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on November 1984IMODCO of Los Angeles, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been awarded a contract by Esso Suez, Inc. for a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) terminal. This unit for Esso is designed to securely moor tankers of up to 85,000 dwt, primari
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on November 1984Seaward International, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dexter H. Brown as director of marketing. He will be based at Seaward's corporate office in Falls Church, Va. and will be responsible for marketing and sales of the company's marine products. He has 20 years of sales and marketing
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on November 1984Consolidated Grain & Barge Company of St. Louis recently announced several personnel changes. Jim McEvilly has been elected vice president with responsibility for all aspects of the company's barge operations. He had previously served as manager of barge operations and manager of barge trans
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on November 1984The first large engine in M.A.N. B&W's new line of ultra-longstroke engines was successfully tested recently in Copenhagen. New color illustrated literature describing this new engine in full detail is now available free of charge. M.A.N.-B&W reports this new engine type for the marine mark
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on November 1984James C. Evans, a veteran of 31 years in the oil and gas industry, has been elected a vice president of Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans, responsible for environment and governmental affairs. He succeeds John R. Macgregor, who recently retired after six years in th
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on November 1984—Literature Available AMP Special Industries recently issued Product Bulletin 805-1. This Bulletin, entitled "Marine Cable Splicing Kit," describes the latest equipment for wiring methods to be used in modular shipbuilding, jumboizing and repairs. The methods and equipment listed have been
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on November 1984-Literature Available Charles Stucky of Drew Ameroid ® Marine has announced that DHL Worldwide Courier Express will be the exclusive service for air dispatch of PACE™ fuel evaluation program bunker samples from ports located at the major shipping routes around the world. Upon notifying DHL
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on November 1984Eller & Company, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, announces the appointments of Robert J. Flint as senior vice president in charge of all stevedoring and terminal activities in South Florida ports, including operations at Tam- pa, Miami, Port Everglades, and Port Canaveral, and Ben E.
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on November 1984Richard J. Allen, formerly fiscal management director of McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company (MDTSCO), has been appointed director of the firm's new Washington (D.C.) Operations Division. He replaces Charles A. Jacobson, who was recently promoted to the position of acting director
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on November 1984The Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) recently awarded a contract to Giannotti & Associates International, Inc. (GAI) of Houston to conduct a feasibility study and provide a conceptual design for an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power plant that would be located along the East Coast
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on November 1984The Annual Banquet of the Alumni Association of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture will be held on Thursday, November 8, 1984, in the Ballroom of the Loews Warwick Hotel, 54th Street on the Avenue of the Americas, New York City. There will be reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at
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on November 1984Andrew H. Greller and Rupert D. Belt have been promoted to new positions at Ashland Petroleum Company, the largest operating division of Ashland Oil, Inc., according to an announcement by Robert B. Keifer Jr., vice president, marine/surface transportation and facilities. Greller has been na
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on November 1984J.K. Irving, chairman and chief executive officer of Saint John Shipbuilding Limited, has announced the appointment of Gilbert J. Snyders as vice-president and general manager of the Shipbuilding Division. Mr. Snyders brings extensive experience in management to Saint John Shipbuilding. For
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on November 1984Features of the remote mechanical valve actuator system (RMVA) manufactured by Teleflex Incorporated of King of Prussia, Pa., include design simplicity, cost effectiveness, high torque, high reliability, and easy installation. Approved by the Naval Sea Systems Command, the RMVA is flexible f
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on November 1984The Flexaust Company, the industry leader in ventilation ducting, announces a major improvement in its product line. Most hoses are now flame retardant and are recognized as having an Underwriter's Laboratories 94 V-0 flammability classification. By using a variety of constructions and mate
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on October 15, 1984ASMAR, Chile's leading shipbuilder and repairer, recently completed repairs to the 14,160- grt Villarrica owned by Sociedad Naviera Ultragas S.A. of Chile. The vessel was dry-docked at the Talcahuano yard, where the 15-ton rudder was dismantled and repaired. This involved removing the complete
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on October 15, 1984Ronald L. Kuehn Jr., president and chief executive officer of Sonat Inc., announced that Hugh J. Morgan Jr. has been elected chairman and a director of Sonat Inc., and chairman of Southern Natural Gas Company, a Sonat subsidiary. Mr. Morgan is currently executive vice president of Sonat, cha
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on October 15, 1984With the recent addition of the 418-ton island house assembly, Newport News Shipbuilding completed the final construction superlift for the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN- 71). The 1,092-foot ship is coming together in time for her scheduled launching October 27 this year at the Newp
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on October 15, 1984Comsat TeleSystem, Inc. of Fairfax, Va., announced recently that John M. Pientka has been elected to the newly created position of vice president, Mobile Satellite Systems, and that B.L. (Pete) Brooks has been named vice president of the company's newly established Systems Support and Field In
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on October 15, 1984SOFEC, Inc., a Vickers Marine Engineering Division company, has announced the addition to its Houston engineering staff of Charles Etheridge as engineering manager, and Charles Mangum as chief engineer. Mr. Etheridge was previously manager of projects, Marine Division, of Williams Brothers