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on December 15, 1983The U.S. Navy recently awarded a $l-million contract to Bell Aerospace Textron of New Orleans, a division of Textron Inc., for the final phase of the contract design of a minesweeper hunter (MSH) that rides on a cushion of air. The award of this new MSH contract was announced by John J. Kelly,
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on December 15, 1983Omnithruster Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., has introduced a new Omnitunnel Jet Module™ designed specifically for workboats, fishing vessels, barges, and dredge applications. The new model OJ-M450 is aimed at the conventional thruster market, and is said to be competitive in price with fixe
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on November 15, 1983Armco's Stainless Steel Division, Baltimore, Md., producer of boat shafts and stainless steel for other marine and industrial products, has become the country's first integrated specialty steelmaker to begin operation of a precision rotary forging complex. "The finished products will have sign
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on November 15, 1983The Gulf Section of The Society of Nava' Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) held its fall meeting at the Biloxi Hilton in Biloxi, Miss. Two informative and interesting papers were presented. John F. Robbins II of Ingalls Shipbuilding presented a paper describing a "Destroyer Synthesis Co
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on November 15, 1983The Foundation Company of Canada Limited, in joint venture with Skanska of Sweden, has proposed a concrete platform to Mobil Oil Canada for use in the Venture gas field off Nova Scotia. Designed for use in 22 meters (72+ feet) of water, the platform is a scaleddown version of the behemoth s
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on November 15, 1983Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has completed an 11 supply boat contract with Tidewater Marine, Inc. with the delivery of the 192-foot Tiger Tide. The Tiger Tide is 192 feet 6 inches with a 40-foot beam and 14-foot depth. She is powered by two EMD 16-645E7B diesel engines developing 2,
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on November 15, 1983U.S. and Canadian companies have been licensed to manufacture a range of floating drydocks that operate on the submarine principle of using compressed air to blow water from their ballast tanks. Ammac Welding and Machine Works of Wilmington, Calif., has acquired license rights to build the
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on November 15, 1983Louis W. Gomlick, president, announces the formation of Penn International Marine Agencies, Ltd. (PIMA) for the purpose of representing American and foreign shipbuilding and ship repair facilities and companies manufacturing and servicing marine equipment. Clifford R. Wise has been appointe
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on November 15, 1983Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., recently announced the signing of three new vessel contracts. Westferry, Inc. of New York has ordered an 85-foot by 20- foot by 4-foot 11-inch all-welded, aluminum, passenger commuter vessel for operation on Great South Bay, Long Island. This 375-pa
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on November 15, 1983Sedco 602, a medium-sized, semisubmersible drilling rig, was delivered recently by Promet Private Limited shipyard of Singapore. This rig is owned jointly by Sedco Inc. and Occidental Exploration and Production Company. Mrs. Sally Martin, wife of the president of Occidental, christened the rig
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on November 15, 1983The detail design and construction contract Peterson Builders Inc., of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., previously signed with the U.S. Navy has led to a succession of ARS keel layings at PBI. First the ARS-50 Safeguard in 1982; then the ARS- 51 Grasp earlier this year, and a third keel was recently lai
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on November 15, 1983Jeffboat, Incorporated of Jeffersonville, Ind., recently completed the luxury cruise vessel Newport Clipper, first of its type ever built at the Indiana yard. Constructed for Clipper Cruise Line of St. Louis at a cost of about $9 million, the vessel will operate on seven-day cruises in areas
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on November 15, 1983George K. Geiger, president of Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wise., a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., announced the signing of a contract to build a large oceangoing coal topping off barge for Lamberts Point Barge Company, Inc., a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corpor
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on November 15, 1983Union Marine Transport Company, a shipping joint venture for transporting bulk chemicals, has been established by Union Carbide Corporation and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., it was recently announced by the two parent companies. According to James H. Rand, president of MTL, "The new firm will
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on November 1983Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. Seoul, Korea, for eight bulk carriers with an option for four more, the shipbuilding company president, Hong, In-Kie reported recently. The U.S. $140-million contract for the 45,000-dwt
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on November 1983MARCO Pacific Shipbuilding Corporation, a subsidiary of MARCO Seattle, has announced plans to build a new design tuna purse seiner. The vessel is 58 meters long, 11.5 meters wide, and 5 meters deep, with a carrying capacity of 700 metric tons of frozen tuna in 12 refrigerated brine wells. T
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on November 1983In order to provide high quality chemical transshipment service in the U.S. Gulf area, Stolt-Nielsen, Inc., the Connecticut-based parcel tanker group, contracted with Maryland Marine, Inc. for three stainless-steel barges which meet the strictest requirements to barging between their large p
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on November 1983A new shipyard company, the Boston Shipyard Corporation, has formally opened in East Boston, Mass. The company has taken over the former Bethlehem Steel property, inactive since the fall of 1982. Boston Shipyard is performing a mixture of commercial and government repair work. The company
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on November 1983A hardware/software package used to monitor ship fuel consumption and propulsion engine efficiency, was announced recently by Marine Management Systems, Inc. (MMS), Stamford, Conn., and Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. (SES) of Essex, Conn. Albert C. Song, vice president/ mini-micro systems a
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on November 1983Reportedly the first completed exhibit of the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair became a reality recently when the 1,000 passenger paddlewheel riverboat Creole Queen was christened in New Orleans. The new 190-foot by 40-foot sternwheeler which was built by Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La.,