Medium 1977 Articles
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on March 15, 1977Wire rope slings are used in a multitude of applications for material handling. To promote safe working conditions and to comply with specifications set forth by ANSI B30.9 and OSHA, Armco Steel Corporation's Union Wire Rope engineers have suggested a standard inspection program and guideli
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on March 15, 1977One of the interesting new ship designs of 1976, the "Multiflex" multipurpose cargo ship developed by the Danish shipbuilders Burmeister & Wain, is to include MacGregor stern slewing ramps when the first two are delivered to the yard's subsidiary company, Hamlet Shipping. The order for the
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on March 15, 1977Ameron Protective Coatings Division of Brea, Calif., recently announced the appointment of engineering, sales and manufacturer's representatives on a national basis. Robert R. McMurchy, marketing manager of the firm's Southwest Region, announced the appointment of Joye Dalton as engineerin
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on March 15, 1977Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a summer course on port planning and development, which will be held from August 15 to 26, 1977. The objective of this course is to provide port planners, operators, administrators, or regulators with a basic grounding in the concepts and
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on March 15, 1977Communication Associates, Inc., has introduced a 125-watt SSB that has 24 preprogrammed channels that can be spread across the entire 2-18 mHz marine frequency range. The system is easy to reprogram, and because its 24 channels can be spread out or grouped in any band without restriction, i
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on March 15, 1977Leading executives of Poland's shipbuilding and associated industries recently visited Eastern, Midwest and Gulf areas of the United States. The visitors included Andrzej Adamczyk, director, Ministry of Heavy Machinery (Warsaw) ; Mieczyslaw Tokarz, director, United Polish Shipyards (Gdansk)
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on March 15, 1977As offshore oil operators move into deeper waters, the cost of constructing and installing conventional steel jacket or concrete gravity platforms rises steeply. The Tension Leg Platform System (T.L.P.) design by Deep Oil Technology Inc. of Long Beach, Calif., has been devised to economize
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on March 15, 1977"The climate is the best I have seen in 17 years for U.S.-flag ship operations," stated Michael Klebanoff, president, Ogden Marine Inc. (OMI), in a talk given at a recent meeting with New York securities analysts. Mr. Klebanoff reinforced this statement by saying that the imbalance between
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on March 15, 1977Halliburton Company and its subsidiary Brown & Root, Inc., P.O. Box 3, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced that Thomas J. Feehan, formerly Group vice president, has been named president and chief executive officer of Brown & Root. Mr. Feehan also was made a member of the board of directors
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on March 15, 1977The American Ship Building Company has received a group of contracts totaling approximately $20 million for the conversion of a Great Lakes bulk carrier and construction of several types of barges. First of the contracts is with Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company for the conversion of its
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on March 15, 1977The traditional bottle of champagne was recently crashed against the bow of the M/V Reeves Tide, the newest addition to Tidewater Marine Service's fleet of oil field service vessels, in christening ceremonies held at the Poydras Street Wharf, New Orleans, La. P e r f o r m i n g the honors
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on March 15, 1977Recognizing the growing importance of the Italian cargo access equipment market, the International MacGregor Organisation has established a new company in Genoa, MacGregor Italia S.p.A. MacGregor has been longestablished in Italy through the General Agency for Italy of MacGregor-Comarain S
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on March 1977The Port of the Golden Gate Chapter of The Propeller Club of the United States recently awarded its "Man-of-the-Year" honor to Barney Evans, public relations director, Crowley Maritime Corporation, San Francisco, Calif. In awarding the silver tray, emblematic of The Propeller Club's Big Wheel
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on March 1977The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently met at the Engineer's Club in Philadelphia, Pa., to hear a paper, entitled: "Torsional Vibration Considerations of a Twin-Diesel, Single Controllable Pitch Propeller Vessel." The author of the paper, Rol
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on March 1977A major corporate reorganization was announced by Turbodyne Corporation of Minneapolis, Minn., and Worthington Compressors, Inc. of West Holyoke, Mass. O.E. Powers, president and chief executive officer of Turbodyne, has been elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer of both
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on March 1977More than 50 members and guests and 12 students attended the January meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held at the Officers Club, Pier 91, Seattle, Wash. The subject of the night's meeting was a paper entitled "Operational Expe
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on March 1977The Dauphin Island, a 180-foot offshore rig towing, anchor-handling and supply ship, has been delivered by its builder, Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., to Arthur Levy Enterprises of New Orleans, vessel operators in the offshore oil and gas industry. The Dauphin Island is the f
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on March 1977A company that will specialize in trading with Eastern European countries has been established in Vienna, Austria, by the Gulf Oil Corporation. Known as Gulf Oil Trading GmbH, the new venture will be managed by Gulf Trading and Transportation Company, (GT&T), one of seven Gulf divisional c
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on March 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its third meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Officers Club at the Walter Reed Army Hospital. The subject of the meeting was the "Dynamic Analysis of a COGAS Propulsion Plant." Presentation of the paper fol
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on March 1977Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine, president John F. Sullivan recently announced the promotion of three of his department managers to vice presidents. Named were Royce A. Young Jr., vice president of production, Robert M. Smith, vice president of industrial and community relations, and Hug