Short 1980 Articles

- Gibbs & Cox Names Stark Assistant VP page: 35
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
James J. Convy, chairman of the board, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York, N.Y., one of the nation's leading independent naval architectural firms, recently announced the appointment of Capt. Robert E. Stark as assistant vice president. Captain Stark joined Gibbs & Cox, Inc. in 1972, after completi
- FMC Signs N e w Barge Contract W i t h Puget Sound Freight Lines page: 34
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore., received a c o n t r a c t r e c e n t l y from Puget Sound Freight Lines, Inc., Seattle, Wash., for construction of an oceangoing deckhouse barge. The 253-foot barge has a 4,400- ton capacity to carry newsprint and
- S.G. Dever N a m ed V P Of Colmac Coil M f g. page: 29
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
S.G. (Gus) Dever has been named vice president of Colmac Coil Manufacturing by Roger Mc- Millan, president of Colmac Industries, Inc. Colmac Coil Manufacturing is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colmac Industries and is a major manufacturer of heating and refrigeration coils. Mr. Dever comes
- P e r t a m i n a 1020 Delivered By Hitachi Zosen page: 26
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The 17,723-dwt product carrier Pertamina 1020 was delivered recently to her owner, Scorpa Pranedya Navigation, Inc. of Liberia. The ship was constructed at the Hiroshima Works (Innoshima) of Hitachi Zosen. The Pertamina 1020 (shown above) is the first of two product carriers of the same type
- Fourth British C o l u m b ia T o w b o a t Conference Set For M a r c h 2 1 - 2 2 , 1980 page: 25
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The Fourth British Columbia Towboat Industry Conference will be held at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, March 21-22, 1980. The theme of the conference this year will be "The Tug and its Environment." The meeting will be sponsored by the Council of Marine Carriers and B.C. Tow
- A.L. Kucera Elected President Of A WO page: 24
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
Anthony L. Kucera has been elected president of The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Arlington, Va., succeeding James B. Potter Jr., according to William A. Creelman, AWO chairman of the board. AWO represents the nation's barge and towing industry. Mr. Creelman said, "We thank Mr. Potter
- Chevron Orders Two 3 5 , 0 0 0 - D W T Product Tankers From Mitsubishi page: 24
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
Two new, diesel-powered, 35,- 000-deadweight-ton product tankers have been ordered by Chevron Transport Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California, f o r service in the company's international trades. The vessels, which will be built by Mitsubishi
- N a t i o n a l M a r i n e Shipyard Division To O p e n N ew Gulf Coast Facilities page: 18
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The Shipyard Division, National Marine Service Incorporated, will open a new division location, E.E. Ahlemeyer, president of the division has announced. The new facility will be in the New Orleans, La., area on the Harvey Canal. Located at 540 Destrehan Avenue in Harvey, the Gulf Coast branch
- Raytheon Service Co. Brochure Describes A u t o - A l a rm RCVR/KYR page: 17
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
Raytheon Service Company recently published a brochure describing their new Auto-Alarm Receiver / Keyer. The Raytheon Auto-Alarm, Model RAY-1AAR/ K is a solid-state rackmountable unit designed to monitor the 500- kHz international radiotelegraph distress frequency band and actuate a continu
- Todd W i l l Deliver 2 4 0 0 ' Barges To M o n t a uk Oil T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Corp. page: 17
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The Galveston Division of Todd Shipyards C o r p o r a t i o n is expected to deliver the first of two petroleum product barges, under c o n s t r u c t i o n f o r Montauk Oil Transportation Corp., early in 1980. The 400-foot by 78-foot by 31-foot barge, to be named Cibro Norfolk, has a cap
- Papers Call For First P a n - A m e r i c a n Conference Of Ocean Engineering page: 14
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The First Pan-American Conference of Ocean Engineering, which will be held in Mexico City, October 20-23, 1980, sponsored by the Pan-American Federation of Engineers Associations (UPADI), the Mexican Committee on Ocean Resources E n g i n e e r i n g (COMIRO), and others, has decided to ext
- Bay S h i p b u i l d i n g Lays Keel For Turecamo Barge page: 11
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
The official keel-laying ceremony of Hull 725 was held recently at Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Hull 725, a 396- foot tank barge is being built for Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corp. of Staten Island, N.Y. Attending this ceremony were Comdr. Larry Murdock, United States Coast
- T i d e w a t e r M a r i n e Tows M o b i l e Supply Vessel Eleven Thousand Miles page: 6
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
Tidewater Marine's Ramey Tide, a 190-foot, 4,300-horsepower towing supply vessel, has started an 11,000-mile tow f r om the Houston Ship Channel to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Ramey Tide is towing the Wareship II, a former U.S. Navy LSD converted by Amoco Drilling Servic
- Title XI Requested For 2 Lakes Carriers Costing $ 6 0 M i l l i on page: 4
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 1980
Two subsidiaries of American Steamship Co., 3250 Marine Midland Center, Buffalo, N.Y., have each applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a s e l f - u n l o a d i ng Great Lakes bulk carrier. Both vessels are under construction at Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Stur