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on October 1984The completion by LEEVAC Shipyards of a one-of-a-kind, highly specialized vessel conversion for Cal Dive International (CDI), a worldwide full-service oilfield diving contractor, was announced recently by Jerry Bostic, president of LEEVAC Corporation. LEEVAC's Jennings, La., shipyard was sel
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on October 1984After 35 years of operations in downtown Washington, D.C., the American Association of Port Authorities has relocated its headquarters to Alexandria, Va., a port city located directly across the Potomac River from the nation's capital. The 6,000-square-foot office building is a part of the n
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on October 1984James K. Taggart, president of Tampa-based TECO Transport & Trade Corporation, has announced the signing of a long-term agreement with Freeman United Coal Mining Company of Chicago to supply river transport, ground storage, and coal-loading services for two million tons of U.S. steam coal de
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on September 15, 1984The U.S. Navy has awarded a $21,116,087 contract to Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pa., for the "phased maintenance" of the USS Patterson (FF- 1061), the first of four Naval Reserve Force frigates to be based in Philadelphia. The contract calls for four overhauls during a fiv
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on September 15, 1984Halifax Shipyard's new 36,000- ton-lifting-capacity floating drydock Novadock is now being used with increasing frequency. By mid- November this year, the yard will have been in continuous use for eight successive months. The dock, which can accommodate up to Panamax size vessels, was commi
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on September 15, 1984Marinette Marine Corporation in Wisconsin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of six Yard Patrol Craft (YP). These vessels will be used at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis for instructing midshipmen in seamanship, navigation, and marine e
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on September 15, 1984Norwegian Caribbean Lines, the Norwegian-owned cruise ship operation based in Miami, has acquired Royal Viking Line Inc. of San Francisco (also Norwegian-owned) in a deal valued at nearly $240 million. Under the agreement, Norwegian Caribbean will pay $86.9 million in cash and will assume so
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on September 15, 1984John F. Cave has been promoted to vice president of Boland & Cornelius, Inc. (B&C). The announcement was made by American Steamship Company (ASC) vice president-marketing Ned A. Smith. B&C is a subsidiary operation of American Steamship. As a vice president of B&C, Mr. Cave will continue to
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on September 15, 1984The U.S. Navy has selected the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Command and Control Divisions in Baltimore to participate in the NATO Frigate Replacement Program (NFR-90). Dr. Robert S. Johnson will be the NFR-90 program manager. After competitive procurement, Westinghouse won the $2-mil
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on September 15, 1984American Marine and Machinery Company, Inc. (AMMCO) of Nashville has announced the signing of an agreement with Orenstein & Koppel of West Germany for the exclusive right to market O&K's complete line of underwater bucket wheels and cutting wheels in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. In making
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on September 15, 1984Tacoma Boatbuilding Company's Northern Line Division has been awarded a $210,000 contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the manufacture and testing of a 9- foot-diameter propeller hub assembly, according to a recent announcement by B. James Lowe, president and chief executive officer.
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on September 15, 1984Pearlson Engineering Company, Inc. of Miami has begun work on the world's largest ship transfer system that will be installed at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited in Barrow-in Furness, England, as part of the yard's Submarine Facilities Project. Up to 90 self-propelled transfer c
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on September 15, 1984Keel-laying ceremonies were held recently at Twin City Shipyard in St. Paul, Minn., for the 3,850-cubic-foot, suction hopper dredge Ouachita being constructed for Gulf Coast Trailing Company of New Orleans. The 300-foot vessel will incorporate many state-ofthe- art features unique for U.S.
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on September 15, 1984Marine Management Systems, Inc. (MMS) of Stamford, Conn., has been named an authorized International Business Machines value added dealer in the maritime industry for the entire IBM personal computer product line and accessories, according to MMS president Eugene D. Story. Mr. Story also an
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on September 15, 1984BP is to form a joint venture with Belfast shipbuilder Harland and Wolff for the construction of a special single well oil production system (SWOPS) vessel designed to extract oil directly from subsea wells. The agreement is subject to approval from the boards of both companies. The cost of
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on September 15, 1984Mid-America's newest passageway to the Gulf of Mexico—the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway— is moving toward completion much faster than projections based on surveys and studies by the Army Corps of Engineers, say Tenn-Tom officials. Dedication ceremonies for the 234-mile, $2-billion barge canal
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on September 15, 1984The University of California at San Diego has purchased the 125- foot supply/geophysical survey vessel Midnight Alaskan from Midnight Boat Company of Berwick, La., for operation by the worldfamous Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. The research craft will be renamed the
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- General Dynamics Quincy Yard Will Build Four Containerships For USL At Cost of $341 Million page: 18
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on September 15, 1984A contract between General Dynamics and United States Lines, Inc. calls for the construction of four big containerships at a total cost of $341,236,000. General Dynamics will not only build the ships, at its Quincy yard, but will also own them and charter them to USL. The vessels will be po
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on September 15, 1984American Marine and Machinery Company (AMMCO) of Nashville has been awarded a contract worth about $390,000 to supply two cutterhead suction dredging machines to the South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources. AMMCO management personnel were given the contract in Pierre, S.D., r
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on September 15, 1984The United States P.&I. Agency, Inc. (USP&I), the marine liability claims adjusting affiliate of Underwriters Adjusting Company, has announced changes in office locations and management responsibilities. The home office, formerly located in New Orleans, has moved to Piscataway, N.J. A new br