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on September 1978The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that its first meeting of the 1978-79 season will be held at the Whitehall Club in New York City on September 19, 1978. The social hour will commence at 5:30 p.m., to be followed by dinner
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on September 1978Sheridan I. Lee has announced the opening of his own consulting and surveying company. Mr. Lee graduated from South Shields Marine College, England in 1962, and followed a career at sea with the London shipowners Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., obtaining his chief engineer's license in 1966.
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on September 1978American President Lines, Ltd. (APL) has applied for construction- differential subsidy (CDS) to aid in the construction of five new containerships, with an option of building only four. The vessels will be used in APL's trans-Pacific services. APL's 20-year operating-differential subsidy a
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on September 1978Jurong Shipyard Limited, 5, Pulau Samlun, Jurong Town, Singapore 22, was awarded a $30- million (Singapore dollars) contract by Messrs. Hansa Offshore (S.E.A.) Pte. Ltd., a Singapore registered company of international repute, to convert four of the existing 18,880-ton Mitsui- Concord type
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on September 1978The firm of Marine Engineering and Survey Associates, Ltd., has announced its incorporation under the laws of the State of Oregon, effective July 21, 1978. The announcement was made by Portland marine transportation consultant James H. Sanders, the administrative contractor for Marine Inter
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on September 1978The 1978-79 officers and board members of the Port Everglades Propeller Club were installed by Jasper Baker, past National Propeller Club president, at the organization's monthly dinner meeting at the Sea Port Restaurant in Port Everglades, Fla., on July 27, 1978. Mr. Baker flew in from Was
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on September 1978Acadian Supply Ships Associates, Suite 1515, 225 Baronne Street, New Orleans, La., has filed an amended application for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of six towing vessels. Acadian's original application, dated July 1,1976, was for two oceangoing tug/supply vesse
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on September 1978Biehl & Company, Inc.—ocean shipping company agents with nearly three-quarters of a century experience in all forms of overseas and inland cargo transit— have opened a 10th branch office, the most recent in Atlanta, Ga. This was announced by George McCammon, marketing vice president for th
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on September 1978The board of directors of Davie Shipbuilding Limited, P.O. Box 130, Levis, Quebec, Canada, has announced that an agreement has been reached between their company and the shareholders of Branch Lines Limited for the purchase by Davie of all the outstanding shares of Branch Lines. The shippin
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on September 1978Lennart M. Thorell has joined the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation as manager of engineering, according to a recent announcement by H.K. Schaefer, vice president and assistant general manager. Mr. Thorell brings to Todd more than 26 years of shipbuilding experience
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on September 1978The third tanker to be built in Canada for Cuba was commissioned July 12 at the shipyard of Marine Industrie Limitee of Tracy near Sorel, Quebec, following a week of successful sea trials. In a ceremony attended by top executives of the Cuban Shipping Line, as well as representatives of the
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on September 1978Alan L. Holme was recently appointed managing director of Paceco International Limited, Croydon, England. The announcement was made by Paceco, Inc. president and PIL board chairman John F. Martin. PIL is the European affiliate of Paceco, Inc., a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, Alameda,
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on September 1978Tanker s a f e t y and pollution prevention will be the main topics of discussion at the American Petroleum Institute's annual tanker conference, October 1-4 at Innisbrook, Tarpon Springs, Fla. Among the speakers will be M.P. Holdsworth, Shell International Petroleum Co., Ltd., London, Engl
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on September 1978Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has announced the changing of its name to Halter Marine, Inc., e f f e c t i v e July 3, 1978. Harold P. Halter, chairman, said the change was dictated by Halter's expansion from its traditional offshore oil related markets into new areas such
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on September 1978An inexpensive, easily installed RPM/Speed Converter Unit has been introduced by lotron Corporation of Bedford, Mass. It provides a digital readout of ship's speed with an accuracy which approaches that of a conventional log at about one-tenth the price. Originally designed to provide speed
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on September 1978John (Jack) J. McCarthy has joined Waukesha Engine Division, Dresser I n d u s t r i e s , Inc., Waukesha, Wis., as director of domestic field sales. In this position, Mr. McCarthy is responsible for the division's distributor organization and regional sales offices in the United States and
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on September 1978Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., Two Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10001, wholly owned subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America, has named Charles G. Kiskaddon Jr. as president. Mr. Kiskaddon succeeds George C. Halstead, who died in London on April 11 during a business trip. Mr. Kiskadd
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on September 1978Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Office of Hazardous Materials Research, 2030 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, has announced that J. Leslie Goodier, P.E., recently joined the organization where his activities will be directed toward marine technology, spill prevention, spill
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on September 1978Salen & Wicander AB of Stockholm, Sweden, has announced the formation of an affiliated company in the United States to be known as Salwico, Inc., with offices at 77 River Street, Hoboken, N.J. 07030, phone (201) 420-0040. The new company will be under the direction of Jack C. Ellsworth, pres
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on September 1978David M. Miller has been named director, Gulf Operations for Agri-Trans Corporation, according to an announcement by R.A. Wilson, executive vice president and general manager. Agri-Trans is an interregional marine transportation cooperative owned by five Midwest grain marketing cooperatives