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on September 1978Kenneth H. Passe has been named manager, offshore operations- Pacific Northwest for American President Lines, Ltd., assuming the position held by Capt. Harry Greenwood, who has retired after almost 27 years of service with APL and its former subsidiary, American Mail Line. The announcement
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on September 1978The M/V Buffalo, newest addition to the American Steamship Company's (ASC) Great Lakes fleet, was christened on August 2 in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The $25- million, 635-foot carrier was named in honor of Buffalo, N.Y., ASC's home port city. ASC is a subsidiary of GATX Corporation, Chicago, 111.
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on September 1978The United States Navy has signed a contract with IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation, for the development of a portable Single Point Mooring catenary buoy for quick deployment in support of naval amphibious operations. A major specification calls for the SPM to weigh less than
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on September 1978Veteran shipbuilder Robert Ivey has been named to the newly created position of manager of repair services for Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., according to MMTC president John Nichols. Mr. Ivey is a Vicksburg, Miss., native, and comes to MMTC from Zapata Offshore
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on August 15, 1978The first combined roll-on/rolloff mini-bulk carrier/inland motorship in Europe—the RoRo-Simmental— belonging to the Swiss company Rohr- und Saar-Kohle AG, was recently commissioned. The vessel is 95 meters long (approximately 312 feet), about 11 meters wide (36 feet), and with a deadweight
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on August 15, 1978Murphy Pacific Marine Salvage Company, One World Trade Center, Suite 8833 New York, N.Y. 10048, has announced the promotion of Joseph F. Madeo Jr. to the position of general manager of its Merritt Division. This is the former Marine Salvage Division of the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
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on August 15, 1978Arctic Transportation Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, commissioned its new seismic research vessel Arctic Surveyor on July 10 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sponsor of the vessel was Mrs. Lloyd R. Hatlelid, whose husband is senior geophysicist with the Exploration Department of Imperial
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on August 15, 1978Paul V. Williams, vice president of Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc., has named Herbert R. Streb chief engineer of the Tacoma Boat- Escher Wyss controllable-pitch propeller operations. Recently, Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc. of Tacoma, Wash., and Escher Wyss G.M.B.H. of Ravensburg, West German
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on August 15, 1978The MTU Group, a West German m a n u f a c t u r e r of highperformance diesel engines, gas turbines and power generating sets, has e s t a b l i s h e d a North American sales and service subsidiary for their diesel engines, it was announced by Dr. Ernst Zimmermann, MTU president. MTU, whi
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on August 15, 1978U.K.-based international shipyard consultants A and P Appled o r e ( A P A ) have sold t h e i r shipbuilding technology survey technique to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration. The survey technique is a system developed by the British firm two years ago to measure on a
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on August 15, 1978A Newcastle chartered accountant, N.L. Dalby, has been appointed chairman of directors of Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd., Old Punt Road, Tomago, New South Wales, Australia 2322. Three of the shipbuilding firm's departmental managers have been appointed directors also. They are the commercial
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on August 15, 1978A.L. Burbank and Co., One World Trade Center, Suite 2811, New York, N.Y. 10048, will be sole worldwide marketing agents for the Marine ThermoTest Division of Fuel Savers, Inc., it was announced by Victor M. Richel, president. The Marine Thermo- Test Division performs diagnostic inspections
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on August 15, 1978Alcoa Marine Corporation has announced the formation of a new division, Alcoa Marine Offshore Services Co., to offer geotechnical and geophysical marine field services, primarily to the oil industry. The new division, to be headquartered in Houston, Texas, will use the services of Alcoa Seap
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on August 15, 1978The 150-foot bunkering tanker Reiss Marine was recently delivered by Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., to Superior, Wis. The vessel will be operated by the Marine Fueling Division of Reiss Oil Terminal Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The C. Reiss Coal Company, located in
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on August 15, 1978The Sixth International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG-6) will be held April 6 through April 11, 1980, at the International Conference Hall in Kyoto, Japan. Sponsored by the International Gas Union, London, England, the Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, 111., an
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on August 15, 1978On September 22,1978, the Honorable John M. Murphy, Chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Congress of the United States, will receive the coveted AOTOS Award, and will be named "Admiral of the Ocean Sea," in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton, New York City. The ti
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on August 15, 1978D.J. O'Rourke, vice presidentmarketing, has announced several organizational changes in the Marketing Department of Abex Corporation, Denison Division, Columbus, Ohio. The changes have been made, he said, to further increase the effectiveness of service to the division's customers for fluid
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on August 15, 1978Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, has authorized the award of a contract to Bender Welding and Machine Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala., for the construction of a fisheries research vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He als
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on August 15, 1978Dillingham Tug and Barge Corporation (DT&B), Honolulu, Hawaii, has been awarded a government contract by the Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., to provide tug and barge service between Honolulu, Johnston Island, and Eniwetok Atoll as part of the United States effort to restore livi
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on August 1978Franz Krautkremer, president of the Schottel Group of Companies, recently officiated at the opening of new offices of Schottel of America, Inc., now located at 8375 N.W. 56th Street, Miami, Fla. 33166. Schottel, the world's largest supplier of specialized propulsion equipment, has offices, wa