Short 1977 Articles
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on April 1977Marmac Corporation, 1000 Grand Central Mall, Parkersburg, W.Va., has announced the election of Mark C. Kury of New Orleans, La., to president and chief executive officer. He was previously executive vice president, and is president of the McDonough Marine Service Division. He also serves as
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on March 15, 1977F.X. McQuade, a long-time executive in seaborne cargo movement and ship terminal operations in the Port of New York, has been elected president and chief operating officer of Northeast Marine Terminal Co., Inc., Foot of 39th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. He succeeds Capt. Russell W. Neitz
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on March 15, 1977Alva M. (Al) Hill has been appointed vice president-marketing of Uniflite, Inc., according to John L. Thomas, chairman of the board and president of the fireretardant fiberglass yacht manufacturer headquartered at Bellingham, Wash. 98225. Mr. Hill moves up from director of marketing, a post
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on March 15, 1977Major promotions of four executives in the Houston, Texas, office of Strachan Shipping Company, were announced by Thomas Adams, president. Mickey Lane, who most recently served Strachan as the U.S. general manager of its Atlantic Cargo Service Division, has been promoted to vice president o
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on March 15, 1977The National Cargo Bureau has announced the expansion of its services to Guam with the appointment of Capt. William F. Lau as its nonexclusive surveyor. Captain Lau will be responsible for Bureau inspections in Guam and the surrounding area. He was educated in China and Australia, and most
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on March 15, 1977Great Lakes & European Lines (GLE), 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, 111. 60606, has opened offices in Bremen, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, under the direction of Manfred Merz. Before being reassigned as manager of GLE's European operations, Mr. Merz headed up GLE's New York regional
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on March 15, 1977Mark L. Shafer has joined Matson Agencies, Inc., 100 Mission Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94105, as senior vice president and general manager. Matson Agencies, Inc., serves as general agent for NYK Line in Pacific Coast ports, Alaska and Hawaii. Mr. Shafer, formerly with Pacific Far East L
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on March 15, 1977Dresser Industries, Inc., Waukesha, Wis. 53186, has announced that Robert A. D'Amour, president of Waukesha Engine Division since 1970, has resigned. C.E. Lee, vice president-manufacturing, has been assigned the additional responsibilities of acting president of the Division, pending the se
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on March 15, 1977John I. Alioto, president of Pacific Par East Line, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has announced the appointment of Bernard Orsi as vice president of Marine Operations. Mr. Orsi, 33, has been general manager of San Francisco's civil service division since 1971. Prior to that, Mr. Orsi was exec
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on March 15, 1977Available from the Sier-Bath Division of Gilbarco, Inc. is an eight-page booklet on the features and applications of Sier- Bath's NL Barge Pump, which offers substantial operating savings and handling versatility to barge users unloading petroleum, chemical and other industrial products. R
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on March 15, 1977The John W. McGrath Corporation has announced the appointment of Joseph F. McGoldrick as board chairman and chief executive officer. The office of chairman of the New York-based stevedores and terminal operators has been vacant since the death of John W. McGrath in 1972. Mr. McGoldrick joi
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on March 15, 1977The San Diego Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its recent quarterly meeting at the Naval Station Officers Club in San Diego, Calif. Among those present for the dinner meeting was Capt. John M. Phelps, USN (ret.), who helped organize and was the first Section chairman
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on March 15, 1977J.D. Geary, president of Midland Enterprises Inc., 1400 580 Building, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201, has announced the election of three corporate officers by the Midland board of directors. John M. Keelin has been elected controller, William J. Mayer assistant vice president of finance, and Thoma
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on March 15, 1977Northville Industries of Huntington Station, N.Y., has announced the receipt of a contract with the government of Panama to conduct the first stage of a crude oil supertanker transshipment terminal on the Pacific Coast. The award authorizes Northville Industries to proceed with a feasibilit
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on March 15, 1977The U.K. affiliate of AIRFILCO Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently completed installation of an inert gas blanketing system onboard the naval supply ship Durance. AIRFILCO, whose systems are presently being installed on Sohio, Exxon and British Petroleum tankers at Avondale and
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on March 15, 1977The Bellinger Shipyards, a division of Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., recently delivered the M/V Inagua Island to West India Shipping Company, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla. The heavy-lift, roll-on/roll-off, landing vessel is 267 feet by 60 feet by 16 feet, with a deadweight of 2,226 long ton
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on March 15, 1977Jones, Bardelmeier & Co., Ltd., the ocean bulk shipping consulting firm headquartered in Nassau, Bahamas, is opening a branch office in Singapore this month. Derek King, one of the senior officers in the firm, will go out from Nassau to become the resident partner. Roger M. Jones, president
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on March 15, 1977Another contract for manufacturing support and leveling members of insulation panel systems for liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers has been awarded to Cryogenic Structures Corporation, a subsidiary of BALTEK Corporation, Northvale, N.J. The tankers are being built under contract for El Pas
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on March 15, 1977Zachary M. Reynolds, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a San Francisco naval architect, presented a paper entitled "Investigation of Select Hull Forms" at a recent dinner meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the
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on March 15, 1977P and O Ferries of London, England, has announced that it will introduce the first Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoil boat service in Europe on June 1. The revenue charter service will link central London and Zeebrugge, Belgium, with times scheduled to allow direct rail connections to Brussels. The r