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on February 15, 1977The world's largest and most comprehensive technical conference and exhibition on offshore resource development, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), will be held in Houston, Texas, from May 2 through 5, 1977. OTC is an interdisciplinary meeting encompassing the diverse and scientific
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on February 15, 1977Ruddie E. Irizarry has been named deputy executive director of the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, it was announced in San Juan, Puerto Rico, by PRMSA's executive director Roberto Lugo D'Acosta. Mr. Irizarry becomes PRMSA's second highest official, after an 11-year career in the ma
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on February 15, 1977The formation of Carter Transport Associates has been announced by R.D. Carter. The firm will specialize in developing global intermodal operating, marketing and organization systems for all carrier modes, individual shippers, shippers' associations, government agencies and port administrati
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on February 15, 1977The Maritime Administration has released "Standard Specifications for Diesel Merchant Ship Construction," a publication intended to provide guidance to the maritime industry for the preparation of specifications for ships with medium-speed diesel propulsion plants. The publication provides
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on February 15, 1977Arnessen Marine Systems, Inc. has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the AquaBeam underwater lights, a unique lighting system especially designed for divers for underwater search and engineering, submersible vehicles, diving bells and hydroboxes, habitats, salvage operations and m
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on February 15, 1977Ben E. Nutter, who has done more than anyone else to build the Port of Oakland into a leading containerport of worldwide importance, recently announced at a meeting of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners that he would retire as executive director on July 1, 1977. The Port Board announce
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on February 15, 1977Hydranautics reports that it has solved the problem of inadequate port facilities in rapidly developing countries where ports are overcrowded or where no facilities exist. The most recent installation of Hydranautics portable pier equipment is located at the Saline Water Conversion Corporati
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on February 15, 1977On January 17, 1977, in the main lounge of The Whitehall Club, New York, N.Y., The Geo. W. Rogers Construction Corporation, represented by George B. White, its president, and F. Rogers Ketcham, vice president and nephew of the late George W. Rogers, presented to The Whitehall Club a special
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on February 15, 1977Louis J. Roof has been appointed manager, river repairs at Paducah Marine Ways Inc. at Paducah, Ky. Paducah Marine Ways Inc. is one of the three shipyards operated by the St. Louis Ship Division of Pott Industries Inc. Mr. Roof, a 20-year veteran at Paducah Marine Ways, has advanced throug
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on February 15, 1977The Apprentice School of Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding recently graduated the first women apprentices in its 57-year history. The three women, Debbie Ann Eriksen, Karen Jean Morrison and Sherry Rebecca Skinner, were among the 157 apprentices graduating in this year's class. Two of th
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on February 15, 1977International Paint Company, New York, N.Y., has announced that the International Paint Group, the world's largest marine coatings manufacturers, has entered into a technical and commercial agreement for marine paint with the Nippon Paint Company of Osaka, Japan, the largest paint manufactu
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on February 15, 1977B.R. Martin has been named president of Korea Gulf Oil Company, according to R.W. Baldwin, president of Gulf Refining & Marketing Company (GORAM). Mr. Martin replaces S.K. Mc- Walter, who is returning to Gulf Oil Canada, Ltd. He will represent Gulf Oil Corporation in all aspects of its busi
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on February 15, 1977John I. Alioto, president of Pacific Far East Line, the San Francisco, Calif.-based steamship company, has announced the signing of a contract with Bethlehem Shipyards of San Francisco for the conversion of four PFEL LASH vessels to full containerships. The contract awarded Bethlehem Shipya
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on February 15, 1977Equitable Shipyards, Inc. of New Orleans, La., has delivered the first of five 95-foot twinscrew tugboats, the Selat Siberut, to the Indonesian Government. The vessel has overall dimensions of 95 feet by 29 feet with a 13-foot depth. The vessel is built to American Bureau of Shipping Class
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on February 15, 1977A booklet from Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation describes its recently developed Fiberglas/ plastics (FRP) and polyurethane insulating and containment system for liquefied natural gas carriers. It is the first nonmetallic system to combine high strength and impact resistance with low the
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on February 15, 1977The U.S. Department of Defense has authorized the Navy to procure five production versions of the PHM (Patrol Hydrofoil Missileship) under an appropriation of $282.1 million. Delivery of the first vessel in this production program is expected from The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash. 98124, i
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on February 15, 1977Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., has received a contract in excess of $4 million to design, engineer and build a continuous bucket-elevator barge unloader for Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. of New Roads, La. The new unloader, designed to unload 5,000 tons of coal an hour from jum
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on February 15, 1977Peter J. Roche has been elected president of the Lemont Shipbuilding and Repair Company, located at Mile 300 on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lemont, 111. 60439. From 1974 until now, Mr Roche served as general superintendent of Reynolds Shipyard Corporation, Staten Island, N.Y., spec
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on February 15, 1977As of January 1, the federal government of Pakistan took over the management of all shipping companies in Pakistan, including the National Shipping Corporation. This action was taken in accordance with the people's government policy of nationalizing major industries. The resulting firm is c
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on February 15, 1977A new high performance, U.S. Coast Guard approved fire extinguisher for boats, engines, galleys or any other areas where flammable liquid Class "B" fires may occur, is now being marketed nationally by Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., world's largest and oldest manufacturer of fire extinguishin