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on March 1978The Southern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its quarterly meeting recently at the New London Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Conn. Norman L. Mac- Intyre of Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. (Essex, Conn.), presented a clear and stimulating paper on ways of ob
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on March 1978Henry F. LeMieux, president and chairman of Raymond International, Inc., 2801 South Post Oak Road, Houston, Texas 77027, has announced that Raymond Technical F a c i l i t i e s Inc. (Ray- Tech) , a wholly owned subsidiary, has received a contract to provide final engineering design of marin
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on March 1978Poul C. Nyholm has been named an executive vice president of Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, a subsidiary of IU International, 1500 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102. The announcement was made by Kenneth A.B. Trippe, Gotaas-Larsen's president. In his new position, Mr. Nyholm will
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on March 1978Matson Navigation Companyhas signed a contract with Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Chester, Pa., for the construction of a 720-foot, 38,800-ton containership for Matson's West Coast- Hawaii freight service, with delivery by January 1980. Total cost of the vessel will be about $75.5 mi
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on March 1978The Flagship Section of American Society of Naval Engineers held its fourth meeting of the 1977-78 technical program year at the Officers' Club of the National Naval Medical Hospital, Bethesda, Md. Following the social hour and dinner, which were enjoyed by approximately 90 members and gue
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on March 1978Ninety members and guests of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently attended a regular meeting held in Pier 91 Officers' Club, Seattle, Wash. After dinner, a technical paper titled "Application of Seakeeping Analysis" was presented by
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on March 1978Litton Automated Marine Systems of Woodland Hills, Calif., a division of Litton Systems (Canada) Limited, Toronto, Ontario, recently held a private exhibition of their Load Monitoring System in New York City. The exhibition, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, was attended by key representati
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on March 1978Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pa., has named Albert M. Martinson Jr. program manager for the Matson containership (Sun Hull No. 678) construction program. In his new post, he will report to Robert Galloway, executive vice president, and will have ultimate responsibility for the overall success
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on March 1978Tideland Signal Corporation of Houston, Texas, reports outstanding r e s u l t s with systems of marine signal lanterns, fog signals and solar power s t a t i o ns "matched" as to power supply and demand. These matched systems are designed for specific geographical locations, taking into ac
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on March 1978The Babcock & Wilcox Company and Brown Boveri have announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed to restructure their relationship in the nuclear equipment business in Germany. Babcock-Brown Boveri Reaktor GmbH (BBR), a German supplier of nuclear steam supply systems, now own
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on March 1978A technical s y m p o s i um on ships' propellers will be held on May 24 and 25, 1978, at the Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Va. Entitled "Propellers '78," the symposium is to be jointly sponsored by Technical and Research Panel M-16 (Modernization of Propulsion Shaft Systems) and the Hamp
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on January 1978Equitable Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered a third new steel oceangoing, deck cargo barge to McDonough Marine Service, New Orleans, for operation in offshore oil and gas fields. All three barges in the new fleet for McDonough have overall dimensions of 240 feet by 72 feet by 16
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on January 1978Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, a major U.S. aerospace company, and Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, a 140-year-old British consulting and design engineering partnership, have entered into an arrangement whereby their combined expertise in ocean engineering can add a capability not formerly ava
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on January 1978Robin Towing Corporation, 440 Pailet Avenue, Harvey, La., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two oceangoing tugboats and two aluminum crewboats, and in the refinancing of two oceangoing tugs. The two oceangoing tugboats to be financed will each have
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on January 1978Bay-Houston Towing Company recently placed into service the C.R. Haden, another powerful harbor tug for regular use at ports on the Texas coast. The 3,200-hp C.R. Haden provides the power needed for towing, maneuvering and docking the newer and larger tankers, LASH and containerships callin
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on January 1978Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of IU International, has appointed Oscar D. Andersen executive vice p r e s i d e n t and named Alf Clausen vice president and technical director, it was announced by Kenneth A.B. Trippe, president. Mr. Andersen joined the worldwide shipping compan
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on January 1978Perko, Inc. has just been granted interim acceptance of over 100 of its navigation light models for vessels over 20 meters (65.7 feet) and for vessels over 50 meters (164.1 feet). This a c c e p t a n c e , granted on September 2, 1977, enables naval architects, builders and owners to comply
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on January 1978Negotiations between the People's Republic of China and the National Supply Company, division of Armco Steel Corporation, Houston, Texas, have been completed for the sale of two offshore oil production platforms valued at more than $15 million, it was announced by Ted Rogers, National Supply
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on January 1978Ranking Korean maritime and diplomatic officials visited the Port of Oakland for the formal signing of a Sister Port affiliation between the Port of Oakland, Calif., and the Port of Inchon, Republic of Korea. Heading the Korean delegation were Young Woo Chang, director general, Planning and
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on January 1978The Technical Section annual meeting of the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 1978, in the Grand Salon of the Hotel Meridien, Complexe Desjardins, Montreal, Quebec. The theme for the meeting will be "Approaching the New Shipbuilding Er