Medium 1977 Articles
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on January 15, 1977The Point Conception, the first tug/supply ship of the newly organized Point Marine, Inc. of Morgan City, La., has been delivered by its builder, Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La. The 185-foot vessel is the first of two sisterships being built by Halter's Moss Point, Miss., Div
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on January 15, 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently served as host at a joint meeting with The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N.Y. Inc. and the local section of The Institute of Marine Engineers. The meeting was held at the Buttonwo
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on January 15, 1977Prudential Lines, Inc. recently signed a contract for leasing three additional MARISAT communications terminals for its entire fleet of LASH (lighter-aboard-ship) cargo vessels serving the Mediterranean-Mideast. It marks the first time, according to Spyros S. Skouras, chairman and chief execut
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on January 15, 1977Maryland's marine police recently took delivery on four new high-speed 28-foot Uniflite patrol boats to be used in year-round law enforcement and search and rescue operations on Chesapeake Bay and along the state's Atlantic shoreline, according to Maj. Harry L. George, chief, Marine Division,
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on January 15, 1977IMODCO, Inc., 10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024, pioneer designers and developers of offshore marine terminal systems, has received an important new contract from Exxon USA for a Santa Barbara Channel project and a letter of intent from Societe Entrepose- GTM, Paris, Franc
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on January 15, 1977The Chestnut Hill, 90,000-dwt San Clemente-class tanker, was delivered recently to Chestnut Shipping Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Accepting delivery on behalf of Chestnut Shipping was S.F. Spencer, manager of new construction. Samuel D. Timmons, senior vice president, business relations, re
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on January 15, 1977Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman has approved the construction of the nation's first two offshore superports. To be built in the Gulf of Mexico, the deepwater ports will be connected to shore storage facilities by buried pipelines. In announcing this decision, Secretary Coleman s
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on January 15, 1977The Maritime Administration has announced that American Heavy Lift Shipping Company, P.O. Box 1166, Pittsburgh, Pa., has applied for construction-differential subsidy (CDS) to aid in financing the construction of two heavy-lift roll-on/roll-off (ro/ ro) cargo vessels of approximately 3,000
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on January 1977A new chemical additive for fuel oil could save millions of dollars worth of fuel in industry, ships, power utilities and residential buildings, according to the manufacturer, Drew Chemical Corporation, which announced development of the product at a recent press conference in New York City.
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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