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on October 1981Krupp Ruhrorter Schiffswerft, Duisberg, West Germany, has completed two of four pusher tugs ordered by the Central Water Transportation Company Ltd., Onitsha, Nigeria. The new tugs, Lau and Baro, were shipped recently from Rotterdam to Nigeria on the deck of an oceangoing vessel. The tug chri
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on October 1981Bean Dredging Corporation, New Orleans, La., has completed modifications to the Dredge "32" (shown above), in preparation for its move to a worksite near Columbus, Miss, on the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway project. The modification, which was done at the company's France Road shipyard, will e
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on October 1981Robert Stout, executive vice president, Midland Enterprises Inc., announced recently that an agreement has been reached with B&W Alpha Diesel, Frederikshavn, Denmark, a division of Burmeister & Wain Diesel of Copenhagen, to act as sales and service agents on the U.S. inland waterways for thei
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on October 1981What is reported to be the largest car/passenger ferry in the world — the first in a series of four — was launched recently at the Gdynia Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland, for the Stena Line AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. Despite the present difficulties in Poland, the launching occurred almost in line wi
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on October 1981An auxiliary sailing rig installed on a 3,000-dwt cargo ship successfully completed sea trials and will soon be further tested in Caribbean trading. The rig was d e v e l o p e d by Wind s h i p Development Corp., Norwell, Mass., in conjunction with Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ltd.,
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on October 1981Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has been selected by the Dillingham Corporation's Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Division to assist in the design and eventual construction of a floating platform to perform rigorous at-sea tests on a large fiberglass cold water pi
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on September 15, 1981Literature is now available describing- a "fixed-mounted" version of its unique opposed-pinion jacking system for offshore platforms manufactured by National Supply Company. Attached by welding directly to the hull, the fixed version allows the National jacking system to be used on a greate
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on September 15, 1981HBC Barge, Inc., Brownsville, Pa., has recently completed installation of new launchways, (shown above) the first phase in the company's $4-million expansion and upgrading program. The new launchways can handle barges up to 54-feet in width, which is 19 feet wider than the previous system p
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on September 15, 1981COMSAT General announced recently that INMARSAT, the International Maritime Satellite Organization, will lease commercial communications capacity for $10.5 million in all three existing MARISAT satellites. At its recent meeting held in London, the INMARSAT Council approved the leasing of th
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on September 15, 1981Iowa Marine Repair, Keokuk, Iowa, recently delivered the M/V Tony H (shown above) to Morris Harbor Service, Morris, 111. The Tony H is the first of a new model developed by Iowa Marine and designed by Marine Power Inc., Gulf Breeze, Fla. She is particularly suited for the rough conditions o
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on September 15, 1981Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Md., shipyard recently commissioned a self-elevating mobile offshore drilling rig. The rig was christened the Griffin-Alexander III by its sponsor, Mrs. Anne Place, wife of Jack R. Place of Houst
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on September 15, 1981Seven major personnel changes were announced recently in the marine branch of Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okla. The new assignments are: Michel E. Dabbar, marine manager; Richard C. McFarland, director of fleet operations; C. Jeff Goodell, director of chartering and traffic; Lawre
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on September 15, 1981A keel-laying ceremony recently at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., marked the start of construction of the Chesapeake Trader—the first in a series of 44,000-dwt petroleum product carriers being: built for American Trading Transportation Company, Inc., of
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on September 15, 1981The S/S Blue Ridge (shown above) the first of three 37,500- dwt Carlsbad Class product carriers built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., for Union Oil Co. of California, was delivered recently in ceremonies held aboard the new ship. The product carrier was received
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on September 15, 1981James J. Bartell has been appointed general manager in charge of the International Marine Sales Department of Texaco Inc., effective September 1, it was announced recently by John K. McKinley, chairman and chief executive officer. In his new assignment, Mr. Bartell will continue to be locat
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on September 15, 1981Six of the largest and fastest containerships in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet have been purchased by the Navy for use by the Military Sealift Command to enhance the strategic mobility capability of the armed forces. The Naval Sea Systems Command recently awarded a $207.5- million contract f
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on September 15, 1981A major restructuring of executives at Racal-Decca Marine Inc., New Orleans, La., was announced at the recent opening of a new regional sales and technical support office in New Orleans, at 5612 Jefferson Highway. Mark Lipp, formerly comptroller comptroller and treasurer, was promoted to e
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on September 15, 1981A 36,000-ton lifting capacity floating dock (shown above) has arrived at the Burrard Yarrows Shipyard, Vancouver, Canada, following a 5,000-mile tow from Hiroshima Bay, Japan. The all-steel dock arrived at Vancouver after a 40-day tow carried out by Tokyo Marine Services using the 12,000-ihp
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on September 15, 1981Ed Paden, president of Levingston Industries, Inc., Orange, Texas, announced recently the formation of a new member of the Levingston Group of Companies, to be called Levingston Service Company, Inc. Levingston Service Company will have two principal activities, Mr. Paden stated. First, the
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on September 15, 1981British Shipbuilders has been awarded a $130-million (Canadian) order for three oceangoing Great Lakes bulk carriers, it was announced recently. The 35,000- dwt ships will be built by Govan Shipbuilders — two for Misener Transportation, Ontario, and one for Pioneer Shipping, Manitoba. The v