Short 1982Peter Articles
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on November 15, 1980Coastal Towing, Inc., Texas, a subsidiary of Coastal Towing, Inc., Houston, has applied to the Maritime Administration for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of six tank barges and two towboats. All of the vessels are to be used in the inland waters of the United State
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on November 15, 1980Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. of New Orleans, a subsidiary of The LTV Corporation, has set up container freight stations at Atlantic, Gulf, and interior cities for intermodal service via the West Coast to and from the Far East. This arrangement allows a shipper to move his cargo between t
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on November 15, 1980James T. Traylor has been appointed general manager of Halter Marine's Chickasaw, Ala., division, according to James Steadman vice president-special assignments. Before joining Halter, Mr. Traylor had been associated with Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., for five years as special as
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on November 15, 1980Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. has announced a $4.7-million contract to provide generator sets for a Spanish Navy aircraft carrier. The company will supply three 2,500-kw "high shock" gas turbine generator sets by mid- 1982 to the prime contractor, Empresa Nacional Bazan Shipyard in Spa
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on November 15, 1980Red Fox Industries has recently appointed Flo-Systems, Inc. of Burbank as their sales/service agent in California. Located in New Iberia, La., Red Fox pioneered in the research and development of marine and conventional (land-based) sewage treatment units. With more than 1,900 systems in us
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on November 15, 1980Si-Tex has expanded into the marine radio market with the introduction of the Model 678 synthesized VHF/FM radiotelephone. With 55 transmit and 78 receive channels, the transceiver provides complete coverage of all U.S. and international VHF marine frequencies. Four weather channels are als
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on November 15, 1980Michael S. Wasacz has been appointed to the newly established position of executive vice president of Matson Navigation Company of San Francisco, it was announced by James P. Gray, president. Mr. Wasacz will also continue to serve as president and chief executive officer of Matson Terminals
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on November 15, 1980A new standardized marine tank gauging system, designed with modular, interchangeable, and plug-in components packed with marine gauging benefits, has been introduced by Metritape, Inc. The new Metrimodule™ system features unique compact Metrimodule- digital displays—each providing level, t
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on November 15, 1980Dravo SteelShip Corporation has announced the recent completion and delivery of nine 48-foot pilot boats for the Panama Canal Commission. The single-screw pilot launches have all been delivered to the Canal Zone under their own power. They were delivered two at a time for safety measures. The
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on November 15, 1980The Northern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its first meeting of the new season at the Commissioned Officers Club, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H. The featured speaker for the technical session was Robert Reid, who gave a slide presentation titled "Operati
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on November 15, 1980Intermac 650, a jacket launching barge built for McDermott Incorporated of New Orleans, was completed recently at the Osaka (Sakai) Works of Hitachi Zosen. After delivery, the barge set out on its maiden voyage to Louisiana. The largest barge of its kind in the world, Intermac 650 is capable
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on November 15, 1980The American Association of Port Authorities concluded its 69th annual convention, held in Norfolk, Va., recently with the election of officers and directors for the coming year. Don Welch, executive director of the South Carolina Ports Authority, was elected president of the Association th
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on November 15, 1980The first cement carrier ever built in Taiwan was delivered recently to her owners, Asia Cement Corporation, by China Shipbuilding Corporation's Keelung Yard. Named Asia Cement No. 1, the vessel is now operating in Taiwan coastal trade. The 6,000-dwt ship constitutes an important step in th
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on November 15, 1980James J. Linane, a vice president of the New York insurance brokerage firm of Johnson & Hig- gins, has been reelected to another one-year term as general chairman of the Marine Section of the National Safety Council. Mr. Linane headed a slate of officials on the Marine Section executive com
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on November 15, 1980The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its October meeting in Essington, Pa. Some 65 members and guests attended the technical session to hear a paper titled "New Construction Coatings and Corrosion Protection Update," presented by J.H. Shubroo
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on November 15, 1980ADI Transportation Systems, a division of CallData Systems, Inc. of the Grumman family of companies, has announced the appointment of Dr. John A. Cartner as director, marine transportation systems, and Michael E. Gaffney as associate director of marine transportation. Dr. Cartner is a gradu
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on November 15, 1980The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published the 1980 edition of Rules for Building Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. The "Rules" will be applicable to units contracted after November 1, 1980. In this third edition, there is a new appendix containing specific mat
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on November 15, 1980The fall meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Kahler Motel, Hibbing, Minn. Total attendance was 80 members and guests. During the technical session, slides and detailed explanations were provided
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on November 15, 1980Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc. (CCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Transway International Corporation, has placed a $22-million order for a roll-on/ roll-off trailership with Jos. L. Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany. Delivery is scheduled for August 1981, according to John W
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on November 15, 1980Watts Regulator Company now has available full-port, flanged carbon and stainless-steel ball valves in 150 and 300 ANSI class —2, 3, 4, and 6-inch. These competitively priced valves conform to requirements of API 607, and grounded ball and stem, tapped actuator mounting holes, and glass-rei