Short 1982Peter Articles
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on August 1980Furuno U.S.A., Inc. recently announced availability of the new Model RA-24 radar alarm. Said to offer many unusual features, the RA-24 is fully compatible with all Furuno radars up to the FRJ-100 12-inch relative motion unit. This low-cost, compact device provides collision warning by detec
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on August 1980Capt. George F. Price Jr., a career member of the staff of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., a subsidiary of The LTV Corporation, has been named vice president of the company's Marine Division, it was announced by Lykes chairman Joseph T. Lykes Jr. He succeeds Capt. Ernest B. Hendrix, who ha
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on August 1980Capt. Ben Strickland has been appointed director of salvage operations for Crowley Maritime Corporation, according to a recent announcement by Roy D. Jurgensen, Seattle, CMC senior vice president and general manager of Crowley's Northwest and Alaska Division. Mr. Strickland brings over 30
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on August 1980Patrick Keene, director of machinery, test, and trials at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., has been promoted to director of operations, Len Erb, senior vice president of Litton Industries and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, has announced. Mr. Keene b
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on July 15, 1980The West German shipyard Orenstein & Koppel, Lubeck, recently delivered the fourlegged, floating crane platform Biber 500. Built for Nassbaggerei Grun & Bilfinger of Hamburg, the platform was designed and constructed in 14 months. RSV Gusto Engineering B.V. of Schiedam, the Netherlands, provi
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on July 15, 1980Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, has announced plans to build a Levingston Class 111-C jackup drilling rig for Noble Drilling Corporation of Ardmore, Okla., a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Affiliates, Inc. Overall dimensions of the triangular-shaped
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on July 15, 1980Walter Thorsen, Inc. recently announced its appointment as exclusive United States and Canadian representative for Atelier Francais de L'Ouest (AFO) group of French ship repair yards at Donges, Saint Nazaire, Brest, Le Havre, Rouen, Dieppe and Dunkerque. AFO has a total of 19 drydocks, the
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on July 15, 1980John R. Mills has been appointed general manager of the newly created Marine Diesel Division, Allis-Chalmers Corp., Milwaukee, Wis. His most recent position has been that of general manager of the company's Compressor and Custom Pump Division. Formation of the Marine Diesel Division is anot
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on July 15, 1980Charles Swanson has been named vice president and general manager of Dillingham Shipyard operations. The promotion was announced by Harold Malterre, president, Dillingham Maritime-Pacific Division. Mr. Swanson, f o r m e r l y f i r st deputy director for the State of Hawaii's Department of
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on July 15, 1980The Alsthom-Atlantique Diesel Group has received an order from DTCN, a shipyard management company, for two S.E.M.T. Pielstick 16 PC2.5 diesel engines, each with a rated output of 20,000 bhp. These engines will be installed in a French Navy supply tanker. DTCN also ordered from Alsthom- Atl
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on July 15, 1980Thomas M. Ellis Jr. has been named vice president of exploration for Ingram Exploration Company, New Orleans, La., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, it was announced recently by James A. O'Neill Jr., Ingram Corporation president. Mr. Ellis began his career as an exploration g
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on July 15, 1980Radcliff Materials Inc., 61 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, Ala., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing 20 steel deck barges, and three twin-screw towboats. The 200-foot-long barges are currently under construction at Twin City Shipyard, St. Paul, Minn. The 850-horsepower towbo
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on July 15, 1980The M a r i t i m e Administration has approved in principle the application of First Attransco Tanker Corp., Second Attransco Tanker Corp., and Third Attransco Tanker Corp. for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of three 50,884-deadweightton oil product carriers. The
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on July 15, 1980Caicos Petroleum Services recently announced the establishment of a ship-to-ship oil transfer facility in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The company's activities are under the direction of Capt. J.O. Karstrom Jr., who is also the Services' U.S. agent. Caicos Petroleum Services was formed by
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on July 15, 1980James P. Horn, president of Farrell Lines Incorporated, has announced that Thomas J. Sartor Jr., formerly vice president-marine, has been appointed vice president-marine special projects. This newly created position combines the former New Construction Section with that of Contract Administ
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on July 15, 1980Foxboro Analytical, a Division of The Foxboro Company, has just published a Product Specification Sheet for its new Model 958PF on-line ferrograph. Through monitoring of the level of wear debris within a lubricating or hydraulic system, this new instrument is said to provide early warning of
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on July 15, 1980Ships of up to 100,000 dwt can be docked at Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.'s (HUD) Tsing Yi Yard, following an agreement signed recently for HUD to charter Euroasia Shipyards' floating dock, which has a lifting capacity of 32,800 tons. The move increases HUD's floating docks to three, inclu
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on July 15, 1980A six-page safety engineering and applications guide for chief engineers, chief mates, communications officers, and chief stewards with responsibility for marine maintenance has been published by A.W. Chesterton Company. The four-color, illustrated guide includes descriptions of cleaners, s
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on July 15, 1980McDermott Scotland, a division of McDermott International, Inc., has been awarded a contract for fabrication of a jacket, the base of an offshore platform, by Marathon Oil U.K. Limited. The contract, in excess of 40 million pounds s t e r l i n g (approximately $92 million), calls for the ja
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on July 15, 1980At a recent meeting of the Shipyard Council of the National Maritime Council, C. Larry French, president, National Steel & Shipbuilding Company, and Edward J. Campbell, president, Newport News Shipbuilding, were elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, succeeding Shipbuilders Counc