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on May 15, 1981Designers & Planners, Inc. (D&P) of Arlington, Va., one of three firms awarded a replacement study contract by the State of Alaska, recently delivered its conceptual design study for the replacement of the aging Tustumena. This work represents an expansion of D&P involvement in ferryboat wo
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on May 15, 1981The M/V Karen Ann (shown above), largest towboat in the fleet of the Corpus Christi Marine Services Company, was christened recently by Karen Ann Mc- Carthy, daughter of CCMS board chairman Dennis W. McCarthy. The towboat, which will be one of the largest operating in intracoastal waterways
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on May 15, 1981Vice President George Bush (shown above) and his wife Barbara were the featured guests at the recent launching of the nuclear- powered submarine Houston (SSN-713) at Newport News Shipbuilding. Vice President Bush was the principal speaker, and Mrs. Bush christened the Houston by breaking th
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on May 15, 1981A complete overview of its capabilities in providing the offshore oil industry with needed winch /windlass power is contained in a new brochure now available from Skagit Division of Continental Emsco. The 16-page, full-color booklet describes the Sedro-Woolley, Wash., firm's wide variety of o
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on May 15, 1981Ratsey and Lapthorn Inc., sailmakers since 1790, and Syner-Tech Inc., suppliers of rigging and control mechanisms, have announced the availability of sails and their related controls and rigging for commercial vessels of various sizes and uses. Both David Vietor, president of Ratsey and Laptho
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on May 15, 1981The Kurama (shown above), a 5,200-ton (displacement) helicopter destroyer for Japan's Defense Agency, was delivered recently at the Tokyo Shipyard of Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (IHI). The new ship, built as part of the Fourth Defense Buildup Program, is the largest de
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on May 15, 1981The Penco Division of Hudson Engineering Company, Nissho- Iwai American Corporation and Showa Marine Kogyo Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, have announced the appointment of Penco as the exclusive marketing, service and distributor of Blender Ace. Showa has been manufacturing the Blender Ace system fo
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on May 15, 1981The 19,403-dwt cargo ship Galleon Emerald (shown above) was delivered recently to her owner, Galleon Shipping Corporation, the Philippines. Constructed at Hitachi Zosen's Hiroshima Works (Innoshima), she is the last of three sister ships delivered to Galleon Shipping by Hitachi. The first i
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on May 15, 1981Rear Adm. Donald G. Iselin, USN (ret.), has been elected group vice president of Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Houston, Texas, a subsidiary of Raymond International Inc., according to Henry F. LeMieux, chairman and chief executive officer of the parent firm. Admiral Iselin joined Kaiser Engineers
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on May 15, 1981Grant R. Hagen has joined Designers & Planners, Inc. as principal naval architect. The announcement was made recently by Ferd Serim, president of the company. Designers & Planners, Inc. is a firm of naval architects and marine engineers with offices in New York, Washington, Texas and Philad
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on May 15, 1981NICOR Inc., Naperville, 111., c h a i r m a n and p r e s i d e n t C.J. Gauthier recently announced acquisition w'th NICOR common stock of two marine transportation companies — Arthur Levy Enterprises, Inc. and Offshore Island Boats, Inc. These two companies along with Acadian Marine Servi
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on May 15, 1981Elliott Dubuisson has been appointed assistant manager-Central Offshore Engineering, effective i m m e d i a t e l y , it was announced recently by Robert C. Shields, vice president in charge of Producing-East for Texaco U.S.A. In his new assignment, Mr. Dubuisson will be located in New Orl
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on May 15, 1981TANO Corporation of New Orleans has signed a contract for $1,907,538 to provide sophisticated machinery plant automation systems for two petroleum tankers being built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ships are being built for Falcon I Sea Transport Company of Houston, and when complet
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on May 1981Maine Maritime Academy announced that Amoco Foundation, Inc. of Chicago has contributed $4,000 in support of the ongoing activities at the Academy, as part of its annual giving program. Donald G. Schroeter, executive director of the Amoco Foundation, approved the contribution on the recommenda
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on May 1981Conrad I n d u s t r i e s president Parker Conrad has announced the promotion of Michael J. McAdams to general manager, and the appointment of Herman J. Bailey to new construction superintendent, Building Two. Mr. McAdams, who moves from c o n s t r u c t i o n superintendent to general ma
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on May 1981American United Marine Corporation (AUM) of Saugus (Boston), Mass., has been appointed the exclusive worldwide maritime industry sales agent for marketing NRG™ lubrication treatments for engines and gears. The announcement was made recently by Robert J. Robideau, president of Ariel Internat
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on May 1981Connecting and disconnecting docked ships to shore-generated power is now faster, safer, and easier thanks to rugged new ship/ shore connectors recently introduced by Joy M a n u f a c t u r i ng Company, LaGrange, N.C. The Joy ship/shore three-phase connector offers several important featu
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on May 1981The second specially designed rubber transport ship, destined for Firestone's t r a n s - A t l a n t ic service, was christened recently at Koyo Dock Yards in Japan. After several months of outfitting and shakedown, the new Harbel Tapper will join her sister ship, Harbel Cutlass, this summe
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on May 1981Mid-Coast Marine of Eastside, Ore., recently received a $l-million contract for construction of a 72-foot pusher type towboat for Rocafosforica Mexicana S.A. de C.V. The vessel will be delivered in September to the owner's o p e r a t i o n in Baja California, Mexico. Propulsion will be pro
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on May 1981The Maritime Administration has released a study, "U.S. Exports & Imports Transshipped Via Canadian Ports," which presents the dollar value of estimated tonnage for United S t a t e s trade transshipped through Canada during calendar year 1979. It revealed that the value of exports in 1979