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on August 1978Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. has been awarded a contract to build a pipelay barge for the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), Abu Dhabi. The pipelay barge, measuring 106 meters in length (about 348 feet), 30 meters in breadth (about 98 feet), and 7.5 meters in depth (a
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on August 1978Joseph H. Lennox has been named general manager of General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Mass. Mr. Lennox, who has over 21 years of shipbuilding experience, joined General Dynamics at Quincy in 1973, and most recently served as assistant general manager of the division, wit
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on August 1978H a l t e r M a r i n e , I n c . o f N e w O r l e a n s , L a . , h a s d e l i v e r e d t h e J o n e s T i d e a n d t h e L a u g h - l i n T i d e , t w o i d e n t i c a l s u p p l y v e s s e l s , t o t h e i r o w n e r , T i d e w a t e r , I n c . , N e w O r l e a n s . E a c h v
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on August 1978Harland and Wolff Ltd. of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and M.A.N. ( M a s c h i n e n f a b r i k Augsburg- Nurnberg Aktiengesellschaft) of Augsburg, in the Federal Republic of Germany, have entered into an agreement covering the production and sale of medium-speed engines of M.A.N, design. A
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on August 1978The M/V Ocean Marauder, recently launched in the waters off Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is the first North American fishing vessel powered by a Cummins KT-2300-M diesel engine. An 86-foot seiner built by John Manly Shipyards of Vancouver for Ocean Fisheries and Wishing Star Fisheries
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on August 1978Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau Und Maschinenfabrik, located in Bremen, Germany, has announced the appointment of the T.A.S.T. Corporation, International Marine Representatives, of 5 Farmstead Road, North Caldwell, N.J. 07006, as their exclusive U.S. representative for ship construction and repair.
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on August 1978Fred Barg, vice president, C.J. Hendry Co., San Francisco, Calif., announces two major changes within the firm's branch in southern California. Warren (Scotty) Phalen returns to the company as branch manager, San Pedro, with Wally Lynn designated as assistant manager. Ms. Jean Herring was n
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on August 1978Adm. John M. Will, USN (ret.), chairman of Arthur Tickle Engineering Works in Brooklyn, N.Y., has been elected chairman of the National Maritime Historical Society. He succeeds Rear Adm. Walter F. Schlech Jr., USN (ret.), of Annapolis, Md., who served the National Society as chairman for a
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on August 1978Discussions and debates on five critical oceans issues will be featured at OCEANS 78, fourth annual combined conference sponsored by the Marine Technology Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. The conference will be held September 6-8, 1978 at the Sheraton- Park
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on August 1978The Galbraith-Pilot Marine Division of Marine Electric RPD, Inc., 166 National Road, Edison, N.J., has introduced a lube Oil Pump Emergency Power Source to assure protection of ship propulsion machinery after a'power interruption. The emergency power source is an "uninterruptible" power sys
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on August 1978Paul I. Beining, president of CDI Marine Company, recently announced that Dr. James R. Wilkins Jr. has joined the staff of CDI Marine Company, in the newly established position of chief engineer. Dr. Wilkins is responsible for technical efforts of CDI Marine offices, under CDI Marine's vice
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on August 1978Bath Iron Works has placed an order of $50 million with General Electric for the company's LM- 2500 marine gas turbines to power the U.S. Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-Class guided missile frigates. The contract was announced by O.R. Bonner, general manager, Marine and Industrial Projects Depa
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on July 15, 1978The newly formed California Launch Service Corporation christened its first launch vessel on June 14, in ceremonies at the St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, Calif. Rees B. Williams Jr., president of the firm, headquartered in San Francisco, said the company received authorization to op
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on July 15, 1978A $10.6-million expansion program by Bay-Houston Towing Company was announced by W.D. Haden II, chairman of the board, as he disclosed the signing of contracts for four new tugs and option on an additional two vessels. One tug, the 4,200-hp Captain W.D. Haden, is designed to keep Bay-Housto
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on July 15, 1978In a study funded by the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Seaworthy Engine Systems of Essex, Conn., has reported on the effect of commercial fuel oil additives on steamship boiler condition and fuel economy. The most effective additive was a dispersion of inorganic
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on July 15, 1978Vital tank gauging information essential to accurate liquid inventory control is the primary purpose of the new MMC Portable ' Sonic INTERFACE Tape. This versatile, precision instrument combines ullage and interface measurements in one simple operation. It also serves as an accurate calibratio
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on July 15, 1978Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of IU International Corp., 1500 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102, has announced the formation of Gotaas-Larsen LNG, Inc. The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., will be responsible for the marketing of Gotaas
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on July 15, 1978Ocean Fleets Limited's Naval Architects and Engineering Departments, Liverpool, England, have won a contract from a Mexican company to supervise the building of three ships in a Japanese shipyard. The ships are being built for Transportation Maritime Mexicana at Hitachi Shipyard, Innoshima, w
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on July 15, 1978Benjamin Van Cleve Andrews, naval architect, presented a paper entitled "Transport Ships and Marine Terminals for Manganese Nodules Mined from the Deep Pacific Ocean," at a recent dinner meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held a
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on July 15, 1978A 120,000-deadweight-ton tanker was christened at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., on June 3, 1978, by Mrs. Roger Bexon before an audience of several thousand shipyard workers and their families. Mrs. Bexon, the wife of a senior SOHIO official, christened the 869-foot tanker,