Short Maritime Reporter 1982Peter Articles
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on July 15, 1981Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, the oldest four-year naval architecture undergraduate institution in the U.S., announced recently that Edward Campbell has been elected a trustee. Frank J. Graziano, chairman of the board of trustees, stated that he is "pleased that such a distinguished
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on July 15, 1981Theriot-Modec Enterprises, Inc. (TMEI), a marine construction company located in Larose, La., recently signed a contract with Energy Ammonia Corporation, a subsidiary of Energy Transportation Corporation of New York City, for construction of an 8,000- ton, oceangoing anhydrous ammonia barge
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on July 15, 1981Anthony J. McAllister Jr. was elected chairman of the New York Towboat and Harbor Carriers Association at its recent annual meeting. Mr. McAllister succeeds Robert W. Sanders, vice president, Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corporation. The Association represents the interests of the tug a
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on July 15, 1981Santa Fe Diving Services, Inc. of Houma, La., has been awarded a contract by Montreal Micoperi J.V. to provide a remote-controlled underwater vehicle and a crew of operators to assist in the installation of two oil-production platforms off Brazil for the government oil agency, Petrobras. Th
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on July 15, 1981Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co., a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corporation, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, has applied for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing t he construction of 12 barges. The vessels will be of three types: four 240-foot-long lighterage barges, four 282-foot oil/ g
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on July 15, 1981An order for a Single Point Mooring terminal, valued at approximately $5 million, has been awarded to IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation, by Petrobras, the national oil company of Brazil. To be sited in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil in 338 feet of water, the terminal will p
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on July 15, 1981Following the recent announcement by Suez Canal authorities that new beam and draft regulations have gone into effect for the 120-mile waterway, a circular giving specifics is available from Candia Shipping (USA), Inc. as a service to the U.S. shipping industry. "As a major specialist in at
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on July 15, 1981Robert Ware, editor of MARITIME REPORTER / Engineering News, has announced the establishment of his own firm, Robert Ware Associates (RWA). Effective with the completion of this issue, July 15, Mr. Ware will leave his position as editor of MR/EN to devote full time to his new career. Prior
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on July 15, 1981Butterworth Systems Inc. has announced that eight product carriers now under construction at Hellenic Shipyards, Athens, Greece, will be outfitted with a total of 506 Butterworth® tank cleaning machines. Included are 300 Butterworth P-60 machines that will be deck-mounted, plus 206 fixed-in
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on July 15, 1981The Naval Sea Systems Command recently awarded the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation a $384,382 producibility study contract for DDGX, the Navy's next generation guided missile destroyer. Todd will investigate techniques to modify contract design data packages to im
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on July 15, 1981Dravo Corporation recently received a contract from the Chang Jiang Shipping Administration of the People's Republic of China to provide technical assistance and equipment for towboat communications. Dravo will provide engineering, installation guidance, training coordination and equipment f
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on July 15, 1981Ned A. Smith has been elected vice president-financial planning and administration for American Steamship Company, Buffalo, N.Y. The announcement was made by Thomas W. Burke, president of American Steamship. Mr. Smith joined American Steamship in 1975 as controller. Prior to that time, he h
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on July 1981NKK (Nippon Kokan) has developed a new basic ship design promoting greater energy conservation, which will be applied to three vessels (two ore/coal carriers and a bulk carrier) being built for Showa Shipping Company and Nippon Yusen. Shinichi Hirayama, president of NKK America Inc., said t
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on July 1981Gerald Albert, president of EDO Corporation, College Point, N.Y., has announced a restructuring of its EDO-Aire operations. The communication and navigation product line, being produced at Fairfield, N.J., will be combined with the auto-pilot product line at the EDO-Aire facility in Mineral
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on July 1981Rugged new ship/shore connectors that make connecting and d i s c o n n e c t i n g docked ships to shore-generated power easier and faster are detailed in a new brochure brochure being offered by Joy Manufacturing Company, LaGrange, N.C. The new Joy three-phase connectors are said to offer
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on July 1981Literature is now available describing a new Pressure-Wiper Seal, known as the John Crane Type RH BWC, recently introduced by Crane Packing Company. One-piece construction consists of a special abrasion-resistant elastomer bonded to a metal reinforcing washer, the internal anti-extrusion ri
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on July 1981Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., a wholly owned British subsidiary of Texaco Inc., has taken delivery of the 79,997-deadweightton motor tanker Texaco Westminster at the Aioi (Japan) shipyard of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., it was announced recently. The vessel is the second
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on July 1981C.E. (Matt) Matthews has been appointed national sales manager of Morse Controls, responsible for sales of both marine and industrial products. Announcing the appointment, Terry Carrell, president of Morse, commented: "The changing nature of today's marketplace for our marine and industrial
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on July 1981The recent christening of Offshore Jupiter (shown above) was of great significance to Promet, as this is the largest rig christened to date at its yard in Jurong, Singapore. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. Audrey Richardson, wife of George T. Richardson, president and chief operating office
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on July 1981USS Acadia (AD-42), the second of four Gompers Class destroyer tenders being built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), was received by the U.S. Navy recently in ceremonies at the San Diego shipyard. Capt. W. Todd Hale, USN, supervisor of shipbuilding, conversion and repair, S