume manual was prepared by Woodward-Clyde Consultants (San Francisco). The manual is designed as a decision-making guide to provide
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on March 1980The newly christened fishing vessel Birgit-N is the first crabber/ trawler built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc., Tacoma, Wash., for service in the Bering Sea. The Birgit-N (shown above) was built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc. for Peter Njardvik and A.O. Nordheim to join their other vess
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on March 1980An International S y m p o s i um on "Automation for Safety in Shipping and Offshore Petroleum Operations" (ASSOPO '80) is scheduled to be held in Trondheim, Norway, June 16-18, 1980. The symposium was organized by the Norwegian Society for Automatic Control, jointly sponsored sponsored by
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on March 1980Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (GT&T), a division of Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., responsible for marine transportation and the supply, sales and trading of foreign crude oil, will transfer its headquarters and the bulk of its operations to Houston, Texas. Herbert I. Goodma
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on March 1980A new 12-page Technical Services brochure from Atlantic Diving Company, Inc. describes new underwater tools and techniques. It includes 14 on-the-job photographs and five technical diagrams. Atlantic Diving Co. has programs for total inspection, maintenance, and repair. The Technical Services
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on March 1980A three-day International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO) will be held at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City September 23, 24, 25, 1980. This conference will examine the navigations, weather forecasting, and communications aspects in the maritime industry. An exhibit of the late
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on March 1980A $2-million expansion of the Nashville Bridge Company Shipyards, Ashland City, Tenn., was announced recently by A1 Zang, president of NABRICO. Mr. Zang said the expansion will increase the company's production in Ashland City by as much as 15 percent, and will provide NABRICO with the capabi
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on March 1980Webb Institute of Naval Architecture recently announced the Jeremy B. Blood Research Assistantship in Marine Engineering. Jeremy B. Blood, class of 1922, was professor of marine engineering at Webb Institute from 1926 through 1946. He subsequently headed the Department of Marine Engineering
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on March 1980A 43.5-million Canadian dollar agreement was signed recently for the purchase of an oversized Panamax floating dock for Halifax Shipyards of Nova Scotia. The new dock will be capable of handling all types and sizes of vessels up to 115,000 dwt, and when commissioned will enable Halifax Ship
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on March 1980McDermott Norge, a division of Oceanic Contractors, Inc., which is a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., has received a letter of intent for a $100-million contract with Amoco Norway Oil Company. McDermott Norge will act as the prime contractor for the fabrication of production/compres
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on March 1980Practical information on using combustion to combat oil spills is contained in a report released recently by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest Laboratory (operated by Battelle Memorial Institute). The purpose of the report is to provide decision-makers with information they can use
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on March 1980North Sea weather is expected to produce some 273 days in any one year officially described as bad (mist, rain, fog, snow, ice), 49 "marginal," and 43 "fair or good" days. Because of this weather pattern, outlined by P.H. Barton (divisional) manager, Marine Offshore Division, (GEC), in his ope
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on March 1980The El Rey, Trailer Marine Transport Corporation's fourth triple-deck barge, departed Jacksonville, Fla., on January 18 for its maiden voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The El Rey (shown above), the final in a series of four mammoth triple-deck barges, was built in Portland, Ore., by the Marin
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on February 15, 1980Riverway Shipyard Co., Grafton, 111., recently delivered a new towboat to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, at the Marietta Repair Station, Marietta, Ohio. The towboat Plant 69 measures 50 feet long by 16 feet wide by 5 feet high, with an operating draft of 3 feet 0 inc
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on February 15, 1980The Flow Control Division of Rockwell International Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., has introduced a new generation of highpressure high-temperature forged steel globe valves. Incorporating modern technology and materials, the manufacturer reports the new Univalve® design offers higher pressure
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on February 15, 1980The Port of Portland (Ore.) Commission recently elected Joseph M. Edgar its president for 1980. Mr. Edgar has served on the commission since August 1973, and was president in 1977. Other officers for the nine-member board elected at the regular meeting were Alan Green Jr., vice president; Sam
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on February 15, 1980The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently announced the availability of the book "Aerospace Technology and the Marine Transport Industry." The hardbound book is the carefully edited result of a workshop-conference between the two disciplines, held in Williamsburg, Va., Dec
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on February 15, 1980Ten engineers of General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., delivered professional papers on submarine design and construction innovation at EB's recent fourth Annual Professional Honors Seminar. The audience at the honors seminar included a number of college engineering departme
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on February 15, 1980Megasystems, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that Seamatic II engine monitoring and control systems will be an integral part of the conversion of four VLCC supertankers to diesel operation for Mobil Shipping and Transportation Co., now underway in Japan via IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy
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on February 15, 1980In early January, Marathon Manufacturing Company's Republic of Singapore yard delivered the first of two jackup rigs ordered by the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation. The People's Republic of China rig, Pohai VIII, was originally scheduled for delivery in March of this ye