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on October 1981A group of French ship repairers led by the Port of Marseilles Authority has disclosed plans for turning the old Panama Canal Co.'s drydocks at Balboa into a modern repair facility. A few weeks ago the group, which includes Chantiers Navals de La Ciotat, received approval from the Panama Ca
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on October 1981The Northern New England Section of ASNE announced the appointment recently of Capt. Gerald Sedor, officer in charge of PERA(SS), to a three-year term as councilman, replacing Capt. Phil O'Connell, who was transferred to SUPSHIPS, Groton, Conn. ASNE section chairman Phil Johnson reported t
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on October 1981The South Korean government plans to build its own 10,000-gt semisubmersible offshore drilling unit for oil exploration at a cost of $80 million. The order will be placed, probably at a domestic yard, in time for delivery in 1983. Previously the government intended to lease rigs, but the Mi
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on October 1981The board of directors of Ryan- Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc., Mobile, Ala., announced the election recently of E.B. Peebles Jr. as president. He succeeds Gregory L. Leatherbury, who retired, having served as president since 1965. In assuming the presidency of Ryan-Walsh, Mr. Peebles also
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on October 1981Two semisubmersible offshore mobile drilling units worth about $150 million (Canadian) each have been ordered jointly by two Canadian companies. Bow Valley Industries and Husky Oil Operations announced recently that the rigs had been ordered from Canadian and Norwegian yards. Delivery is sc
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on October 1981Clayton Industries, El Monte, Calif., has published a new 16- page, full-color brochure detailing maritime applications of its steam generators. The brochure c o n t a i n s specifications, design features, and schematic drawings that illustrate several possible steam systems. Clayton steam
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on October 1981A new 104-page handbook to aid in the proper use of marine radiotelephones has been published by the Radio Technical Commission for Marine Services. E n t i t l e d "Marine Radiotelephone Users Handbook," the easyto- understand book was produced primarily for the new marine radiotelephone o
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on October 1981Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., and the Petromar Corporation celebrated the christening of the 192-foot tug/supply boat Petromar Bravo with the signing of contracts for six additional tug/supply vessels. Each will be 185 feet long and powered by remanufactured EMD12645C diesel engine
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on October 1981A thoughtfully organized and easy to follow 20-page "Guidebook For Propulsion and Auxiliary Power Selection" has been published recently by Caterpillar Marine Systems of Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, 111. The guidebook contains complete information on all of Caterpillar Marine's engines,
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on October 1981DredgeMasters International, Inc., Hendersonville, Tenn., a subsidiary of Valley Industries, has signed a contract for the manufacture of a 24-inch DuraMaster portable dredge. The heavy-duty machine, which will be the largest factory-built portable dredge in the U.S., is a part of a ^ - m i
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on October 1981Mariners who want to prepare for the significant changes resulting from the unification of inland waterway, western rivers, and Great Lakes "Rules of the Road" will be interested in a new publication from Houston Marine Consultants, Inc. The "Unified Rules Study Guide and Ready Reference,"
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on October 1981A venerable 50-year-old woodhulled tug (shown above) has been restored to her fitness of yore and is back in service in Lake Union, Seattle, Wash. According to Mark Freeman of the Fremont Tugboat Company, Inc., the 42-foot-long "A-l" was renamed "Sovereign," following repairs and refitting
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on October 1981The first of two outsized fuel tank barges (shown above) slid down the Jeffboat, Inc. launchways at Jeffersonville, Ind., recently. There, it is receiving final outfitting before traveling to the East Coast to join the fleet of Boston Fuel Transportation, Inc. The tank barge is one of two i
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on October 1981icestrengthened semisubmersible mobile offshore drilling unit has been developed by MACS of Aberdeen, Scotland. The unit has received warm interest, according to John McLean, head of MACS's design department. Mr. McLean reported recently that four major oil companies and two drilling contr
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on October 1981Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Calif., completed shipment recently of the skidding systems contracted by Western Oceanic, Inc., Houston, Texas, for use on Apollo III and IV. The Friede & Goldman designed L780 cantilever, self-elevating offshore drilling units are being built by Chi
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on October 1981Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, recently received a $29-million contract to build an icebreaking Class 3 offshore supply vessel for Dome Petroleum Limited of Calgary. The vessel, to be built at Burrard Yarrows' Vancouver yard, is scheduled to operate in the Beaufort Se
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on October 1981Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Calif., recently announced receipt of a contract from National Supply Company, Houston, Texas, to provide a cantilever and drill floor skidding system for use on a Perforadora Mexico S.A. Class 1 11-C selfelevating drilling unit. The jackup is being b
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on October 1981Houlder Drilling Co. has placed a $37-million order for the construction of a self-elevating offshore drilling unit with UIE Shipyard, Clydebank, Scotland. The rig will be used in the development of the Morecambe Bay gas field off the Lancashire coast, England. The yard is currently buildin
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on October 1981P.T. Indospec, in association with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), was formally recognized recently as a certification agency by the Indonesian Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas (MIGAS) to insure that offshore installations and equipment comply with Indonesian regulations which it admi
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on October 1981The first U.S. deepwater oil port appears to be handling ULCCs and VLCCs without problems. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), located 19 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, has received seven large bulk carriers up to 417,000 dwt in its first quarter of operation. Officials report the facil