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on December 1978Chamberlain M a n u f a c t u r i n g Corporation has announced a first for self-propelled aerial platforms -—a unit designed for use in hazardous environments. The new machine is the latest addition to the large and growing Manlift® line of platforms produced by the company. It meets Nation
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on December 1978The motor vessel Bob Koch, a new 4,200-horsepower towboat in the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, was recently christened in ceremonies at the Owensboro, Ky., riverfront. The vessel, with unique features that will enable it to serve as an icebreaker
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on December 1978T i d e w a t e r Inc., 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, La. 70112, announced that its Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., subsidiary has signed letters of intent to send 10 additional vessels into Mexico to work in support of the current offshore program being pursued by PEMEX, the
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on December 1978Allweiler International A.G., one of Germany's largest pump manufacturers, has announced the establishment of Allweiler Pump Inc. to market and service two lines of positive displacement pumps in the United States and Canada. The new corporation, headquartered in the Chicago area at 1801G H
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on December 1978Bird-Johnson Company, Walpole, Mass.—a leading supplier of marine propulsion and maneuvering systems—has named Erwin (Ed) D. Green Great Lakes regional manager, and has appointed Carl R. Nielson sales engineer for the Gulf Coast. In their respective positions, both will be responsible for t
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on December 1978William W. Crossman has been named assistant vice president- Marketing of Moore McCormack Bulk Transport, Inc., and assistant vice president-Marketing and Administration of Moore McCormack LNG Transport, Inc., it was announced by Capt. J.A.A. van Lier, president of both companies, which are
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on December 1978New responsibilities have been assigned to four Magnavox executives as a result of the accelerating growth pattern of the company's Advanced Products Division, according to Arthur P. Stern, senior vice president of Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company and general manager of
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on December 1978The Navy's M i l i t a r y S e a l i f t Command has issued a request for proposals (November 8) to operate five command-controlled tankers that deliver petroleum products worldwide for the Department of Defense. The T-5 type tankers now are operated by Hudson Waterways Corp. of New York Ci
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on December 1978Nickum & Spaulding Associates, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., has completed the design of a 100- foot crab boat for Stuart Ferris of Kodiak, Alaska. The boat will be built by Mitchell D. Phares/ Boat Construction, 221 Mar Vista Avenue, Wilmington, Calif. The boat will be delivered in the spring of
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on December 1978The first heavy lift ships ever built in a U.S. shipyard, the John Henry and the Paul Bunyan, were christened recently at the shipyard of Peterson Builders, Inc. in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. They are owned by American Heavy Lift Shipping Company (AHL), a joint venture of Gulf Trading & Transportati
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on December 1978The General Electric Credit Corporation (GECC), Stamford, Conn., announced it has acquired through a leveraged lease transaction its 12th tanker, the 188,- 500-dwt B.T. San Diego, from National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. Purchase price of the new vessel, which complet
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on December 1978Bird-Johnson Company, Walpole, Mass., has opened an office in the Washington, D.C. area, located at 2300 Ninth Street, South, Arlington, Va. 22204. It will be headed by Robert C. Case, who has been named director of special projects. "In this capacity," stated company president Howard H. Sc
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on December 1978Harmon F. Hoffmann has been appointed vice president and general manager, Marketing, for Mobil Oil Corporation's U.S. Marketing and R e f i n i n g D i v i s i o n , succeeding William V. Butler, who has elected early retirement at the end of this year. Mr. Hoffmann, who since 1976 has serv
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on December 1978Global Transport Organisation, San Francisco, has formed a separate division for international tug and barge transports which will be headed by G.A. Watkins, according to a recent announcement by Leo L. Collar, chairman of GTO's Management Committee. GTO already has established a reputation
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on December 1978Paul J. Staadeker has been elected vice president, Transportation Services for Agri-Trans Corporation in Long Grove, 111., reporting to R.A. Wilson, executive vice president and general manager. Mr. Staadeker will have responsibility for equipment dispatch, traffic management, member servi
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on December 1978THERIOT-MODEC Enterprises, Inc. is a new firm conceived by Nolty J. Theriot, Inc., Golden Meadow, La., and Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co., Ltd., a Japanese firm. THERIOT-MODEC Enterprises, Inc. is located on the 308 side of Bayou Lafourche in Larose, La., and is situated along the
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on December 1978The election of Anthony P. St. John to assistant vice president, Industrial Relations Department, was announced by George A. Moore Jr., vice president, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, in charge of industrial relations. Mr. St. John, advancing from manager of labor relations in the Industrial R
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on December 1978Davie Shipbuilding Limited of Lauzon, Quebec, Canada, and Gaz- Transport S. A. R. L. of France have signed a license agreement whereby Davie obtains the right to utilize the GT Standard Technique liquefied natural gas (LNG) containment system. The doublewalled system provides the cargohold
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on December 1978The first Lykes SEABEE-type barge carrier for the Soviet Union, the M/S Yulius Fuchik, was delivered in Helsinki on October 20 by the builder Valmet Oy of Finland. Yalmet had previously contacted Lykes Bros. Steamship Company in Europe and received license rights to build two SEABEE- type v
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on December 1978For the first time since the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime Agreement was signed on October 14, 1972, the Soviet Union has agreed in principle to share with U.S. underwriters the placement of marine insurance on cargoes moving between the two countries, it was announced by Robert J. Blackwell, Assi