Medium Maritime Reporter 1982Peter Articles
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on January 1977New appointments in its sales organization have been announced in Auburn, N.Y., at The Cordage Group, Division of Columbian Rope Company. William S. Stroud, formerly eastern regional manager, has been appointed national market manager-heavy marine. This is a new post, reflecting the importanc
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on January 1977Walter Kidde & Company, Inc. and WUI, Inc. have announced that an agreement in principle has been reached for the sale of U.S. Lines, Inc. to WUI. Under the terms of the proposed sale, Kidde is to receive $70 million in cash and a $27-million subordinate note of U.S. Lines bearing 10 percent a
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on January 1977While at sea on a weekend Bahama cruise of the S/S Emerald Seas from Miami, Norman Lee, Class of 1934 of the Maritime College Alumni Association of the State University of New York, received the 1976 Man of the Year Award from the Florida Centennial Chapter of the Alumni Association, of whi
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on January 1977Donald J. Noonan has been named manager of marketing for the Marine and Industrial Products Department of General Electric's Aircraft Engine Group. In announcing Mr. Noonan's appointment, O.R. Bonner, general manager, said that Mr. Noonan will have worldwide responsibility for marketing gas
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on January 1977Mangone Shipbuilding Company's newest vessel, the Musketeer Fury, was christened recently at the Port of Houston's (Texas) 75th Street Wharf No. 4-E. Ray Loden, president of Mangone Shipbuilding, and Don Godeau, vice president and general manager, delivered the vessel to Hans Bernhard Hans
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on January 1977The addition of a fourth double- deck barge to its fleet has allowed Trailer Marine Transport Corporation to upgrade its service from Miami, Fla., to Puerto Rico by replacing smaller barges with double-deck barges, according to a recent announcement by Robert Homan, general manager of TMT,
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on January 1977The Power Systems Group of Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, Conn., has announced the appointments of David H. Robertson as manager of sales and services and Steven E. Sabo as assistant manager, contract sales, C-E Marine Power Systems. Mr. Robertson will be responsible for marine steam
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on January 1977Marathon Manufacturing Company's Longview Division has delivered three LeTourneau 50-ton-capacity, rubber-tired Straddle Hoist cranes ordered by the Port of Houston (Texas) for its Barbours LASH/Container Terminal. All three cranes represent a total investment in excess of one and one-quarter
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on January 1977Eric de Spirlet, president of Atlantic Overseas Corporation, Five World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, has announced the appointment of Henry Diercxsens as vice president of Atlantic Overseas Corporation. Mr. de Spirlet went on to say: "We are delighted to have Mr. Diercxsens join our
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on January 1977The Austral Entente, a recently built vessel operated by Farrell Lines, is now being fitted with a new mid-section by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., and when completed will provide increased service by the line on its trade route between the U.S. Gulf, Australia and New Zealand. According to Nor
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on January 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its second meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Officers' Club of the Bethesda Naval Hospital. The subject of the paper presented at the meeting was USCG Level Flotation— Research and Regulations for Small B
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on January 1977M/G Transport Services, Inc., I l l East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Midland Company, has announced plans for a major revision in its senior management staff, effective the first of the year. J.P. Hayden Jr., president of The Midland Company, has
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on January 1977There has been widespread interest from many parts of the world in building offshore oil and gas processing plants, LNG liquefaction plants, fertilizer plants, various types of industrial facilities, unloading piers, etc., in a well-equipped shipyard and then towing the unit to a remote loca
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on January 1977AIRFILCO Engineering of New Orleans, La., has been awarded the contract to furnish two AIRFILCO Inert Gas Systems for the EXXON, U.S.A. tankers under construction at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. This is the second such contract for AIRFILCO Engineering, Inc., the first being the four AIRFILCO
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on January 1977The recent combined meeting of the San Diego Sections of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and The American Society of Naval Engineers was hosted by the SNAME Section. The meeting was opened by Phil Weintraub, SNAME Section chairman, with several announcements, including
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on January 1977Steel Style, Inc., 401 South Water Street, Newburgh, N.Y. 12550, recently announced the delivery of a jumbo floating drydock to General Dynamics/Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn. The floating drydock is to become a major component of the $140- million facilities expansion program, curre
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on January 1977CF Industries, Inc., manufacturer and distributor of basic chemical fertilizers, has named Richard A. Wilson to head its newly formed transportation management group. According to a statement by D.V. Borst, executive vice president and general manager, Plant Food Division, the reorganizatio
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on January 1977U.S. citizens are invited to submit sealed bids to the Maritime Administration (MarAd) for the purchase of the 24-year-old passenger liner S/S United States, laid up at Norfolk, Va. The minimum price is $5 million, payable in cash within 30 days of acceptance of the successful bid. Each bid
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on January 1977The Maritime Subsidy Board (MSB) has approved the applications of States Steamship Company and Moore-McCormack Lines, Incorporated (MorMac) to exchange nine vessels. The MSB approval enables States to exchange four of its Mariner vessels for five of Mor- Mac's C3 freighters. MorMac will pa
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on January 1977Atlantic Marine, Inc., recently delivered a very special multipurpose tug, the Esso Santa Cruz, to Lago Oil and Transport Company, Limited of Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, an Exxon affiliate. The $4-million tug was built to stop and help maneuver to and from dockside VLCCs up to 400,000 dwt