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on December 15, 1978Scholarships in both the graduate and undergraduate levels are again being provided by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers to encourage men and women to pursue studies in the naval architectural and marine engineering or closely related fields. Only United States or Canadian
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on December 15, 1978C.T. Shen, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and Thomas W. Burke, president and chief operating officer of American Steamship Company, a subsidiary of GATX Corporation, have announced the election of three executives, Louis E. Ervin, D. Ward Fuller, and Dennis M. O'Connor t
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on December 15, 1978The Fourth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium will be held on January 20, 1979 in the Key Auditorium of St. John's College, Annapolis, Md. The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) joins The Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association ( C B Y R A ) a
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on December 15, 1978ITT Mackay Marine, a division of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, located in Elizabeth, N.J., recently hosted a Communication/Navigation Product Display at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City. One of the products demonstrated was the ITT Mackay Marine Telex Equipme
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on December 15, 1978Safety is the keyword in a new resin flooring, Selbaglo, developed by Selby, Battersby & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., m a n u f a c t u r e r of building and marine products. Perhaps the most outstanding and newsworthy feature of the Selbaglo is its ability to glow in the dark, allowing people to
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on December 15, 1978Seaward, Inc., has announced the promotion of Michael K. Kutzleb to manager, Self-contained Tanker Off-loading Pumping Systems (STOPS). STOPS is a specially designed submersible pump system for tanker offloading and salvage pumping. Mr. Kutzleb is a graduate of the University of Virginia, m
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on December 15, 1978Assistant Secretary Robert J. Blackwell, U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, has approved in principle an application from Amerada Hess Corporation, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of five integrate
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on December 15, 1978IMODCO has opened a Far East marketing office situated in Shaw Towers, Suite 2109 on Singapore's Beach Road. Leonard K. Watts, transferred from Los Angeles, Calif, headquarters, has been named regional manager. In making the announcement, Alfred W. Allchorn, senior vice president-marketing, s
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on December 15, 1978Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered the second supply boat of a threeboat contract to the nation of Brazil. The 185-foot Ogum was built for H. Dantas Servicos Maritimos, S.A. of Rio de Janiero for operations off the coast of Brazil, with Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil comp
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on December 15, 1978At its regular board meeting following the annual shareholder's meeting in November, Offshore Logistics, Inc., Lafayette, La., anounced that Kenneth M. Jones had been elected president of the corporation. Burt H. Keenan will remain chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Mr. Jone
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on December 15, 1978The Ship Structure Committee has recently published two new reports of interest to naval architects and engineers who are involved in the sciences of fracture mechanics and strength of materials. SSC-275, "The Effect of Strain Rate on the Toughness of Ship Steels," develops data for a variet
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on December 1978Sigurd Nilsen, president of the various companies of the Bailey Group, has announced the following appointments. Benjamin A. Bailey as vice president of Bailey Distributors, Inc. and assistant to the president of the Bailey affiliates. He served with the U.S. Navy as a radioman and was grad
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on December 1978A new non-slip coating, proven in use by the U.S. Navy, is now available as original safety equipment for new or existing ships and offshore rigs, regardless of age. The safety coating is manufactured and marketed by American Abrasive Metals Co. Called Epoxo, the low-cost coating simply rol
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on December 1978Trailer Marine Transport Corporation has recently ordered 400 specialized truck trailers for its expanding- fleet of equipment, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, senior vice president of the Caribbean Division of Crowley Maritime Corporation. Some 250 high-cube drop-fram
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on December 1978Louis L. Frierson has been elected president and chief executive officer of George Engine Company, Inc. (GECO). Mr. Frierson will continue as chairman of the board of GECO, a position he has held for the past two years. H.F. Colby, whom Mr. Frierson succeeds, recently resigned as president
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on December 1978Chamberlain M a n u f a c t u r i n g Corporation has announced a first for self-propelled aerial platforms -—a unit designed for use in hazardous environments. The new machine is the latest addition to the large and growing Manlift® line of platforms produced by the company. It meets Nation
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on December 1978The motor vessel Bob Koch, a new 4,200-horsepower towboat in the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, was recently christened in ceremonies at the Owensboro, Ky., riverfront. The vessel, with unique features that will enable it to serve as an icebreaker
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on December 1978T i d e w a t e r Inc., 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, La. 70112, announced that its Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., subsidiary has signed letters of intent to send 10 additional vessels into Mexico to work in support of the current offshore program being pursued by PEMEX, the
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on December 1978Allweiler International A.G., one of Germany's largest pump manufacturers, has announced the establishment of Allweiler Pump Inc. to market and service two lines of positive displacement pumps in the United States and Canada. The new corporation, headquartered in the Chicago area at 1801G H
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on December 1978Bird-Johnson Company, Walpole, Mass.—a leading supplier of marine propulsion and maneuvering systems—has named Erwin (Ed) D. Green Great Lakes regional manager, and has appointed Carl R. Nielson sales engineer for the Gulf Coast. In their respective positions, both will be responsible for t