Short 1980 Articles
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on August 1980Henry Gillen's Sons Lighterage, Inc., a leading New York-based towing and lighterage firm, recently announced three new executive appointments. The announcement was made by Alice A. Gillen, treasurer and comptroller of the company. John P. Marshall, formerly vice president and operations mana
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on August 1980Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (IHI), Japan, has received an order for two 290,300-dwt tankers from the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company S.A.K., a Government- owned enterprise in Kuwait. The formal contract was signed in Kuwait recently by Faisal T. Al.Ghanim, president of Kuwait
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on August 1980John J. Haggerty has joined American President Lines as managing director, Atlantic Region. The announcement was made by B.I. Henriksen, vice president, North America. Mr. Haggerty's responsibilities will encompass all marketing, sales, operational, and administrative functions of APL in th
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on August 1980JLG I n d u s t r i e s , McConnellsburg, Pa., has published a new 16-page, accordion-fold illustrated brochure describing the complete line of JLG Lift® hydraulic-boom aerial work platforms, with working heights ranging from 26 feet to 86 feet. JLG Lifts, with capacities of 1,000 pounds, t
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on August 1980Charles B. Parkhill, president and chief executive o f f i c e r of South African Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) has been elected president of The Maritime Assotion of the Port of New York. He succeeds Charles T. O'Neill, president of Jaton Environ, Inc. N. Nick Cretan was reelected executive
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on August 1980John M. Donnelly Jr., chairman of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO), has announced the release of a new comparative energy efficiency report for freight transportation by truck, railroad, and inland barge. The AWO chairman said that the study, while confirming with new data previ
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on August 1980Sun Ship, Inc. has named Spencer L. French vice president, program support. In this post, Mr. French will report directly to Sun Ship president Robert H. Campbell, and will be responsible for all functions that support ship construction activities. These functions include planning, engineering
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on August 1980The Department of Defense has announced that the Navy's Military Sealift Command, Atlantic, Bayonne, N.J., has awarded a $4,776,000 fixed-price contract to Savannah Machine and Shipyard Company, Savannah, Ga. The contract is for drydocking, a special survey by the American Bureau of Shippin
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on August 1980Richard A. Wilson, president and chief executive officer of Agri- Trans Corporation, a major transportation and barging company with offices in St. Louis and New Orleans, recently announced five promotions in the company's management staff. Gary L. Roberts has been named vice president-fina
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on August 1980Furuno U.S.A., Inc. recently announced availability of the new Model RA-24 radar alarm. Said to offer many unusual features, the RA-24 is fully compatible with all Furuno radars up to the FRJ-100 12-inch relative motion unit. This low-cost, compact device provides collision warning by detec
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on August 1980Capt. George F. Price Jr., a career member of the staff of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., a subsidiary of The LTV Corporation, has been named vice president of the company's Marine Division, it was announced by Lykes chairman Joseph T. Lykes Jr. He succeeds Capt. Ernest B. Hendrix, who ha
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on August 1980Capt. Ben Strickland has been appointed director of salvage operations for Crowley Maritime Corporation, according to a recent announcement by Roy D. Jurgensen, Seattle, CMC senior vice president and general manager of Crowley's Northwest and Alaska Division. Mr. Strickland brings over 30
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on August 1980Patrick Keene, director of machinery, test, and trials at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., has been promoted to director of operations, Len Erb, senior vice president of Litton Industries and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, has announced. Mr. Keene b
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on July 15, 1980The West German shipyard Orenstein & Koppel, Lubeck, recently delivered the fourlegged, floating crane platform Biber 500. Built for Nassbaggerei Grun & Bilfinger of Hamburg, the platform was designed and constructed in 14 months. RSV Gusto Engineering B.V. of Schiedam, the Netherlands, provi
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on July 15, 1980Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, has announced plans to build a Levingston Class 111-C jackup drilling rig for Noble Drilling Corporation of Ardmore, Okla., a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Affiliates, Inc. Overall dimensions of the triangular-shaped
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on July 15, 1980Walter Thorsen, Inc. recently announced its appointment as exclusive United States and Canadian representative for Atelier Francais de L'Ouest (AFO) group of French ship repair yards at Donges, Saint Nazaire, Brest, Le Havre, Rouen, Dieppe and Dunkerque. AFO has a total of 19 drydocks, the
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on July 15, 1980John R. Mills has been appointed general manager of the newly created Marine Diesel Division, Allis-Chalmers Corp., Milwaukee, Wis. His most recent position has been that of general manager of the company's Compressor and Custom Pump Division. Formation of the Marine Diesel Division is anot
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on July 15, 1980Charles Swanson has been named vice president and general manager of Dillingham Shipyard operations. The promotion was announced by Harold Malterre, president, Dillingham Maritime-Pacific Division. Mr. Swanson, f o r m e r l y f i r st deputy director for the State of Hawaii's Department of
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on July 15, 1980The Alsthom-Atlantique Diesel Group has received an order from DTCN, a shipyard management company, for two S.E.M.T. Pielstick 16 PC2.5 diesel engines, each with a rated output of 20,000 bhp. These engines will be installed in a French Navy supply tanker. DTCN also ordered from Alsthom- Atl
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on July 15, 1980Thomas M. Ellis Jr. has been named vice president of exploration for Ingram Exploration Company, New Orleans, La., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, it was announced recently by James A. O'Neill Jr., Ingram Corporation president. Mr. Ellis began his career as an exploration g