Short 1981 Articles
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on February 15, 1981New n a t i o n a l o f f i c e r s were elected recently by the members of the Marine Technology Society, Washington, D.C. Presidentelect is Gilbert L. Maton, president of Tracor Jitco, Inc. and a founding member of MTS. Ned A. Ostenso, director of the National Sea Grant College Program an
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on February 15, 1981President John F. Sullivan Jr. of Bath Iron Works announced that the shipyard was awarded a contract of approximately $142 million to build two tankers, with a potential for additional ships, by the Falcon I Sea Transport Company of Houston. The contract, signed recently in Washington, D.C.
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on February 15, 1981Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, recently delivered the 87- foot pilot boat Elalat 9 to Marine and T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Services (Saudi), Ltd. The lightweight, steel-hull vessel will transport pilots and pollution-control authorities to and from oil tankers at the giant Sea Island pe
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on February 15, 1981The Maritime College at Fort Schuyler Foundation recently received a $2,000 Departmental Assistance Grant f r om Gulf Oil Foundation. School officials said the grant will be used for the Education Development Program of the College. The purpose of Departmental Assistance Grants is to furthe
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on February 15, 1981James J. Convy, chairman of the board of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., a leading independent naval architectural firm, r e c e n t l y announced the appointment of Robert J. Scott as assistant vice president. He is also assistant head of the W a s h i n g t o n Division, which provides engineering serv
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on February 15, 1981James A. Thompsen has been appointed n a t i o n a l m a r k e t i ng m a n a g e r , commercial products, for Woolsey Marine, according to Seth R. Schneible, vice president of the 127-year-old marine coatings firm. In his new post Mr. Thompsen will direct sales and marketing of the complet
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on February 15, 1981Kocks Crane and Marine Company of Pittsburgh announces the merger of its parent company, Friedrich Kocks, with Peiner AG, a company of the Salzgitter group. Both companies have wellestablished reputations as producers of large cranes and material- handling equipment in Europe as well as Nor
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on February 15, 1981Galveston Wharves executive director C.S. (Chuck) Devoy has announced the promotion of four port management employees. The new appointments include the promotion of Douglas J. Marchand to general operations manager, Ron Surovik to chief engineer, Mario R. Erneta to Midwestern sales manager
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on February 15, 1981Kongsberg North America, Inc. has moved to new and larger office and service facilities at 135 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, N.J. 07605. Their new telephone number is (201) 947-6788; telex 135115. Kongsberg is the North American marketing arm of Kongsberg AS, a leading manufacturer of offshore oil
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on February 15, 1981"It may be said that a favorable economic argument for using coal as a ship's fuel can be demonstrated today in a number of bulk-carrying trades. R e a l i s t ic predictions of future price trends in energy supplies suggest that the argument is likely to become even stronger in the 10-15 ye
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on February 1981The jackup offshore drilling rig Sagar Vikas (shown above), ordered by the Oil and Natural Gas Commission of India, was delivered recently by the Osaka Works of Hitachi Zosen, Japan. Scheduled for operation in the oil field of Bombay High, it is the first rig built for India by Hitachi, and t
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on February 1981The Northern New England Section, the American Society of Naval Engineers, held its monthly meeting recently at the Commissioned Officers Club, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H. Comdr. Michael Terry, Research and Development Program Manager, Ship Design and Integration Directorate, Naval Sea S
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on February 1981George P. Steele, president of the Philadelphia-based Interocean Management Corporation, recently announced several key changes within the company's organization. Promoted to new responsibilities were Joseph L. Mynaugh to manager of engineering; Capt. Frank X. DiPolito to operations superin
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on February 1981Capt. Russell G. McVay, harbor operations manager of the Moran Towing & T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Co., Inc., was elected vice president of the company by the board of directors, it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president. A specialist in tug/barge operations, Captain McVay served in M
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on February 1981Gulf Oil Company-U.S. has opened a new bulk lube facility at its Gulfport Terminal located on the Arthur Kill Waterway one mile south of Goethals Bridge on Staten Island, N.Y. The facility will provide bulk over-the-dock service of lube oil, No. 2 fuel, and potable water to towboats, catugs,
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on February 1981General Electric's Installation & Service Engineering Division (I&SE), the company's on-site field engineering service arm, recently announced a new organization structure. "The purpose of the new structure is to place greater focus on served markets and to improve GE's position to meet cus
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on February 1981Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. (MGA) has been named by the State of Alaska as the recip- ient of a study contract for the planned replacement of the Tustumena in the Alaska Ferry fleet, it was announced recently by Hugh F. Munroe, president and chief executive o f f i c e r of the promin
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on February 1981The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved Delta Steamship Lines' application for construction- differential subsidy (CDS) to increase the cargo-handling capability of two breakbulk vessels that it operates in its subsidized foreign service. The total approved CDS amount is $534,792.69, or 32.
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on February 1981NICOR Inc., Naperville, 111., has announced acquisition of Acadian Marine Service, Inc., a privately owned marine transportation company based in New Orleans. Operating a modern fleet of special-purpose vessels worldwide, including regions of the U.S. and Mexican Gulf, Caribbean, North Atla
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on February 1981Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, which was selected by the Canadian Government as one of two finalists in the Canadian Patrol Frigate program, has announced the principal members of its team who will participate in the program's contract definit