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on December 15, 1978Joseph L. Waldvogel has joined Soros Associates, New York, N.Y., consulting engineers, as a vice president. Mr. Waldvogel has over 30 years of experience in the engineering and management of complex marine and industrial projects, from conceptual design through construction. Most recently,
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on December 15, 1978The first Crandall-designed railway drydock to be built in Massachusetts in 50 years has just been completed by Norlantic Diesel, Inc. at their repair yard in Fairhaven. This upgrading of Norlantic's facilities i l l u s t r a t e s the belief that the New Bedford fishing fleet is alive and
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on December 15, 1978Demonstrating an electronic model of Avondale Shipyards' innovative new pipe fabricating facility are, left to right, Lee Rice president of Ogden T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , Inc., Richard Brunner, executive vice president of Avondale, and Albert Bossier, president of Avondale. Looking on i
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on December 15, 1978Gerald A. Plank has been appointed supervisor of operations and diving for Crowley Environmental Services Corporation, Seattle, Wash., according to an announcement by Barry Paulsen, CES Northwest Division general manager. Mr. Plank has nearly 10 years' experience in underwater construction,
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on December 15, 1978The Programme Committee for the Sixth International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas to be held in Kyoto, Japan, April 6- 11, 1980, invites proposals for papers. The main themes of the five-day conference, which also includes parallel Workshop Sessions and an Exhibition, will be: "LNG an
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on December 15, 1978At an i n t e r n a t i o n a l two-day conference on Operational Aspects of Propulsion Shafting Systems in London on May 21 and 22, 1979, sponsored by the Committee on International Co-operation on Marine Engineering Systems (ICMES) and the Institute of Marine Engineers (IMarE), speakers f
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on December 15, 1978Samuel T. Rugh has been appointed Bell Saturation manager for SeaTec International, Ltd., Gloucester, Mass., William T. Jebb, president, announced. Mr. Rugh is a former member of the U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team and more recently, diving superintendent of Bell Systems for Oceaneerin
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on December 15, 1978H. Erich Nietsch has been appointed marketing manager of the Pollution Systems Division of Argo Marine. Mr. Nietsch will be concerned with the worldwide marketing of marine sanitation equipment, oily water separators, oil sorbents (for oil spills), compactors and incinerators. A marine engi
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on December 15, 1978Reno Spiteri has announced the opening of his own technical consulting, marine surveying and project management firm. The firm, which operates under the title of Marine Surveys & Services Bureau, offers its services to shipowners, ship operators, ship charterers, underwriters' surveyors' or
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on December 15, 1978Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel B. Nemirow, U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, has approved in principle the application by Allied Barge, Inc., P.O. Box 717, Norfolk, Va., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the reconstruction of two flat-deck barges. The two o
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on December 15, 1978J.J. Henry Co., Inc. recently announced that Gerald R. Jones has joined the firm as manager of its Portsmouth, Va., facility In his new position, Mr. Jones will direct the total engineering efforts of J.J. Henry Co.'s Portsmouth office which specializes in developing detailed working plans
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on December 15, 1978Ronald C. Olander has been named manager of boat maintenance for Union Mechling Corporation, a subsidiary of Dravo Corporation. Mr. Olander, who has more than 20 years' experience with Dravo, was formerly planning engineer with Union Mechling. A graduate of Webb Institute of Naval Architect
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on December 15, 1978A $10-million contract to convert the St. Lawrence Navigator from an oceangoing to a Great Lakes bulk carrier has been awarded to Port Weller Dry Docks by Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. The work, to be known as Hull 66, will begin in August 1979, and will be completed at the sta
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on December 15, 1978The Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on LNG and LPG — Gastech 79 — will be held in Houston, Texas, from November 13-16, 1979. In choosing Houston, the organizers will bring Gastech to the natural gas capital of America, and the home of the nation's largest petroleum industry
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on December 15, 1978C.L. Graves, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., has announced the election of eight officers of the company to positions which reflect their primary functions, and recognize the realignment of duties resulting from the combining of the Mc- Der
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on December 15, 1978The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has announced that its international headquarters are now located at 65 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006. The telephone of ABS headquarters is (212) 440-0300. "The new headquarters," said Robert T. Young, chairman of the board, "will enable ABS to consolida
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on December 15, 1978Genstar Limited, Suite 4105, One Place Ville Marie, Montreal, Canada, announced that it has recently concluded an exclusive agreement with British Shipbuilders whereby the two organizations will work together in the preparation of a proposal for the design and acquisition of six patrol frig
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on December 15, 1978The appointment of Victor Yih- Yung Chen to the position of head of the Scientific Department in the Portsmouth, Virginia Production Division was announced recently by Richard R. Hopkins, assistant vice president of J.J. Henry Co., Inc., Moorestown, N.J. In his new capacity, Mr. Chen will d
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on December 15, 1978Now available from Bureau Veritas at London is a third edition of its very useful English language handbook entitled "Docking Facilities for Ships over 200,000 Tonnes Deadweight." The previous edition appeared in 1975. Two pages are devoted to each docking facility, and the particulars are
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on December 1978This IMCO-approved marine separator is designed to comply with the most stringent legislation on marine pollution. The effluent is far below the 15 ppm requirements. The unit mainly consists of three consecutive treatment stages: first the oily water passes the pre-separation chamber where lar