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on February 15, 1977Hydranautics reports that it has solved the problem of inadequate port facilities in rapidly developing countries where ports are overcrowded or where no facilities exist. The most recent installation of Hydranautics portable pier equipment is located at the Saline Water Conversion Corporati
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on February 15, 1977On January 17, 1977, in the main lounge of The Whitehall Club, New York, N.Y., The Geo. W. Rogers Construction Corporation, represented by George B. White, its president, and F. Rogers Ketcham, vice president and nephew of the late George W. Rogers, presented to The Whitehall Club a special
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on February 15, 1977Louis J. Roof has been appointed manager, river repairs at Paducah Marine Ways Inc. at Paducah, Ky. Paducah Marine Ways Inc. is one of the three shipyards operated by the St. Louis Ship Division of Pott Industries Inc. Mr. Roof, a 20-year veteran at Paducah Marine Ways, has advanced throug
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on February 15, 1977The Apprentice School of Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding recently graduated the first women apprentices in its 57-year history. The three women, Debbie Ann Eriksen, Karen Jean Morrison and Sherry Rebecca Skinner, were among the 157 apprentices graduating in this year's class. Two of th
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on February 15, 1977International Paint Company, New York, N.Y., has announced that the International Paint Group, the world's largest marine coatings manufacturers, has entered into a technical and commercial agreement for marine paint with the Nippon Paint Company of Osaka, Japan, the largest paint manufactu
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on February 15, 1977B.R. Martin has been named president of Korea Gulf Oil Company, according to R.W. Baldwin, president of Gulf Refining & Marketing Company (GORAM). Mr. Martin replaces S.K. Mc- Walter, who is returning to Gulf Oil Canada, Ltd. He will represent Gulf Oil Corporation in all aspects of its busi
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on February 15, 1977John I. Alioto, president of Pacific Far East Line, the San Francisco, Calif.-based steamship company, has announced the signing of a contract with Bethlehem Shipyards of San Francisco for the conversion of four PFEL LASH vessels to full containerships. The contract awarded Bethlehem Shipya
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on February 15, 1977Equitable Shipyards, Inc. of New Orleans, La., has delivered the first of five 95-foot twinscrew tugboats, the Selat Siberut, to the Indonesian Government. The vessel has overall dimensions of 95 feet by 29 feet with a 13-foot depth. The vessel is built to American Bureau of Shipping Class
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on February 15, 1977A booklet from Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation describes its recently developed Fiberglas/ plastics (FRP) and polyurethane insulating and containment system for liquefied natural gas carriers. It is the first nonmetallic system to combine high strength and impact resistance with low the
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on February 15, 1977The U.S. Department of Defense has authorized the Navy to procure five production versions of the PHM (Patrol Hydrofoil Missileship) under an appropriation of $282.1 million. Delivery of the first vessel in this production program is expected from The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash. 98124, i
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on February 15, 1977Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., has received a contract in excess of $4 million to design, engineer and build a continuous bucket-elevator barge unloader for Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. of New Roads, La. The new unloader, designed to unload 5,000 tons of coal an hour from jum
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on February 15, 1977Peter J. Roche has been elected president of the Lemont Shipbuilding and Repair Company, located at Mile 300 on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lemont, 111. 60439. From 1974 until now, Mr Roche served as general superintendent of Reynolds Shipyard Corporation, Staten Island, N.Y., spec
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on February 15, 1977As of January 1, the federal government of Pakistan took over the management of all shipping companies in Pakistan, including the National Shipping Corporation. This action was taken in accordance with the people's government policy of nationalizing major industries. The resulting firm is c
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on February 15, 1977A new high performance, U.S. Coast Guard approved fire extinguisher for boats, engines, galleys or any other areas where flammable liquid Class "B" fires may occur, is now being marketed nationally by Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., world's largest and oldest manufacturer of fire extinguishin
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on February 15, 1977Roberto Lugo D'Acosta, a wellknown figure in both Puerto Rican shipping and governmental circles, has been appointed executive director of the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority. PRMSA operates Navieras de Puerto Rico, whose fleet of ro/ro and container vessels provides the most compre
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on February 15, 1977The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved the application of American President Lines, Ltd. for construction-differential subsidy (CDS) to aid in the reconstruction of four Pacesetter-Class containerships, MA Design C6-S- 85b. The vessels, the Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Pierce, and Johnso
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on February 15, 1977The latest development of MacGregor is a folding-type weather-deck hatch cover in three sections, which is operated by a single wire from the ship's crane or derrick and thus requires no hydraulics or other means of drive. Called the "Direct Pull" system, it is fully described in the December
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on February 1977A 180-foot by 40-foot offshore supply vessel being built for Arthur Levy Boat Service, Inc. was launched recently at the Moss Point, Miss., Division of Halter Marine Services, Inc. The new vessel, the Lincoln Seahorse, is designed and built to operate anywhere in the world where the explora
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on February 1977Bernard R. Schmidt, a sales engineer in the cathodic protection department of Federated Metals Corporation (a subsidiary of ASARCO Incorporated), has been named chairman of the Metropolitan New York Section of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE). Mr. Schmidt, who previous
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on February 1977The first installation on a U.S.- flag tanker of an Atlas S-Band radar with basic collision avoidance features was recently performed on the S/S Allegiance owned by International Ocean Transport Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. The radar Type Atlas 6500 S BCA was installed by Electro-Nav, Inc