Medium 1977 Articles
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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
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on January 1977A $12.5-million contract for a new 900-foot drydock at the Port of Tampa, Fla., has been awarded by the Tampa Port Authority, and construction is scheduled to start in early 1977. Jones-Mahoney Corporation, Tampa, was given the contract after competitive bidding. The award is contingent ^up
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on January 1977Marinette Marine Corporation, Foot of Ely Street, Marinette, Wis. 54143, has delivered a total of 20 gunboats under order by the U.S. Navy. The $8-million contract was completed with the recent acceptance of the final vessel at Pier 6, Brooklyn, N.Y. Naval Yard. All 20 vessels are being tra