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on February 15, 1981E n g e l h a r d I n d u s t r i e s has named Thomas J. Lamb to the position of sales manager, Electromechanical Group, Systems D e p a r t m e n t , for the Eastern Hemisphere. His responsibilities include the administration of the division's Capac and Chloropac systems sales in Southeast
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on February 15, 1981Business at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Boston yard during 1980 was about equal' to its 1979 activity, Raymond F. DeVinney, general manager, reported. The yard repaired about 80 ships in 1980, including regular overhaul work on four U.S. Naval vessels. These repairs provided employment fo
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on February 15, 1981Edwin J. Petersen has been elected vice president-programs and resources for the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation. His new and expanded duties include broad overall responsibility for all aspects of the FFG program, including post shakedown availabilities, the DDGX p
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on February 15, 1981To advance the science of shipboard habitability design and improve the quality of life at sea, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will host an International Shipboard Habitability Design Conference on April 7, 8, and 9, 1981. The conference will be held at the Howard Johnson
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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