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on October 15, 1981George K. Geiger, president of Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., recently announced that John F. Schermond Jr., former manager at the Chicago yard of American Ship Building Company, has joined Bay Shipbuilding as a manager of contracts. Mr. Schermond succeeds Francis (Doc) Kolbeck
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on October 1981Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Victoria, B.C., Canada, was recently awarded a $38-million contract for the conversion and modifications to two more B.C. ferries. The work is similar to but more extensive than that done earlier on the Queen of Vancouver and the Queen of Victoria by Burrard Yar
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on October 1981Six U.S. Navy contracts totaling $2.9 million for advance planning and procurement to support p o s t s h a k e d o w n a v a i l a b i l i ty (PSA) work on six guided missile frigates (FFGs) have been awarded to Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Lennart M. Thorell, vice president and gene
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on October 1981The Reagan Administration implemented its coal export development policy when a high-level interagency working group met for the first time recently to tackle obstacles to U.S. coal exporting. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, opening the initial session, told officials from more than a
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on October 1981The passing of David H. Green, president of Savannah Shipyard Company, Savannah, Ga., was reported recently by Robert F. Sherman, chairman of the board of the company. Mr. Green joined Savannah Shipyard in April 1974 and was promoted to president on January 1, 1979. He was a chief engineer
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on October 1981Trimble Navigation recently introduced a powerful new navigation computer system, CS-1 that incorporates graphics display and printout capability. The CS-1 can be used for piloting, position monitoring, trip logging, trip planning, and a variety of special computations including true wind,
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on October 1981A factory barge as big as a football field recently completed a 2,500-mile voyage from the St. Lawrence River to a small island in the Canadian Arctic. It arrived nine days ahead of schedule — at Little Cornwallis Island, 600 miles above the Arctic Circle, to help exploit the most northerly
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on October 1981Comprehensive operating and dimensional information on its Series 300 Pedestal Cranes is contained in a new brochure now available from the Skagit Division of Continental Emsco Company, Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The 10-page, four-color literature describes the various systems, controls, componen
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on October 1981Southside Marine, Inc., Tampa Bay, Fia., has announced the establishment of a branch facility at Newport News, Va. .Tim Brennan, president of SMI, stated recently that the new branch will result in savings to SMI clients in the Tidewater area since per diem expense rates will be the same as
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on October 1981The ICC recently issued a certificate of public necessity, granting permanent authority to Hunter Marine Transport, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., to perform barge transportation of regulated cargo on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers and the connecting segment of the lower Ohio River. This is t
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on October 1981A group of French ship repairers led by the Port of Marseilles Authority has disclosed plans for turning the old Panama Canal Co.'s drydocks at Balboa into a modern repair facility. A few weeks ago the group, which includes Chantiers Navals de La Ciotat, received approval from the Panama Ca
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on October 1981The Northern New England Section of ASNE announced the appointment recently of Capt. Gerald Sedor, officer in charge of PERA(SS), to a three-year term as councilman, replacing Capt. Phil O'Connell, who was transferred to SUPSHIPS, Groton, Conn. ASNE section chairman Phil Johnson reported t
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on October 1981The South Korean government plans to build its own 10,000-gt semisubmersible offshore drilling unit for oil exploration at a cost of $80 million. The order will be placed, probably at a domestic yard, in time for delivery in 1983. Previously the government intended to lease rigs, but the Mi
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on October 1981The board of directors of Ryan- Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc., Mobile, Ala., announced the election recently of E.B. Peebles Jr. as president. He succeeds Gregory L. Leatherbury, who retired, having served as president since 1965. In assuming the presidency of Ryan-Walsh, Mr. Peebles also
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on October 1981Two semisubmersible offshore mobile drilling units worth about $150 million (Canadian) each have been ordered jointly by two Canadian companies. Bow Valley Industries and Husky Oil Operations announced recently that the rigs had been ordered from Canadian and Norwegian yards. Delivery is sc
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on October 1981Clayton Industries, El Monte, Calif., has published a new 16- page, full-color brochure detailing maritime applications of its steam generators. The brochure c o n t a i n s specifications, design features, and schematic drawings that illustrate several possible steam systems. Clayton steam
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on October 1981A new 104-page handbook to aid in the proper use of marine radiotelephones has been published by the Radio Technical Commission for Marine Services. E n t i t l e d "Marine Radiotelephone Users Handbook," the easyto- understand book was produced primarily for the new marine radiotelephone o
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on October 1981Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., and the Petromar Corporation celebrated the christening of the 192-foot tug/supply boat Petromar Bravo with the signing of contracts for six additional tug/supply vessels. Each will be 185 feet long and powered by remanufactured EMD12645C diesel engine
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on October 1981A thoughtfully organized and easy to follow 20-page "Guidebook For Propulsion and Auxiliary Power Selection" has been published recently by Caterpillar Marine Systems of Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, 111. The guidebook contains complete information on all of Caterpillar Marine's engines,
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on October 1981DredgeMasters International, Inc., Hendersonville, Tenn., a subsidiary of Valley Industries, has signed a contract for the manufacture of a 24-inch DuraMaster portable dredge. The heavy-duty machine, which will be the largest factory-built portable dredge in the U.S., is a part of a ^ - m i