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on April 15, 1980A three-day International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO) will be held at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City, September 23, 24, 25, 1980. T h i s c o n f e r e n c e will examine those problems relating to navigation, weather forecasting and communications aspects. in the mari
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on April 15, 1980The Rodolf, a 48-foot surfaceeffect ship built by Bell-Halter, New Orleans, La., for the Portland (Oregon) District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has begun a Gulf and Atlantic Coast tour to demonstrate its operational and hydrographic surveying capabilities. As a result of the surfac
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on April 15, 1980Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City, La., has contracted to deliver two additional passenger ferries to Turista Margarita of Porta La Cruz, Venezuela. A similar vessel was previously purchased from Swiftships and is now in operation from the Venezuelan mainland to the coastal islands of Santa Mar
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on April 15, 1980The Marine Repair Division of Zidell Explorations, Inc., was the successful bidder for the extensive repair and refitting of the seagoing hopper dredge Biddle, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The dredge contract involves one of the largest repair jobs ever bid by Zidell. Charl
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on April 15, 1980The New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fifth meeting of the 1979-80 program year recently at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Over 90 members and guests were in attendance, including a large contingent of cadets fro
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on April 15, 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., recently delivered the 180-foot supply vessel Lillian Pelham to her owners Pelham Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, La. The all-steel supply boat carries 3,600 cubic feet of dry bulk mud in four Smatco vertical tanks and 73,000 gallons of liquid mud in two
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on April 15, 1980Howard H. Scott, president of Bird-Johnson Company, has been elected chairman of the board of directors and continues as chief e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r . He replaces Frederick K. Becker, who is retiring. The board also announced the promotion of Charles A. Orem from executive vice pre
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on April 15, 1980Literature is now available describing three new Doppler speed logs that use b o t t o m - r e f l e c t ed sound to provide accurate speed data from 0.01 knot to 40 knots, from Raytheon Marine Company. The Raytheon Doppler systems track the bottom to depths of 1,000 feet using acoustic beam
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on April 15, 1980The Starward, the second 122-foot combination boat built by MARCO Seattle for owners Henry and Cory Swasand and Borge Mannes, was christened recently. Dian Swasand, wife of skipper/owner Cory Swasand, performed the champagne honors in ceremonies on the Seattle (Wash.) Ship Canal. The Starward
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on April 15, 1980A keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., initiated construction of the first of three 37,500-dwt product carriers being built by NASSCO for Union Oil Company of California. William T. Nickerson, assistant manager of new construction for
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on April 15, 1980Three senior level promotions have been announced at Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc., Essex, Conn. The p r o m o t i o n of Thomas J. Pakula to vice president / secretary, William L. Mc- Carthy to vice president, and Martin Toyen to treasurer were made to reflect their increased responsibili
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on April 15, 1980Steve Scalzo, former port captain f o r Foss Launch & Tug Company, Seattle, Wash., has been promoted to general manager of marine operations. As part of his new assignment, Mr. Scalzo will be in charge of all Puget Sound marine operations f o r Foss as well as marine operations of Dillingham
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on April 1980The S/S John B. Waterman is the first of three combination rollon /roll-off (ro/ro) container vessels being constructed by Sun Ship, Inc., Chester, Pa., for Waterman Steamship Corp. of New York. Delivery of the Waterman is scheduled for April 1981. Its design is very close in basic concept
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on April 1980John M. Donnelly Jr., president of Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, Tenn., was elected chairman of the board of The American Waterways Operators, Inc., at the Association's annual board of directors meeting in Houston, Texas. AWO is the national trade association of the barge and towing ind
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on April 1980The 23,000-ton submarine tender McKee, last of three of the 644-foot auxiliary ships Lockheed Shipbuilding is constructing for the U.S. Navy, was recently launched at Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Ingeborg von Finckh McKee, widow of Rear Adm. Andrew Irwin McKee, christened the ship before it slid down
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on April 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered the Tara Alyene, a new supply boat, to her owners, Briley Marine of Lafayette, La. The new vessel, built with the cooperation of Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., is 180 feet long, with a 38-foot beam and 14-foot draft. She can carry 3,
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on April 1980William J. St. John Jr. has been reelected to a second term as president of the New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau. Mr. St. John, senior vice president of W.R. Zanes & Co., was elected at the bureau's annual meeting at the New Orleans Board of Trade. Other o f f i c e r s for 1980
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on April 1980Brown Marine Service, Inc. of Pensacola, Fla., and Peltz Brothers, Inc. of Norfolk, Va., have been named stocking distributors for Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) products in their respective areas. T. Ray Jackson, vice president of NABRICO, said Peltz Brothers would represent NABRICO in
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on April 1980With construction underway on four newly designed W-MEC 270- foot cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. has expedited completion of a new 8.6-acre shipyard near its two other main yards on Puget Sound's Commencement Bay. "We broke ground for the new yard in April 1978, a
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on April 1980Two oceanographic research vessels, one for the University of Mexico, the other for the University of Bergen, Norway, will be built by the Norwegian firm A / S Mjellem & Karlsen, specialists in the design and construction of such vessels. Both universities will be carrying out similar investig