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on August 1981Whitehall Corporation's subsidiary, Hydroscience, Inc., Dallas, Texas has signed a firm fixed price prime contract with the U.S. Navy for the production of eight oceanographic systems, with an option for four additional systems. The Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) is a high
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on August 1981Richard Palk has been elected president of American Trading Transportation Company, Inc., according to an announcement made by that New York City-based shipping company. Mr. Palk, who had been vice president and general manager, will now serve as chief executive officer. A Kings Point gradu
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on August 1981J. Frank Williams, vice president-sales of Equitable Shipyards, Inc., Southwest region president, president-Navy League, and national director-Navy League of the United States, has been honored and presented with the Navy Department Meritorious Public Service Citation. Presentation ceremonies
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on August 1981Swiftships, Inc. of Morgan City, La., has contracted with L & P Boat Rentals of Gibson, La., to build two 166-foot steel supply cargo vessels. The vessels will be built at the Mangone-Swiftships yard in Houston, and the first will be ready for delivery this December. According to Calvin LeLeu
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on August 1981The board of directors of Gulf Coast Fabrication, Inc. has announced the election of Dan Mortimer Mortimer as president of the new company which has acquired an existing shipyard site in Pass Christian, Miss. The company will engage in all phases of marine construction, primarily offshore
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on August 1981Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Union, N.J. is the apparent low bidder on a multimillion- dollar contract to construct a 29,000-foot-long sand dike at the Hart and Miller Islands diked disposal area in Baltimore County for the Maryland Port Administration. Construction of the dike will
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on August 1981William R. Martyn has been appointed commodity director-grain for Dravo Mechling Corporation, one of the nation's largest barge line operations. He will be filling a newly created position at Dravo Mechling. In announcing this appointment, Peter K. Sour, vice president-sales for Dravo Mechli
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on August 1981According to a new, color brochure from the Du Pont Company's marine finishes group, a carefully planned program of marine maintenance painting coupled with high-performance finishing systems can save shipowners time, trouble and money in the long run. Entitled "Innovations In Corrosion Co
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on August 1981Three limited partnerships located at 2701 Houma Boulevard, Metairie, La., have applied for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing a total of 50 hopper barges. All are to be 200 feet long, and are intended for operation in the Mississippi River. The applicants are: Commercial Barge Carrier
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on August 1981O w n e r s h i p of EMH (Entreprise d'Equipements Mecaniques et Hydrauliques), Paris, a wellknown builder of offshore structures for the oil and gas industry, has been acquired by a threecompany French group. According to Jean Alleaume, EMH president, Spie-Batignoles, SOFRESID, and ETPM ha
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on August 1981TOOLTECH INC., Minneapolis, Minn., international manufacturer of rotary drill pipe and tooljoints used in oil, gas, water and mineral drilling, has announced the appointment of William J. Magratten to the new position of vice president-Marketing and Business Development. Mr. Magratten comes
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on August 1981International Paint Company, with U.S. headquarters in Union, N.J., and manufacturing centers in New Orleans and San Francisco, recently entered a joint venture with the Seoul, Koreabased Daihan Ink & Paint Company. The merger is now registered as International Paint (Korea) Ltd. The ventu
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on August 1981Holland America Cruises has appointed Daved F. Lauth vice president of Technical/Nautical Operations. In this new senior management position, Mr. Lauth will be responsible for the strategic planning and analysis of Holland America's technical and nautical needs as well as the coordination
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on August 1981The Assistant Secretary and the Maritime Subsidy Board have authorized the award of construction-differential subsidy (CDS) for the retrofitting of either of two 89,700- deadweight-ton tankers operated by Chestnut Shipping Co. to meet the requirements of the Port and Tanker safety Act of 1978.
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on August 1981Tracor Marine, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., recently succeeded in raising the 500- ton, 165-foot restaurant ship Livingstone Landing (shown above) from the bottom of New River in Fort Lauderdale under a timelimited, no cure/no pay contract with the Lexington Insurance Company. The vessel, b
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on August 1981The Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors, Detroit, Mich., has published a full-color brochure describing their complete line of marine diesel engines for propulsion and auxiliary power. The brochure clearly describes the broad line of Detroit Diesel models available from the Seri
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on August 1981The Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait is to be the location for the latest Navire Cargo Gear linkspan. It will be built in Kuwait by Kuwait Shipbuilding and Repairyard Company. This linkspan was designed by Navire Cargo Gear in conjunction with Shuaiba Port officials to meet tidal conditions at Shuai
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on August 1981The appointment of John T. Lehman as naval architect/projects manager for Bultema Marine Transportation Inc., has been announced by Ronald G. Bublick, vice president. A subsidiary of The Canonie Companies, Inc., which was named the largest excavation and foundation specialty contractor in t
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on August 1981Richard A. Simpson has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president, common carrier services of Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, Jacksonville, Fla., Crowley senior vice president and general manager of
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on August 1981Pentagon correspondent Charles W. Corddry recently reported in The Baltimore Sun: "The Navy has proposed a vastly expanded five-year shipbuilding plan calling for 143 ships—including two nuclear- powered aircraft carriers— that could double the construction budget of the service already mos