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on July 1977The formation of Supplier's Marine & Industrial Inc., "Purveyors to the Industries," has been announced by Kevin Patrick Smith, president of the firm. The new company will provide turbine renewal, pump, diesel engine and electrical parts to the marine and industrial markets in the Great Lak
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on July 1977The M/V Gulf Whale, a twin-screw 4,200- hp tug, was christened recently at the yard of her builder, Quality Equipment, Inc., in Houma, La. The tug is owned by Bayou Marine Corporation and operated by Seven Seas Towing, Inc. The vessel was christened by Mrs. Virgie Rome Broussard, daughter of
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on July 1977Two key executive appointments have been made in the Caribbean Division of Crowley Maritime Corporation, according to a recent announcement by Robert Homan, general manager of CMC affiliate Trailer Marine Transport Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla. Richard Simpson has been named vice president
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on July 1977Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., recently delivered the M/V Sureboat to the Union Railroad Company, a division of U.S. Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. The custom-designed double chine harbor boat will be utilized for fleeting and shifter operations around Union
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on July 1977The General Regulator Division of Forney Engineering Company, headquartered near Dallas, Texas, has announced the establishment of additional sales and service capability. The primary intent, in addition to intensifying sales coverage, is to provide on-the-spot service engineering to the man
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on July 1977Stow Manufacturing Co. has announced a new Design Manual titled "Marine Valve Remote Operators." Design Manual No. 771 gives its reader technical information on solving a variety of valve operating problems, while providing the designer with complete design freedom. Stow remote operators so
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on July 1977Raytheon Marine Company has introduced a new low-cost 25-watt radiotelephone for mariners with short-to-medium-range communications requirements. The RAY-48A is a 12-channel set with two weather channels. It is supplied with channels 6 (ship-to-ship, safety), 16 (distress and calling), 22A
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on July 1977Harold Pecunia, president of Peterson Maritime Services, Incorporated, has announced that the New Orleans, La.-based corporation has opened an office in Houston, Texas, to provide marine services comparable to their operations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, La., and Mobile, Ala. The company i
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on July 1977The appointment of Donald E. Staples as comptroller of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was announced by Peter K. Hoglund, vice president of General Motors and general manager of Electro-Motive Division, LaGrange, 111. Mr. Staples succeeds Guy D. Briggs Jr., who until his retir
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on July 1977Omnithruster is a new system for use aboard commercial, fishing, scientific, government, pleasure and special-purpose vessels such as cushion craft and hydrofoils. Of unique design, for which patents have been applied, the system provides thrust through port and starboard jets, jetting wate
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on July 1977A new Marisat shipboard communications terminal, designated the MX 111, has been announced by P.A. Gaechter, manager of marketing, Marine Systems Operation, Magnavox Government & Industrial Electronics Company. The Magnavox Terminal provides two-way voice, telex, highspeed data and facsimil
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on July 1977Rapid progress is being made with the 4,000-ton bulk cement carrier being built by Carrington Slipways at its shipyard on Old Punt Road, Tomago, New South Wales, Australia, 2322, for Bulkships Container Limited. Special cement-handling equipment, supplied by Cladius Peters of Hamburg, is de
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on July 1977Worthington Compressors, Inc., 333 Elm Street, West Springfield, Mass. 01089, has announced the establishment of a Marine and Navy sales group headed by Frederick O. Snyder in Philadelphia, Pa. Superseding the prior functions of the Worthington Marine and Government sales group in the compr
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on July 1977The Farrell Lines containership S/S Austral Entente was redelivered May 19 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans after a new 144-foot midbody section was added to the original 669-foot hull. The "jumboization" increased the vessel's length to a C-8 vessel equivalent and more than doubled its r
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on July 1977The Vicki Ann, a new marine lubricants supply vessel for Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., harbor service, has been placed in operation. The boat owner is San Pedro Marine, Inc., San Pedro, Calif., Shell Oil Company marine distributor. The vessel is listed at 95 dwt and has a capacity for
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on July 1977Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., recentlyannounced the keel-laying for the M / V Sen. Alvin T. Stumpf — a ferry under construction for the Mississippi River Bridge Authority. The Sen. Alvin T. Stumpf will carry up to 40 automobiles and 1,000 passengers per trip across the Mississippi Rive
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on July 1977General Dynamics has been awarded a $354,500,000 contract by the U.S. Navy for construction of a fifth Trident ballistic missile submarine, plus options for construction of two more. This new award raises the value of the company's contracts for the 560-foot-long, 18,750-ton missile-firing su
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on July 1977Robert E. Kenny has been named president and chief operating officer of Hillman Transportation Company, an operating division of Hillman Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219. Hillman Transportation is engaged in inland marine transportation serving shippers of coal, other basic comm
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on July 1977Propulsion Systems, Inc. of Kent, Wash., has entered the small thruster field with 16 and 24-inch-diameter tunnel thrusters. In these thrusters, the propeller shaft is driven directly by a hydraulic motor contained in the unit. Each of these two thrusters is available with three different
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on July 1977Reederei D. Oltmann KG of Bremen have placed orders for two multipurpose/container ships with Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation in Pusan and have retained Technical Marine Planning Ltd., a London consulting naval architecture and marine engineering firm, for the development of