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on August 1978The Tri-State Regional Planning Commission and the New York Department of Transportation, Bureau of Ferries and General Aviation Operations, is engaged in a United States Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration Demonstration Project to test the feasibility of
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on August 1978William H. Banks, vice president and general manager-operations, Chevron Shipping Company, San Francisco, Calif. 94105, has been elected president, effective August 1. He replaces Lawrence C. Ford, who is retiring after 40 years of service. Chevron Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Standard
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- Built By Jeffboat, Inc., The Gemini Will Transfer Bulk Materials To Ships In New Orleans Area page: 17
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on August 1978Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind. 47130, has announced the completion of hull construction and equipment installation on the Gemini—one of the world's largest floating bulk material transfer plants. Owned and operated by Mid- Stream Transfer, Inc. of Metairie, La., the Gemini will work i
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on August 1978Neil H. Whitehead has been appointed sales engineer f o r the midcontinent region by Alco Power Inc. of Auburn, N.Y. In his new position, Mr. Whitehead will be responsible for the sales and service of Alco POWER BOSS diesel engines and parts in the riverboat and industrial diesel markets. R
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on August 1978The Bank of Boston and the Bank of Montreal will lend $50 million to Argentina's state-owned shipping firm, financing the company's building projects through the end of 1978. The loan will be repayable over seven years. The two banks are members of a syndicate of international financial ins
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on August 1978Robert A. Hartley has been named senior vice president, Technical, North America, by the International Paint Company, Inc. (USA) and International Paints (Canada) Limited. Mr. Hartley will head up the North American Group Laboratories soon to be completed at the Union, N.J., facility of Int
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on August 1978Dillingham Corporation of Guam will repair the barge Inductance for Guam Power Authority. The barge Inductance, owned by the Navy, is leased by Guam Power Authority as part of the Navy-GPA power pool agreement for joint operation of the island's power system. Such an agreement also makes G
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on July 15, 1978W.B. Seaton, president of American President Lines, Ltd., has announced that the marine consulting firm of L.A. Harlander & Associates has been retained to consult with and advise the company in regard to its new ship construction program. Pursuant to the 20-year Operating- Differential Sub
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on July 15, 1978The election of Mickey Lane, vice president of Strachan Shipping Company, to the board of directors was announced by Thomas H. Adams, president of Strachan Shipping Company. Mr. Lane, vice president-West Gulf for Strachan, has been associated with the firm for the past 17 years. Also annou
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on July 15, 1978Construction on a self-propelled work barge for Gulf Energy & Minerals Company U.S. has been completed by the Marine Services Division of Geosource Inc., Harvey, La. According to Marine Services Division vice president and general manager D.M. Gordon, Geosource performed a complete turnkey
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on July 15, 1978Butterworth Systems Inc. has developed a reliable, easily maintained stainless-steel machine designed for cleaning tanks. The l i g h t w e i g h t BUTTERWORTH ® LT tank cleaning machine uses rotating jets, which crisscross and overlap the entire inner surface of the tank. Four cycles, from
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on July 15, 1978Peter McChesney has been named director of port development for Port Everglades Authority. In announcing the appointment, Paul deMariano, port director, stated that Mr. McChesney's l o n g - t e rm executive experience with various steamship companies in the area of trade development will b
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on July 15, 1978Robert L. Witt, engineering manager of the Fluid Control Division of FMC Corporation, 10516 Old Katy Road, Houston, Texas 77024, announced that William A. Gill has been named offshore engineering manager. In this newly created position, Mr. Gill's department will be responsible for the deve
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on July 15, 1978The Naval Ship Engineering Center, Philadelphia Division recently held its Annual Awards Banquet. The Joseph Cacciola Technical Achievement Award for 1977 was presented to Gilbert Carlton of the Heat Power Systems Department for his participation and management in bringing about a large Na
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on July 15, 1978Taywood-Santa Fe Limited has been awarded a contract by Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, acting on behalf of the Shell/ Esso partnership, for the project management and detailed design of the topside facilities for the North Cormorant platform in the North Sea. The detailed design wor
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on July 15, 1978Johnny Conrad, president of Johnny's Propeller Shop, has announced the completion of a 5,000- square-foot addition to the company's Houma, La., facility. The company, founded in 1963 and headquartered in Morgan City, La., is one of the largest propeller repair operations in the Central Gulf
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on July 15, 1978Michael W. Marinaro has been named vice president of air power marketing at the Air Power and Construction Division of Worthington Compressors, Inc., Holyoke, Mass. In his new position, he will be responsible f o r marketing and sales activities for air compressors sold through the company'
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on July 15, 1978The annual dinner-dance of the Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held on June 3, at the Cherry Hill Inn, Cherry Hill, N.J. The formal affair was attended by 460 members and guests representing approximately 30 various organizations associated w
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on July 15, 1978A new bunkering service for vessels engaged in all types of trade has commenced in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Natomas- Skaarup Marine Sales company of Greenwich, Conn., announced. The former bunker barge Bunker Antigua, renamed A1 Fadhili, recently arrived in Jeddah and is available to servi
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on July 15, 1978Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has been awarded a contract by Bethlehem Steel Corporation to provide complete design and engineering services for a major overhaul of the USNS Albert J. Meyer. The U.S. naval vessel, a 370- foot-long, twin-screw cable layer built in