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on October 1977LeBeouf Bros. Towing Co., one of the better-known marine transportation companies operating on the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast, has evolved into one of the fastest growing, diversified organizations in the marine industry. As a result of this growth, a new corporation, Gonsoulin In
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on October 1977The chairman of one of the nation's largest barge companies challenged transportation leaders of all modes to form a "willing partnership with each other, and with government" in order to provide the nation with a transportation system that is efficient, competitive, energy conservative, an
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on October 1977The Honorable Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, and Adm. Maurice F. Weisner, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, will be headliners for a Sea Power Symposium to be held on November 4, 1977, in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Blackwell i
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on October 1977A costly tangle involving petroleum explorers and fishermen may soon come to an end, the American Petroleum Institute reports. Mobil Oil Corporation has patented a device that will prevent seismic cables used for exploring beneath the marine bottom for oil and gas from becoming tangled with
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on October 1977Harbridge House has been contacted by the Maritime Administration to perform what may be one of the most far-reaching studies ever of the liner segment of the U.S. merchant fleet. The study will explore the berth line operators in, basically, three possible economic settings: 1. Continuatio
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on October 1977Interocean Management Corporation, Three Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102, recently arranged the first "Inert Gas and Supporting Systems for Tanker Safety" training course to be offered in the United States. The four-day course is for deck and engineering officers sailing on new Americanbuil
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on October 1977"Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Program — Addendum," a report released by the Maritime Administration, extends the 1975 "Environmental Impact Analysis" which MarAd published, to cover a containership, a bulk cargo vessel, and an icebreaking oil tanker, in a
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on October 1977The recently concluded Shipping Management Seminar co-sponsored by Marine Management Systems, Inc. of Stamford, Conn., and the Maine Maritime Academy, signaled the beginning of a new development at MMA, a Center for Advanced Maritime Studies in Castine. Although plans are still in the formati
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on October 1977American President Lines has named Capt. E.J. McClafferty as managing director- Southwest region. Concurrently, the company announces the appointment of Nassef Z. Kourey as director of marketing-Southwest region. A 16-year veteran of terminal, traffic and vessel operations management at APL,
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on October 1977F.X. McQuade, president of Northeast Marine Terminal Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., has announced that a newly formed affiliate— NMT of Georgia, Inc.—has started operations as a complete marine service agency in the South Atlantic Port of Savannah, Ga. The new company, headed by John B. Hohenstei
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on October 1977Intermarine Electronics Inc., a company established in November 1976 for the manufacture and distribution of marine electronics, announces the introduction of its first major product, a completely new marine radar, according to Werner Brack, president. The new radar, called the "Intermarine
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on October 1977The Chinese are on a worldwide buying spree for second-hand tonnage. A survey in the issue of ShipStatS Weekly Report (September 2, 1977) notes that since the beginning of May, the Chinese have bought a total of 33 second-hand vessels, amounting to 572,631 deadweight tons, which have cost t
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on October 1977Five new offshore tugs recently delivered by U.S. shipyards were equipped with American Brons diesel engines from Oosterhuis Industries, Inc. of New Orleans, La. Oosterhuis is the American distributor for Brons and American Brons diesel engines. Oosterhuis Industries also produces and sells t
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on October 1977E.H. Glascock, vice president, marketing and sales, Alco Power Inc., Auburn, N.Y., has announced that its Southwestern Regional Headquarters has been located in a larger, more modern facility. This new location is 3572 East T.C. Jester, P.O. Box 10895, Houston, Texas 77018. From this complex
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on October 1977Thomas F. Robinson has been appointed assistant technical manager of the Central Technical Division of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Shipbuilding Department, A. Dudley Haff, technical manager, has announced. The Central Technical Division, which is located at the Sparrows Point (Md.) Shipya
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on October 1977Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., recently delivered to the United States Navy one of the world's largest warships, the nuclearpowered aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN69). With the Eisenhower, Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered 10 of the last 14 nuclear-
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on October 1977Rudolph F. Matzer and Associates, internationally known firm of naval architects of Jacksonville, Fla., have designed another ro/ro-containership for Birdsall Shipping Company, Ltd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The Matzerdesigned vessel will be named the Tropic Jade and will feature satellite nav
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on October 1977Ocean Transport & Trading Limited has ordered three cargo liners from Scott Lithgow Limited at a cost of approximately $63 million. Work will start immediately on the ships, and they will be delivered during the second half of 1979 and the first quarter of 1980. Speaking about the contract,
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on September 15, 1977Capt. James F. McNulty, U.S. Navy (ret.), has been appointed as Academic Dean at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, replacing the retiring Dean, Capt. Edward E. Conrad. Captain McNulty is a native of Lawrence, Mass., and is a 1953 graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He served at sea
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on September 15, 1977The Department of Commerce has announced the award of a $271,508, eleven-month contract to Stanford Research Institute of Menlo Park, Calif., to compare the cost effectiveness of various marine firefighting programs. The Maritime Administration (MarAd) and the National Fire Prevention and C