Short 1978 Articles
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on October 1978Maarten L. de Ruiter, managing director of Royal Netherlands S t e a m s h i p Company (Antilles) N.V., has announced that three new m u l t i - p u r p o s e freighters have been ordered from Dutch shipyards for the company's U.S. East Coast Services to the Caribbean and South America. Befo
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on October 1978Glennon G. Bequette has been appointed vice president-business development of the Shipyard Division of National Marine Service Incorporated, D.A. Wright, president of the company announced. Among his new duties, Mr. Bequette will have the responsibility for expanding the division's diesel e
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on October 1978Jeffrey S. Kindl has been appointed v i c e president-general manager of T r i a n g l e Fleeting Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of United Barge Co., it was announced by Robert A. Kyle, president of Triangle Fleeting. United and Triangle are part of the Inland Waterways Division of Pott I
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on October 1978Allied Barge, Inc., P.O. Box 717, Norfolk, Va., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing reconstruction of two nonself-propelled, flat-deck, oceangoing barges, the Cindy F and Susan F. The application states PACIFIC SHIPYARDS CORPORATION SHIPYARDS: LOS ANGELES - SEATTLE A su
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on October 1978Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs Samuel B. Nemirow has approved in principle an a p p l i c a t i o n by E a g l e Dredging Corporation, Suite 3700, One Shell Square, New Orleans, La., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of one self-propel
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on September 15, 1978Ogden Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, has announced that Ogden Marine, Inc. will construct two U.S.- fiag 42,000-ton multi-product vessels at Avondale Shipyards. A long-term charter has been entered into for one vessel. These ships, of Avondale design, will carry a wide
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on September 15, 1978The Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine, will sponsor a seminar on "The Human Element In Ship Operations" on campus, October 22-25, 1978. The seminar is designed to provide a forum through which chief executive officers and senior managers in the maritime industry will experience an in-d
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on September 15, 1978D.J. Kirchhoff, president and chief executive officer of Castle & Cooke, Inc., has announced that an agreement in principle has been reached with a Honolulubased conglomerate and European interests in which seven refrigerated cargo vessels and other properties will be acquired by the U.S. f
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on September 15, 1978President John F. Sullivan of the Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, has announced the appointment of L. James Gardner as general counsel for the shipyard. Mr. Gardner is the shipyard's first f u l l - t i m e staff attorney. He has extensive experience in corporate, governmental and
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on September 15, 1978Charles F. Lehman has been elected a vice president of American Commercial Barge Line Company, according to an announcement made at ACBL's general offices in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Mr. Lehman previously served as director of public affairs for the barge line, and he will continue his resp
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on September 15, 1978Hank Barnes, sales manager, Port Electric Supply Corporation, has announced the appointment of Port Electric by Jeamar Winches Ltd., 53 Maple Avenue, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 3S8, as the exclusive d i s t r i b u t o r of their whole range of winches for the states of New York and New
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on September 15, 1978NKK (Nippon Kokan) has concluded a license agreement for a jackup-type drilling rig made by Baker Marine Corp. (BMC), a leading U.S. rig builder. Masayoshi Akizawa, NKK New York general manager, said under the terms of the contract, NKK will manufacture and market the BMC jackup-type rigs o
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on September 15, 1978Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd. (HUD) have formed a new subsidiary company — Ship Repairers & Shipbuilders (HK) Ltd. The company will act as agents for a number of major overseas ship repairing companies and will liaise with local shipowners requiring docking and repair work overseas. The n
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on September 15, 1978The 126-foot tug Lamco VI was recently completed at the J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., New Iberia, La., Shipyard and commissioned into the fleet of the Louisiana Tugs Company. The Lamco VI has the capability of operating virtually anywhere in the world. At 126 feet by 34 feet by 16 feet, she
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on September 15, 1978The Marine Section, National Safety Council—largest group in the United States maritime industry promoting company efforts to reduce employee accidents — will hold its 61st annual convention and seminar on October 2-4, 1978 at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, 111., its chief executive off
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on September 15, 1978Propulsion Systems, Inc. of Kent, Wash., was recently awarded a contract by Todd Shipyards, Galveston Division, to supply the controls package for Santa Fe International's pipelaying vessel "Apache." The controls package is in addition to the twin controllable- pitch propellers, side thrust
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on September 15, 1978W. Edward Christiansen Jr. has been appointed vice presidentproduction for the Shipbuilding Group of Pott Industries Inc., according to E. Renshaw, Group president. Mr. Christiansen has had extensive experience in all areas of shipbuilding production from program manager, manager of product
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on September 15, 1978Zapata Corporation, Zapata Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced that Orion M. Gautreaux has been named the company's vice president- dredging and marine construction. He will continue to serve as president of Williams- McWilliams Co., Inc., Z a p a t a ' s New Orleans,
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on September 15, 1978Marinite® XL Fireproof Marine Joiner Panels are described in a new data sheet available from Johns-Manville. The 4-foot by 8- foot panels are designed to provide structural strength and high thermal and acoustical insulating values in a variety of interior marine applications. The panels com
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on September 1978John W. Smith has assumed responsibility for yard operations at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., succeeding John McQuaide, who has retired after more than 40 years in the shipbuilding business. Mr. McQuaide has served as vice president of yard operations