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on March 15, 1980Robert K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the Mc- Dermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced that five new vice presidents have been named in the Unit. R.V. Joffrion has been named vice president and general manager, Marine Pipeline and Harvey Fabrica
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on March 15, 1980A jackup accommodation barge for Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has been constructed by IHI (Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.), Japan, for use in the Persian Gulf. It will be a control and accommodation center for 180 personnel employed a
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on March 15, 1980Zapata Corporation, Houston, Texas, announced recently that it has signed contracts for the construction of three new jackup rigs for its offshore drilling fleet in two Singapore shipyards. The company said the U.S.-flag rigs will be owned and operated by Zapata Off-Shore Company, are sched
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on March 15, 1980With a t r a d i t i o n a l crash of champagne against its hull, a 258-foot hydro-dump barge was launched recently by the Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore. The barge (shown above) was christened by Marge Dolle, wife of Henry Dolle, a recently retired emp
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on March 15, 1980Keyes Offshore, Inc. of Houston, Texas, and the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries recently announced an agreement for the construction of two offshore oil drilling rigs at Ingalls facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. Keyes Offshore president Bill Keyes said the first of the self
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on March 15, 1980R.K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the McDermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., recently announced a management realignment. In announcing the restructuring of the unit into five major areas of responsibility, Mr. Richie said the change will enable Mc- De
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on March 15, 1980Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Tokyo, Japan, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., Chicago, 111., have signed an agreement with Oosterhuis Industries, Inc. of Belle Chasse, La., in which Oosterhuis will become the master distributor for Mitsubishi marine diesel engines in th
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on March 15, 1980The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Flagship Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers recently held a joint meeting at the Bethesda Officer's Club to hear the presentation of the paper, "Seven Commandments for the Survival of a Te
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on March 15, 1980Literature is available describing a new two-drum hydraulic winch that was specifically designed for both t r a w l i n g and purse seining operations. This winch, the MARCO WM- 255 Combination Seiner-Trawler Winch, offers the power, speed, line capacity, and rugged construction for a wide
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on March 15, 1980A 95th vessel has recently been added to Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation's growing list of offshore service boats, according to Richard M. Currence, president of the New Orleans, La.-based firm. Gulf Fleet has accepted delivery of the Gulf Fleet No. 37, the largest supply boat ever built by Q
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on March 15, 1980B&W Shipyard, Copenhagen, Denmark, has completed the first of two Hamlet Multi-Flex ships of about 12,600-dwt for Sudan Shipping Line. The ship was named White Nile, after the river which joins the Blue Nile at the city of Khartoum, and which together continue to the Mediterranean as the ri
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on March 1980At the fourth meeting of the New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Todd P^ltzer, Ensign, USN, presented a paper entitled "On the Use of High-speed Photography in the S t u d y of P r o p e l l e r Cavitation." Ensign Peltzer is a recent graduate at the Ma
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on March 1980The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a comprehensive "Manual of Practice for Protection and Cleanup of Shorelines" from oil spills. The two-volume manual was prepared by Woodward-Clyde Consultants (San Francisco). The manual is designed as a decision-making guide to provide
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on March 1980The newly christened fishing vessel Birgit-N is the first crabber/ trawler built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc., Tacoma, Wash., for service in the Bering Sea. The Birgit-N (shown above) was built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc. for Peter Njardvik and A.O. Nordheim to join their other vess
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on March 1980An International S y m p o s i um on "Automation for Safety in Shipping and Offshore Petroleum Operations" (ASSOPO '80) is scheduled to be held in Trondheim, Norway, June 16-18, 1980. The symposium was organized by the Norwegian Society for Automatic Control, jointly sponsored sponsored by
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on March 1980Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (GT&T), a division of Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., responsible for marine transportation and the supply, sales and trading of foreign crude oil, will transfer its headquarters and the bulk of its operations to Houston, Texas. Herbert I. Goodma
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on March 1980A new 12-page Technical Services brochure from Atlantic Diving Company, Inc. describes new underwater tools and techniques. It includes 14 on-the-job photographs and five technical diagrams. Atlantic Diving Co. has programs for total inspection, maintenance, and repair. The Technical Services
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on March 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. This conference will examine the navigations, weather forecasting, and communications aspects in the maritime industry. An exhibit of the late
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on March 1980A $2-million expansion of the Nashville Bridge Company Shipyards, Ashland City, Tenn., was announced recently by A1 Zang, president of NABRICO. Mr. Zang said the expansion will increase the company's production in Ashland City by as much as 15 percent, and will provide NABRICO with the capabi
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on March 1980Webb Institute of Naval Architecture recently announced the Jeremy B. Blood Research Assistantship in Marine Engineering. Jeremy B. Blood, class of 1922, was professor of marine engineering at Webb Institute from 1926 through 1946. He subsequently headed the Department of Marine Engineering