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on July 15, 1978At a June meeting of the International Council of the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Peter Murdoch, director of Small Ports and Operational Services, British Transport Docks Board, and chairman of ICHCA U.K., was elected ch
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on July 15, 1978Two leading tug firms in the United States, Moran Towing Corporation of New York, N.Y., and Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco, Calif., have announced the formation of Ocean Salvors Company (OSC), a joint venture, to provide marine salvage, oil pollution control, wreck removal an
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on July 15, 1978Marlin Drilling Co., Inc. has awarded Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard a contract for construction of a new independent leg jackup drilling rig. The new rig, to be named Marlin No. 14, is scheduled for delivery in August 1979, becoming Marlin's 10th offshore rig. In
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on July 1978The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that construction planning is proceeding for a new super-class, self-unloading vessel to transport bulk cargoes on the Great Lakes. The new ship will be designed to carry three million tons of western coal annually for The Detr
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on July 1978On June 4, a unique French hovercraft made its inaugural "flight" across the English Channel between Dover, England, and Calais, France. The vessel is powered by five marine gas turbines manufactured by the Avco Lycoming (Stratford, Conn.) Division. The craft, designated N500-2, was built b
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on July 1978The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Washington, D.C., has announced that 124 industrial plant facilities located along the navigable waterways of the United States during the fourth quarter of 1977, creating over 15,000 permanent job opportunities. Of the total, 97 facilities reported c
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on July 1978Do you know how far it is from Boston, Mass., to Anchorage, Alaska? As the crow flies, it's approximately 2,925 nautical miles. By ship, via the Panama Canal, the distance is 7,312 miles. The 1978 edition of "Distances between United States Ports" gives the nautical distances between 700 U.
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on July 1978Santa Fe International Corp., Orange, Calif., has announced plans to expand its ocean diving services with the establishment of a base in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the outfitting of four pipeline and construction vessels with deepwater saturation diving systems. E. L. Shannon Jr., San
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on July 1978Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams has approved a six-month postponement of the scheduled shutdown of U.S. Loran-A radio navigation service in several major coastal areas. Loran (Long Range Navigation) is an electronic system using shore-based radio transmitters and shipboard receivers t
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on July 1978Foster Wheeler Boiler Corporation, Livingston, N.J., is offering "Taming the Explosion Hazard," an article reprint from the Foster Wheeler organization's technical publication, "Heat Engineering." The article outlines the development of inert gas systems in blanketing hazardous cargoes, the
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on July 1978Capt. Julius D. Greene has been appointed deputy chief surveyor, National Cargo Bureau, Inc., Pacific Coast, succeeding Capt. Allan B. Currie, who has retired. Captain Greene's jurisdiction extends from Seattle, Wash., to San Diego, Calif., and also covers Hawaii, Guam and Alaska. Captain G
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on July 1978More than 200 guests representing over 35 American companies attended a special three-day-long Ship's Gear Exhibition in New York City, organized by The Export Council of Norway. Nine leading Norwegian suppliers of sophisticated ship's gear participated in the exhibition, which was held at the
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on July 1978Houston Offshore International, Inc. has ordered construction of an offshore oil drilling rig from Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas shipyard. Announcement of the contract was made by Jerry E. Chiles, president of Houston Offshore, and Barry Long, acting general manager of the yar
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on July 1978The following organization changes and personnel appointments have been announced by H.I. Goodman, president of Gulf Trading & Transportation (GT& T) Company, a division of Gulf Oil Corporation. Named vice presidents in GT& T's Pittsburgh, Pa., offices were David H. Bruce, international cr
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on July 1978Seniors at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., were recently given first-hand information on the advantages of computerized collision avoidance equipment by industry representatives. At the invitation of Capt. A.E. Fiore, head of the Academy's Department of Nautical Science,
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on July 1978The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers' last technical meeting of the 1977-78 program was held on May 19, at the Engineers Club in Philadelphia, Pa. Sixty-five members and guests attended the meeting, which was preceded by a dinner and cocktails. Se
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on July 1978The three-day Spring Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, was attended by more than 60 members and guests. The technical session was held at the Officers' Club in the Na
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on July 1978The M/V Arctic is an unusual ship with a historic role to play in the development of the Canadian Arctic. For the first time in Canada, and quite possibly in the world, an icebreaking cargo vessel has been built to travel through ice up to 2 feet thick at a constant speed and with stop-go c
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on July 1978COMSAT General Corporation, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20024, has announced that, effective Thursday, June 8, it has reduced its charges for commercial telex services via the MARISAT satellite system by one-third, from $6 to $4 per minute. This action by the satellite c
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on March 1978Leo L. Mellam, chairman of Flexi-Van Corporation, the New York City-based maritime equipment leasing company, recently announced the appointment of Hasko W. Hofmeister as vice president, Western Region of its subsidiary, Flexi-Van Leasing, Inc. Mr. Hofmeister will direct the company's conta