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on June 1983Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) will build special sections in Nashville, Tenn., for the three additional T-5 product tankers authorized recently by Ocean Carriers, Inc. of Houston, Texas. Authorization for the tankers brings the total contract for Ocean Carriers to five and represents
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on June 1983Z.J. Papazissimos has been named vice president and controller for Sperry Corporation's Electronic Systems operations, headquartered in Great Neck, N.Y. In his new position, Mr. Papazissimos will be responsible f o r directing all financial and legal activities of Sperry's Electronic Syste
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on June 1983Autocator Controls, a division of T.P. Hudgins & Associates, Inc., of Houston, Texas, has been appointed the exclusive representative f o r Veronesi Separatori of Italy, manufacturers of precision centrifuges for purifying and clarifying oils and fluids for a wide variety of marine and indus
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on June 1983The Cunard Shipping Group recently announced that an agreement has been reached to purchase Norwegian American Cruises, a subsidiary of Lief Hoegh of Norway, for $73 million. The agreement includes two luxurious cruise ships, the Sagaf j o rd and Vistafjord. They will join the Cunard fleet
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on June 1983Armtec Industries, Inc. of Manchester, N.H., recently announced the availability of the "Electropulse" ultrasonic liquid level system. Electropulse automatically monitors against the hazards of spillage of corrosive, explosive, or other problem liquids in both high and low level application
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on June 1983Richard R. Klattenberg, president of Curaship Marine Agencies Inc. N.Y., recently announced its appointment as exclusive ship repair agents for Aktien-Gesellschaft "Weser" in the U.S. One of the major German shipbuilders and marine engine manufacturers AG "Weser" has two locations. Vessels
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on June 1983The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract valued at $601,000 to Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer headquartered at Bellingham, Wash., for three 36-foot hydrographic survey launches, according to James J. Doud Jr., Uniflite president. The contract contains an optio
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on June 1983J. (George) Hayashi, senior vice president of American President Lines, has announced the final elements of the company's management realignment. Most of the changes occurred at the time of Mr. Hayashi's appointment as executive vice president and chief operating officer. The operating divi
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on June 1983In a move designed to provide more efficient sales and engineering support for offshore/international accounts, Baldt Inc. has integrated its Houston, Texas, office operation into its corporate headquarters in Chester, Pa. The announcement was made recently by James Palmer, president. With
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on June 1983E.B. Peebles Jr. has been elected senior vice president, transportation and cargo-handling, of Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa. In this new position, he will have overall responsibility for the firm's barge line subsidiary, Dravo Mechling Corporation, and its stevedoring and port manageme
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on June 1983A growth in the demand for chemical tankers is possible dur- ing the next few years if the large number of export-oriented petrochemical projects now under construction come on stream as expected. A report from Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd., of London, notes that 22 petrochemical complex
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on June 1983Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. of New York, N.Y., a major bulk shipping company, recently announced the placement of orders with undisclosed shipyards in the Far East for the construction of four small geared dry bulk carriers of 27,000 to 30,000 dwt for its international fleet. Two of th
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on June 1983A second Marco Class 1-D oil skimmer was delivered recently to the Panama Canal Commission. The 38-foot skimmer features Marco's Filterbelt, the key component of all Marco skimmer systems. The Filterbelt separates oil and debris from the water without taking the water aboard. The system has
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on June 1983Two senior management appointments in CN Marine's Newfoundland services have been announced by the president, Rupert Tingley, effective June 1. Donald G. Newman has been named manager, Gulf service at North Sydney, while W. Peter Embleton becomes manager, coastal services, in St. John's. M
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on June 1983The guided missile frigate Nicholas (FFG- 47) was launched recently at Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine. Former Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., was the principal speaker. Mrs. Edward B. Try on, great-greatgreat- granddaughter of the ship's namesake, was th
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on June 1983The fleet oiler Platte (AO-186) was commissioned recently at the U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, Va. U.S. Senator J. James Exon Jr. of Nebraska was the principal speaker. Nancy Russo Inman, wife of Adm. Bobby Inman (USN-ret.), was the ship's sponsor. The Platte, last of the Cimmaron-class fleet
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on June 1983Delta Shipyard, a division of Delta Services Industries, has drydocked and is now repairing an oceangoing heavy lift deck loading vessel, the Inagua Sound. It is the largest vessel of its kind to ever be drydocked in Houma, La. This shoal draft vessel is one of a fleet of 15 which is owned by
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on June 1983For the first time, Det norske Veritas recently gave a type approval for an automation system which includes both control and regulation functions in addition to the main alarm system for unmanned engine room space (EO or UMS). The type approved system, from Valmet Automation a.s. of Spikk
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on June 1983Chesapeake S h i p b u i l d i n g of Salisbury, Md., has been awarded a contract with Star Line Corporation of Williamston, Mich., to design and build a full service restaurant vessel. Construction has begun on the 122-foot Star of Sanford which will be placed into service in central Florid
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on June 1983The second of two Class IV icebreakers being constructed for Gulf Canada Resources Inc. has been launched at Burrard Yarrows Corporation's Vancouver Division. The vessel, named Terry Fox, is 88 meters long overall and has a displacement of 6,910 tons. Designed by German & Milne, she is sche