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on April 1980At its recent annual meeting held in New Orleans, La., the Water Resources Congress elected Maurice C. Stout, vice president, Indianapolis Water Company, Indianapolis, Ind., chairman of the board; Tval Goslin, consultant, Western Engineers, Inc., Grand Junction, Colo., vice chairman; B. Jos
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on March 15, 1980Marine Drilling Company of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard recently commissioned a 200-foot mobile offshore drilling vessel. James C. Storm, president of Marine Drilling Company, said this jackup is the first of three scheduled for delivery
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on March 15, 1980Seaforth Maritime has announced revised plans for one of the North Sea's most ambitious project proposals—a floating airport with a 2,000-foot runway capable of taking four-engined 50-seat aircraft. Seaforth originally proposed an airport based on the hull of a very large crude carrier, but h
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on March 15, 1980The board of directors of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., has elected Richard H. Vortmann to the new position of executive vice president, and Kristian K. Christensen to the new position of vice president of Planning and Programs. In announcing the promoti
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on March 15, 1980The Mariners Club of the Port of New Orleans, La., recently announced t h e i r new o f f i c e r s f or 1980. Elected by the board of directors are: president, Frank A. Courtenay of Courtenay, Forstall & Grace, admiralty attorneys; vice president, William V. Trufant Jr. of G & M Marine, Inc
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on March 15, 1980A new 38-page catalog covering performance, dimensional, technical and application data on 33 different models of Coppus portable blower exhausters and accessory equipment, plus welding fume arm systems designed for use with portable welding fume exhausters is now available. The catalog con
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on March 15, 1980Literature is now available describing the SEA FENCE Oil Containment Boom, originally designed by Seaward International, Inc., for the U.S. Navy. The unique SEA FENCE boom combines the ease of handling required for quick response with the toughness and service life of a permanent type boom,
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on March 15, 1980John A. Farris, until recently president of Pall Industrial Hydraulics Corporation, has been appointed corporate director of Aerospace and Fluid Power Development and Planning for the Pall Corporation. Mr. Farris will be responsible for medium and long-range planning, and for identifying ma
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on March 15, 1980Robert K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the Mc- Dermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced that five new vice presidents have been named in the Unit. R.V. Joffrion has been named vice president and general manager, Marine Pipeline and Harvey Fabrica
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on March 15, 1980A jackup accommodation barge for Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has been constructed by IHI (Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.), Japan, for use in the Persian Gulf. It will be a control and accommodation center for 180 personnel employed a
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on March 15, 1980Zapata Corporation, Houston, Texas, announced recently that it has signed contracts for the construction of three new jackup rigs for its offshore drilling fleet in two Singapore shipyards. The company said the U.S.-flag rigs will be owned and operated by Zapata Off-Shore Company, are sched
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on March 15, 1980With a t r a d i t i o n a l crash of champagne against its hull, a 258-foot hydro-dump barge was launched recently by the Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore. The barge (shown above) was christened by Marge Dolle, wife of Henry Dolle, a recently retired emp
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on March 15, 1980Keyes Offshore, Inc. of Houston, Texas, and the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries recently announced an agreement for the construction of two offshore oil drilling rigs at Ingalls facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. Keyes Offshore president Bill Keyes said the first of the self
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on March 15, 1980R.K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the McDermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., recently announced a management realignment. In announcing the restructuring of the unit into five major areas of responsibility, Mr. Richie said the change will enable Mc- De
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on March 15, 1980Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Tokyo, Japan, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., Chicago, 111., have signed an agreement with Oosterhuis Industries, Inc. of Belle Chasse, La., in which Oosterhuis will become the master distributor for Mitsubishi marine diesel engines in th
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on March 15, 1980The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Flagship Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers recently held a joint meeting at the Bethesda Officer's Club to hear the presentation of the paper, "Seven Commandments for the Survival of a Te
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on March 15, 1980Literature is available describing a new two-drum hydraulic winch that was specifically designed for both t r a w l i n g and purse seining operations. This winch, the MARCO WM- 255 Combination Seiner-Trawler Winch, offers the power, speed, line capacity, and rugged construction for a wide
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on March 15, 1980A 95th vessel has recently been added to Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation's growing list of offshore service boats, according to Richard M. Currence, president of the New Orleans, La.-based firm. Gulf Fleet has accepted delivery of the Gulf Fleet No. 37, the largest supply boat ever built by Q
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on March 15, 1980B&W Shipyard, Copenhagen, Denmark, has completed the first of two Hamlet Multi-Flex ships of about 12,600-dwt for Sudan Shipping Line. The ship was named White Nile, after the river which joins the Blue Nile at the city of Khartoum, and which together continue to the Mediterranean as the ri
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on March 1980At the fourth meeting of the New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Todd P^ltzer, Ensign, USN, presented a paper entitled "On the Use of High-speed Photography in the S t u d y of P r o p e l l e r Cavitation." Ensign Peltzer is a recent graduate at the Ma