Short 1982Peter Articles
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on May 1980Westinghouse Electric Corporation's marine division in Sunnyvale, Calif., has received a $6- million contract to build reduction gears for the Ticonderoga (CG-47), lead ship in a new class of AEGIS-armed guided-missile cruisers. Under terms of the contract 0 awarded by the designer and bu
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on May 1980V.C. Yin has joined R.J. Brown & Associates of America Inc. as chief engineer, with responsibility for the Engineering Department at the Houston office. Mr. Yin has 10 years' experience in offshore engineering with a variety of U.S. companies, including, most recently, Occidental Petroleum
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on May 1980Pickands Mather & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has announced several major appointments for The Interlake Steamship Company. Pickands Mather, which manages Interlake, is a subsidiary of Moore McCormack Resources,Inc., Stamford, Conn. Louis H. Mensen has been named superintendent of vessel propert
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on May 1980A record number of members attended the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects of British Columbia recently and elected the following board of directors: president, Les Coward; v i c e p r e s i d e n t , Dave Moore; treasurer, Eric Dixon; director of education, Vic Gads
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on May 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (Hudship) of Pascagoula, Miss., has announced the signing of two new contracts for pushboats to be delivered during 1980. A contract was signed with Cliff Spanier and Larry Gisclair of Clydesdale Corporation, Harvey, La., for construction of a 70-foot pushboat. The
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on May 1980B u t t e r w o r t h Systems, manufacturers of oil/water separators, tank cleaning equipment, underwater hull cleaning equipment, and high-pressure water-jetting equipment has announced the addition of two new models — the Butterworth® SFC 0.5 BW and the Butterworth SFC 27 oil/water separa
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on May 1980Adm. Lauren S. McCready, formerly head of the Engineering Department at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, and first head of the National Maritime Research Center, was the guest of honor at a recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects
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on May 1980McAllister Brothers, Inc., has acquired I n d e p e n d e n t Towing Company of Philadelphia, Pa., a major Delaware River tug operator, and will merge it into its organization. The announcement was made by Anthony J. McAllister Jr., president of the New York, N . Y . - b a s e d t o w i n g
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on May 1980Bulletin Y-107 titled "Elliott Hydraulic Tube Puller" is available from Elliott Company, Jeannette, Pa., a division of Carrier Corporation. Designed for pulling V^-inch through 21/1-inch O.D. tubes from condensers and heat t r a n s f er units, the tube puller uses hydraulic pressure to fre
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on May 1980The U.S. Maritime Administration and Seatrain Shipbuilding Corporation have arranged for Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Norfolk, Va., to complete the barge portion of an oceangoing tug-barge unit that is scheduled to be placed in service this fall by Coordinated Caribbean Tra
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on May 1980Paceco, Inc. of Alameda, Calif., a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, recently delivered one 37-ton Portainer® crane and four 30-ton, rubber-tired Transtainer® cranes to Matson Terminals, Inc., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Calif. The new dockside crane and terminal cranes are part of a quan
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on May 1980The 17,703-dwt product carrier Pranedya Pratama, recently delivered to her owner, Sunhi Scorpa, Inc. of Liberia, was constructed at the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai Zosen, an affiliate of Hitachi Zosen. Pranedya Pratama is the first of two product carriers to be constructed at the Setoda Shipyar
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on May 1980Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Inc., a leading Northwest builder of commercial and military ships, has announced the new appointments of Kenneth L. Kesler as director of marketing and sales for the Southwest Region, and Charles A. Garman as director of marketing for the Northwest Region. Mr. K
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on May 1980D. John Nichols, president of Mississippi Marine Corp., Greenville, Miss., has announced the appointment of R. Monroe Barrett and Hugh Smith Jr. to executive posts in the firm. Mr. Barrett recently joined Mississippi Marine as manager of marketing and repair operations, while Mr. Smith has as
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on May 1980At a recent gathering at the Netherlands Club in New York, J.F.W. Neeb, managing director of Amsterdam Dry Dock, and T.A.S.T. C o r p o r a t i o n , the U.S. representatives for ADM, hosted members of the marine industry and described the modernization program being c a r r i e d out in Am
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on May 1980Halter Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently delivered the Russell A. Cheramie, third of four 110-foot supply/utility boats being built for C & E Boat Rental, Inc. of Galliano, La. The new vessel is now working out of Cameron, La., hauling supplies, potable water, and diesel fuel for C
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on May 1980A recent meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter, American Society of Naval Engineers, wras held at the Officers Club, U.S. Naval Base, Philadelphia, Pa. The t e c h n i c a l s e s s i o n was opened by meeting coordinator Lt. Comdr. C.E. Jones, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, who introduced C
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on May 1980The Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen, and Lady Cowen were present at the launching of the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Tobruk, at Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd.'s shipyard at Tomago, recently. Lady Cowen named and launched the $36-million amphibious heavy-lift ship during a tr
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on May 1980Research-Cottrell, Inc., Somerville, N.J., and Transamerica Delaval Inc., Princeton, N.J., have formed a joint venture to address the energy utilization markets. The announcement was made by John E. Schork, chairman and chief executive officer of Research- Cottrell, and D.T. Bixby, president
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on May 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., recently delivered two of its new l o n g - d e c k 101-foot crewboats to P.T. Bailey, Inc. of Morgan City, La. The Richard Hill and Steve Partain sport 55-foot-long clear deck areas capable of carrying more than 30 tons of cargo. The deck is 17 feet w