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on November 1983Plans for the international Design- Inspection-Redundancy Symposium on November 14—16, 1983, at the Fort Magruder Inn and Conference Center in Williamsburg, Va., are nearing completion. The symposium will be sponsored by the interagency Ship Structure Committee, whose member agencies are: t
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on November 1983In the keynote speech before the annual meeting of the Warrior- Tombigbee Development Association, Joseph A. Farrell, president of The American Waterways Operators, Inc., warned of two major threats to the future survival of the inland and coastal water transportation industry. Mr. Farrell
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on November 1983Plans are moving ahead quickly for the Thirty-Sixth Annual Technical Conference of the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association to be held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec on February 14, 1984. The Annual Technical Conference, always held in Montreal, is by far the l
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on November 1983Adm. Harold E. Shear, USN (ret.), Maritime Administrator, announced recently that the Maritime Administration (MarAd) and Farrell Lines, Inc., of New York have signed a cooperative agreement under which the steamship company will commercially test the feasibility of carrying oversized cargo
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on November 1983Mobil is now offering free literature describing the new Mobilgard 450 Marine Diesel Oil, a fourth generation SAE 40 lubricant created specifically to meet the requirements of high output, medium-speed trunk diesel engines operating under severe conditions. It is formulated for improved eng
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on November 1983McDermott Engineering is planning a study of fixed platforms for 1,600-foot water depths. The study will investigate the technical and financial viability of conventional platforms for environments like those found in the Gulf of Mexico. "The study will provide decisionmaking data for econom
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on November 1983Halter Marine Inc., New Orleans, La., has completed a fourboat contract with Zapata Marine Service, Inc., with the delivery of the Trafalgar Service. The new boat, like her sister ships, Falcon Service, Sable Service, and Palmar Service, is 185 feet in length, with a 40-foot beam, and 14-fo
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on November 1983Capt. James E. Grabb, USCG (ret.) has assumed the position of technical director on the staff of the American Society of Naval Engineers, in Alexandria, Va. This new position was created to provide the leadership necessary to implement the technical portion of the goals and objectives recent
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on November 1983General Motors is offering a free applications manual which provides full information on new power ratings for both GM diesel-electric power units and marine propulsion engines. GM has raised the rating of several of its diesel-electric power units and increased the horsepower and fuel effi
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on November 1983The 1983—84 season of activities has begun for the Northern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), Portsmouth, N.H. A new slate of officers has been elected and a tentative program has been developed. The Northern New England Section has been awarded an ASNE
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on November 1983In a recent edition of its Shipyard Weekly publication, the Shipbuilders Council of America underscored the far-reaching benefits for the entire nation which will result from FY 84 Navy shipbuilding and conversion projects. "As U.S. economy moves toward recovery, contributory effect of FY '
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on November 1983Magnus Maritec International, Palisades Park, N.J., has announced the availability of its most advanced Fuel Oil Testing Services to all shipowners on a worldwide basis. Free literature is available describing the full range of services offered. A leader in manufacturing and marketing fuel
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on October 15, 1983Two split hull hopper barges were recently delivered to the Panama Canal Commission by Twin City Shipyard, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. The two ruggedly constructed dump barges were specially designed by Twin City Shipyard for the Panama Canal Commission to handle extremely large and dense blasted r
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on October 15, 1983Tenneco Inc., Houston, Texas, recently announced that two of its subsidiaries and a Norwegian company are forming a joint venture, Argosy Offshore Ltd., to own and operate oil field service boats in the Gulf of Mexico. Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production and Philadelphia Life Insurance C
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on October 15, 1983Global Marine Development Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., has contracted to NKK and Mitsui & Co. the construction of a unique mobile drilling island to work in the frozen Beaufort Sea. The island, called a Concrete Island Drilling System is to be operated by the Global Marine subsidiary for oi
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on October 15, 1983Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Canada's largest West Coast shipyard, has delivered two sister-ship icebreakers to Gulf Canada Resources Inc. of Calgary. The vessels, named Kalvik and Terry Fox, are reported to be the most powerful of their type in the world. They are 88 meters in length, 17.5
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on October 15, 1983Maine's Bath Iron Works Corp. has announced the appointment of four new directors as part of its program to continue strengthening its advanced technology program and to prepare for upcoming shipbuilding projects. James R. Vander Schaaf has been promoted to program manager for the shipyard's
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on October 15, 1983A new eight-page, full-color brochure now available discusses the drilling capabilities and equipment fleets of the three drilling contractors and the well servicing/workover company which make up Marathon Oilfield Service Companies, headquartered in Houston, Texas. The new brochure covers th
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on October 15, 1983Moss Point Marine Inc. of Escatawpa, Miss., has delivered the 6,000-hp, 214-foot Nicor Power to Nicor Marine Inc., of New Orleans. With her extraordinary horsepower and supply vessel capacities above and below decks, the 214 by 44 by 16 fits a new description of workboat. "This is certainly no
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on October 15, 1983Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. has delivered the M/V Miscaroo to its owner, BeauDril Ltd., a subsidiary of Gulf Canada Resources Inc. Vancouver Shipyards reports it is one of the most powerful supply vessels in the world and the first icebreaking supply vessel to be built in Canada to Canadian