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on August 15, 1977Genstar Limited, Montreal, Canada, has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, subject to obtaining approvals from necessary government or regulatory authorities. Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. operates
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on August 15, 1977Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Marine Iron Works has started overhaul of the USS Lang under a $6.02-million contract. The Lang will be in Portland through May of 1978 undergoing hull repair and a major upgrading of its electronic and weapons systems. It is the second vessel in the Navy's F
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on August 15, 1977Flume Stabilization Systems, a division of John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., has announced the appointment of Peter C. Maschke as sales manager of the division. Mr. Maschke's responsibilities will include sales of the Flume and Elektrofin Roll Stabilization Systems, the White Gill Bow Thrus
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on August 15, 1977Paul-Munroe Hydraulics, Inc., Orange, Calif., has acquired certain products of the Rucker Marine Systems Division, including intrinsically safe valve control systems, rotary flow-through deck stand valve operators, U.S. Navy Fast Systems, and specialized hydraulic equipment for ro/ro contain
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on August 15, 1977Micro Line Systems, Inc., 100 West 10th Street, Wilmington, Del., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) container vessels of 2,800- deadweight-tons capacity each. The vessels will be 213 feet long, 50 feet wide, and will hav
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on August 1977Setenave, the state-owned Portuguese shipyard, has acquired the right to use STEERBEAR HULL, the computer-based system developed by Kockums. Now in use at several other large international shipyards, the system is intended as a reinforcement of the Portuguese yard's resources in the design an
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on August 1977The president of Central Gulf Lines, New Orleans, La., has announced the promotion of two company executives. Erik J. Johnsen said that Louis O. Smith has assumed the position of assistant vice president for personnel and administrative functions, and Gary L. Ferguson has been named control
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on August 1977Crowley Maritime Corporation has ordered construction of two 580-foot, triple-deck barges for service in its Caribbean Division, according to a recent announcement by Leo L. Collar, president of Crowley's Offshore Group, SQ.n Francisco, Calif. These vessels will be the largest roll-on/roll-
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on August 1977Evergreen Handt Corp., general agents for Evergreen Line's East Coast/Far East container service, has announced two operations appointments. J. Ernest Celosse has been appointed assistant vice president, operations, and Capt. H.H. Liao, operations manager of Evergreen Handt Corp., according
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on August 1977Dasic International has introduced a completely new, portable, deep penetration/extraction water driven gas freeing fan. Designed and developed by Dasic International at their works at Romsey, Hampshire, U.K., the Jetfan 125 has been tried and tested by four of the leading oil companies. Co
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on August 1977Representatives f r om major classification societies and Federal agencies will review current and proposed rules and regulations related to marine/offshore operations at a seminar in Houston, Texas, September 15-16, 1977. The two-day seminar is sponsored by the Center for Marine Resources
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on August 1977Nathan M. (Bob) Howard has been appointed marketing manager for the Leasing & Industrial Loan Financing component of the General Electric Credit Corporation, 260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Conn. 06904. In his new post, Mr. Howard is responsible for developing business for an operation that
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on August 1977Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc., naval architects and engineers, 550 Kearney Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94108, have announced that Henry A. Olson has joined the staff in the position of project manager. MGA is one of the largest private offices of naval architects in the West. Each maj
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on August 1977National Supply Company, 1455 West Loop South, Houston, Texas 77027, major oil-field equipment manufacturer, announces that it has consolidated its domestic and international marketing effort for drilling equipment into a single worldwide organization under its National Drilling Equipment op
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on August 1977The General Assembly of the Shareholders of "Eleusis Shipyards" S.A., Athens, Greece, recently elected a new board of directors as follows: President, Adm. John N. Stratakis, Shipowner; vice president, Dr. Jean P. Ioannidis, Professor of Marine Engineering National Technical University of A
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on August 1977Robert S. Matthews, manager of Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company's Gulfport, Miss., operations has been appointed vice president of that firm. The appointment is the second major promotion Mr. Matthews has received within six months, having only recently received his managerial title. Mr. Matt
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on August 1977In the self-sufficient environment of oceangoing vessels and offshore drilling rigs, personnel and hazardous materials must necessarily share confined quarters. The possibilities for catastrophe are obvious. In such instances, control of fire hazards and protection of personnel and equipmen
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on August 1977National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif., has announced that Clarence L. (Larry) French has been named president and chief operating officer. Stephen A. Girard, headquartered at Kaiser Center in Oakland, Calif., was named the shipbuilder's chief executive officer in additi
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on August 1977Falcon Cargo Ships, Inc., 277 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., has revised its January 23, 1976, application for operating-differential subsidy (ODS) and construction- differential subsidy (CDS), and has submitted a new application for a Title XI guarantee, all to aid in the construction and op
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on July 15, 1977Equitable Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La., recently delivered the 161-foot all welded steel, twinscrew, diesel-powered ferryboat Governor Edward Hyde to the State of North Carolina, Department of Transportation Division of Highways at the Cedar Island Ferry Terminal Facility, Cedar Island