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on March 1980A 43.5-million Canadian dollar agreement was signed recently for the purchase of an oversized Panamax floating dock for Halifax Shipyards of Nova Scotia. The new dock will be capable of handling all types and sizes of vessels up to 115,000 dwt, and when commissioned will enable Halifax Ship
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on March 1980McDermott Norge, a division of Oceanic Contractors, Inc., which is a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., has received a letter of intent for a $100-million contract with Amoco Norway Oil Company. McDermott Norge will act as the prime contractor for the fabrication of production/compres
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on March 1980Practical information on using combustion to combat oil spills is contained in a report released recently by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest Laboratory (operated by Battelle Memorial Institute). The purpose of the report is to provide decision-makers with information they can use
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on March 1980North Sea weather is expected to produce some 273 days in any one year officially described as bad (mist, rain, fog, snow, ice), 49 "marginal," and 43 "fair or good" days. Because of this weather pattern, outlined by P.H. Barton (divisional) manager, Marine Offshore Division, (GEC), in his ope
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on March 1980The El Rey, Trailer Marine Transport Corporation's fourth triple-deck barge, departed Jacksonville, Fla., on January 18 for its maiden voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The El Rey (shown above), the final in a series of four mammoth triple-deck barges, was built in Portland, Ore., by the Marin
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on February 15, 1980Riverway Shipyard Co., Grafton, 111., recently delivered a new towboat to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, at the Marietta Repair Station, Marietta, Ohio. The towboat Plant 69 measures 50 feet long by 16 feet wide by 5 feet high, with an operating draft of 3 feet 0 inc
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on February 15, 1980The Flow Control Division of Rockwell International Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., has introduced a new generation of highpressure high-temperature forged steel globe valves. Incorporating modern technology and materials, the manufacturer reports the new Univalve® design offers higher pressure
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on February 15, 1980The Port of Portland (Ore.) Commission recently elected Joseph M. Edgar its president for 1980. Mr. Edgar has served on the commission since August 1973, and was president in 1977. Other officers for the nine-member board elected at the regular meeting were Alan Green Jr., vice president; Sam
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on February 15, 1980The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently announced the availability of the book "Aerospace Technology and the Marine Transport Industry." The hardbound book is the carefully edited result of a workshop-conference between the two disciplines, held in Williamsburg, Va., Dec
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on February 15, 1980Ten engineers of General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., delivered professional papers on submarine design and construction innovation at EB's recent fourth Annual Professional Honors Seminar. The audience at the honors seminar included a number of college engineering departme
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on February 15, 1980Megasystems, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that Seamatic II engine monitoring and control systems will be an integral part of the conversion of four VLCC supertankers to diesel operation for Mobil Shipping and Transportation Co., now underway in Japan via IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy
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on February 15, 1980In early January, Marathon Manufacturing Company's Republic of Singapore yard delivered the first of two jackup rigs ordered by the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation. The People's Republic of China rig, Pohai VIII, was originally scheduled for delivery in March of this ye
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on February 15, 1980Conoco Inc., Houston, Texas, recently announced plans for a new type of drilling and production platform capable of operating in 2,000-foot waters, twice as deep as the previous record. The company expects the new platform to be operating in the North Sea in four years. The first unit could
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on February 15, 1980A hose safety breakaway coupling designed to avert the danger of broken hoses and reduce the risk of pollution, will be shown for the first time in the United States at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 1980. The hose safety breakaway coupling is a deliberately
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on February 15, 1980The quarterly meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Southern New England Section, was held recently in New London, Conn. Capt. Don Kern, USN (ret.), chairman of the Section, presided over the meeting. The large-scale ocean transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet
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on February 15, 1980San Marcos Carrier Inc., Oakland, Calif., an affiliated company of the Oakland-based Domtar Gypsum America Inc., has announced that it has purchased the M/V Cabo San Lucas which, when converted, will be one of the world's largest oceangoing, self-unloading gypsum ore carriers. The ship is a
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on February 15, 1980Edwin D. Decker has been named vice president and general manager of Sperry Gyroscope, a unit of the Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation. Mr. Decker will succeed Robert L. Wendt, who was promoted to president of the division. Mr. Decker will be responsible for all activities of the unit,
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on February 15, 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. of New Orleans, La., has completed tests on a new automatic marine pipeline welding system. McDermott reports the system, under development since 1976, will increase the speed and quality with which large diameter pipe can be welded aboard marine lay barges. The
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on February 15, 1980Four of six 297 V2-foot by 54- foot by 12-foot semi-integrated d o u b l e - s k i n tank barges being constructed by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., for Hollywood Marine, Inc. of Houston, Texas, have been delivered. The barges, certified by the United States Coast Guar
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on February 15, 1980Authors William W. Rogalski and Eric A. Midboe, both of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Wilbur G. Sherwood, National Science Foundation, and Feat Szeto, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, presented a paper titled "The State of the Art in Alternate Ocean Energy Systems" at the December meeting