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on February 15, 1977A five-man Executive Committee has been appointed by Brown & Root's Board of Directors to manage all phases of the company's operations on an interim basis. The announcement was made following the January 23, 1977, death of Foster Parker, president of Brown & Root, the Houston (Texas)-based
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on February 15, 1977Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point (Md.) shipyard delivered a record-shattering 530,- 000 deadweight tons of shipping in 1976. The yard launched two 265,000- dwt tankers and delivered two during 1976. The year ended with employment slightly down, but still at a relatively high lev
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on February 15, 1977The American President Lines of San Francisco, Calif., has announced a series of personnel promotions and transfers in its worldwide organization. Donald J. Duffy has been named regional marketing manager- northern California, replacing Ronald J. Farrell, who has resigned. William B. Kelly,
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on February 15, 1977A project that has been 10 years in the making by the Marine Systems Committee of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has now come to fruition with the publication of a complete computer analysis of any number of shipping operations using advanced surface craft such as hydr
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on February 15, 1977Robert A. Baker Jr. has been elected president of Hillman Manufacturing Company, which has been formed to consolidate and focus on certain of the engineering and manufacturing companies owned by The Hillman Company. The new group has approximately 1,600 employees and is expected to produce
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on February 15, 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its first meeting of 1977 at the New York Coliseum. The 67th New York National Boat Show at the Coliseum was open to industry representatives at this time. The meeting was chaired by the vice chai
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on February 15, 1977Puerto Rico has won U.S. Farmers Home Administration approval of a $9-million loan which paves the way for immediate construction of the Island's first shipbuilding yard, to be located at a 68-acre site on Guanica Bay. This new venture into heavy industry is expected eventually to create a
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on February 15, 1977A complete computer system, which serves to minimize ecological damage and financial loss from ship accidents at sea, is now being marketed by Kockums Automation, a member of The Kockums Group of companies which includes one of the world's major shipyards. The software system, called The K
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on February 15, 1977The tug Jamie A. Baxter, part of the first integrated tug/barge unit to be operated by CF Industries, Inc., was recently launched at the Peterson Builders, Inc. shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. This announcement was made jointly by R.R. Baxter, president and chief executive officer of CF Industr
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on February 15, 1977A Canadian company, Mari time Industries Ltd. of Burnaby British Columbia, has been award ed a U.S. Navy contract to supplj 20 of its Mariner L-295 steerabk propeller propulsion units. Value of the contract is $l/i million, and is the second substantial contract against international compet
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on February 15, 1977Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc., 1601 Water Street, Long Beach, Calif. 90802, has announced that it had completed arrangements for a $500,000 term loan from its parent, Berry Enterprises, Inc. The loan will be secured by a pledge of the stock of its subsidiary, California Shipbuilding a
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on February 15, 1977The Maritime Administration has received applications from four wholly owned subsidiaries of Tenneco Inc., P.O. Box 2511, Tenneco Building, 1010 Milam Street, Houston, Texas 77001, for Title XI guarantees of obligations. The companies — Shipping Ventures, Inc. I, II, III, and IV — have each
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on February 15, 1977In January 1975, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers published Code C-l (Code for Shipboard Vibration Measurement) which addressed the problem of shipboard vibration. Now the Society has published Code C-4 (Local Shipboard Structures and Machinery Vibration Measurements) to
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on February 1977Don E. Easley has been named manager-project engineering for Petro-Marine Engineering, Inc., John W. Owensby, president, announced. Mr. Easley was formerly a supervising engineer in the company's structural engineering department. In his new capacity, he will be responsible for management o
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on February 1977Texaco Inc. has announced three appointments in its Marine Department. Richard Willoch has been named assistant to the vice president, Harry N. Pappas has been appointed manager-U.S. Fleet, and Gordon Van Hook has been named assistant manager- U.S. Fleet. In their new assignments, Messrs.
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on February 1977Skagit Corporation, P.O. Box 151, Sedro-Woolley, Wash. 98284, has made several organizational changes in its Marketing Department according to George B. Klos, director of marketing. The changes include the promotions of James A. Carlsen to manager, long range planning and product developmen
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on February 1977Robert B. Skeele has been named president of Zapata Bulk Transport, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zapata Corporation, Zapata Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas 77001. The Houston-based company operates a fleet of U.S.-flag products tankers in international trade. Mr. Skeele is a vete
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on February 1977The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its third meeting of the 1976-77 season at The Engineer's Club in Philadelphia, Pa. It was also Past Chairman's Night and was a pleasant occasion for renewal of old friendships for the 65 members and guests.
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on February 1977James B. Platner has been promoted to assistant general manager of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Baltimore, Md., ship repair and conversion yards, Milton H. Leubecker, general manager, has announced. Mr. Platner, who joined Bethlehem in 1952 as a member of the firm's management training pro
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on February 1977Earle W. Pitt, president of The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, Mass. 02035, was elected chairman of the board of directors at the board's first meeting of the year 1977. He succeeds Ralph Hayden, who retired in December, and also stepped down as a director. Mr. Pitt will continue as the company