Short 1982Peter Articles
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on August 15, 1980MacGregor Comarain, Inc. of Cranford, N.J., has a p p o i n t ed Robert C. Strasser as technical director. The post is considered a key one considering the currently improved p r o s p e c t s f or merchant and naval shipbuilding in the U.S., with the consequent increase in opportunity for c
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on August 15, 1980James W. Steadman has joined Halter Marine, Inc., as vice president, special assignments, with overall responsibility f o r the Halter CATUG project at Chickasaw, Ala. Halter is building six of the giant propulsion units for an integrated tug/barge program as a subcontractor to Bethlehem Shi
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on August 15, 1980Joseph H. Carriere, a veteran of 34 years' service with Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., a subidiary of The LTV Corporation, has been transferred from New Orleans headquarters to the company's San Francisco office as manager of the West Coast Maintenance and Repair Division, according to ex
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on August 15, 1980McDermott Engineering-London, a division of McDermott International, Inc., has received t w o c o n t r a c t s from Hydrocarbons Great Britain Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of British Gas Corporation, for work that will play a major part in the development of the Morecambe Gas Field. The M
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on August 15, 1980To strengthen its a b i l i t y to serve the marine industry, Hayward Manufacturing Company has formed a new division to be called Hayward Marine Products. The new division combines Mechanical Marine with Hayward Products. This new division will be responsible for design, manufacture, and s
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on August 15, 1980Richard J. Gaston has joined B u l k f l e e t Marine Corporation, Houston, as manager of engineering services. His responsibilities include maintenance and repair, c r ew t r a i n i n g , supplying the boats, and assisting in the construction of new vessels. A graduate of the U.S. Merchant
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on August 15, 1980James P. Horn, president and chief operating officer of Farrell Lines Incorporated, has announced three personnel appointments and promotions. James F. Breslin has been appointed vice - president - controller, succeeding Robert E. Schenk who is retiring. Prior to joining Farrell Lines, Mr.
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on August 15, 1980Developed to meet IMCO standards for inert gas tank measurement, Marine Moisture Control Company, Inc. of Inwood, N.Y., has developed vapor control valves designed for use with MMC's portable gauging tapes to assure closed-tank vapor integrity with maximum gauging accuracy. The system consi
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on August 15, 1980David Jackson has been appointed vice p r e s i d e n t of Sun State Marine Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., according to an announcement released by company president Frank V. Oliver Jr. Sun State Marine is the foremost hauler of petroleum products on the St. Johns River, operating nine pusher tu
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on August 15, 1980The 22,210-dwt, multipurpose cargo vessel Sarita, built at the Hiroshima (Innoshima) Works of Hitachi Zosen, was delivered recently to her owner, Callisto Shipping Limited, Liberia. She is the last of five sister ships constructed in series at Hiroshima. Designed to carry general and bulk c
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on August 15, 1980T. Jay Collins has been elected president and general manager of Houston Systems Manufacturing Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Offshore Company, following the resignation of William F. Haley. Mr. Collins, who in 1972 joined the Corporate Planning Department of Southern Natural Res
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on August 15, 1980Hydranautics, Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif., has been chosen by Matthew Hall Engineering Ltd. of London to provide the hydraulic heavy load moving equipment for use on British Petroleum's Magnus Field platform in the North Sea. The contract calls f o r four 260- ton, push/pull p i s t o n g r
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on August 15, 1980Dillingham Corporation has announced the formation of Ocean Transportation Services, a new subsidiary of Honolulu-based Dillingham Corporation's maritime group, to be located in the Houston area. In making the announcement, David B. Ballash, D i l l i n g h am group vice president-maritime,
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on August 15, 1980Michael J. Warren has joined the Marine Division of Farboil Company as n a t i o n a l a c c o u n ts manager, it was announced by Joseph F. Harrington, vice president of sales. In this capacity, he will also have administrative responsibility f o r Farboil's New York City office, including
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on August 15, 1980Evergreen Line, New York, has announced the consolidation of Evergreen Handt Corporation into Evergreen Marine Corp. (N.Y.) Ltd., which will assume full responsibility for the U.S. East Coast/Far East container service in addition to its function as owner's representative. E v e r g r e en
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on August 1980A 7,500-mile tow from the Gulf of Mexico to West Africa marked the maiden voyage of Zapata Marine Service's new 82-foot steel mooring tug recently delivered by Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La. The tug Mooring Service is now operating in West Africa, after her 53-day tow of the new 65-f
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on August 1980A capabilities brochure covering the six operating divisions of ITT Grinnell Valve Company, Inc. is now available. A subsidiary of ITT Grinnell Corporation, the Valve Company manufactures and distributes a full line of valves from rugged fire hydrants to sophisticated, high technology contr
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on August 1980Zakum Development Company, operating for the National Oil Company of Abu Dhabi, h a s awarded IMODCO of Los Angeles, a pioneer offshore marine terminal builder, a contract in excess of $14 million for the engineering, construction, and installation of two Single Point Mooring systems. To b
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on August 1980The Ship Structure Committee has copies available of three new reports without cost. SSC-291, "A Design Procedure for Minimizing Propeller-Induced Vibration in Hull Structural Elements," develops a flow diagram starting with the definition of the ship vibration specifications, continuing th
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on August 1980Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, yard recently christened a new 200-foot water depth offshore drilling rig for Dixilyn-Field Drilling Company of Houston, a subsidiary of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. The rig is the second of two similar rigs built for Dixilyn-Field duri