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on November 1977The recent purchase of 450,000- dwt tankers by Exxon, following on closely from the newbuilding orders placed by Bergesen for two 412,000-tonners with segregated ballast tanks, have created a stirring of interest in ULCCs (tankers of 300,000 dwt and over). These developments come at a time
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on November 1977The General Electric Credit Corporation announced it has purchased for $120,000,000 the 225,- 000-dwt tanker T.T. Stuyvesant, and that the vessel has been initially chartered to the Standard Oil Company of Ohio (SOHIO) to transport Alaskan oil. The VLCC (very large crude carrier) was built
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on November 1977Sperry Marine Systems has delivered four 24,000,000-inch/ pound steering systems to National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) for the 188,500-dwt San Diego-Class tankers. These systems are the first triple flow systems delivered in Sperry's expanding steering system business. The triple fl
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on November 1977"Small Fast Warships and Security Vessels" are the subject of an international symposium to be held in London from March 6 to 10, 1978. Organized by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects through its Small Craft Group, the symposium will bring together speakers from government and indust
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on November 1977Albert S. Giorgis has been elected to the newly created position of group vice president, technical, of National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif. He reports to C. Larry French, president. Reporting to Mr. Giorgis are the vice president, materials; the director of opera
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on November 1977ASRY's (Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard) 1,230-foot by 246- foot drydock is now open for business for vessels up to 500,000 dwt. The last stage in the construction program of this massive dock, located at Manama, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf, was s u c c e s s f u l l y completed on September 16,
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on November 1977Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is to build a new $21-million ferry ship for operation on the British Rail Irish Sea service between Larne and Stranraer. The 7,000-ton multipurpose vessel has been designed to carry 600 passengers in addition to 300 motor cars, or 60
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on November 1977The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved Title XI loan guarantees totaling $43.1 million to aid American Export Lines, Inc. in financing two containerships on order at the Bath (Maine) Iron Works Corporation shipyard, and refinancing two combination container-roll-on / roll-off vess
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on November 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers opened its 1977-78 season on September 29, 1977, at the U.S. Coast Guard Officers' Club on Governors Island, New York City. This was also Past Chairman's Night. The Section chairman, Nicola F. Pergola,
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on November 1977The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has announced the award of contracts totaling nearly $400,- 000 for two related studies of Great Lakes regional port planning and shipping. One award of $150,000 went to Frederic R. Harris, Inc. of Lake Success, N.Y., as the first increment of a two-part,
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on November 1977National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new "Gompers Class" Destroyer Tender (AD-43) by the U.S. Navy for a target price of approximately $174 million. The contract is a fixed-price incentive type with escala
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on October 15, 1977A British-made inshore search and rescue boat, used by the Royal National Life-Boat Institution and the Royal Navy for several years, is now available in the U.S. The Atlantic 21, a semirigid, selfrighting craft with waterproofed engines and instrumentation, immediately restarts after a caps
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on October 15, 1977An entirely new marine servicing company which will operate on a worldwide basis is CCL Shipcare Limited of Winchester, Hampshire, England. CCL Shipcare, which was recently formed out of the established Continental Combustions Limited, is a subsidiary of the Petrocon Group, and offers a very
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on October 15, 1977The Maritime Administration has awarded a cost-shared reimbursable no-fee contract in the amount of $295,800 to American President Lines, Inc., 601 California Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94108, to analyze the characteristics of systems used to control steam propulsion plants on ships of t
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on October 15, 1977Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Glen Cove, N.Y., has announced that a grant has just been received from the National Science Foundation to provide substantial financial assistance in the construction of a hydraulically driven oscillating table. The table will provide both angular and
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on October 15, 1977The Maritime Administration has released a group of 15 technical reports evaluating the feasibility of heavy-duty gas turbines as a competitive and acceptable form of marine propulsion generation. The reports were prepared under a contract awarded in 1970 to the General Electric Company, Ga
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on October 15, 1977By tripling the ship tonnage it provides with mutual protection and indemnity insurance over the past five years, The American Club has served up a "jolting reminder to all that American enterprise can successfully compete in the international market place." The statement was made by Robert
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on October 15, 1977The state-owned Iraqui National Oil Company has recently taken delivery of a 155,200-dwt tanker built at Gotaverken Arendal. The ship, which shortly before the delivery was given the name Hittin, is number three of four ships of the same type and size being built by Gotaverken for INOC. Th
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on October 15, 1977The Hoosier State, a twin-screw 556-horsepower tug, was recently completed by R.E. Derecktor and Co., Dania, Fla., for the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. of Chicago, 111. Designed by S.L. Petchul, Inc., Naval Architect, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the Hoosier State is now in operation in south Florid
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on October 15, 1977James J. Reynolds, president of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS), Washington, D.C., has announced that a lawsuit has been filed by his organization, together with Chevron USA, Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company, Exxon Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, International Ocean Trans