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on May 15, 1977Dravo SteelShip Corporation announces three new brochures available. Fresh off the press is a four-color descriptive brochure of the SteelShip 50, a four-color brochure of the general line of AlumaShip vessels built by Dravo SteelShip Corporation, and a completely revised edition of Dravo S
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on May 15, 1977Basil J. Rusovich Jr. has been elected president of the International Trade Mart of New Orleans, La. Mr. Rusovich, who is president and chief executive officer of Transoceanic Shipping Co., Inc. and its subsidiary, International Export Packers of Louisiana (INTERPACK), was formerly first v
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on May 15, 1977Two promotions to assistant v i c e president have been announced by the executive board of Columbus Line, One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048. Marco T. Pacella, formerly general manager, marketing and sales, has been named assistant vice president in charge of marketing and sales
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on May 15, 1977Currently, the Lever Operated Twist Lock is universally used for securing containers on deck. Line Fast Corporation of Long Island, N.Y., one of the most progressive firms in the container securing industry, has developed an improved version of this popular device. The Line Fast Fastloc®, a
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on May 15, 1977The appointment of Maritime Supply Co., Inc. of Miami, Fla., as distributor for the complete line of Farboil marine paints and coatings was announced by David Baird, general manager of Farboil Company. Maritime Supply will service the southern Florida marine industry and specifically the Po
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on May 15, 1977Seatrain International S.A., and General Contracting Corp. have announced the formation of Saudi Container Services. Seatrain International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seatrain Lines, and General Contracting is a member of the Olayan Group. The new organization, according to John Lamar
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on May 15, 1977Seabury C. McGown has been appointed to the post of manager of contracts administration for Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer headquartered in Bellingham, Wash., with a second plant in Swansboro, N.C., according to John L. Thomas, president. In his new capacity, he will be respon
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on May 15, 1977At the recent annual board of directors meeting of Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, the following company officers were reelected: John L. Roper 2nd, chairman of the board; John L. Roper 3rd, president and chief executive officer; E.L. Pickler Jr., vice president; George W. Roper
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on May 15, 1977Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Co., Inc. announces the introduction of a line of FM facsimile recorders designed for use aboard ships or wherever facsimile graphics via FM circuits are desired. The recorders are available in both lO^-inch and 18-inch-wide versions. Both vers
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on May 15, 1977To strengthen its service capabilities to shipowners the world over, Hitachi Zosen has recently established a Ship Conversion Planning Department as part of the Administration Division of the Shipbuilding Headquarters. The new department began operations on April 1, 1977. The new department
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on May 15, 1977M. Bruce Meyer has been appointed regional vice president, Far East, for Dravo International, with responsibility for spearheading and coordinating Dravo Corporation's marketing activities in that area. J.J. Burke, formerly Dravo's regional marketing manager, Far East, will assist Mr. Meyer
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on May 1977Dr. Gerald P . Francis has been appointed head of the Department of Engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. He has concurrently received the rank of captain, U.S. Maritime Service. A 1958 graduate of the University of Dayton, Captain Francis later earned a master'
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on May 1977A new Wager Photoelectric Smoke Indicator System, particularly suited to monitoring diesel and gas turbine emissions, detects and measures accurately the opacity of smoke exhaust with no interference to readings from ambient light. All readings are to within 2-percent accuracy on a scale of
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on May 1977Fernando I. Duque, a port operations specialist, has been appointed director of projects by Rutland Maritime Management Corporation, 17 East 45 Street, New York, N.Y. 10017. Peter A. Holzer, president of the newly established through transportation consulting company, said Mr. Duque will be
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on May 1977The international World Fishing Exhibition, scheduled for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from August 31 to September 7, 1977, has already succeeded in attracting more than 100 exhibitors from 16 nations. The exhibition marks the first North American venue for this binennial trade show, inaug
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on May 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fourth meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Ramada Inn in Bethesda, Md. The subject of the meeting was a talk on the analysis of advanced naval vehicles. Presentation of the paper entitled "Advanced Nava
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on May 1977Marine Management Systems, Inc., 300 Broad Street, Stamford, Conn. 06901, is developing a fully automated ship data system for the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) under a recently awarded $190,000 contract, it was announced recently. The announcement was made by Eugene D. Story, presid
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on May 1977The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that a second symposium on propellers is being planned by Panel M-16 (Modernization of Propulsion Shaft System) of the Society's Technical and Research Program. The symposium is planned for either June 7 and 8, 1978, or June
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on May 1977William J. Klauberg, vice president- Eastern Division of United States Lines, has announced the appointment of Robert H. Splan as general manager-South Atlantic Region. He will be based at the Lines' office in Atlanta, Ga., and will report directly to the Division vice president in New York
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on May 1977The nation's most modern training facility for welders was recently opened at Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. The half-acre school, specifically designed for welding training, contains 140 stations, including two stations in a clean-room environment for training in nu