Short 1980 Articles
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on April 1980Navire Cargo Gear (NCG) has announced receipt of a large order for angled stern ramps from the People's Republic of China. Involved are 11 new ro/ro vessels now under construction at several Japanese shipyards, with all ships scheduled for delivery during 1980. The contract, issued by China
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on April 1980Oceanic Contractors, Inc., a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., announced that its McDermott Scotland Division has been subcontracted by Taywood-Santa Fe Ltd. for a sum in excess of 10 million pounds sterling (approximately $23 million) to build three topside faci
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on April 1980The 398,000-deadweight-ton tanker Pacific has been added to the fleet of General Electric Credit Corp., the Stamford, Conn.- b a s e d company recently announced. With the addition of the Pacific, GECC now owns 14 tankers. The Pacific is the last of four tankers to be acquired through a lev
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on April 1980One of the leading manufacturers of hatch covers, Kvaerner Brug A/S, is now offering literature on their full range of ro/ro equipment, including bow and stern ramps, slewing and angled ramps, bulkhead d o o r s , elevators, and hoistable cardecks with built-in ramps. Kvaerner offers their
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on April 1980A c c o r d i n g to the American Waterways Operators, Inc., the Geological Survey and the Coast Guard have announced plans to begin a joint study of the adequacy of existing s a f e t y and health regulations, and of the technology available for exploration, drilling, development and produ
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on April 1980NKK (Nippon Kokan) has delivered a 1 6 , 5 0 0 - d w t chemical product carrier, the M/ T Essi Gina, to BJ. Ruud Pedersen A/S, a major Norwegian shipowner. Masato Hiraki, NKK New York general manager, said the ship was constructed at NKK's Tsu Works, and is the first large-size c h e m i c
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on April 1980A new brochure on applications of shellmold casting is available from ESCO Corporation, Portland, Ore. The four-page color folder explains how the Shellcast™ process produces intricate, precise, finesurfaced castings to extremely close tolerances. Stable molds of Zircon sand and other featu
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on April 1980The Hong- Kong Trade Development Council reports that the Wah-Kwong Shipping Group recently placed an order for a 260,- 000-dwt ore carrier, the largest of its kind ever built. The contract was awarded to the Japanese Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., with delivery expecte
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on April 1980F o u r new 35,000-deadweightton petroleum product tankers have been ordered by Chevron Transport Corporation, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California, for service in the company's international trades. The diesel-powered vessels will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in it
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on April 1980G & W Industries, Cleveland, Ohio, r e c e n t l y c o m p l e t e d construction of the fishing trawler Vito C II f o r Vito Ciaramitaro of Gloucester, Mass. The new 96-foot vessel will be used in the North Atlantic. This vessel marks the first new construction f r om the Great Lakes f o r
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on April 1980Above, J. Barry Snyder, president of Houston, Texas-based Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, and Mrs. Snyder stand proudly with Gunther Kuehl, director of North American sales for MaK engines at the MaK engine manufacturing plant in Kiel, West Germany, with the first of four specially built engines
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on March 15, 1980Adm. John B. Hayes, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, will be the keynote speaker at the American Petroleum Institute's 1980 tanker conference, May 11- 14, at the Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Calif. The conference, which has the theme "Tankers — Energy Lifelines for a New Decade," will d
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on March 15, 1980Allen R. Stern has been named president of Ingram Exploration Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans, La., it was announced recently by James A. O'Neill, Ingram president. Ingram Exploration was formed in late 1979 as a result of the corporation's decision to
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on March 15, 1980The Coast Guard has issued a proposal to require all self-propelled vessels of 10,000 gross tons or more, that carry oil or liquid hazardous materials in bulk as cargo or in residue, to install an electronic relative motion analyzer (ERMA) by July 1, 1982. The proposal applies to U.S. vessel
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on March 15, 1980The Port of Oakland, Calif., has prepared plans for the construction and installation of container cranes at the Charles P. Howard Container Terminal now under construction in the Oakland Inner Harbor near Jack London Square. The Oakland board of port commissioners recently approved a proposa
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on March 15, 1980E.R. Davies, chairman of the board of Jered Industries, Inc., Troy, Mich., and Derek P. Muir of the Engineering Group of Vickers Limited, have jointly announced the acquisition of Jered Industries by Vickers Limited of England. Jered Industries is a major supplier of highly engineered marine
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on March 15, 1980Harry R. Kraus has been appointed vice president of operations for the Civil, Mining & Marine Division of Dravo Engineers and Constructors, Pittsburgh, Pa. He will be responsible for managing all construction operations in the division. Mr. Kraus has 30 years' experience in all phases of co
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on March 15, 1980The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its February meeting at the Whitehall Club in New York City. The technical paper presented at the meeting was entitled "Practical Procedures for Technical and Economic Investigation of Ship Struct
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on March 15, 1980Literature is available describing the LS-38760 level switch from Gems Sensors Division. Designed with a "shock-absorber" cushioned f l o a t and cushionmounted switch, it is ideal for use wherever liquids are turbulent, and where there is excessive vibration in fuel or chemical applications
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on March 15, 1980Howard H. Hemphill has joined Schnitzer-Levin Marine Company in San Francisco, Calif., as manager of marine service, according to Wallace Z. Levin, general manager of the firm. Mr. Hemphill is owner of Earthwide Marine Service, and formerly a field service engineer for new construction and