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on September 1977John T. Gilbride, chairman of the board, Todd Shipyards Corporation, has accepted chairmanship of the 1977 American Merchant Marine Conference to be held in Galveston, Texas, October 12-14, in conjunction with the 51st Propeller Club Conven- tion. The program will include a panel discussion
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on September 1977The State of Alaska has awarded Willamette Iron & Steel Company, Portland, Ore., a $15,228,- 500 contract to lengthen and modernize the M/V Matanuska, an Alaska state ferry. Work will begin in October, with c o m p l e t i o n scheduled for May 1978. WISCO will employ approximately 350 ship
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on September 1977Deputy A s s i s t a n t Secretary- Robert R. Casey, U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, has approved in principal the application of Moran Trade Corporation (Moran), One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of t
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on September 1977McAllister Brothers, Inc., the 113-year-old New York City-based marine transportation company, has announced the appointment of Robert Lounsbery to the post of chief operating officer. Mr. Lounsbery, a 47-year-old graduate of New York University, with a B.S. degree in management, was p r e
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on September 1977Two large crane barges are to be built to Lloyd's Register class by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. for the Heerema Group. A design appraisal will be carried out by the Society's Offshore Services Group, and the barges will be built under survey at the Mitsui Shipyard. The barges wi
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on August 15, 1977Elmer R. Remkes has been named president of C-E Crest, a Tulsa, Okla.-based subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc., which serves the international gas and oil industries. Before joining C-E Crest, Mr. Remkes was vice president and general manager of Santa Fe Engineering Services Co., Or
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on August 15, 1977Equitable Shipyards, Inc., P.O. Box 8001, New Orleans, La. 70182, has shipped the last two new, 95-foot tugs in a series of five vessels to the Indonesian Government. The vessels were loaded onboard the Letitia Lykes Clipper Ship which departed the port of New Orleans en route to Singapore via
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on August 15, 1977The new Edo Western 515A- 604 Deep Tow Survey System uses a new hydrodynamically designed tow vehicle to provide efficient operation for deepwater side scan surveys in ocean depths up to 2,000 feet. The highly successful 515A- 604 tow vehicle combines an extremely stable tow characteristic
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Roy F. Dobson as manager of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Great Lakes Steamship Division was announced by Capt. Steven M. Moodie, vice president of the division. At the same time, Captain Moodie announced that Calvin G. Durham will succeed Mr. Dobson as assistant manager
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Patrick J. McAllister as manager, marine projects, has been announced by David A. O'Neil, president of Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. Seaworthy is engaged in engineering consulting for marine propulsion, fuel optimization and control systems for marine gas turbine, diesel
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on August 15, 1977Charles A. Hurd has joined Southwest Marine, Inc. as vice president, sales and marketing. Southwest Marine is a multifaceted marine repair and construction facility located on seven acres in Chula Vista, Calif., on San Diego Bay. Mr. Hurd has responsibility for ship repair and construction
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on August 15, 1977In keeping with their efforts to provide a total coastwide service concept on marine rotating equipment, Steamco II, Inc. recently announced the opening of a new division office in Jacksonville, Fla. The new office will be headed by Douglas Whitney. Mr. Whitney is a Maine Maritime graduate a
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on August 15, 1977A.T. Pouch Jr., president of Pouch Terminal, Inc., has announced its appointment as sales representative in the United States and Europe for the International Office for Navigation, Commerce, and Supply of Cairo, Egypt (N.C.S.). N.C.S., as the Egyptian firm is known, operates in all Egyptia
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on August 15, 1977The Southern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its quarterly meeting recently in Groton, Conn. Dr. Foster H. Middleton, professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI), presented an enjoyable program on recent experiences with underwa
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on August 15, 1977Members of the committee planning the three-day conference and exhibit "Marine Weather and Ocean Systems—Today and Tomorrow," which will be held at the Downtown Athletic Club, New York City, September 14-16, gather around a world globe, symbolizing the international aspects of the atmospher
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on August 15, 1977William B. Alexander, president of Airfilco Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La., has announced the appointment of John E. Riley as vice president and general manager of the company. Airfilco Engineering, Inc. is a gas process equipment supplier specializing in the design and installation
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on August 15, 1977Compagnia Italiana Transoceanica Di Navigazione S.P.A., Genoa, Italy, and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd., Korea, signed a contract on May 25, 1977, with the approval of the Italian Government authorities early June for the conversion of two bulkers into roll-on/roll-off ships. The conversi
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on August 15, 1977The board of directors of Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, Calif. 92012, has approved a restructuring of the company's management, resulting in the appointment of Jerome J. Filiciotto as executive vice president-operations, reporting to Fred W. Garry, chairman, chief executive and preside
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on August 15, 1977Airfilco Engineering, Inc., 1901 Julia Street, New Orleans, La. 70113, have recently commissioned the first of a series of inert gas systems fitted aboard the Shipmor Associate Tankers building at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. The decision to fit the inert gas
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on August 15, 1977The appointment of Karl B. Eckhardt as vice president and general manager of the Atlantic Division of Prudential Lines was announced by Spyros S. Skouras, president. Working from Prudential Lines headquarters at One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, Mr. Eckhardt will be responsible