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on May 15, 1980Hillman Barge & Construction Company has changed its name to HBC Barge, Incorporated to better identify its role as a major inland barge builder. The company specializes in custom-designed barges built to customer specifications. Company ownership, management, craftsmen, and support staff a
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on May 15, 1980The newest addition to the American Steamship Company's Great Lakes fleet, a $30-million, 728-foot bulk carrier, was christened and went into service recently. The new self-unloader is named the American Mariner in honor of the officers and men who dedicate their lives to the sea. Samuel B.
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on May 1980The Big Apple, symbol of New York City's economic and entertainment life, was utilized by Jackson Engineering Shipyard recently in a most unusual ceremony. The company designed a flag with the New York City red apple symbol on a field of white. While hundreds of invited guests and shipyard emp
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on May 1980Tracor, Inc.'s Applied Sciences Group has been contracted, on a consulting basis, to perform the engineering development of an automated Inland Waterways Communications System, which will provide automated voice and data communications s e r v i c e s along the Mississippi River and its conn
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on May 1980Improved marine safety and economy are being achieved with a new communication tool called the Vessel Monitoring System, according to the system's manufacturer, the Advanced Products Division of Magnavox, Torrance, Calif. Designed for use with an MX 111 Shipboard Marisat Terminal, the VMS
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on May 1980Some 70 members and guests attended the recent meeting of the Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held at the Engineer's Club in Philadelphia. Following opening announcements by section chairman K. Gyswyt, the nominating committee presented its slate
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on May 1980"One of the greatest ironies of today's world is that the United States, which needs both a powerful Navy and a strong and economically viable U.S.-flag merchant marine, has permitted both to languish," U.S. Congressman Elwood H. Hillis of Indiana, a member of the House Armed Services Committe
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on May 1980Houston Offshore International, Inc., has a w a r d e d B e t h l e h em Steel Corporation's shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., a contract for construction of an offshore oil drilling rig. Announcement of the contract was made by Jerry E. Chiles, president of Houston Offshore, and David H. Kli
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on May 1980The E.B.B. Company of Golden Meadow, La., recently took delivery of the crewboats Lady June and Lady Blackie from Balehi Marine, Inc., Lacombe, La. These 86-foot vessels, powered by Detroit Diesel engines, are two in a series of four servicing the Louisiana coast for owners Eugene Bagala and
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on May 1980Designers & Planners, Inc., was purchased recently by Seatech Industries, Inc. from Todd Shipyards Corporation. The new Board of Directors of the firm has named Feridun K. Serim, Wolfgang Reuter, and Monroe Levy as the new senior controlling officers. Mr. Serim becomes president and Mr. Reuter
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on May 1980The El Paso Company of Houston, Texas, has announced that George D. Carameros Jr., chairman, and Barry Hunsaker, president of El Paso LNG Company, a subsidiary, have elected to take early retirement to pursue other interests in the energy field. They will continue to be available as require
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on May 1980Two new workboats — the offshore utility vessel PBR-216 and the tug Stone Mountain — were completed recently by The Service Machine Group, Inc. of Morgan City, La. The PBR-216, built for PBR Offshore, Inc. also of Morgan City, has an overall length of 118 feet, beam of 26 feet, depth of 11.
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on May 1980As part of an extensive expansion program, the Governmentowned Sembawang Shipyard in S i n g a p o r e recently began construction of a new floating dock. Scheduled for completion by mid- 1981, the floating dock will be the largest in the East, and able to accommodate ships up to 150,000 de
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on April 15, 1980The Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., has awarded Tracor, Inc. a new contract of $5 million to continue supporting design, production, installation, and operational phases of mine and mine countermeasures programs, sonar technology programs, and sonar and
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on April 15, 1980Recon III, the first hydrographic survey boat in the United States to be fitted with Maritime Industries' steerable Z-drives, was recently delivered to Eagle Dredging Corp. by builder Halter Marine, Inc. The 44-foot vessel utilizes two Mariner 120H propulsion units for steering and propulsi
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on April 15, 1980The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met recently at the Washington Navy Yard Officers' Club to hear Rear Adm. A.P. Manning describe "The U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Program." The Coast Guard's area of responsibility has been significa
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on April 15, 1980A new type of offshore oil-spill skimmer built by MARCO was assigned to recover oil when a 7 2 , 0 0 0 - d w t L i b e r i a n tanker started spilling oil on November 1, 1979, following a collision at sea five miles south of Galveston Bay, MARCO reported its Class XI oil recovery system was
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on April 15, 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. announced that it has formed a joint venture company with Protexa, the leading offshore construction company of Mexico. The new company, C o n s t r u c c i o n es M a r i t i m a s Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V. (CMM), will conduct offshore marine construction and pip
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on April 15, 1980A new full-color brochure is available describing a free fall survival system for larger vessels and drilling rigs. The system consists of a fully covered lifeboat which can be lowered into the sea, or slid off a specially designed ramp and dropped into the water from heights of up to 20 me
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on April 15, 1980Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, New Orleans, La., has completed the first phase of a $61-million expansion program and expects to complete the second phase by the first quarter of 1981, according to Richard M. Currence, president. Mr. Currence said that during 1979, Gulf Fleet acquired a tota