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on March 15, 1977John I. Alioto, president of Pacific Par East Line, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has announced the appointment of Bernard Orsi as vice president of Marine Operations. Mr. Orsi, 33, has been general manager of San Francisco's civil service division since 1971. Prior to that, Mr. Orsi was exec
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on March 15, 1977Available from the Sier-Bath Division of Gilbarco, Inc. is an eight-page booklet on the features and applications of Sier- Bath's NL Barge Pump, which offers substantial operating savings and handling versatility to barge users unloading petroleum, chemical and other industrial products. R
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on March 15, 1977The John W. McGrath Corporation has announced the appointment of Joseph F. McGoldrick as board chairman and chief executive officer. The office of chairman of the New York-based stevedores and terminal operators has been vacant since the death of John W. McGrath in 1972. Mr. McGoldrick joi
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on March 15, 1977The San Diego Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its recent quarterly meeting at the Naval Station Officers Club in San Diego, Calif. Among those present for the dinner meeting was Capt. John M. Phelps, USN (ret.), who helped organize and was the first Section chairman
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on March 15, 1977J.D. Geary, president of Midland Enterprises Inc., 1400 580 Building, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201, has announced the election of three corporate officers by the Midland board of directors. John M. Keelin has been elected controller, William J. Mayer assistant vice president of finance, and Thoma
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on March 15, 1977Northville Industries of Huntington Station, N.Y., has announced the receipt of a contract with the government of Panama to conduct the first stage of a crude oil supertanker transshipment terminal on the Pacific Coast. The award authorizes Northville Industries to proceed with a feasibilit
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on March 15, 1977The U.K. affiliate of AIRFILCO Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently completed installation of an inert gas blanketing system onboard the naval supply ship Durance. AIRFILCO, whose systems are presently being installed on Sohio, Exxon and British Petroleum tankers at Avondale and
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on March 15, 1977The Bellinger Shipyards, a division of Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., recently delivered the M/V Inagua Island to West India Shipping Company, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla. The heavy-lift, roll-on/roll-off, landing vessel is 267 feet by 60 feet by 16 feet, with a deadweight of 2,226 long ton
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on March 15, 1977Jones, Bardelmeier & Co., Ltd., the ocean bulk shipping consulting firm headquartered in Nassau, Bahamas, is opening a branch office in Singapore this month. Derek King, one of the senior officers in the firm, will go out from Nassau to become the resident partner. Roger M. Jones, president
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on March 15, 1977Another contract for manufacturing support and leveling members of insulation panel systems for liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers has been awarded to Cryogenic Structures Corporation, a subsidiary of BALTEK Corporation, Northvale, N.J. The tankers are being built under contract for El Pas
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on March 15, 1977Zachary M. Reynolds, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a San Francisco naval architect, presented a paper entitled "Investigation of Select Hull Forms" at a recent dinner meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the
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on March 15, 1977P and O Ferries of London, England, has announced that it will introduce the first Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoil boat service in Europe on June 1. The revenue charter service will link central London and Zeebrugge, Belgium, with times scheduled to allow direct rail connections to Brussels. The r
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on March 15, 1977One of the most prominent men in the Inland Waterways shipping industry, Floyd H. Blaske, died on February 27, 1977. He was 63. Services were held in Louisville, Ky., on March 2. Mr. Blaske was chairman and chief executive officer of the American Commercial Barge Line Co., and of Jeffboat,
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on March 15, 1977Sperry Vickers has announced the appointment of Arthur R. Whited to planning manager for its International Group. Mr. Whited will remain at the company's Troy, Mich., World Headquarters. In his new position, Mr. Whited will be responsible for managing long-range business plans, product and
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on March 15, 1977Precision National Corporation, the firm which has been saving many dollars for diesel engine operators by restoring bent, worn and damaged crankshafts to likenew condition, can now provide the same repair service for big cylinder liners. The firm has constructed a special building in Waco,
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on March 15, 1977The De Laval Separator Company has established a Marine/ Offshore Sales Department to provide increased service to this rapidly growing segment of the company's markets. Robert J. Wimmer has been named national sales manager for the new department. The sales force for the new marketing dep
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on March 15, 1977The 18th American Towing Tank Conference has been scheduled for August 23-25, 1977, at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. The conference is under the joint sponsorship of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Office of Naval Research. Technical sessions to be held in the following subject area
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on March 15, 1977The Navy has awarded a total of $402.5 million in contracts for eight guided-missile frigates (FFGs) to Todd Shipyards Corp. and Bath Iron Works Corp. These are the second FFG production contracts awarded to each of these firms. Todd Shipyards received a $251.7-million contract to build fi
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on March 15, 1977A new company, to be known as Press Imodco Offshore Terminals, Ltd., has been formed to design, fabricate and supply offshore marine terminal facilities in the North Sea and other offshore waters of the United Kingdom. It is a joint venture between William Press Production Systems, Ltd. of
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on March 1977The Hayward Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth, N.J., has begun the manufacture of 4-inch and 6-inch polypropylene ball valves. The 4-inch valve features Hayward's "fullflow" design. This means the opening through the valve is a full 4 inches—the same as the pipe size. The 6-inch valves feature