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on June 15, 1981Kocks Crane and Marine Company in Pittsburgh, Pa., has been awarded a contract for the supply and installation of a "Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Bulk Cargo Crane with Container Handling Capabilities" by the South Jersey Port Corporation in cooperation with the EDA and the City of Camden, N.J.
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on June 15, 1981Bel-Aire Shipyard Ltd. of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has received a $20- million contract from Atunera Coinseco S.P.A. de C.V. of Mexico City, Mexico, to build two tuna seiners. The vessels are Canadiandesigned by naval a r c h i t e c ts Cleaver & Walkingshaw Ltd. of Vancou
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on June 15, 1981Michael S. Wasacz has been named president and chief operating officer of Matson Navigation Company and senior vice president-ocean transportation of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Matson's parent company. This was announced by R.J. Pfeiffer, chair- man and president of A&B and Matson's chairma
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on June 15, 1981The first coal-fired ship to be built in the United States in modern maritime history will be powered by a General Electric Company 12,000-shp geared marine steam turbine. It is the second order for coalfired propulsion equipment received recently by General Electric (Lynn, Mass.). The shi
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on June 15, 1981James M. Retert has joined Waukesha Engine Division, Dresser Industries, Inc., as director of marketing. In this position, he is responsible for product management and a p p l i c a t i o n engineering of all the division's marine, petroleum, construction and industrial, power generation, an
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on June 15, 1981Capt. Barry C. Roberts, USCG, recently assumed command of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md. He becomes the 29th commanding officer in the 82-year history of the yard, the only shipbuilding and repair facility of the U.S. Coast Guard. During a recent ceremony, Rear Adm. Robert S.
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on June 15, 1981Joseph B. Shiffert, president of North Florida Shipyards at Commodores Point in Jacksonville, Fla., has announced recent appointments to expand and strengthen the yard's extensive services to ship operators. Albert A. White has joined North Florida Shipyards as production manager and assist
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on June 15, 1981Interest in Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) is growing rapidly. This was proven recently at Seamen's Church Institute in New York City where lotron Corporation of Bedford, Mass., manufacturer of the DIGIPLOT, demonstrated its 40-target model. This is the same deluxe model chosen by She
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on June 15, 1981The El Paso Company, Houston, has announced the election of David F. Mackie as a senior vice president of the company, Martin R. Engler Jr. as an executive vice president of El Paso Natural Gas Company, and Harry W. Ray as a vice president of El Paso Marine Company. The latter two companies
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on June 15, 1981Phillip Stringer, president of Consolidated Inland Marine, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, has announced the opening of an East Division office in the Mobile area. Located at 5950 Granada, Satsuma, Ala., the office will handle transportation of petroleum cargoes between New Orleans and all points eas
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on June 15, 1981The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved the award of a $2,569,934 subsidy to Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for reconstruction work on the United States Lines, Inc., containership American Merchant. The Baltimore shipyard is increasing the ship's container capacity from the equiv
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on June 15, 1981Penske Energy and Engines Group of New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Cincinnati offers a 12-page, full-color brochure describing and illustrating the line of General Motors and General Electric marine propulsion engines and generator sets that the group engineers, packages, and distribut
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on June 15, 1981The Ship Structure Committee, an Interagency Advisory Committee dedicated to improving the structure of ships, has recently published three new technical reports that are available free of charge. SSC-297, "Evaluation of Liquid Dynamic Loads in Slack LNG Cargo Tanks," presents a review of
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on June 15, 1981The Service Group of McGraw- Edison Company recently announced the establishment of its Marine Marketing Department with headquarters in Fairfield, N.J. McGraw-Edison Service is a new force in the marine equipment repair field, combining the mechanical repair capabilities of Worthington Ser
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on June 15, 1981A recent keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego initiated construction of the first in a series of 37,500-dwt diesel-powered product carriers being built by NASSCO for American Tankships, Inc., a subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans. C
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on June 15, 1981Massport executive director David W. Davis has announced the arrival of a special cargo for the Port of Boston. The first of two low-profile container cranes that will service Massport's Castle Island Marine Terminal is now in port. The crane was built by Paceco, Inc. at their Gulfport, Mis
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on June 15, 1981David H. Green, president and chief executive officer of Savannah Shipyard Company, has announced that Vincent J. Ferraro Jr. has been elected vice president- estimating for the Savannah, Ga., company and continues with his present duties and responsibilities as chief estimator. He is respo
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on June 15, 1981Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Livingston, N.J., has just published a 16-page, full-color brochure describing and illustrating its full range of marine boilers and auxiliary equipment including condensers, steam jet air ejectors, inert gas generators, and flue gas scrubbers. The booklet
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on June 15, 1981Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, announced recently that it is negotiating a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets of Nilo Barge Line, Inc., a subsidiary of Olin Corporation. Directors of Dravo and Olin have approved a letter agreement outlining terms of th
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on June 15, 1981Megasystems, Inc. of Cleveland and Boca Raton, Fla., will design and manufacture the complete automation of an oceangoing, split-hull, suction trailing hopper dredge to be built by Southern Shipbuilding Corporation in Slidell, La. The instrumentation and control package will feature a distr