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on August 1977The Council of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has agreed to develop classification requirements that would augment the surveillance by the societies of items which recent investigations h^ve revealed to be potential sources of hazard or pollution. Announcem
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on August 1977A.E. Stanford, president of Dytam Marine Inc. (USA), has announced the opening of a New York office at 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10036. Mr. Stanford, a director of Dytam Tanker GmbH (Germany), will be responsible for the worldwide coordination for the marketing of concrete
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on August 1977A 280 by 150-foot offshore drilling rig arrived in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Coatzalcoalcos, Mexico, June 27, completing a 15,000-mile trip from Nihama, Japan, in some 77 days, according to G.A. Watkins, acting managing director of Global Transport Organisation, San Francisco, Cal
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on August 1977Santa Fe International Corp., Orange, Calif., has announced the early completion of Phase 1 in its $161,000,000 Ras A1 Mish'Ab port project on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The first ship berthed at the new port facilities June 25, less than 11 months after the award of the turnkey design
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on August 1977Waterman Steamship Corporation, 120 Wall Street, New York, N.Y., has applied for both construction- differential subsidy (CDS) and Title XI guarantees to aid in financing the construction of either a roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) vessel or a lighter-aboard-ship (LASH) vessel to replace two 1945-
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on July 15, 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Flagship Section of The American Society of Naval Engineers held a joint meeting recently at the Officers Club of the Bethesda Naval Medical Center. The meeting featured the presentation of two papers — o
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on July 15, 1977Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company, 1600 Canal Street, New Orleans, La. 70160, has announced the appointment of Lincoln E. Warren as vice president-oil and gas exploration to spearhead its effort to uncover new oil and gas reserves. "Lincoln Warren's excellent technical abilities will be
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on July 15, 1977At a recent meeting in Washington, D.C., the National Maritime Council board of governors unanimously elected James R. Barker, chairman and chief executive officer of Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., Stamford, Conn., as their new chairman. Mr. Barker succeeds Paul F. Richardson of Paul F. R
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on July 15, 1977Bonjour, a luxuriously fitted 72-foot, self-propelled hotel barge started a career of cruising on the Thames June 8, following her launching in Worcestershire, England. Her maiden voyage and subsequent trips will take passengers to scenic and historic spots from Hampton Court, past Windsor
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on July 15, 1977"Military/Civil Maritime Partnership- Naval Engineering's Pathway to Future Progress" was the theme of this year's annual national meeting of The American Society of Naval Engineers. The meeting, ASNE Day 1977, was held at the Shoreham-Americana Hotel in Washington, D.C. This was the 60th a
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on July 15, 1977Zapata Marine Service, Inc. has announced that it has named three men to new assignments in its marketing group. The Houston, Texas-based subsidiary of Zapata Corporation operates a fleet of 48 vessels worldwide, which provide a range of capabilities for offshore operators. Another four tug
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on July 15, 1977At the Annual Meeting and Election of officers and directors of The Maritime Association of the Port of New York (MAPONY) held recently, Eric Guy de Spirlet, president, Belgian Line Incorporated, was elected president. Charles T. O'Neill, president, Jaton Environ, Inc., was reelected vice p
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on July 15, 1977A new non-slip coating, proven in use by the U.S. Navy, is now available as original safety equipment for new or existing ships and offshore rigs, regardless of age. The safety coating is manufactured and marketed by American Abrasive Metals Co. Called Epoxo, the low-cost coating simply rol
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on July 15, 1977Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., Post Office Box 19264, New Orleans, La. 70179, will charter seven vessels to Tragosa (a Mexican marine company), which equipment is to be used in the extensive offshore drilling program recently announced by Pemex, Mexico's national oil company. The seven-ves
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on July 15, 1977Harstad Staalindustri, a new and extremely modern shipyard, is in operation. It is located in the city of Harstad in northern Norway, on about the same latitude as the north slope of Alaska. The new yard, which is building fishing boats, tugboats and other coastal vessels, is a joint venture
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on July 15, 1977The dictionary defines "encyclopaedia" as "works which give a detailed account of the whole field of human knowledge, or of some particular section of it." Encyclodaedia is therefore a very apt term to use when describing Mac- Gregor's new Ro-Ro brochure. With more than 400 Ro-Ro ships to i
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on July 15, 1977Members and guests of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met on June 2 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Officer's Club in a joint session with the Puget Sound Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers. Election results were announ
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on July 15, 1977Electro-Nav president Robert Negron has announced that his company, one of the nation's top marine electronic distributors, has been appointed sole U.S. representative for the entire BEN Electro-Magnetic Speed Log line. The BEN Speed Log is a combination ship speedometer/odometer that saves
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on July 15, 1977The tug-fireboats M.L. Walker and H. Burgess were christened recently at Thunderbolt Marine Industries, Thunderbolt, Ga. They are the first of a new generation of shiphandling and firefighting tugs specifically designed for work in the Panama Canal. The main feature of these tugboats is the
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on July 15, 1977The Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers hosted the 1977 Spring Meeting/ STAR (Ship Technology and Research) Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, May 25-27. This event proved to be one of the most successful Spring Meetings in rece