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on April 1974The Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom and the British Shipping Federation are to unite to form one national organization representing the interests of- British shipowners. The new organization will be called the General Council of British Shipping. Final approval for its creation wa
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on April 1974Joseph G. Barkan, a veteran of more than 25 years in various segments of the maritime industry, has been appointed Director of the Federal Maritime Commission's Atlantic District, it was announced by Commission Chairman Helen Delich Bentley. A native of New York and a licensed public accoun
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on April 1974The fourth meeting of the season for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held on February 14, 1974, at the Princess Louise Ship Restaurant in the Port of Los Angeles. The meeting was well attended and was preceded by a dinner and s
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on April 1974Ronald L. Gaylord has been named director of the general sales force of the American-Standard Power and Controls Group, headquartered in Dearborn, Mich., according to H.J. McBride, vice president of the Group. He was formerly field sales manager of the organization. The general sales force,
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on April 1974Continuing the expansion of its European operations, MacGregor announces the appointments of Sir Andrew Crichton and D.E. Turnbull to the 'board of MacGregor Centrex Limited. Based near London Airport, MacGregor Centrex is the parent company of the Group's U.K. operating companies, which are m
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on April 1974Formation of a new stevedoring operation in the mid-Gulf coastal region has been announced by the two participating companies. T o be known as Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc., it is the joint enterprise of Ryan Stevedoring Co., and Walsh Stevedoring Co., both with main offices in Mobile
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on April 1974Royal Viking Line A/S, Norwegian^ flag world cruise line, has named Erland M. Raastad managing director in the Oslo headquarters.' iBased in Oslo, Royal Viking Line A / S is the parent company of* Royal Viking Line, and handles all operations for the three-vessel fleet —Royal Viking Star, Ro
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on April 1974Crutcher Resources Corporation, P.O. Box 3227, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced it has signed an amended license agreement with Brown & Root, Inc. on Brown & Root's rights to use CRC's automatic welding system in marine operations. Don H. Hartmann, president of Crutcher Resources, said t
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on April 1974Ernest S. Ware has been appointed general manager of Sembawang Shipyard Limited, succeeding R.A. Hooker. Mr. Ware is on secondment from Swan Hunter (International) Limited of U.K., which had its management agency agreement with the Yard extended for an additional period of five years from N
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on April 1974The Miami, Fla., chapter of The Propeller Club of the United States has announced that plans are nearing completion for its upcoming Southeastern Regional Convention, May 1-3, at the Sonesta Beach Hotel, Key Biscayne. The three-day business and pleasure meeting is the group's annual gatheri
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on April 1974The Carboline Company of St. Louis, Mo., announces the employment of John R. Saroyan as consultant for the company to assist in the research and development of new generation antifouling and antipolluting protective coatings for the marine industry. Prior to joining Carboline in a consultin
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on April 1974Dearborn-Storm Corporation, 9545 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024, .has announced completion o'f the sale of their portfolio of IBM System 360 computers to a group of private investors for $17 million in cash. A spokesman for the new investor group stated that the new company will continue
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on March 1974Michael B. Northen, president of Associated Container Transportation/ PACE Line, has been elected president of The Containerization Institute, the international trade organization of the multibillion-dollar intermodal industry. Mr. Northen, who is also on the board of directors of ACT (Austr
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on March 1974The Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries has signed a contract with Engelhard Industries, Murray Hill, N.J., for its Systems Department to provide Capac® cathodic protection systems for installation on 16 new U.S. Navy multimission destroyers. The first of the new destroyers, t
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on March 1974Charles S. Devoy, president of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), recently announced the appointment of John F. Finnegan Jr., manager of marine operations for the Niagra Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), to membership on Committee IVConstruction and Maintenance, for
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on March 1974Liffey Marine, Inc., a unit of the Stolt Group, located in Southeast Asia, has recently placed into service a 190-foot self-propelled multipurpose seagoing barge, the M/S Kildare. The unusual design of the vessel permits extremely economical transportation of a wide variety of cargo. With a
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on March 1974Dearborn-Storm Corporation has announced that an agreement in principle has been reached with a group of private investors in Chicago for the sale of Dearborn's portfolio of IBM System 360 computers for $17 million in cash payable at the closing. This transaction, to be reflected in fiscal 19
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on March 1974Stork-Werkspoor Diesel, a division of the Dutch VMF Group of Companies, have received orders for the delivery of 32 engines. Of these, 10 are intended for Smit & Co.'s Internationale Sleepdienst, Netherlands, to power two of their new seagoing tugs, which will be among the most powerful in t
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on March 1974American Export Lines, Inc. has announced that it had entered into agreements for the sale of its passenger vessels Constitution and Independence to Atlantic Far East Lines, Inc. The sales price for the Constitution is $2,500,000, and the net proceeds remaining after satisfaction of outstand
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on March 1974COMSAT General Corporation, Washington, D.C., has announced the appointment of David W. King as manager, maritime satellite sales. Prior to joining COMSAT General, Mr. King was coordinator, maritime telecommunication systems for EXXON International. Mr. King is well-known in the marine elec