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on March 1974Liffey Marine, Inc., a unit of the Stolt Group, located in Southeast Asia, has recently placed into service a 190-foot self-propelled multipurpose seagoing barge, the M/S Kildare. The unusual design of the vessel permits extremely economical transportation of a wide variety of cargo. With a
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on March 1974Dearborn-Storm Corporation has announced that an agreement in principle has been reached with a group of private investors in Chicago for the sale of Dearborn's portfolio of IBM System 360 computers for $17 million in cash payable at the closing. This transaction, to be reflected in fiscal 19
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on March 1974Stork-Werkspoor Diesel, a division of the Dutch VMF Group of Companies, have received orders for the delivery of 32 engines. Of these, 10 are intended for Smit & Co.'s Internationale Sleepdienst, Netherlands, to power two of their new seagoing tugs, which will be among the most powerful in t
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on March 1974American Export Lines, Inc. has announced that it had entered into agreements for the sale of its passenger vessels Constitution and Independence to Atlantic Far East Lines, Inc. The sales price for the Constitution is $2,500,000, and the net proceeds remaining after satisfaction of outstand
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on March 1974COMSAT General Corporation, Washington, D.C., has announced the appointment of David W. King as manager, maritime satellite sales. Prior to joining COMSAT General, Mr. King was coordinator, maritime telecommunication systems for EXXON International. Mr. King is well-known in the marine elec
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on March 1974Lufkin Industries, Inc. has named John Finney to be Eastern regional manager of Lufkin's 'Gear Division. The Eastern region includes the Pittsburgh office, where Mr. Finney is located, and the Baltimore, Cleveland, and New York offices. Previously, Mr. Finney had been division manager for th
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on March 1974At the annual meeting; of the American Waterways Operators, Inc., Harold A. Reinauer (Reinauer Transportation Companies, Inc.) was elected to replace James P. Mc- Allister as regional vice president for 1974. Two new directors were elected. Robert M. Loftus, assistant vice president of Mora
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on March 1974The Commandant of the Coast Guard has announced the appointment of three additional members to the service's Towing Industry Advisory Committee (TIAC), including former astronaut and retired Navy Captain, James A. Lovell. Captain Lovell is now senior executive vice president of Bay- Houston
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on March 1974Ingram Barge Company, a division of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans, La., has signed a 10-year contract valued at approximately $150 million with Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago for the transporting of up to 20 million barrels annually of low sulphur #6 fuel oil from the New Orleans a
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on March 1974Stuart C. Jones has 'been appointed special assistant to general manager of Todd's Los Angeles Division to assume responsibility for development, planning, and construction scheduling of the new 89,- 700-dwt tankers now on order. Mr. Jones has a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institu
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on March 1974Nathan Friedland, well-known naval architect and an instructor in the design of offshore drilling units, has joined Santa Fe Engineering Services as manager of marine design. Mr. Friedland will be in charge of the design and development of offshore vessels to be operated by the drilling and
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on March 1974The American Ship Building Company has received a $40-million contract for. the construction of barges and towboats, it was announced by Jacob O. Kamm, president. "This is the largest single contract ever received by our Nashville Bridge Company, the division which will build the barges and
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on March 1974The Tenth Naval Hydrodynamics Symposium will be held June 24-28, 1974 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. This internationally recognized symposium has been held biennially since 1956, alternately in this country and abroad. This year, the symposium is being spon
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on March 1974The U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, has awarded a $197,362 Research & Development contract to M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers of New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, to assess future opportunities for large shallow-draft bulk c
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on February 15, 1974Victor Bericochea, vice president, has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer of Berwind Lines Inc. of San Juan, Puerto Rico, announced board chairman Hugh McComas. Mr. McComas also announced that he himself has assumed the presidency of the maritime cargo line
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on February 15, 1974Richard G. Popovici has been named assistant manager of commercial 'operations at Raytheon Company's Submarine Signal Division, Portsmouth, R.I. In addition to expanded duties in all commercial activities of the division, Mr. Popovici will continue in his present role as manager of the Ocea
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on February 15, 1974Alexis Nichols (Nicolacopoulos) has been named vice president of Brokerage & Management Corp., 76 Beaver Street, New York, N.Y. 10005, it was announced by G. Callimanopulos, president. Mr. Nichols joined Brokerage & Management in 1972 as operations manager. Before that, he was marine claims
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on February 15, 1974Dearborn-Storm Corporation, Chicago, 111., operators of offshore drilling equipment, announced the following management changes acted upon at the recent board of directors meeting. Arthur Weiss, formerly president of Dearborn-Storm, was named chairman of the board and chief executive office
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on February 15, 1974Dr. Frank L. Wiswall Jr., has been elected president of Liberian Services, Inc., 103 Park Avenue, New York, 'N.Y. 10017. Fred T. Lininger, former president, has assumed the new post of chairman and chief executive officer of the worldwide maritime consulting firm, which has headquarters in
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on February 15, 1974Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. has announced its intention to support the Tampa Port Authority's new facilities presently under construction at Holland Terminal. Edgar F. Luckenbach Jr., president of the 124-year-old shipping firm, said in a prepared statement that in recognition of the ra