Short 1981 Articles
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on November 1981It was a close fit for the 550-foot coal carrier Energy Freedom as the tug Gulf Majesty (shown above) squeezed the barge into Lock 4 of the Welland Canal. (See MARITIME REPORTER October 1 issue cover story.) The barge has a beam of 78 feet and the lock is only 80 feet wide. The Energy Freedom
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- Swedish Yard To Build $70-Million Tanker page: 111
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on November 1981A 123,500-dwt shuttle tanker is to be delivered to Elnar Rasmussen, Norway, by Sweden's Uddevallavarvet shipyard under the terms of a NKr 400-million ($70,000,000) contract. The vessel, intended for the buoy-loading of oil f r o m the Norwegian Statfjord field in the North Sea, is scheduled
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on October 15, 1981Avondale Shipyards, Inc. of New Orleans recently ordered three cargo control systems from Megasystems, Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., and Cleveland, Ohio, f or installation in three 43,000-dwt product carriers ordered earlier this year by Exxon Company U.S.A. of Houston, Texas. With a total pric
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on October 15, 1981Mrs. Geri M. Joseph, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, has been elected to the board of directors of Twin City Barge, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., it was announced recently by John W. Lambert, chairman of the board. A life-long resident of the Twin Cities, before becoming Ambassador in
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on October 15, 1981Crowley Maritime Corporation (CMC), San Francisco, Calif., recently established a department identified as the energy transportation and development group, according to a recent announcement by Leo L. Collar, executive vice president of CMC operations. Based in San Francisco, the new depart
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on October 15, 1981Phillips Petroleum Company of Bartlesville, Okla., as agents for Philtankers Inc. of Panama, recently ordered six model MS-2500 combustion analysis systems from Megasystems, Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla. and Cleveland, Ohio. These "top of the line" units feature free-standing console, magnetic c
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- Levingston Delivers Dixilyn-Field 87 page: 58
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on October 15, 1981Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, recently delivered the self-elevating mobile offshore drilling rig Dixilyn-Field 87 to its owners, the Dixilyn-Field Drilling Company of Houston. The Dixilyn-Field 87 is a Levingston Class 111-C jackup, capable of operating in water depths up to
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on October 15, 1981The Patrol Hydrofoil Missileship Aquila (PHM-4), the third of six all-weather combatant hydrofoils being built by Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Wash., for the U.S. Navy, shown during her recent launching, will join Pegasus (PHM-1) and Taurus (PHM-3), already commissioned, and three other PH
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on October 15, 1981Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a $3-million contract from the U.S. Navy for systems engineering and technical services to the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, Calif., William C. Moyer, group vice president for Tracor Applied Sciences, announced recently. Work will be in sup
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on October 15, 1981A license for Texas Offshore Port Inc. to construct and operate a deepwater port for oil supertankers in the Gulf of Mexico has been approved by the federal Department of Transportation. The port, to be located 12 miles south of Freeport, Texas, will be able to handle 500,000 barrels of oil
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on October 15, 1981Ashland Oil Company of Ashland, Ky., recently purchased the new Direct Optical Tuning (D.O.T.) diesel combustion analysis system from Megasystems, Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., and Cleveland, Ohio. The latest product in Megasystems' line of sophisticated engine monitoring and control equipment,
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on October 15, 1981Seaward International, Inc., Falls Church, Va., is supplying an additional 1,342 small 2- by 3-foot Sea Cushion® fenders to the U.S. Navy. This new contract, valued at over $600,000, is Seaward's fourth contract since 1978 to supply small Navy fenders. The fenders were procured under new sp
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on October 15, 1981Federal Commerce and Navigation Ltd., Montreal, Canada, has placed orders with shipyards in South Korea and Belgium for four 138,000-dwt bulk carriers intended for the coal trade. According to Michael Bell, senior vice president, the bulk carriers are being built, two each, at Hyundai Shipb
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on October 15, 1981Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., and Jackson Marine Corp., Aransas Pass, Texas, have signed a contract for the construction of two 180-foot supply boats. The new vessels will be the 48th and 49th to be built by Halter for Jackson. The two companies began their association in 1967 with
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on October 15, 1981John P. Alban has been appointed to the staff of McAllister Brothers, Inc., New York, N.Y., as a manager in their Oil Transport Division. The announcement was made recently by Brian A. McAllister, vice president of the New Y o r k - b a s e d towing and transportation company. Mr. Alban has
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on October 15, 1981Five promotions, including the appointment of an executive vice president and two new vice presidents, have been announced at Perko, Inc., Miami, Fla., manufacturer of marine lights, hardware, and accessories. The announcement was made recently by Marvin S. Perkins, president. Leroy F. Hol
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on October 15, 1981The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has issued a call for technical papers to be delivered at the 1982 meeting to lie held November 18-20—its 90th meeting. The papers are selected for appeal to the broadest, most technically sophisticated audience possible. Members
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on October 15, 1981Two brochures on two distinct doppler systems have been published recently by Sperry Marine Systems, Great Neck, N.Y. One brochure concerns Sperry's Doppler Speed Log which measures speed and distance movements. The eight-page brochure describes the special features of the system—its compon
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- Bayou Black Delivers Sundance Sunset page: 14
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on October 15, 1981Bayou Black Shipyard, Inc., Gibson, La., recently delivered the Sundance Sunset (shown above) to Sundance Marine of Houston, Texas. The vessel was the fourth of its kind delivered to the Houston firm this year. The all-aluminum vessel is 42 feet long with a 13-foot beam, and 6.5-foot depth mid
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on October 15, 1981Zapata Offshore Drilling Co., Houston, Texas, recently christened three new jackup drilling rigs in Singapore for its offshore fleet. It was the world's first triple rig christening c e r e m o n y and brings the number of rigs in Zapata's fleet to 23. Built at a cost of about $125 million