Short 1982Peter Articles
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on September 1980Capt. David J. Linde has been assigned as Chief of the Third Coast Guard District's Marine Safety Division, relieving Capt. George Wood. In his new position, Captain Linde administers many Coast Guard programs, including port safety and security, commercial vessel safety, and marine environ
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on September 1980George Shaver, president of Shaver Transportation Company, announced that Zidell Exploration, Inc. has launched the fourth of a continuing series of large grain barges built for Shaver. These barges, each of 3,750 tons capacity, have the largest tonnage capability of any grain barges presen
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on September 1980A new four-page metallurgical brochure provides detailed specifications on the broad line of stainless-steel and specialty alloys available for centrifugally cast parts from Wisconsin Centrifugal, Waukesha, Wis., a leading U.S. producer of centrifugal castings for original equipment manufact
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on September 1980Two changes involving top management positions at Jeffboat, Incorporated, the Jeffersonville, Ind., shipbuilding unit of Texas Gas T r a n s m i s s i o n Corporation's Inland Waterways Services division, were announced recently. H.J. Bobzien Jr., who formerly held the position of president,
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on September 1980Appointments of three new vice presidents have been announced by The Ansul Company, Marinette, Wis. They are Hugh M. Laumeister, vice president of Marketing; Leonard R. Kroll, vice president and general manager of the Fire Systems Division; and Henry E. Arkens, vice president and general ma
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on September 1980Houston Natural Gas Corporation (HNG) has announced completion of the transaction to acquire the Alamo Barge group of companies. The operating name of the new HNG subsidiary is Alamo Barge Lines, Inc. The previously announced acquisition agreement, which involves a tax-free exchange of HNG
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on September 1980Two Bethlehem Steel Corporation shipyards have each received contracts from Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company of Houston to build mat-supported, jackup drilling rigs at a total cost of about $70 million. One unit, the Griffin-Alexander V, will be constructed at Bethlehem's Beaumont, Texas,
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on September 1980The 1980-81 edition of the famous reference work, Lloyd's Register of Ships, has just been published in a completely new t h r e e - v o l u m e format. Because comprehensive details of more than 70,000 ships are included, the former two-volume format had become unwieldly. Subscribers to th
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on September 1980A new self-contained, extremely compact, reverse osmosis desalinator, designed to produce potable water 24 hours a day at sea or on land, is now available from Standard Communications, Los Angeles. Named System 5, it weighs only 150 pounds while taking up just five cubic feet of space. It is
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on September 1980Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, announced that James B. Oliver is promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president, effective immediately. In addition to his finance duties, he will be r e s p o n s i b l e for monitoring all company operations and acti
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on September 1980A four-page, full-color brochure describing the Shaffer Drilling Choke System is now available from NL Rig Equipment. The brochure features illustrations and specifications of the hydraulically operated choke valves, transducers for drill pipe and annulus pressures, and floor-mounted contro
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on September 1980Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division has relocated its New York marketing office to expanded quarters at One World Trade Center, Suite 4903, New York, N.Y. 10048. Telephone numbers at the new location are (212) 466-1922 and (800) 221-5100. The World Trade Center office is headquar
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on September 1980Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, a Houston Natural Gas Corporation company based in New Orleans, La., recently announced three staff appointments. Jim Barrett has been named domestic sales manager and will have principal responsibility for marketing the services of Gulf Fleet's growing number
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on September 1980David A. Johnson has been named manager of the Propulsion Systems Group at Michigan Wheel Division, Dana Corporation. The announcement was made by H.L. VanderMey, p r e s i d e n t of the Grand Rapids, Mich., division. Mr. Johnson comes to his new position from Michigan Wheel's Coolidge Div
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on September 1980M.A.N. (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nurenberg) AG, West Germany, and Brons Industrie N.V., Appingedam, the Netherlands, have signed a licensing agreement covering the construction and sale of M.A.N, four-stroke engines of type L/V 20/27 and ASL/ASV 25/30 with outputs ranging from 400 to 4,000
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on September 1980Chiles Offshore Limited has signed a letter of intent with Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company to purchase an 82-SD-C self-elevating, shallow-draft cantilever drilling platform for a total rig price of $30 million. The 82 SD-C rig, designed for exploration, production drilling, and workove
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on September 1980Kunio Hashida, NYK Line's general manager in San Francisco for the past three years, has been appointed research commissioner in charge of special projects in the management coordination chamber at the company's Tokyo headquarters. Succeeding Mr. Hashida as general manager in San F r a n c
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on September 1980NKK (Nippon Kokan) will build a $56- million jacket for a conventional offshore platform off the northwest coast of Australia. According to NKK officials in New York, the contract was signed with Woodside Petroleum Development Pty. Ltd. of Australia. The company is the operator of a joint ven
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on September 1980NL Rig Equipment of Houston has prepared a fact sheet illustrating and describing the new Shaffer Multi-Ram™ multiple-size rams. The new rams are designed to close and seal on drill pipe from 31,/, to 5 inches in diameter, making Multi-Ram rams especially useful in situations in which a ta
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on September 1980This year's 19th presentation of the giant Europort Exhibition, to be held from November 18 to 22 at the RAI Halls in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will also feature an i m p r e s s i v e conference program, with simultaneous sessions occurring on several days. A "Dredging Conference" (Novemb