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on July 15, 1978Bird-Johnson Company, Walpole, Mass., has been awarded a contract for a 990-hp bow thruster by AmShip Division of The American Ship Building Company. The unit will be installed as a replacement on the S/S Elton Hoyt 2nd. The Hoyt, a Great Lakes bulk freighter capable of carrying 23,200 gross
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on July 15, 1978Senator Gary Hart (D-Colo.), and former Senator Robert Taft Jr. (R-Ohio) have joined in drafting the 1978 edition of White Paper on Defense, entitled "A Modern Military S t r a t e g y for the United States," which calls for "new force structure, which combines smaller but more modern groun
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on July 15, 1978Michael Wager has been elected president and chief operating officer of the Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., Chatham, N.J., manufacturer of marine valves and smoke pollution control equipment. By action of the board of directors, Robert H. Wager Jr., president of the Wager Company since 1958, now
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on July 15, 1978The San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced the following program for the 1978-79 season: September 20, 1978—Regular meeting of the San Diego Section. Paper: "Heavy Lift Ship Design and Costs," by Benjamin V. Andrews, consultant, Menlo Park, Cal
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on July 15, 1978Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., recently launched its first offshore supply vessel. The 112-foot by 26- foot by 11-foot 2-inch Utility-class vessel was designed by the naval architectural and marine engineering firm of van Bentem and Associates of Ocean Springs, Miss
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- Equitable Shipyards, Inc. Lays Keel For Third 2,000-DWT Breakbulk Vessel For American Atlantic page: 18
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on July 15, 1978Keel-laying ceremonies for the third 2,000- dwt breakbulk vessel in a series of three vessels for American Atlantic Shipping, Inc. were held recently by Equitable Shipyards, Inc., at its Madisonville, La., shipyard. The principals attending the keel-laying ceremonies as identified in the photo
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on July 15, 1978Delta Steamship Lines, 1700 International Trade Mart, New Orleans, La. 70150, has completed acquisition of Prudential Lines, Inc.'s Latin American services and various vessels, marking the initiation of new Delta services to Latin America from both the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The
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on July 15, 1978Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered the San Jose Island and the Breton Island, two identical supply vessels, to their owner, Arthur Levy Enterprises, Inc., New Orleans. Each vessel has an overall length of 185 feet, a 40-foot beam, a 14-foot draft, and a normal ope
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- Tank Ship Fleet Analysis Released page: 16
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on July 15, 1978According to the detailed tanker report just published by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, the world tanker fleet continued to grow in 1976 with a 9.6 percent increase in capacity over the previous year. This annual study, "The Analysis of World Tank Ship Fleet," shows that this incre
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on July 15, 1978Approximately 90 members and guests attended a joint meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the American Society of Naval Engineers held at the Commissioned O f f i c e r s ' Mess, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., Ju
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on July 15, 1978Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., has announced the delivery of the Munnatawket, a passenger/vehicle ferry designed and built for the Fisher's Island Ferry District. The Ferry District is an authority of the State of New York, administrated by an elected Board of Commissioners. Ray
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on July 15, 1978Cecil M. Keeney, president and chief executive officer of Equitable Shipyards, Inc., has been named the 1978 Maritime Man of the Year in New Orleans, La. The prestigious award is granted annually by The Propeller Club, Port of New Orleans, to honor a local m a r i t i m e industry official
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on July 15, 1978Matton Shipyard Co., Inc. recently delivered the tugboat Michael Turecamo to her owners, Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corp., New York, N.Y., in a brief ceremony at Cohoes, N.Y. The Michael is now engaged in coastwise towing from the Port of New York. The 105-foot vessel is powered by t
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on July 15, 1978The tanker Exxon Galveston, the newest addition to the Exxon Company, U.S.A. ocean fleet, was christened on June 10 at the Port of Galveston, Texas. Mrs. W.T. Slick Jr., wife of a senior vice president of Exxon Company, U.S.A., broke the traditional bottle of champagne during the christenin
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on July 15, 1978Donald T. Bixby, president, De- Laval Turbine Inc., announced that Fred W. Beltz Jr. was elected vice president by the board of directors on May 24, 1978. A 29-year DeLaval veteran, Mr. Beltz has served in a number of assignments within the organization. Prior to his appointment in 1970 as
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on July 15, 1978At a June meeting of the International Council of the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Peter Murdoch, director of Small Ports and Operational Services, British Transport Docks Board, and chairman of ICHCA U.K., was elected ch
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on July 15, 1978Two leading tug firms in the United States, Moran Towing Corporation of New York, N.Y., and Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco, Calif., have announced the formation of Ocean Salvors Company (OSC), a joint venture, to provide marine salvage, oil pollution control, wreck removal an
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on July 15, 1978Marlin Drilling Co., Inc. has awarded Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard a contract for construction of a new independent leg jackup drilling rig. The new rig, to be named Marlin No. 14, is scheduled for delivery in August 1979, becoming Marlin's 10th offshore rig. In
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on July 1978The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that construction planning is proceeding for a new super-class, self-unloading vessel to transport bulk cargoes on the Great Lakes. The new ship will be designed to carry three million tons of western coal annually for The Detr
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on July 1978On June 4, a unique French hovercraft made its inaugural "flight" across the English Channel between Dover, England, and Calais, France. The vessel is powered by five marine gas turbines manufactured by the Avco Lycoming (Stratford, Conn.) Division. The craft, designated N500-2, was built b