Medium 1981 Articles
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on June 15, 1981Christening c e r e m o n i e s were held recently at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. for the integrated tug/ barge unit Oxy Producer (shown at right), a 41,500-dwt liquid chemical and petroleum tanker, which was built for a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Mrs. Tazewell Shepard Jr.,
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on June 15, 1981Following a recent board of directors meeting, J.T. Gilbride, chairman and chief executive officer of Todd Shipyards Corporation, announced that on July 15, 1981, Hans K. Schaefer will assume the presidency of the corporation, succeeding Arthur W. Stout Jr., who is taking early retirement.
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on June 15, 1981The introduction and demonstration of the revolutionary new Floating Doughnut Crane (shown above) was held recently as part of a dav-long floating crane symposium hosted by Shugart Manufacturing, Inc., with the cooperation of American Hoist and Derrick Company, at Shugart's facility in Chester
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on June 15, 1981The General Ship Corporation of East Boston is expanding to a second major facility at EDIC/Boston's Boston Marine Industrial Park in South Boston, Mayor Kevin H. White announced recently. The corporation is making this significant new commitment to Boston's industry by taking a 10-year lease
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on June 15, 1981New Orleans' ability to garner an increasing share of coal exports received a major boost recently with the resumption of full operation of the New Orleans Bulk Terminal. The Ryan-Walsh New Orleans Bulk Terminal, as it is now known, opened about six months ahead of schedule after extensive
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on June 1981A recently introduced welding electrode wire, Armco W-24, has been accepted for the qualified product list by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy, according to an Armco spokesman. The low-alloy wire is produced at the Houston plant of Armco's Southwestern Steel Division.
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on June 1981Houston Offshore International, Inc., and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's S p a r r o w s P o i n t (Md.) yard recently commissioned the first mobile offshore jackup oildrilling platform to be constructed in the United States outside the Gulf of Mexico. The rig was christened the Sabine III by
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on June 1981Capt. Clifford W. Sandberg, USMS (Ret.), was the honored guest at the season's last meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. A member of SNAME since 1945, he was for many years chairman of the Section's Membership Committee, playing
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on June 1981The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers' last technical meeting of the 1980-81 program was held recently at the Engineers Club in Philadelphia. Following the cocktail and dinner hours, the meeting was formally opened by chairman J.J. Hibbits, who imm
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on June 1981Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company has announced that the first of its eight new jackup drilling rigs is now in service. The Griffin- Alexander I (shown above under tow), a Bethlehem cantilever design, m a t - s u p p o r t e d jackup built by Bethlehem Steel at its Beaumont, Texas, shipyard
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on June 1981The Northern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), the Naval Civilian Administrators Association (NCAA), and the National Association of Naval Technical Supervisors (NANTS) recently sponsored a combined dinner meeting in Portsmouth, N.H. Many old acquaintances
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on June 1981Herman H. Oosterhuis, president of Oosterhuis Industries, Inc., believes that the quality of fuel keeps going down, the decline in quality being widespread in some areas and worse in others. In a talk at a technical session of the Workboat Show held in New Orleans, Mr. Oosterhuis said that
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on June 1981Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) has signed a contract to construct a semisubmersible d r i l l i n g p l a t f o r m for Western Company of the U.S. Scheduled for delivery in mid- 1983, the self-propelled drilling vessel will have dimensions of 260 feet by 200 feet by 116 feet
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on June 1981Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, recently took delivery of the Gulf Condor (shown above), a new 120- foot by 34-foot by 16-foot, 4,200- bhp class tug, built in Houma. La., by Quality Shipyards, Inc., another Gulf Fleet company. The Gulf Condor is powered by twin
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on June 1981Bayou Black Shipyard of Gibson, La., recently delivered the pushboat Bengal Sundance and the crewboat Sundance 7 to Sundance Marine of Houston. The steel hull of the Bengal Sundance has a length of 60 feet, beam of 25 feet, and depth midship of 9 feet. The all-aluminum Sundance 7 is 42 feet
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on June 1981Walter Todd, president of Great American Boat Company, has announced the signing of a contract with Bender Ship Repair, Inc. of Mobile to do the re-powering work for the towboat Great America. "We are doing a tremendous amount of work on this vessel," said Mr. Todd. "The original designer wou
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on June 1981The s e l f b u l k vessel (drawing shown above) is said to represent the latest advancement in self-unloading bulk carriers with its versatile system solution. It also offers great flexibility, as the Selfbulk vessel can also carry cargoes other than bulk—a great step forward in overall econo
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on June 1981National Supply Company, Houston- based p r o d u c e r of oilfield e q u i p m e n t , has named A.J.R. Petersen, Phillip P. Musmeci, and John L. Lajoie to top offices in a reorganization of sales responsibilities for its National Drilling Equipment Division. The moves are taken to better s
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on June 1981The first ship equipped with a newly developed propulsive power saving system — the Kawasaki Stern End Bulb (Kawasaki-SEB) —was placed in service recently, showing excellent results. The installation was made on the 3,700- gt, 11,600-bhp Sutoretai Maru, a passenger vessel owned by Tokai Ris
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on June 1981Officials of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, have announced that its Port Arthur Division, Gulfport Shipbuilding, will construct a Levingstondesigned offshore drilling rig. The Class 111-C jackup drilling vessel will be built for Compania Perforadora of Mexico. Triangular in