Short Maritime Reporter 1982Peter Articles
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on March 1983William E. Law, president of Allied Marine Industries, Inc. of Norfolk, Va., has been elected to the board of directors of Twin City Barge, Inc. of South St. Paul, Minn., John W. Lambert, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, announced recently. Twin City Barge and Allied previ
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on March 1983Alex Lange, v i c e - p r e s i d e n t, and Louis P. Huyter, vice-president- sales of Alio International Rubber Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J., recently announced the appointment of Robert A. Salter as sales manager. Mr. Salter will be responsible for Alio International Rubber sales, reporting to
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on March 1983The Heerema Group, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, which is involved worldwide in the design, fabrication, and installation of offshore structures and pipeline systems, recently announced the acquisition of Big Inch Marine Systems Inc. of Houston, Texas. Big Inch Marine Systems provid
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on March 1983Frank Castelvecchi has been named c o r p o r a t e purchasing agent for Ships Supply Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., by Michael C. Kenney, president of the company that supplies provisions, deck, and engine equipment to vessels and industrial plants. Mr. Castelvecchi, who was associated with N
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on March 1983Honeywell Marine Systems Division, of Seattle, Wash., recently created a new group to expand development activities in underwater transducer technology. The Undersea Sensor Group draws into one business unit the engineering, management, and laboratory resources necessary to support all of t
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on March 1983Petronas recently commissioned its first offshore jackup drilling rig built at Promet, Private, Ltd., Singapore. Witnessed by 400 guests, the commissioning ceremony for the Parameswara was performed by Toh Fuan~STihailah, wife of Petronas adviser Tun Hussein Onn. Worth US $49 million, the P
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on March 1983A $l.l-million U.S. Navy contract for the production of URC- 80 VHF-FM communications systems has been awarded to Defense Electronics Operations' Rockwell-Collins Itaiiana S.p.A., a wholly owned Rockwell International Corporation overseas subsidiary. Under the firm, fixed-price agreement, R
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on March 1983Hapag-Lloyd Shipyard, Bremerhaven, West Germany, recently appointed Wesley D. Wheeler Associates, Ltd., of New York, exclusive representatives for the U.S. The Hapag-Lloyd shipyard deals primarily with the repair, conversion, and fitting out of vessels of all types. Two drydocks with all a
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on March 1983The promotion, effective February 1, of Julien H. LeCompte to general manager, Great Lakes Steamship Division of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, was announced recently by William A. Rouse, vice president, t r a n s p o r t a t i o n. Mr. LeCompte is succeeding Roy F. Dobson, who retired followi
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on March 1983The year 1983 marks the 50th anniversary for the Pipeline Operations Group of Crutcher Resources C o r p o r a t i o n (CRC). Formed in 1933, CRC began as a small company dedicated to serve the rapidly expanding pipeline construction industry. CRC continues its dedication to meeting the cha
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on March 1983Major problems of accelerated fouling in cooling and sea water service systems on cruise ships traveling from cold to temperate waters, have been solved by the Norwegian Royal Viking Line, with the installation of a new type of electrolytic anti-fouling and corrosion system. A brochure is a
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on March 1983Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. of Stamford, Conn., announced recently that it has closed the previously announced sale of its cargo liner subsidiary, Moore McCormack Lines, Incorporated, to McLean Securities, Inc., the parent company of United States Lines, Inc. At the closing, Moore McCor
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on March 1983The Puget Sound Section of the Marine Technology Society elected officers at its first general meeting, held recently at the Seattle Aquarium. Nearly 200 persons attended the meeting and were given a behind-thescenes tour of the aquarium. Officers elected were: chairman — Ken W. Mohn, princ
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on March 1983Krupp MaK Diesel, Inc., one of the leading suppliers of medium- speed, four-stroke, heavy oil engines, has relocated its North American h e a d q u a r t e rs from Rosemont, to Glenview, 111., to provide the latest state-of-theart services to the U.S. and Canadian marine industry. Since it
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on February 15, 1983The Maritime Administration recently approved increases in the actual cost of two roll-on / roll-off containerships being built for Waterman Steamship Corp. by Penn Shipbuilding Co., Cheslocations ter. Pa. An increase of $2,027,000 was approved for hull 346, and $2,531,646 for hull 347. In a
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on February 15, 1983The first in a series of five 5,750-dwt Arclkuclass product tankers, -The Ventspils, was christened recently at Rauma-Repola Shipyard, Rauma, Finland. The vessel and its sisterships are being built for the USSR's Ministry of Merchant Marine. The tankers, of a new design, can transport up to
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on February 15, 1983TeleSystems of Fairfax, Va., a Comsat Company, recently concluded an agreement with Grove Telecommunications Ltd., whereby that Canadian company will become a major distributor for TeleSystems, MCS-9000 maritime satellite communications terminal. Grove, located in St. Johns, Newfoundland, w
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on February 15, 1983The Maritime Administration has received a request from Ocean Carriers, Inc., for section 805(a) permission for its affiliates to be the bareboat charterers of up to five T-5 tankers to be time-chartered by the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The MSC charter agreement specifies that the tan
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on February 15, 1983Archibald (Archie) Irvine has been named general manager and chief surveyor for AMT Panama, S.A. Mr. Irvine, a resident of Panama for the past 30 years, has been working as an engineer and manager of operations for major local and international corporations. He is a licensed surveyor for L
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on February 15, 1983The J. Henry Holland Corporation of Virginia Beach, Va., has been named a stocking distributor for Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., products in the Greater Tidewater Area. One of the largest marine, contractor and mill supply houses on the East Coast, the corporation s