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on November 15, 1977Capt. C.R. North has been appointed vice president-sales of M o r a n - T h i b o d e a u x Shipping Agencies, Inc., it was announced by F. Robert Black, president and chairman of the board. Captain North will be headquartered in the World Trade Building in Houston, Texas, with sales respons
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on November 15, 1977The American Society of Naval E n g i n e e r s (ASNE), Northern New England Section, had their September dinner meeting at the Officer's Club, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Guest speaker for the meeting was Comdr. T. Martin, USN, 57th Commanding Officer of the USS Constitution. Commander Mart
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on November 15, 1977William C. Lorch has joined Alaska Maritime Agencies, Inc., as Valdez port manager, according to an announcement by David R. Enroth, general manager of the Seattle, Wash.-based steamship agency. Mr. Lorch served previously with Cascade Shipping Company in various managerial capacities. In
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on November 15, 1977The 90,000-deadweight-ton S/S Overseas Ohio, the second of four San Clemente-Class tankers ordered for subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), was delivered on October 20 to its owner by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif. The ships were contracted for in
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on November 15, 1977Lloyd's Register of Shipping has given approval in principle to the Gaz-Transport/McDonnell Douglas Corporation's LNG containment system. This combines Gaz-Transport's flat 36 percent nickel-iron alloy-membrane and an improved version of the Mc- Donnell Douglas Corporation's three-dimension
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on November 15, 1977John Calicchio, chief executive officer of Argo International Corp., has announced that Argo Marine has been named national distributor for Sealol (formerly Chempro) mechanical seals and mechanical packings. Argo will stock these products in their nationwide distribution and warehouse netwo
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on November 15, 1977The Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., has increased an existing Tracor, Inc. contract by $4.2 million to continue its support program of coordinating design, production, installation, and operational phases of sonar, command and control, and fire control s
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on November 15, 1977Philadelphia Gear of King of Prussia, Pa. 19406, has been chosen to design, manufacture and test the propulsor reduction gearbox for the 3,000-ton Surface Effect Ship (3KSES). The planned cost for this effort through design, development, test and delivery of one ship set of four propulsor r
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on November 15, 1977Boeing Marine Systems (BMS), Renton, Wash., has announced the signing of a $178-million U.S. Navy contract for production of five Patrol Hydrofoil Missileships (PHMs). Work will begin immediately on the scheduled five-year program. Boeing Marine Systems, a division of The Boeing Company, d
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on November 15, 1977It was announced by M. Lee Rice, president, Ogden Transportation Corporation, that effective January 1, 1978 several senior executive changes will become effective at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a principal subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, New York, N.Y. On the cited date, Edwin Hartzman will
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on November 15, 1977General Dynamics Corporation has announced that P. Takis Veliotis has been named general manager of its Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., the company's largest operating component. Gorden E. MacDonald, who has been serving as acting general manager at Electric Boat, will return to the
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on November 1977An unprecedented two-day New York symposium designed to provide a common international forum for diving and insurance industry views will be addressed by Congressman Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) on November 15, 1977, at the Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City. The 1977 International Diving and Insur
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on November 1977A new emergency oil spill control organization for the Port of New York has been formed at Perth Amboy, N.J. The company, Clean Venture, Inc., will provide quick-strike coverage of the entire harbor from bases in New York and New Jersey for oil spills of any size. This first-of-a-kind effort
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on November 1977The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) classed 127 new vessels worldwide in September. The vessels totaled 1,705,864 deadweight tons, or 940,520 gross tons, and included 13 bulk carriers, four very large crude carriers (VLCCs), one roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier, and two tugboats designed
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on November 1977Genstar Limited, One Place Ville Marie, Montreal H3B 3R1, Canada, has announced the appointment of Nicholas A. Liberatore as executive vice president to head up all international activities outside of Canada and the United States. Mr. Liberatore will also be responsible for Canadian domesti
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on November 1977Frank Kuntz introduced the new officers of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at their opening meeting for the new season. He takes his place with them as Chairman of the Section. William A. Hood becomes the new vice chairman, and Lt
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on November 1977IMODCO, pioneer company in the development of offshore single- point mooring (SPM) terminals, announces the formation of a regional marketing office in Houston, Texas. The facility is located at 2300 West Loop South, Suite 290, in the Litwin Building. Michael D. Jackson has been appointed t
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on November 1977The Port of Hueneme (Calif.), Oxnard Harbor District, has retained John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., naval architects, marine engineers and transportation consultants of One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, to prepare a master development plan for the port, in accordance with the req
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on November 1977John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., naval architects, marine engineers and consultants of New York, N.Y., and IHC-Holland of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, announce their joint establishment of Dredge Technology Corporation at Suite 3000, One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048. Dredge Tec
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on November 1977Stanley G. Stiansen, an assistant vice president of the American Bureau of Shipping, was elected a vice president of ABS at the semiannual meeting of the board of managers held in New York City, chairman and president Robert T. Young announced. The election takes effect November 1. Mr. Sti