Medium Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on September 1980President John F. Sullivan Jr. of Bath Iron Works has announced four key appointments in marketing to accomplish the shipyard's new-business objectives in naval and merchant ship construction and overhauls. Richard W. Thorpe Jr. was promoted to assistant to the vice president-marketing; Gordo
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on September 1980Campbell Industries of San Diego recently launched another tuna superseiner in its current series. The 1,200-ton-capacity Coopeatun II was built for Cooperativa de Pescadores del Pacifico, R.L. of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and will be skippered by longtime tunafishing veteran Tim Tafova. True t
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on September 1980The first 133-foot catamaran tug (Catug) built by Halter Marine, Inc. was launched recently at the company's Chickasaw, Ala., division. Scheduled for delivery in November, the giant twin-hulled craft will sail to Sparrows Point, Md., where she will be mated to a 645-foot oceangoing barge bei
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on September 1980Schottel of America, Inc. has announced the signing of two contracts with A s t i l l e r o s Unidos, S.A. of Mexico City (the government- owned shipbuilding group), for the design of six 22-meter Schottel Tractor Tugs, as well as the supply of the complete propulsion machinery p a c k a g e
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on September 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP) of Pascagoula, Miss., recently delivered its fifth vessel for 1980, the 120-foot utility vessel Wanda Louise, built for Gerald P. Hebert Enterprises, Inc. of Lafayette, La. Mr. Hebert, a manufacturer of oilfield "down hole" equipment, gave special instruc
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on September 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company recently christened the jackup drill rig Rio Colorado I and launched the $30-million vessel into the Sabine River at its Orange, Texas, shipyard. The rig will be owned and operated by Rio Colorado S.A., a joint venture between Bridas S.A.P.I.C. and Saipem S.p
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on September 1980Promet Private Limited shipyard in Singapore recently launched a maintenance/inspection vessel named NMS 401, reputed to be the first of its kind for use in the Arabian Gulf. The vessel's sponsor was Mrs. Pete Domaschk, wife of the general manager of National Marine Service of St. Louis, ow
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on September 1980pAccompanied by the blare of towboat horns, Mrs. Peggy Armstrong shattered a champagne bottle to christen the new motor vessel Volunteer State recently under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The twin-screw, 5,830-bhp towboat has now entered service moving commodities on the Lower Mississippi
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on September 1980Dreco, Inc., a Houston-based oilfield equipment and s e r v i ce company, has announced the formation of Dreco Technologies Incorporated (DRETECH), a wholly owned Dreco company. W.I). Frame, general manager of U.S. Operations for Dreco, made the announcement. It was also announced that J. B
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on September 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, recently completed a twovessel contract for Command Marine, Inc. of Lafayette, La., with the delivery of the supply boat Moorean Command. Now working out of Cameron, La., for Getty Oil Company, the 180-foot by 40-foot vessel carries 6,000 cubic feet of dry
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on September 1980Omnithruster Inc. has expanded into new facilities to accommodate the growth of its maneuvering and slow-speed positioning systems. Incorporated in the new location will be the administration, marketing, and engineering offices including designing and manufacturing of thrusters, control equ
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on September 1980Richard F. O'Boyle, president, announces that the firm of Richard F. O'Boyle, Inc. has been appointed U.S. sales representative for CNOMV (Cantieri Navali e Officine Meccaniche di Venezia, S.P.A.) of Venice, a member of the Fincantieri group of Italian s h i p y a r d s . Antonio Marceglia,
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on September 1980Furuno has announced the availability of two new high-performance sonars for commercial and sport fishermen. Both units offer an exceptionally wide range of standard features, such as automatic target tracking, 1-kw output power, choice of 60 or 150- kHz operating frequency, a compact and r
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on September 1980The J . J . Henry Company, Inc. of Moorestown, N.J., and Seadrec Ltd. of P a i s l e y , Scotland, announce the formation of a joint v e n t u r e company to provide dredge designs, detail construction drawings, associated engineering services, and dredge equipment to clients throughout the
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on September 1980A new submerged arc chromemoly welding wire, called W-22, is available from the Western Steel Division of Armco. Produced by Armco to the American Welding Society Specification A5.23, Classification EB3, W-22 is a low-carbon, alloy steel wire containing 2.75 percent chromium and 1.00 percen
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on September 1980Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. has received contracts totaling $23,725,000 from the U.S. Navy, providing ship's service auxiliary power for three classes of vessels. Stewart & Stevenson will supply Detroit Diesel Allison, gasturbine- powered, 2,500-kw generator sets for the Navy's new
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on September 1980John W. Gilbert Associates, Inc. of Boston has received a contract from Sun Transport, Inc. of Claymont, Del., to design an advanced tug/barge unit for carriage of specialty petroleum products between U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. The 4,600-bhp tug and 95,000-barrel barge will incorporate sa
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on September 1980Bay Shipbuilding Corporation in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., entered saltwater shipbuilding when the 396-foot tank barge Marie Tilton, built for Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corporation, was christened and launched in a recent dual ceremony. The Marie Tilton is named in memory of Mrs. Marie Tilt
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on September 1980Insulation failure is by far the most frequent cause of costly burnouts in marine electrical machinery. While a motor or generator is idle, its coil is under continuous attack by shipboard atmosphere and contaminants. Insulation resistance eventually drops below safe levels. If the conditio
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on September 1980The first inshore towing/supply vessels certified by the U.S. Coast Guard to serve the oil and gas industry are now in service for Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc. The vessels, Beefmaster and Brahma, which represent a contract cost of approximately $1 million,