Short Maritime Reporter 1982Peter Articles
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on January 1981Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, has announced plans to build a second Levingston Class 111-C jackup drilling rig f o r Noble Drilling Corporation of Ardmore, Okla. Noble Drilling, a leading domestic drilling contracting firm formed in 1921, is a wholly
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on January 1981Bergeron Industries, Inc. recently delivered four tank barges from their Braithwaite, La., marine facility, marking the company's entrance into a new product line. Long a major designer and builder of deck barges, Bergeron is using this experience in tank barge construction. Bear 232 (picture
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on January 1981McDermott Incorporated has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, McDermott International, Inc., has purchased the semisubmersible pipelaying barge Viking Piper from Viking Jersey Equipment Limited, a 75-percent-owned affiliate of Santa Fe International Corporation, for the sum of $85 mi
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on January 1981Diesel Shipbuilding Company of Jacksonville, Fla., recently delivered a 46-foot tugboat to the Port Authority of La Libertad, Ecuador. The main engines for the twin-screw La Libertad were supplied by Coastal Power Products of Jacksonville. They are a pair of General Motors Detroit Diesel en
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on January 1981James H. Cottrell has been named vice president of Ogden Corporation, it was announced by Ralph E. Ablon, chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Cottrell joins Ogden from the Lummus Company. He will direct Ogden's expansion into equipment for process and energy-related plants. Emphasis
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on January 1981The Galveston Office of Designers & Planners, Inc. has been redesignated as the Gulf Coast Office, and has been relocated in Dickinson, Texas, midway between Galveston and Houston. Monroe Levy, vice president and manager of the Galveston Office, retired from D&P on December 31, 1980. Howeve
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on January 1981A contract for approximately $8.6 million to overhaul the frigate USS Brumby (FF-1044) was awarded by the U.S. Navy recently to Bath Iron Works, marking the second ship of the class slated for the shipyard within a month. A like contract for approximately $9 million for its sister ship, USS
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on January 1981Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, has appointed Dr. Zelvin Levine to the post of Director, Office of Advanced Ship Operations, one of three offices reporting to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. In this new position, Mr. Levine
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on January 1981Inventron Industries Inc. of Klamath Falls, Ore., has introduced a microprocessor-based level control system dedicated to pump control. The new system, named the LS-99, uses ultrasonic transducers to detect product level in tanks and other vessels. Among the key features of the LS-99 is an ar
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on January 1981Hazeltine Corporation, Commack, N.Y., has announced the receipt of a $1.2-million U.S. Navy contract from Naval Sea Systems Command for the development of a digitally programmable c o m m u n i c a t i o ns buoy and buoy interface unit for use in submarine communications via satellite. The sy
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on January 1981The oldest manufacturer of steam engines still operating in this country has announced an extension of the sizes available for both marine and stationary use. Skinner Engine Company of Erie, Pa., said that effective immediately the Skinner Marine Unaflow steam engines will be available in c
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on January 1981The Consolidated Industrial Skills Corporation (CISCO) has been formed to supplement companies with skilled, first-class labor. Currently, CISCO is servicing major shipbuilding concerns in the Gulf and East Coasts with pipefitters, shipfitters, machinists, and electricians on an as-needed b
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on January 1981The topic at the recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers — the annual joint get-together with The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York -—• was the re-engining of the four Seatrain Lines' Euroliner Class containerships.
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on January 1981WOMA Corporation of South Plainfield, N.J., a leader in high-pressure "water as a tool" technology, has a new sales brochure describing their unique industrial cleaning and maintenance systems. Over 25 years of research and development, innovation, and experience has resulted in a wide array o
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on January 1981John R. Walbridge has been reelected chairman of the board of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters ( A I M U ) . Elected along with Mr. Walbridge (senior vice president of The Insurance Company of North America) were: Edward K. Trowbridge, deputy chairman (senior executive vice pre
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on January 1981John Murray Wilson has been promoted to vice president of engineering for Philadelphia Resins Corporation, Montgomeryville, Pa. He also will be in charge of product research and development, and the engineering of field applications for the corporation's industrial, marine and rope divisions
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on January 1981DEBEG Marine, Inc., Tewksbury, Mass., has announced availability of its new Model 2340 watch receiver. The receiver was designed to conform to SOLAS regulations and the requirement that all vessels over 300 gross tons will be equipped with a watch receiver by March 31, 1981. According to the
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on December 15, 1980James W. Steadman has been appointed vice president, production of Halter Marine, Inc., with responsibility for the production activities of all Halter shipyards and production centers. The announcement was made by Harold P. Halter, president and chairman of the New Orleans-based shipbuildi
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on December 15, 1980Patti Industries of Pensacola, Fla., has announced the signing of an agreement with Huey L. Cheramie Inc. of Galliano, La., for the construction of two 65- by 24- by 9-foot, 1,000-hp Model Bow Tugboats. One vessel will be named the M/V Katie Cheramie, after Huey L. Cheramie's granddaughter,
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on December 15, 1980Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, Maritime Administration, Samuel B. Nemirow has approved in princiciple an application by Ogden Shamrock Transport, Inc., and Ogden Hudson Transport, Inc., two wholly owned subsidiaries of Ogden Bulk Transport, Inc., 280 Park Avenue, New