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on September 1981Blair M. Kerr has been appointed vice president-special projects for IMODCO, Los Angeles, Calif., the pioneer offshore marine terminal company, president Bernard Frankel announced recently. Mr. Kerr most recently served as vice president-business development. In his new position, Mr. Franke
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on September 1981AMCA International Corporation recently announced the formation of a new Marine Division to serve the offshore construction industry. Appointed president of the Marine Division is Peter J. Gwyn who has had extensive experience in marine construction. He joined AMCA, formerly known as Domini
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on September 1981One hundred seventy members and guests attended the spring meeting and social affair of the New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, R.I. Following a tour of the shipyard shipyard, members and their guests boarded the
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on September 1981Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La. has delivered three new tug/supply boats to D.F. Levy Marine Limited I of Morgan City, La. The new vessels, April Showers, Spring Mist and September Morn are the third, fourth, and fifth in a six-boat contract. The vessels are now working for major oil
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on September 1981Texaco, Inc. has announced that Kenneth F. Murchison, general manager of the company's International Marine Sales Department, has retired, effective September 1, after a long and successful career in the commercial marine industry. Born in Glen Cove, N.Y., on April 19, 1922, he was graduate
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on September 1981National Supply Company, a major manufacturer of oilfield machinery and equipment, has p r o m o t e d John E. Lawson to North Sea area manager-engineering for well control equipment. In the position, he heads a specialized subsea engineering group that he established in the U.K. in 1978. M
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on September 1981AMCA International, formerly known as Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd., recently announced a major reorganization of the recently acquired Koehring Company. The move concentrates all of AMCA's construction equipment businesses under the Koehring name, making the company one of the largest crane ma
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on September 1981The Madame Butterfly, first in a series of four pure car/truck carriers (PC/TC), was delivered recently by Kockums, A.B., Malmo, Sweden, to Wallenius Lines, Stockholm. A second vessel, Figaro, will be delivered later this year, and two more vessels are scheduled for delivery in 1982 to the
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on September 1981Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City, La., announced the recent completion of a 120-foot, all-aluminum high-speed tender named Can- Mar Tingneak (shown above). The boat is the first vessel Swiftships has built for Dome Petroleum Ltd., Alberta, Canada. The Can-Mar Tingneak was designed to Dome's sp
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on September 1981Plans for the development of a $230-million, 40-million-ton per year coal export t e r m i n a l in Hampton Roads, Va., are being formulated by Parsons Brinckerhoff Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., a New York-based holding company with interests in consul
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on September 1981The production of the TI3000 HF SSB Radiotelephone, a fully synthesized worldwide radiotelephone, was announced recently by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Texas. Offering continuous coverage from 1.605 to 25.1 megahertz, the TI3000 has a unique design which combines the final ampli
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on September 1981Participants in the marine seminars being given as part of the 19th annual Liberty Bell Corrosion Course were announced recently by conference organizers. The course will be held September 28-30 at the Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. In the marine seminars, featured participants in a segm
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on September 1981Attendees at a recent maritime conference have identified the 10 most effective ways that ship operators can save fuel. Most of the approaches involve modification, conversion or installation of thoroughly tested equipment. But the element having the greatest potential for shipboard energy-co
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on September 1981More than 500 leaders from business, government, and waterway user companies are expected to attend the 21st annual meeting of the National Waterways Conference scheduled for September 16-18 at Stouffer's Riverfront Towers, St. Louis, Mo. Conference chairman James A. Skinner Jr. of Nashville,
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on September 1981The Canadian ship repairer Halifax Industries Limited, Nova Scotia, recently completed its first lengthening contract. The contract was to lengthen the 4,700- grt products tanker M/V James Transport, owned by Halco Inc. of Montreal, by inserting a new 40-foot-long midbody section at a cost of
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on August 15, 1981Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, Wash., announced it is offering $20 million of 10% percent convertible subordinated debentures due 2001 through an underwriting group managed by Bear, Stearns & Co. The debentures are convertible into Tacoma Boatbuilding common stock at $20% per share. Proc
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on August 15, 1981A cantilever-type jackup offshore oil drilling rig, named Dan King, was recently completed at the Ariake Works of Hitachi Zosen for J.L. Offshore Drilling A/S, Denmark. Dan King is the first of three identical rigs to be constructed by Hitachi Zosen for the Danish company. A member of the J. L
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on August 15, 1981Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, Texas, a Halliburton Company, has announced the promotion of two new vice presidents, and the addition of another. Frank A. Akin, formerly manager of Business Development- Marine Services, was promoted to vice president-Business Development, Operations Services.
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on August 15, 1981The TORCO Dock, the Port of Toledo's (Ohio) new $33-million iron ore transfer and ground storage facility, was officially dedicated into service recently as the port's e x c l u s i v e transshipment center f o r taconite ore pellets. The new ore handling facility, constructed on the site of
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on August 15, 1981A $10-million expansion program has been announced by Offshore Express, Inc., a Houma, La.- based marine transportation firm. Robert C. Schmidt, vice president and general manager of Offshore Express, said the company has taken delivery of the 102-foot crewboat L i g h t n i n g Express (sh