Short 1977 Articles
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on August 15, 1977A.T. Pouch Jr., president of Pouch Terminal, Inc., has announced its appointment as sales representative in the United States and Europe for the International Office for Navigation, Commerce, and Supply of Cairo, Egypt (N.C.S.). N.C.S., as the Egyptian firm is known, operates in all Egyptia
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on August 15, 1977The Southern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its quarterly meeting recently in Groton, Conn. Dr. Foster H. Middleton, professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI), presented an enjoyable program on recent experiences with underwa
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on August 15, 1977Members of the committee planning the three-day conference and exhibit "Marine Weather and Ocean Systems—Today and Tomorrow," which will be held at the Downtown Athletic Club, New York City, September 14-16, gather around a world globe, symbolizing the international aspects of the atmospher
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on August 15, 1977William B. Alexander, president of Airfilco Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La., has announced the appointment of John E. Riley as vice president and general manager of the company. Airfilco Engineering, Inc. is a gas process equipment supplier specializing in the design and installation
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on August 15, 1977Compagnia Italiana Transoceanica Di Navigazione S.P.A., Genoa, Italy, and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd., Korea, signed a contract on May 25, 1977, with the approval of the Italian Government authorities early June for the conversion of two bulkers into roll-on/roll-off ships. The conversi
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on August 15, 1977The board of directors of Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, Calif. 92012, has approved a restructuring of the company's management, resulting in the appointment of Jerome J. Filiciotto as executive vice president-operations, reporting to Fred W. Garry, chairman, chief executive and preside
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on August 15, 1977Airfilco Engineering, Inc., 1901 Julia Street, New Orleans, La. 70113, have recently commissioned the first of a series of inert gas systems fitted aboard the Shipmor Associate Tankers building at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. The decision to fit the inert gas
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Karl B. Eckhardt as vice president and general manager of the Atlantic Division of Prudential Lines was announced by Spyros S. Skouras, president. Working from Prudential Lines headquarters at One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, Mr. Eckhardt will be responsible
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on August 15, 1977Genstar Limited, Montreal, Canada, has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, subject to obtaining approvals from necessary government or regulatory authorities. Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. operates
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on August 15, 1977Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Marine Iron Works has started overhaul of the USS Lang under a $6.02-million contract. The Lang will be in Portland through May of 1978 undergoing hull repair and a major upgrading of its electronic and weapons systems. It is the second vessel in the Navy's F
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on August 15, 1977Flume Stabilization Systems, a division of John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., has announced the appointment of Peter C. Maschke as sales manager of the division. Mr. Maschke's responsibilities will include sales of the Flume and Elektrofin Roll Stabilization Systems, the White Gill Bow Thrus
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on August 15, 1977Paul-Munroe Hydraulics, Inc., Orange, Calif., has acquired certain products of the Rucker Marine Systems Division, including intrinsically safe valve control systems, rotary flow-through deck stand valve operators, U.S. Navy Fast Systems, and specialized hydraulic equipment for ro/ro contain
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on August 15, 1977Micro Line Systems, Inc., 100 West 10th Street, Wilmington, Del., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) container vessels of 2,800- deadweight-tons capacity each. The vessels will be 213 feet long, 50 feet wide, and will hav
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on August 1977Setenave, the state-owned Portuguese shipyard, has acquired the right to use STEERBEAR HULL, the computer-based system developed by Kockums. Now in use at several other large international shipyards, the system is intended as a reinforcement of the Portuguese yard's resources in the design an
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on August 1977The president of Central Gulf Lines, New Orleans, La., has announced the promotion of two company executives. Erik J. Johnsen said that Louis O. Smith has assumed the position of assistant vice president for personnel and administrative functions, and Gary L. Ferguson has been named control
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on August 1977Crowley Maritime Corporation has ordered construction of two 580-foot, triple-deck barges for service in its Caribbean Division, according to a recent announcement by Leo L. Collar, president of Crowley's Offshore Group, SQ.n Francisco, Calif. These vessels will be the largest roll-on/roll-
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on August 1977Evergreen Handt Corp., general agents for Evergreen Line's East Coast/Far East container service, has announced two operations appointments. J. Ernest Celosse has been appointed assistant vice president, operations, and Capt. H.H. Liao, operations manager of Evergreen Handt Corp., according
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on August 1977Dasic International has introduced a completely new, portable, deep penetration/extraction water driven gas freeing fan. Designed and developed by Dasic International at their works at Romsey, Hampshire, U.K., the Jetfan 125 has been tried and tested by four of the leading oil companies. Co
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on August 1977Representatives f r om major classification societies and Federal agencies will review current and proposed rules and regulations related to marine/offshore operations at a seminar in Houston, Texas, September 15-16, 1977. The two-day seminar is sponsored by the Center for Marine Resources
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on August 1977Nathan M. (Bob) Howard has been appointed marketing manager for the Leasing & Industrial Loan Financing component of the General Electric Credit Corporation, 260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Conn. 06904. In his new post, Mr. Howard is responsible for developing business for an operation that