Short 1977 Articles
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on October 15, 1977Capt. Edwin K. Yarborough has been named assistant marine superintendent, United States Lines. The appointment was announced by Kenneth W. Gundling, vice president-marine, at New York, N.Y. Captain Yarborough was previously safety director, marine, at the Lines' New York office. He joined
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on October 15, 1977Hoffert Marine Inc. will handle Johnston Vertical Pumps on the East and Gulf Coasts, and has added a repair facility for the Johnston Deepwell Pump at their Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters. Paul E. Hoffert, president of the Jacksonville-based firm, said the new Johnston Model JS Barge Stri
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on October 15, 1977Marko Zaja, president of Crossocean Shipping Co. Inc., general agents for the recently inaugurated service of Medafrica Line between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf ports and Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Thomas J. Giardino as director in charge of operations for the line.
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on October 15, 1977Vent Fog Precipitators, to remove oil mist and smoke from the air of breathing vents on marine operating machinery, are now being marketed by Bull & Roberts, Inc. They are designed for installation on compressors, turbines, reduction gear cases, diesel engines, lube oil systems and similar
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on October 15, 1977Capt. George H. Evans has been appointed general manageroperations of the Mediterranean/ Mid-East Division of Prudential Lines. Captain Evans has had an extensive career in shipping, first as a commander of ships (the British vessels Nailsea Meadow, Empire Flame, and Empire Gale), and as a
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on October 15, 1977B&W Marine Service, a division of the Burmeister & Wain Group of companies, marine diesel engineers of Copenhagen, Denmark, has opened a Marine Service Center in Hong Kong at 131- 133 King's Road, North Point. Robert Jensen, superintendent engineer, who has taken up the post in Hong Kong, c
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on October 15, 1977Robert E. O'Brien, president of Moore-McCormack Lines, Incorporated, has announced the appointment of Frederick W. Schneider as director of outport operations. In his new position, Mr. Schneider will have the overall responsibility for the operational functions of the company at East Coast
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on October 15, 1977The San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its September meeting at Caesar's Mission Valley, San Diego, Calif. Hans A. Hofmann, sales manager for MacGregor - Comarain, Inc., presented an excellent paper entitled "Dry Docking — An Evolution." The paper
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on October 15, 1977A new 20-page, four-color booklet from Union Carbide Corporation discusses the use of vinyl maintenance paints for protecting steel and other substrates from corrosion. The coatings described are one-package systems that can be formulated from solution vinyl resins to comply with current air
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on October 15, 1977Zapata Corporation, Zapata Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced that its board of directors has elected four senior corporate executives to new posts. Zapata said that Ronald C. Lassiter and Michael R. Naess, who have been executive vice presidents and chief operating o
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on October 15, 1977The appointment of Edward G. Ogden as chief engineer has been announced by Bernard Delannoy, executive vice president of De- Long Corporation, 29 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006. DeLong is engaged in the design and construction of piers, docks, offshore terminals, pipelines, bridges, and oth
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on October 15, 1977Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., on September 14, laid the keel of the first of three ultra large crude oil carriers (ULCCs), the largest merchant vessels ever to be constructed in this country. The giant ships, to be built in the new Commercial Yard's 1,600- foot dry
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on October 15, 1977Bethlehem Steel's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard has received a contract for construction of a Bethlehem-designed 250-foot matsupported jackup mobile offshore drilling platform. The rig will be built for Teledyne Movible Offshore Inc. of Lafayette, La., and will be capable of drilling to a depth
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on October 1977Northern Liquid Fuels International, Ltd. (NLFI), Houston, Texas, has named William L. Bull Jr. director of marine transportation. Mr. Bull, formerly manager of supply and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n for Tropigas International Corporation in Miami, Fla., will be responsible for the operation
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on October 1977Keel-laying ceremonies for the first 2,000- dwt breakbulk vessel in a series of three vessels for American Atlantic Shipping, Inc., was held recently by Equitable Shipyards, Inc. at its Madisonville La., shipyard. The principals attending the keel-laying ceremonies were Paul Hancock, vice pres
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on October 1977The Alice Briley, a 185-foot supply ship built by Mangone Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas, was delivered to Briley Marine Services, Inc. of Morgan City, La., in late August. The ship will work the Gulf of Mexico out of Galveston for Briley Marine. Mangone is a subsidiary of Stewart and Stevenso
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on October 1977N.A. Philips Communications Systems has announced an advance micropressor-controlled error correcting system that links shipboard teleprinters to the worldwide Telex network. The new unit, called STB-750, installs between the vessel's high frequency radio and the teleprinter. Using ARQ, "FEC"
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on October 1977Maxon Marine Industries, Inc., Tell City, Ind., recently delivered the M/V Joe Al Jim II to J.L. Shiely Company, St. Paul, Minn. The towboat is 72 feet 6 inches by 19 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, and has an operating draft of 5 feet. It is equipped with two Caterpillar Model D353 T.A. main propu
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on October 1977Robert J. Patrick has been elected president of The Propeller Club of the United States, Port of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Patrick is president of Apex Marine Service. The St. Louis Club was chartered in 1937, and its membership of more than 370 people is made up of persons engaged in the maritime
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on October 1977Camar Corporation of Worcester, Mass., has developed a series of blowers designed specifically for shipboard inlet gas systems. The design and manufacture of these blowers is of American origin. Because of the highly corrosive atmosphere produced by flue gas, scrubbed with seawater, and the