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on February 15, 1974John T. Gilbride, president and chief executive officer of Todd Shipyards Corporation, in a speech on January 23 at The Propeller Cluib, Port of New York, provided his audience with an "inside" viewpoint of the recent findings of the Commission on American Shipbuilding. As a member of the Co
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on February 15, 1974Arthur Levy Boat Service, the Petrolane subsidiary based in Morgan City, La., has announced the appointment of Ogden U. Thomas Jr. as vice president, and the appointment of Charles E. LeBlanc as manager of North Sea operations. Mr. Thomas will have administrative responsibility for contracts
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on February 15, 1974McAllister Brothers, Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y., has placed an order with Main Iron Works, Inc. of Houma, La., for the construction of three 4,290-hp tugboats at a cost of $4 million. James P. McAllister, president, in announcing the contract award, said: "The addition of these n
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on February 15, 1974The merger of Oceans International Corporation, and Shipping Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., steamship agencies serving vessels, owners and operators in Gulf of Mexico ports was announced by Burnell J. Russell, president of Oceans International Corporation. To be known as Oceans Internatio
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on February 15, 1974Walter Thorsen, Inc., New York, has announced its appointment as exclusive United States representative for drydockings and repairs for Eleusis Shipyards, S.A., Greece. Eleusis Shipyards, S.A., a completely private enterprise established in 1969, is located at Eleusis Bay nine miles from Pir
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on February 15, 1974The S/S iGolden Dolphin, 90,000-dwt San Clemente-class tanker, was launched at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), of San Diego, Calif., on January 19, 1974. Ceremonies, open to the general public, commenced with music by Buck Wayne and the Buckaroos, followed by a band concert
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on February 1974The American Bureau of Shipping has placed into operation a comprehensive computerized system for information storage, correlation, and retrieval known as ABSIRS. Implemented through an in-house IBM 370/135, ABSIRS handles data concerning shipowners, shipbuilders, ship characteristics, service
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on February 1974An address by Rear Adm. Nathan Sonenshein, past president of the American Society of Naval Engineers and currently Director of the Defense Energy Task Group, highlighted this season's second regular meeting of the ASNE Tidewater Chapter. His timely discussion of the Department of Defense's
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on February 1974A full-color 20-page illustrated brochure covering the Waukesha line of marine diesel-powered energy systems for both main propulsion and ship's service power is offered by Waukesha Motor Company. This publication is intended as a guide or reference manual in selecting power needs from Wauk
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on February 1974Aluminum 'Company of America has announced receipt of orders for more than 33 million pounds of aluminum plate, extrusions and welding wire to foe used in tanks for landbased storage of liquefied natural gas and for LNG supertankers. The orders, for two unrelated LNG projects, came from Pitts
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on February 1974The People's Republic of China has ordered petroleum drilling controls and blowout preventers valued at approximately $2 million from The Rucker Company, a major producer of petroleum drilling and well production equipment. Company officials said the order is believed to foe the first receive
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on February 1974Paul J. Evanson has been appointed controller of Moore and McCormack Co., Inc. (NYSE; Pacific), it was announced by Paul R. Tregurtha, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Evanson, who joined Moore and McCormack as assistant vice president in January 1973, will primarily
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on February 1974On December 12, 1973, the first of a series of 43,300-deadweight-ton bulk carriers, the Althea, was launched at Eleusis Shipyards S.A. This is the biggest ship ever built in Greece. Eleusis Shipyards commenced operations in August 1969, and since then the yard has progressed rapidly. The faci
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on February 1974Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oakland, Calif., has announced that it will construct a multi-million-dollar facility at Mobile, Ala., to assemble and install huge liquefied natural gas tanks in oceangoing ships. The company said it has leased approximately 38 acres of land on Pinto Is
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on February 1974Having achieved the $100-million sales mark in less than three years, Dombrico, Inc. has moved its corporate headquarters to 10 Allen Street, Hanover, >N.H. 03755, changed its name to AMCA International Corporation, and announced its intention to become a leading manufacturer of heavy industri
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on February 1974Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., the world's largest builder of offshore support vessels for the oil and gas industry, has delivered a new 65-foot pilot vessel to the New York Pilots Association. The new boat, named Chapel Hill, will accommodate 19 pilots and has been placed i
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on February 1974The International Ship Suppliers Association (ISSA) has announced that its next general assembly will be held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on September 22-26, 1974. This will be the 19th general assembly for this international group, and of special significance is that the up
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on February 1974On December 28, 1973, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, Calif., delivered the S/S Coronado, a 38,300-dwt tanker to Margate Shipping Company of Philadelphia, Pa. The S/S Coronado, the first of three NASSCO- designed Coronado class tankers under construction for Mar
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on February 1974An increasing number of Greek vessels are now being classified with Det norske Veritas and at the last turn of the year, the figures were 166 ships totaling 1.75-million gross tons, or 11 percent of the fleet registered in Greece. As a consequence of this development and in order to strength
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on February 1974The first three liquid natural gas tankers to be 'built in this country using the spherical design will incorporate the Du Pont Company's "Detacouple^ explosion bonded welding transition joints to attach the aluminum cryogenic cargo tanks to the ship's steel structure. The "Detacouple" t r a