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on June 15, 1981Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, R.I., recently delivered t h e commuter boat Fireball (shown above) to Fire Island Ferries, Inc. of Bay Shore, N.Y. The 75-foot by 18-foot by 5-foot 2-inch vessel is powered by three turbocharged GM Detroit Diesel 12 V-71 engines, each rated 340 bhp at 1,8
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on June 15, 1981Promet P r i v a t e Limited of Singapore, a leading rig and shipbuilder, recently signed a fourth order to build a $60-million semisubmersible rig for one of the largest American drilling companies. The rig is to be built for Sedco Incorporated, an international drilling company based in D
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on June 15, 1981Todd S h i p y a r d s Corporation has been awarded a $276-million contract to build three more FFG- 7 class g u i d e d - m i s s i l e frigates (FFG-51, 52, and 54) for the U.S. Navy. Two will be constructed by the Los Angeles Division in San Pedro and one will be built at the Seattle yard
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on June 15, 1981Steven A. Roberts has been named assistant vice president in charge of personnel for Barber S t e a m s h i p Lines, it was announced by Robert H. Pouch, president of the general shipping agent. Mr. Roberts will be responsible for all employment activities and services in the company's netw
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on June 15, 1981EDO Corporation, College Point, N.Y., designer and manufacturer of advanced electronic and electromechanical equipment, has announced that its government products division has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for $3.9-million to produce additional equipment under an existing order for
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on June 15, 1981Canada's major shipyards and the federal government recently signed an agreement to accelerate training programs for skilled tradesmen to meet an expected critical shortage. The agreement was signed by employment and immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy and Ted Jones and Henry Walsh of the C
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on June 15, 1981Kocks Crane and Marine Company in Pittsburgh, Pa., has been awarded a contract for the supply and installation of a "Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Bulk Cargo Crane with Container Handling Capabilities" by the South Jersey Port Corporation in cooperation with the EDA and the City of Camden, N.J.
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on June 15, 1981Bel-Aire Shipyard Ltd. of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has received a $20- million contract from Atunera Coinseco S.P.A. de C.V. of Mexico City, Mexico, to build two tuna seiners. The vessels are Canadiandesigned by naval a r c h i t e c ts Cleaver & Walkingshaw Ltd. of Vancou
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on June 15, 1981Michael S. Wasacz has been named president and chief operating officer of Matson Navigation Company and senior vice president-ocean transportation of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Matson's parent company. This was announced by R.J. Pfeiffer, chair- man and president of A&B and Matson's chairma
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on June 15, 1981The first coal-fired ship to be built in the United States in modern maritime history will be powered by a General Electric Company 12,000-shp geared marine steam turbine. It is the second order for coalfired propulsion equipment received recently by General Electric (Lynn, Mass.). The shi
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on June 15, 1981James M. Retert has joined Waukesha Engine Division, Dresser Industries, Inc., as director of marketing. In this position, he is responsible for product management and a p p l i c a t i o n engineering of all the division's marine, petroleum, construction and industrial, power generation, an
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on June 15, 1981Capt. Barry C. Roberts, USCG, recently assumed command of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md. He becomes the 29th commanding officer in the 82-year history of the yard, the only shipbuilding and repair facility of the U.S. Coast Guard. During a recent ceremony, Rear Adm. Robert S.
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on June 15, 1981Joseph B. Shiffert, president of North Florida Shipyards at Commodores Point in Jacksonville, Fla., has announced recent appointments to expand and strengthen the yard's extensive services to ship operators. Albert A. White has joined North Florida Shipyards as production manager and assist
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on June 15, 1981Interest in Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) is growing rapidly. This was proven recently at Seamen's Church Institute in New York City where lotron Corporation of Bedford, Mass., manufacturer of the DIGIPLOT, demonstrated its 40-target model. This is the same deluxe model chosen by She
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on June 15, 1981The El Paso Company, Houston, has announced the election of David F. Mackie as a senior vice president of the company, Martin R. Engler Jr. as an executive vice president of El Paso Natural Gas Company, and Harry W. Ray as a vice president of El Paso Marine Company. The latter two companies
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on June 15, 1981Phillip Stringer, president of Consolidated Inland Marine, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, has announced the opening of an East Division office in the Mobile area. Located at 5950 Granada, Satsuma, Ala., the office will handle transportation of petroleum cargoes between New Orleans and all points eas
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on June 15, 1981The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved the award of a $2,569,934 subsidy to Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for reconstruction work on the United States Lines, Inc., containership American Merchant. The Baltimore shipyard is increasing the ship's container capacity from the equiv
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on June 15, 1981Penske Energy and Engines Group of New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Cincinnati offers a 12-page, full-color brochure describing and illustrating the line of General Motors and General Electric marine propulsion engines and generator sets that the group engineers, packages, and distribut
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on June 15, 1981The Ship Structure Committee, an Interagency Advisory Committee dedicated to improving the structure of ships, has recently published three new technical reports that are available free of charge. SSC-297, "Evaluation of Liquid Dynamic Loads in Slack LNG Cargo Tanks," presents a review of
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on June 15, 1981The Service Group of McGraw- Edison Company recently announced the establishment of its Marine Marketing Department with headquarters in Fairfield, N.J. McGraw-Edison Service is a new force in the marine equipment repair field, combining the mechanical repair capabilities of Worthington Ser