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on July 1981Dome Petroleum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has placed an order for a semisubmersible drilling rig, design GVA 4000 (shown above) with Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, U.K. Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd. is a subsidiary of British Shipbuilders. The rig is of Gotaverken Arendal design GVA 4000; it wi
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on July 1981The first large-scale, floating seawater desalination plant built in Germany (shown above) was launched recently at Thyssen Nordseewerke GmbH, Emden. Mrs. Traute Matthofer, wife of the German Federal Minister of Finance, named the floating plant Meda in the presence of her husband and numerou
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on July 1981Twin City Shipyard, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., recently laid the keel far a seagoing dredge that will join the fleet of Gulf Coast Trailing Company, Kenner, La., late this year. The new dredge—to be launched under the name Mermentau—is a sister dredge of the Atchafalaya, launched last, year for Gu
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on July 1981Det norske Veritas has issued revised Rules for Classification of Mobile Offshore Units. The new edition supersedes the 1975-edition (with supplement of 1977). The major changes from the previous edition are: More severe requirements to strength of steel structures. Residual strength is req
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on July 1981The Long Beach/Greater Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held a recent regular meeting at the officers club of the Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center. Capt. J.A. Gildea, USN, Section chairman, welcomed those present and recounted several of the more meanin
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on July 1981The Marine Index Bureau, New York, the commercial depository for data concerning personnel illnesses and i n j u r i e s for the American merchant marine and affiliated industries, released its 34th annual statistical analysis recently. The analysis covers illnesses and injuries reported to
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on July 1981The bulk carrier Pride of Texas (shown above), first of a new class of U.S.-flag merchant ships, was delivered recently by Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, to her owners, Asco-Falcon Shipping Company of Houston. The new ship, about 612 feet long with a beam of 93 feet and
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on July 1981The Federal Government is in the process of establishing new guidelines in administering the merchant ship financing guarantees (Title XI) program, a Commerce Department official said recently. Bruce A. McAllister, deputy assistant secretary of commerce for maritime affairs, addressed a lun
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on July 1981The Port Information Resources Committee, Inc., has made donations totaling $8,000 to two leading marine historical groups. In a recent ceremony at the Seamen's Church Institute, Committee chairman and president James P. McAllister p r e s e n t e d $4,000 checks to John B. Hightower, presi
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on July 1981The final 1980-81 meeting of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers attracted 60 members and guests to the decks of the Princess Louise. This session was dedicated to past chairmen of the Section and to the introduction of new officers,
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on July 1981Caterpillar Engine Division announces a new family of highspeed, heavy-duty diesel engines in the 800-1,600 bhp (600-1,200 kw) class. Designated the 3500 series, the engine family provides optimum value for a wide variety of high-horsepower applications. The family will ultimately consist o
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on July 1981Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis announced recently an Administration plan to transfer the Maritime Administration from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Transportation. "The transfer is the first step in carrying out President Reagan's commitment to revitalization of t
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on June 15, 1981The 23,500-dwt combination container-roll-on/roll-off ship John B. Waterman (shown above) was christened recently at the Sun Ship yard in Chester, Pa. Sponsor of the vessel was Mrs. George B. Moran, wife of a director of Waterman Industries, during a brief ceremony. The 692-foot Waterman is
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on June 15, 1981Christening ceremonies were performed recently for the Blue Ridge, one of three 37,500-dwt product carriers being built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) for Union Oil Company of California. (See MR EN, December 15, 1980, page 26.) More than 400 invited guests gathered at
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on June 15, 1981The Washburn & Doughty shipyard recently delivered the 105- foot Bountiful II (shown above) to Capt. Edison Love of Portland, Maine. The combination scalloperdragger is the eighth vessel to be delivered by the Bath, Maine, shipyard in the past 21 years. The new fishing boat has successfully
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on June 15, 1981A $247-million c o n t r a c t for three FFG-7 class guided-missile frigates (FFG-50, 53, 55) has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Bath Iron Works, raising the shipyard's business backlog to the highest level in its 97-year history. The Navy also awarded the company a $326,573 study contract
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on June 15, 1981Levingston Shipbuilding Company officials have announced that a new corporate organization, Levingston Industries, Inc., has been formed and will be headquartered in Orange, Texas. The formation of three wholly owned subsidiaries of Levingston Industries was also announced. They are: Leving
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on June 15, 1981The p a t r o l h y d r o f o i l missile ship USS Taurus (shown above), first of five PHMs under construction for the U.S. Navy, was launched recently at the Seattle facility of Boeing Marine Systems. The vessel was christened by Mrs. John D.H. Kane Jr., wife of Rear Adm. John D.H. Kane Jr.
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on June 15, 1981Joe Barrios, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, announced recently that John Serrie has joined Levingston as vice president of operations of the Levingston Shipbuilding Company. Mr. Serrie brings a wide range of experience to Levingston from his many previous management positions
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on June 15, 1981Oglebay Norton Company's giant new Great Lakes vessel, the 1,000-foot Columbia Star, was christened recently at Sturgeon, Bay, Wise. The vessel's sponsor was Mrs. John J. Dwyer, wife of the president of Oglebay Norton. The ceremonies officially named the former Hull No. 726 to honor the own