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on March 15, 1981Wall Rope Works, a division of Wall Industries, Inc., Beverly, N.J., announces the recent promotion of J.R. Breedlove to vice president of manufacturing, and G.A. Berger to plant manager. Mr. Breedlove has 15 years of experience in engineering, production, and management positions with Wall
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on March 15, 1981W.H. Banks, president of Chevron Shipping Company in San Francisco, has been elected chairman of the board of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) for the next 12 months. The change in leadership was announced by outgoing AIMS board chairman J.J. Ervin, president of Trinidad C
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on March 15, 1981The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans recently d e d i c a t e d its new Hines Lane Wharf on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The $8.4-million reconstruction project, which includes $1.7 million received by the City of New Orleans in a Federal Urban Development Action
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on March 15, 1981Richard R. Hopkins has been promoted to vice president and director of government marketing and special projects at J.J. Henry Co., Inc., reporting to Anthony C. Brown, senior vice president and manager of the Moorestown Division (Moorestown, Portsmouth, Crystal City, and San Diego Offices)
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on February 15, 1981Courtney A. Benson, former manager of Peterson Maritime Services, Inc. in Houston, has been appointed manager of the company's newly organized Hazardous Materials Division in New Orleans. William L. Thomas, assistant to Mr. Benson, has been named to succeed him as manager of the company's Hou
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on February 15, 1981Francis A. Martin and Ottaway, Inc. has announced the opening of an office in London. Francis A. Martin and Ottaway, Inc. of New York, and Marine Advisory and Technical Services (Aspenway Ltd.) of London have agreed to a joint venture in the foundation of Martin, Ottaway and Marine Advisory
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on February 15, 1981A new, four-color brochure containing scores of photographs and describing the ship repair and drydocking services offered by Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation is now available at no cost from the Virginia shipyard. One of the largest ship repair complexes on the U.S. East Coast, N
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on February 15, 1981Roland Malins-Smith has been appointed a vice president of Concorde Line, according to an announcement by Donald T. Quinn, Concorde's president. Mr. Malins- Smith will be located at Concorde Lines' home office in Miami, Fla. Prior to joining Concorde, he had been general manager of West Ind
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on February 15, 1981Simrad, Inc. of Armonk, N.Y., has introduced a new generation of VHF automatic digital direction finders. Computer-controlled, these instruments utilize a unique microprocessor in place of motors of moving parts. Even when signal conditions are erratic, the Simrad/Taiyo Models TD-L1510 and
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on February 15, 1981Several key executive appointments have been made by Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division in order to further strengthen its organization, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, senior vice president and general manager of the division. Dave Messer has been prom
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on February 15, 1981IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and a pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has received an order in excess of $2.5 million from ELF-SEREPCA, a jointly operated French/Cameroon company, for a Single Point Mooring inventory buoy. C o n s t r u c t e d at Hongkong United
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on February 15, 1981The Skim-Pak floating weir skimmer is a rapid response, oilspill cleanup tool for use in the harbor or at dockside, yet it works well in the rough, high seas. Skim-Pak systems are said to recover up to 4,000 bhp at excellent oil to water recovery ratios. Used as a "first line of defense," S
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on February 15, 1981Adrian S. Hooper, chairman and chief executive officer of Interstate and Ocean T r a n s p o rt Company, Philadelphia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Natural Resources, Inc., has announced that John T. Atkinson has been named vice presidentfinancial a d m i n i s t r a t i o n and tr
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on February 15, 1981Richard M. Currence, president of Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, New Orleans, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gulf Fleet Marine Operations, Inc., has been awarded a multi-vessel, oneyear contract by The Oil & Natural Gas Commission, the national energy company of India. The
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on February 15, 1981Marine Industries Limited of Sorel, Quebec, Canada, recently hosted an informal reception at the Quebec Government House, Rockefeller Center, New York City, for American shipowners and operators of Greater New York. Marine Industries representatives were presented to the trade by the Deleg
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on February 15, 1981Dr. Robert E. Nystrom has been named chief of the developmental and logistics engineering division at Art Anderson Associates, Inc., consulting engineers. His duties include the administration of the preliminary design and scientific department, cost estimating and materials department, com
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on February 15, 1981A f o u r - p a g e , full-color brochure describing the benefits of a new engine oil for high output, marine diesel engines is available from Mobil Oil Corporation. Mobilgard 446, designed for use in General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) engines, including those equipped with silver
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on February 15, 1981A recent meeting- of the New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held in Newton, Mass., where two student papers were presented. The first, titled Practical Considerations for Selection of High-Speed Marine Diesel Engines, was presented by John F. Duc
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on February 15, 1981Constantine G. Caras has been named vice president of Ogden Corporation, it was announced by Ralph E. Ablon, chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Caras joins Ogden from LTV Corporation where he was vice president, group counsel, of an LTV subsidiary. He will be responsible for m a i n
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on February 15, 1981The WESMAR SS170 longrange scanning sonar is said to provide the ultimate answer—efficiency— to the steadily rising fuel costs that now comprise 50 to 60 percent of commercial fishing overhead. By scanning around the vessel and eliminating costly guesswork, the SS170 can help fishermen find