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on September 15, 1978The 30th Annual Summer Meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Gulf Central Section was held at the Saxony Restaurant in New Orleans, La., on July 27, 1978. Prior to the technical session, William W. Hamilton, SNAME Gulf Section chairman, presented certificates
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on September 15, 1978Marine Concrete Structures, Inc., Metairie, La. 70004, has delivered the first two offshore production platforms from its new graving dock facility at the firm's Port Bienville Yard, Don Payne, president, announced. The graving dock, 155 feet in width, is the widest facility of this type al
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on September 15, 1978Deliveries of vessels by member yards of the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association in the first six months of 1978 totaled 22 with an estimated gross tonnage of 97,161. This compares with 12 vessels and a gross tonnage of 74,380 in the same period of 1977. The 1978 tonnage re
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on September 15, 1978The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved Port Everglades' request to expand the Foreign Trade Zone from 30 to 82 acres. Commissioner Fred J. Stevens, senior member of the Port Commission, stated: "The 52-acre expansion area makes Port Everglades the largest Foreign Trade Zone in Florida
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on September 15, 1978Corporacion Raymond S.A., a subsidiary of Raymond International Inc., 2801 South Post Oak Road, P.O. Box 22718, Houston, Texas 77027, has been awarded a contract of about $10 million by Estructuras Venezolanas to design and construct a marginal wharf in Guanta, Venezuela, said Henry F. LeMi
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on September 15, 1978Halter Marine, Inc. has added the 10th shipyard to its rapidly expanding group with the opening of a new division at Chickasaw, Ala. The new shipyard is located on a fork of the Mobile River five miles north of the city of Mobile, on a site formerly occupied by the Gulf Shipyard. During the
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on September 15, 1978Nominations are being accepted for the third annual Rear Admiral Halert C. Shepheard Award for Achievement in Merchant Marine Safety. The award is given either for a single outstanding contribution to merchant marine safety, or for dedication to, and constructive participation in, activitie
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on September 15, 1978James H. Sanborn has joined Interstate and Ocean Transport Company, Three Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102, as vice president and general manager of Eastern United States Operations. Mr. Sanborn r e p o r t s to Stephen A. Van Dyck, chief operating officer of Interstate, a subsidiary of IOT
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on September 15, 1978Three contracts over a twomonth period, totaling approximately $9.5 million, have been received by IMODCO, 10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024, a unit of AMCA International Corporation, from PEMEX, the Mexican state-controlled oil company, reflecting the rapidly expanding pe
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on September 15, 1978Swann Oil, Inc., 130 Presidential Boulevard, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. 19004, has announced the relocation of its New York Supply and Distribution Offices to 405 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. John P. Stathis, Swann's vice president, Supply and Distribution, will be in charge of the office. Swa
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on September 15, 1978Capt. Tom Smith, well-known international marine surveyor, until recently vice president of Nelson and Associates, Inc., announces the formation of CTS and Associates, international marine consultants, surveyors, engineers and ultrasonic technicians (audio gauging or nondestructive thickness
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on September 15, 1978Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. and TBW Industries, Incorporated have reached an agreement whereby SMATCO, Inc., a TBW Industries Company, will be licensed to utilize Samson's Traction Winch designs and patents for manufacture and sale to their customers. The Traction Winch was developed by Sam
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on September 15, 1978Perry Oceanographies, Inc., P.O. Box 10297, Riviera Beach, Fla. 33404, under contract to Seaforth Maritime Limited, Aberdeen, Scotland, has started the design and construction of a new concept in undersea observation, maintenance, and repair vehicle. This vehicle, a Mobile Diving Unit (MDU)
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on September 15, 1978The Maritime Administration has released a technical report on the feasibility of a new Single Point Mooring (SPM) concept designed for ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other lowtemperature cargoes. The study was carried out by Donaldson Associates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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on September 15, 1978"It's not that unusual; everyone has to make a living," says Lee Ann Tyler, the first female officer ever to serve aboard one of the Army Engineers' seagoing dredges, the Comber, working out of the Philadelphia District. Lee Ann works the day shift from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. for 10 days and
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on September 15, 1978Boeing Marine Systems, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Wash. 98124, has awarded contracts totaling more than $4,360,000 for work in connection with the production of Patrol Hydrofoil Missileships (PHM) for the U.S. Navy. More than 30 major contractors will supply materials for the five PHMs now und
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on September 15, 1978What is one of the largest vessels ever designed for the Alaskan crab fishery, with an estimated capacity of 450,000 pounds of live king crabs, was recently completed at Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Miss., shipyard. The $2-million-plus Alaskan Enterprise, which was delivered on Labor Da
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on September 15, 1978A three-year, $13-million contract has been awarded to the Aerojet Liquid Rocket Company (ALRC) of Sacramento, Calif., by Boeing Marine Systems of Seattle, Wash., to produce waterjet pumps for five Patrol Hydrofoil Missile-carrying ships (PHMs) which Boeing is building for the U.S. Navy. S
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on September 15, 1978With oil and gas reserves equal to the North Sea, a commercial fishing industry expected to triple in size, huge mineral deposits, and extensive hydro-power potential, "the 1980s will be the decade that belongs to Newfoundland and Labrador," according to a new publication, "Newfoundland Oppo
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on September 15, 1978J.W. Bean, p r e s i d e n t , Eagle Dredging Corp., New Orleans, La., a joint venture of C.F. Bean Corp. and Adriaan Volker Dredging Company, Rotterdam, Holland, has announced the signing of a $25-miIlion contract with Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, to construc