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on November 1980Waterman Steamship Corporation has announced that it will open its own office at 921 Munsey Building in Baltimore. The new office will be staffed exclusively by Waterman personnel who will be responsible for all operational and sales activities. The change represents another important step
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on November 1980Donald L. Heim has been appointed development engineering manager for Rockwell International's Flow Control Division. D.W. Duffey, vice president, engineering and research, noted that Mr. Heim will be responsible for an engineering group that develops new valves and valve accessories. Mr. H
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on November 1980Carl M. Albero, senior vice president of Systems Engineering Associates Corporation, announces the promotion of Thomas J. Miklos to the position of general manager of the Tidewater Office. He will assume responsibilities previously held by, and will report directly to, Mr. Albero. Mr. Miklos
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on November 1980Keeping pace with facilities expansion at Tampa Shipyards Incorporated, Ralph F. Anselmi, president, recently announced two additions to the management team. William A. Miller has joined Tampa Ship as vice president-estimating and contracts, and Donald R. Coss is onboard as vice presidentopera
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on November 1980The Atlanta (SSN 712), shown above, the 31st nuclear-powered submarine to be built by Newport News Shipbuilding, was launched during recent ceremonies at the shipyard. U.S. Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia was the principal speaker. His wife, Colleen, was the ship's sponsor. Other participants were
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on October 15, 1980James B. Travis & Company, Inc., Gautier, Miss., has been appointed Gulf Coast sales representative for Adrick Cooling Corporation, according to Richard C. Vassallo, Adrick president. Adrick Cooling is a leading supplier of marine air-conditioning machinery, self-contained units, refrigerat
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on October 15, 1980The recent keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., initiated construction on a third 37,500-dwt product carrier being built by NASSCO for Union Oil Company of California. George Stiehl, manager of new construction, Union Oil Company, stru
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on October 15, 1980Dravo S t e e l S h i p Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered the M/V Boone to Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company for use at its East Bend Station, a coal and lime facility located on the Ohio River near Rabbit Hash, Ky. The Boone is a 60 by 22 by 7.5- foot towboat equipped wit
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on October 15, 1980George Gregory, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Products Research and Chemical C o r p o r a t i o n (PRC), Glendale, Calif., has announced that Dean M. Willard is elected president and chief operating officer. Mr. Willard, who had been senior executive vice president of
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on October 15, 1980Shearson River Barge Associates I, II, VI, and VII, New York, have applied to the Maritime Administration for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing the construction of 65 hopper barges for operation on the inland waterways of the United States. Twenty 200-foot barges are to be constructed
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on October 15, 1980The 50th barge built by Misener Industries, the El Coqui, was delivered recently to its owner, the Bacardi Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico. This launch marked a milestone for the Tampa-based barge construction firm. Misener was founded in August 1975, and according to president Richard E
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on October 15, 1980James A. Skinner Jr. of Nashville, president of Herbert Materials, Inc., has been installed as board chairman of the National Waterways Conference. He was elected at the organization's recent annual meeting in Tulsa to succeed Lloyd E. Anderson, executive director of the Port of Portland (O
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on October 15, 1980Two of the world's largest and most advanced chemical tankers were christened recently by Kockums at its yard in Malmo, Sweden. The twin 38,000-dwt vessels, called the Johnson Chemsun and Johnson Chemstar, will be delivered to Rederi AB Nordstjernan, Stockholm, following sea trials. The die
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on October 15, 1980The Rhine-Schelde-Verolme Group of The Netherlands has announced that with the reorganization of Group activities there will be a change in the representation in the United States previously carried out by Rhine- Schelde-Verolme (North Ameri- Cci) Inc The VDSM Group (Verolme Botlek) c o n
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on October 15, 1980Promet Private Limited of Singapore, with the collaboration of Baker Marine Corporation of Ingleside, Texas, has announced receipt of a contract for the construction of a BMC 150 H class self-elevating, c a n t i l e v e r beam, mobile d r i l l i n g platform from Arabian Drilling Company,
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on October 15, 1980Arthur Levy Enterprises, Inc. has announced that Arthur I. Levy Sr. was recently appointed chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Levy has been active in providing marine transportation services to the offshore oil industry since 1946. John J. Alcina has been promoted to president and ch
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on October 15, 1980The appointment of John E. Savage as general manager of port sales to succeed Hendryk S. Weeks who has retired, it was announced recently by Anthony J. Tozzoli, director of the Port Department of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Savage, who previously was special assistant
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on October 15, 1980Marinette Marine Corporation (Marinette, Wis.) has been awarded a contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of 10 Large Yard Repair Berthing and Messing Vessels. The YRBM (L) vessels have a 146-foot overall length, 46-foot beam, and a 688 long ton displacement. A total
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on October 15, 1980An agreement providing two MacGregor s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s at Chinese ports has been signed by MacGregor Cargo Handling Company (Pacific) L i m i t e d , Hong Kong, and China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), of Peking. The agreement makes provision for servicing virtually the full ra
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on October 15, 1980Joe Christopher has joined Schnitzer-Levin Marine Company in South San Francisco as manager of engineering, according to Wallace Z. Levin, general manager of the firm. Mr. Christopher comes to Schnitzer-Levin Marine with international e n g i n e e r i n g experience, having managed the con