Short 1980 Articles
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on July 1980Francis D. Collins has been named manager, and W. Anthony Watt assistant manager of the Construction and Repair Department of the Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Inc., New York, it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president. Mr. Collins, a specialist in marine engineering and marine
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on July 1980The appointment of Richard J. Zuccaro as manager, marine service programs and marketing support of General Electric Company's Electrical and Electronics (E&E) Service Department, Installation and Service Engineering Division (I&SE) has been announced by P.S. Hasler, manager, E&E marketing a
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on July 1980Peterson Builders, Inc. recently announced that a number of changes had been made within their Engineering Department. The shifts made included assigning Frank McGrath to the position of chief engineer of the department. He will have direct responsibility for the Hull Department, M e c h a
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on July 1980Edward J. Campbell, president and chief executive officer of Newport News Shipbuilding, has announced the promotion of the following three executives, all of whom will report to him. William P. Fricks, formerly controller and treasurer, is appointed vice president, finance; William H. Smith,
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on July 1980The Edward T. Gamage shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine, recently d e l i v e r e d the westernrigged dragger/scalloper Settler to Capt. Didrik Didriksen of New Bedford, Mass. Designed by Woodin & Marean, Inc. of West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the Settler is the ninth fishing vessel built by th
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on July 1980The Maritime Administration has approved in principle the application by Global Marine Deepwater Drilling, Inc., Los Angeles, for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of three jackup drilling rigs. Global Marine has not yet decided on the final configuration of the thre
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on July 1980Marketing agreements to distribute a line of ship engine room products were announced recently by Alan G. Finkel, vice president f o r marine operations of ITT Mackay, a unit of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Through one agreement, ITT Mackay is appointed exclusive U.S.
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on July 1980Following the recent opening of its new yard in Gulfport, Miss., J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.'s Shipyard Group has restructured its organization and made the following promotions. Francisco San Miguel has been named senior division manager in charge of the Morgan City and Gulfport Shipyard
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on July 1980National Supply Company, major oilfield equipment manufacturer, has announced a $3.2-million expansion of wellhead repair, fabrication, and distribution capabilities by its Well Control Systems group. The expansion plans call for establishment of a new wellhead repair center in Kilgore, Tex
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on July 1980The Spring Meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Dearborn, Mich. Total attendance of about 100 members and guests enjoyed the usual comeradery and business, and the technical sessio
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on July 1980Blair M. Kerr, long identified in a management capacity with IMODCO, the pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been named to the newly created position of vice president-business development. He was m a n a g i n g d i r e c t o r - IMODCO Limited, and IMODCO v i c e president-Europ
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on July 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. has received a letter of intent from Union Oil Company of California for a turnkey project which will involve the design, fabrication, and installation of a second giant offshore platform in the East Breaks Field in the Gulf of Mexico. When completed in 1982, the
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on July 1980The new SI-TEX/KODEN 757, introduced by SI-TEX, automatically acquires and tracks master transmitting station and all usable secondaries of any Loran C chain. Time Differences (TDs) of any two secondaries can be displayed simultaneously. Operation is completely silent. Four automatic or man
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on June 15, 1980U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, Chairman of the Senate Sub-Committee on Merchant Marine and Tourism and architect of the Senate's Ocean Shipping Act of 1980, has been named the 1980 recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award. The award, for distinguished ser
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on June 15, 1980William A. Snell has joined the J.J. Henry Co., Inc., naval architects and marine engineers, as assistant marketing manager for the commercial sector, and will be based in the Moorestown, N.J. office. He will report to David F. McMullen, assistant vice president, and will be involved in all
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on June 15, 1980A new brochure, Publication 84, describing the inert gas systems for tankers designed and manufactured by Peabody Holmes Ltd. of the U.K. is available from the company's exclusive U.S. representative, Atco Marine Corporation of Brooklyn, N.Y. During recent years standards and regulations co
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on June 15, 1980Put up to 36 dry, flux-coated welding electrodes in the new Phoenix thermal electrode dispenser (TED) and they'll stay dry for 24 hours or more. Made of DuPont Zytel ST, super-tough nylon resin, DryRod TED is rugged, compact, and lightweight so it can be worn around the welder's waist, read
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on June 15, 1980Neville Jordan has been named manager of Magnavox International Operations Ltd., succeeding M.J. Simmons who returns to the United States following a six-year assignment, to assume new duties with Magnavox Advanced Products and Systems Company, Torrance, Calif., the parent company. Mr. Jord
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on June 15, 1980The application of Rolls-Royce gas turbines on offshore rigs in the North Sea continues to grow with the announcement of a multimillion- dollar order from Marathon Oil, U.K., for four gas turbine generating sets for the Brae Field Project. With this new order, Rolls- Royce gas turbine busin
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on June 15, 1980Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., has announced the signing of a contract and the start of construction of a mini-cruise liner to be operated by Explorer Cruise Lines of Seattle. The vessel will cruise the waters of the Pacific Northwest. To be named the Pacific Northwest Explorer, t