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on January 15, 1974The Military Sealift Command (MSC) has asked for offers 'by February 4, 1974, from ship operators interested in running' the nine 25,000-deadweight-ton diesel-powered tankers being built for long-term charter to the Navy. The charter period on which offers must be based are for an initial peri
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on January 15, 1974Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., recently delivered the S/S Matsonia, marking the completion of a nine-month trailership construction program that was the fastest in the shipyard's history. The keel for the Matsonia was laid on March 15, 1973, and the vessel turned over to its
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on January 15, 1974The retirement of Sydney Swan, vice president in charge of operations, was announced by Robert T. Young, chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping, effective December 31, 1973. His duties will be assumed by William N. Johnston, assistant to chairman. Mr. Swan began his 36-ye
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on January 15, 1974A.C. Brown, vice president of J.J. Henry Company Moorestown/ Norfolk Operations, has announced several management promotions. David F. McMullen has been appointed director of marketing and contracts for commercial works. Previously, he was contracts manager and in that capacity has dealt wi
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on January 15, 1974Colt Industries has announced the appointment of John F. Morgan as president of the company's Power Systems Division in Beloit, Wis. The announcement was made by Philip Wallach, Colt group vice president. Mr. Morgan has been vice president- finance for the division since January 1969. In th
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on January 15, 1974The American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that since the first of December it has received orders for hopper barges and towboats totaling $31 million. Jacob O. Kamm, president of American Ship, who made the announcement, related the influx of orders to the current ener
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on January 15, 1974The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held a joint meeting with The Society of'Marine Port Engineers, the Institute of Marine Engineers, and the American Society of Naval Engineers on December 1'2, 1973, at the Downtown Athletic Club in Ne
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on January 15, 1974American Steamship Company, Buffalo, N.Y., a subsidiary of General American Transportation Corporation (GATX), has ordered construction of a second new Great Lakes coal carrier. The $22-million 770-foot selfunloading motor vessel is scheduled for delivery in 1977. It will be a sister ship t
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on January 15, 1974Rrupp International, Inc., 350 Executive Boulevard, Elmsford, N.Y. 10523, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fried. Krupp GmbH of Essen, Germany, has announced that it assisted Krupp Kranbau Wilhelmshaven, the crane division of Fried. Krupp GmbH, in recently being awarded an order for the supply
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on January 15, 1974Moore and McCormack Co., Inc. (NYSE: Pacific) plan to change its name to Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., according to an announcement by James R. Barker, chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Barker said this change, which is subject to approval of shareholders at a special meeting to be
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on January 15, 1974The Navy has announced that its Energy R&D Office, formerly at the Naval Material Command Headquarters, Crystal City, Arlington, Va., has been relocated to the Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Annapolis, Md. Comdr. Paul A. Petzrick, USN, has been appointed Director of the Navy Ener
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on January 15, 1974Dearborn-Storm Corporation, Chicago, 111., has announced it will add two new rigs to its Storm Drilling Company subsidiary at a total cost of $29 million. These units will be mat-type jackup rigs capable of drilling in 250 feet of water. Both units will be built by Bethlehem Steel Corporatio