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on April 15, 1977Tillman Esteve, president of Bourg Dry Dock & Service Co., Inc., has announced two new appointments to the Bourg, La.-based shipyard. Allen A. Sandoz has been named chief engineer and designer. Mr. Sandoz has an extensive background in marine engineering, has held positions with Breit & Garci
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on April 15, 1977The State of Alaska will solicit formal bids on the stretchout and modification project on the M/V Matanuska in the near future. The Matanuska is a ferry owned and operated by the State of Alaska. It is 356 feet long, to be lengthened with the addition of a new midbody to 408 feet. Breadth
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on April 15, 1977At the March meeting of the San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 56 members and guests heard the presentation of a technical paper on water lubricated rubber bearings. The authors of the paper were introduced: Ray L. Orndorff Jr., senior product enginee
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- Dr. Anderson Describes Construction Of Offshore Concrete Facility To SNAME Los Angeles Section page: 22
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on April 15, 1977The apparent ease with which Dr. Arthur R. Anderson presented his paper to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers added a distinct note of authority to it. He gave the appearance of speaking extemporaneously, but could hardly have been d
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on April 15, 1977Maritime systems engineers from the Norfolk, Va., division of The Stanwick Corporation, working with Prudential Lines' maintenance and repair staff, recently developed and installed a prototype engineering plant maintenance and repair management system aboard the LASH Turkiye for a one-year
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on April 15, 1977In addition to its existing 700,000-dwt graving dock, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. (HMD) of Korea has completed the construction of two more graving docks with the capacity of 400,000 dwt and 150,000 dwt, respectively, and they were commissioned simultaneously early last month. The firs
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on April 15, 1977The Maritime Research Information Service (MRIS) is sponsored by the Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, for the benefit of the U.S. maritime industry through the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. In operation since 1970, MRIS has been providing a v
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- Los Angeles Sections—SNAME, MTS, ASNE—Discuss LNG Needs, Transportation And Shore Facilities page: 50
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on April 1977It was the annual joint meeting of the three local sections of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Marine Technology Society, and the American Society of Naval Engineers, with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of SNAME acting as the host. The group met aboard the Prince
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on April 1977A good turnout of 71 guests and members was experienced for the February meeting of the San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. An introduction and general announcements followed the dinner. Bill Bascom announced that there will again be an Advanced Marine V
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on April 1977Gordon R. White has announced the forming of a new company, Bulk Handling Associates, in which he will function as president. The new company's activity will focus on the bulk materials handling needs of the marine industry and the pulp and paper industry. Mr. White previously served as ge
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on April 1977COMSAT General Corporation has announced it plans to expand MARISAT voice capacity serving the shipping and offshore industries from the present one to as many as six duplex high-quality voice circuits in each of the Atlantic and Pacific satellites. The MARISAT System, which began service las
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on April 1977At a recent meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, a film was shown by George M. Bonnett of Deepsea Ventures Inc. on "Mining the Oceans." Deepsea Ventures Inc. of Gloucester Point, Va., has for many years been investigating the feasib
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on April 1977The last two of four 27-meter standby vessels constructed for Marine Services Limited, Brunei, were launched recently at Kanrei Shipbuilding Company Limited, Tokushima, Japan. The two vessels were named Marine Murut and Marine Kayan by their sponsor, Mrs. Phyllis Gresser, wife of Phillip Gres
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on April 1977Jerome Ottmar, president of Amtel, Inc., recently announced an agreement in principle to acquire 80 percent of Orba Corporation, an engineering and construction firm operating in the field of bulk material handling systems, which is located in Fairfield, N.J. The company was founded in 1972 by
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on April 1977Barging of drilling rigs is a method of transportation which has only been used in recent years. However, the principle of this method of transportation has been used successfully for many years. The basic development took place in Western Europe where Dutch dredging contractors tried to find
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on April 1977Konel Corporation has introduced a remarkable new all channel VHF-FM radiotelephone: the VHF-780. Channel selection has been made extremely quick by means of a direct entry calculator- type keyboard. Readout of the selected channel is by means of large, bright incandescent digital displays
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on April 1977Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation, based in Elmhurst, 111., has announced that it is offering free literature to the maritime trade on its Manlift line of work platforms. Citing the work and safety advantages built into its self-propelled aerial work platforms, Chamberlain Manufacturing
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on April 1977Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation has completed the financing for its newest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Golar Freeze, and has taken delivery of the ship. John G. Christy, executive vice president of IU International Corporation, Gotaas- Larsen's parent company, said financing in the
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on April 1977A two-day technical symposium concerning the role of the computer in marine vessel design and construction will take place at Annapolis, Md., late in September. Held under the sponsorship of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the symposium, entitled "Computer-Aided Hull Sur
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on April 1977Harrison G. Rowe has been appointed general manager of the San Francisco Division of Todd Shipyards Corporation, succeeding Angel Garate who has retired after a long Todd career, according to an announcement by Arthur W. Stout Jr., president of Todd. Ross J. Jeffrey has been appointed assistan