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on February 15, 1981A new president and chief of operations and two new directors were elected recently by the board of directors of The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, Mass. According to Earle W. Pitt, chairman and chief executive officer of the process control manufacturer, Colin I.W. Baxter has been elected presid
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on February 15, 1981Record levels of U.S. coastal energy development will result from higher world petroleum prices, domestic deregulation and an a m b i t i o u s offshore leasing program among other factors, according to the just published second edition of the special report by TransTech Co. (marine consulta
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on February 15, 1981IMCO Resolution A.383 mandates that seagoing vessels must be equipped with a watch receiver tuned to the 2182 kHz voice distress frequency, which must be monitored 24 hours a day while the vessel is at sea. Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron recently unveiled his company's new EN2182-GR
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on February 15, 1981Newport News Shipbuilding, a Tenneco company, has purchased a 412,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on 50 acres of land in Arden, N.C., near Asheville. The 12-year-old plant will be used for light machining operations to support an expanded program of overhauling submarines and surface sh
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on February 15, 1981Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation has accepted delivery of the Gulf Fleet No. 44 (shown above), a 190 by 40 by 14-foot towing' supply vessel. She was built in Houma, La., by Quality Shipyards, Inc., another Gulf Fleet company, and r e p r e s e n t s t h e 102nd vessel in this rapidly growing f
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on February 1981John T. Gilbride Jr., general manager and vice president of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation's S e a t t l e D i v i s i o n , recently announced five promotions at the Seattle yard. Dan McDonnell has been named assistant general manager-production; he had been general superintendent since J
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on February 1981NKK (Nippon Kokan) of Japan recently delivered the 42,000-dwt car/bulk carrier Merak Eighty, fitted with temporarily hoistable cardecks, to Irvine Shipping Inc. of Liberia. Shin-ichi Hirayama, president of NKK America Incorporated, said the bulk carrier is NKK's first new vessel equipped wi
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on February 1981Newport News Shipbuilding recently delivered two jumboized commercial ships, the Charleston, and the Fredericksburg. The Charleston, ex Cities Service Norfolk, is owned by the Arieadne Corporation of Lake Success, N.Y., one of the Berger Group companies. The Fredericksburg was enlarged for af
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on February 1981Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered three 88-foot by 38- foot by 9-foot steel towboats to Radcliff Materials, Inc. of Mobile, Ala. These towboats, the Pintail, the Kingfisher, and the Kittiwake, are powered by twin Caterpillar D-398 diesel engines, each rated 825
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on February 1981General Dynamics' Quincy Shipbuilding Division recently christened two large oilcarrying barges during a colorful twin ceremony at the shipyard. The barges, Bulkfleet Pennsylvania and Bulkfleet Texas, were both built for Bulklfleet Marine Corporation of Houston. The 503-foot, 33,400-dwt vessel
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on February 1981Wesley D. Wheeler Associates, Ltd. of New York, exclusive agents in the U.S. for Astilleros Espanoles, S.A. (AESA), has announced the recent delivery of three major containership conversions by the Spanish shipbuilder's Cadiz yard. The vessels are owned by United Arab Shipping Company of Ku
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on February 1981The fishing trawler Andromeda was delivered recently by G&W Industries, Inc. of Cleveland. Designed by John W. Gilbert Associates of Boston and built for Busty and Peter Moceri of Gloucester, Mass., the vessel will be used for North Atlantic ground fishing. Andromeda has an overall length
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on February 1981The Maritime Administration and Maritime Subsidy Board have authorized execution of the agency's first construction-differential subsidy (CDS) contracts for the retrofitting of tankers in compliance with the Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978. The CDS, e s t i m a t e d to total $9,153,273,
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on February 1981Halter Marine, Inc. delivered 64 commercial and 89 pleasure vessels to its customers in 1980, announced Harold P. Halter, chairman and president of the New Orleans-based shipbuilding firm. Halter's six commercial shipyards delivered 42 supply boats, 11 crewboats, four tugs, two fire/ utilit
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on February 1981The U.S. Navy has presented the Sperry division of Sperry Corporation with a special flag honoring the company's contribution to the Fleet B a l l i s t i c Missile (FBM) program, and commemorating the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the program that led to the development of the strat
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on February 1981Maine Congressman David F. Emery announced recently that a contract for approximately $25 million has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Bath Iron Works to construct a unique training simulator at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center to teach future crewmen of guided-missile frigates. The Fi
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on February 1981Alter Company of Davenport, Iowa, has announced the recent addition of two new river terminals in Rock Island, 111., and Omaha, Neb., and a third terminal soon to be constructed in Burlington, Iowa. The Rock Island river terminal handles dry bulk, liquids, steel, lumber, and other commoditi
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on February 1981Southern Natural Resources, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., has completed the purchase of Interstate and Ocean Transport Company of Philadelphia. Interstate and its affiliates own and operate the largest independent fleet of coastal tank barges and tugs in the United States. Henry C. Goodrich, ch
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on January 15, 1981A new, unique mooring system that will keep a supply vessel permanently and safely moored to an oil rig at a pre-determined distance even in the worst sea conditions encountered in the North Sea is being developed in Scotland. A model of the Scomagg Hydraulics Ltd. system is shown above being
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on January 15, 1981The Virginia Port Authority has issued $10.3 million in Newport News Terminal Revenue Bonds of 1980. The monies will be utilized to refinance the existing indebtedness on Piers B and C and to the City of Newport News, and to make several improvements to the terminal. A portion of the $10.3-