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on April 1977Bath Iron Works' Bath, Maine, record-breaking work backlog passed the half-billion-dollar mark with the recent announcement of a firm $150-million Navy fixedprice incentive award to the shipyard for three more guided-missile frigates in the FFG-7 Class (MARITIME REPORTER /Engineering News o
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on April 1977Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. of New Orleans, La., has proposed to build or acquire four SEABEE ships or roll-on/roll-off van carriers for a new service. Lykes has applied for operating- differential subsidy (ODS) for a new service on Trade Route 18 between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf ports an
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on March 15, 1977Officials of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. have revealed the establishment of a new service linking U.S. Gulf, South Atlantic and Great Lakes ports with Saudi Arabia. Lykes has concluded a connecting carrier agreement with the EAST Line (Euro Arab Sea Trailers) that will provide at least
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on March 15, 1977The board of directors of the State Boat Corporation, a rapidly growing operator of tug/supply, supply and utility vessels for the offshore oil industry has announced the election of Dave S. Miller as president. Since joining State Boat in 1973, Mr. Miller has held a number of positions with
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on March 15, 1977The Radio Navigation Product Group of Communication Associates, Inc. has introduced its CR- 20 Loran A receiver, which is called Instant Positioner®. It offers fully automatic two-station acquisition, tracking, and simultaneous displays of two lines of position. It provides accurate fixes w
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on March 15, 1977P.K. Wennberg, president of Propulsion Systems, Inc., Kent, Wash. 98031, has announced the appointment of Eagle Marine, Inc. as PSI sales representative, covering Florida and Georgia. The agreement covers PSI's product lines of PSI/Liaaen controllable- pitch propellers and thrusters; PSI/Fr
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on March 15, 1977As a result of technological developments and an increasing demand for diversified services in the maritime sector, Det norske Veritas has established a new separate body to coordinate all such activities outside the traditional field of classification and governmental commissions. The new
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on March 15, 1977The appointment of Nevil M.E. Proes as senior vice presidentliquefied natural gas was announced recently by Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, a unit of IU International Corporation. Mr. Proes joins Gotaas-Larsen after six years of service as president of Texas Eastern LNG, Inc., a subsidi
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on March 15, 1977The Glacier Metal Company Limited of Middlesex, England, was founded by a U.S. citizen over 75 years ago. During the intervening period, the firm has become one of the world's leaders in plain bearing technology, and manufactures bearings and bearing assemblies in six factories employing ne
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on March 15, 1977Wire rope slings are used in a multitude of applications for material handling. To promote safe working conditions and to comply with specifications set forth by ANSI B30.9 and OSHA, Armco Steel Corporation's Union Wire Rope engineers have suggested a standard inspection program and guideli
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on March 15, 1977One of the interesting new ship designs of 1976, the "Multiflex" multipurpose cargo ship developed by the Danish shipbuilders Burmeister & Wain, is to include MacGregor stern slewing ramps when the first two are delivered to the yard's subsidiary company, Hamlet Shipping. The order for the
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on March 15, 1977Ameron Protective Coatings Division of Brea, Calif., recently announced the appointment of engineering, sales and manufacturer's representatives on a national basis. Robert R. McMurchy, marketing manager of the firm's Southwest Region, announced the appointment of Joye Dalton as engineerin
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on March 15, 1977Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a summer course on port planning and development, which will be held from August 15 to 26, 1977. The objective of this course is to provide port planners, operators, administrators, or regulators with a basic grounding in the concepts and
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on March 15, 1977Communication Associates, Inc., has introduced a 125-watt SSB that has 24 preprogrammed channels that can be spread across the entire 2-18 mHz marine frequency range. The system is easy to reprogram, and because its 24 channels can be spread out or grouped in any band without restriction, i
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on March 15, 1977Leading executives of Poland's shipbuilding and associated industries recently visited Eastern, Midwest and Gulf areas of the United States. The visitors included Andrzej Adamczyk, director, Ministry of Heavy Machinery (Warsaw) ; Mieczyslaw Tokarz, director, United Polish Shipyards (Gdansk)
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on March 15, 1977As offshore oil operators move into deeper waters, the cost of constructing and installing conventional steel jacket or concrete gravity platforms rises steeply. The Tension Leg Platform System (T.L.P.) design by Deep Oil Technology Inc. of Long Beach, Calif., has been devised to economize
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on March 15, 1977"The climate is the best I have seen in 17 years for U.S.-flag ship operations," stated Michael Klebanoff, president, Ogden Marine Inc. (OMI), in a talk given at a recent meeting with New York securities analysts. Mr. Klebanoff reinforced this statement by saying that the imbalance between
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on March 15, 1977Halliburton Company and its subsidiary Brown & Root, Inc., P.O. Box 3, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced that Thomas J. Feehan, formerly Group vice president, has been named president and chief executive officer of Brown & Root. Mr. Feehan also was made a member of the board of directors
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on March 15, 1977The American Ship Building Company has received a group of contracts totaling approximately $20 million for the conversion of a Great Lakes bulk carrier and construction of several types of barges. First of the contracts is with Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company for the conversion of its
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on March 15, 1977The traditional bottle of champagne was recently crashed against the bow of the M/V Reeves Tide, the newest addition to Tidewater Marine Service's fleet of oil field service vessels, in christening ceremonies held at the Poydras Street Wharf, New Orleans, La. P e r f o r m i n g the honors