Short 1983 Articles
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on January 15, 1983The recent meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New England section, held at the New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., featured the presentation of a technical paper entitled "Marine Installation and Operating Requirements for Continuous Electric Li
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on January 15, 1983Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., recently demonstrated a reliable, inexpensive method of transmitting data at medium speed from ship to shore via satellite and regular telephone lines. Lykes made repeated transmissions between one of its ships, the Cygnus, and shore on a r
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on January 15, 1983The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a contract "in excess of a million dollars" to Offshore Shipbuilding of Palatka, Fla., for the construction of a 250-passenger/ vehicle ferry. The contract is the second for a ferry awarded to Offshore Shipbuilding since October 19
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on January 15, 1983The Engineering Department of the State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y., recently held the dedication of its newly constructed ship model basin. Prof. Jose Femenia, chairman of the college's engineering department, announced that its availability adds ano
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on January 15, 1983A $1.87-million contract from the U.S. Navy for lease of two shipyard gantry cranes has been awarded to the Clyde Division of the Koehring Group of AMCA International Corporation, according to an announcement by Koehring. The cranes, which are of a new design, designated by Clyde as the Mo
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on January 15, 1983Acadian Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of Apex Resources — an affiliate of the Berger Group, Lake Success, N.Y.—has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the purchase and reconstruction of the 17,525-dwt RO/RO vessel Atlantic Bear. MarAd has conditionally agreed to sell the rol
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on January 15, 1983Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently announced three senior management appointments in its recently established marine construction organization. Niland B. Mortimer has been named vice president, manufacturing, for Dravo Marine Equipment Company. Previously vice president, sales,
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on January 15, 1983A new 12-page full-color brochure has been made available by Skuld of Oslo, Norway, outlining the many insurance advantages offered by Skuld including their system based on the principal of mutuality. Through this association, liability is shared between many thousands of member vessels thr
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on January 15, 1983Roderick K. Bowen has been promoted to manager, contract administration for Aeroquip Corporation's Industrial Division marine and military product lines. He will be-based at division headquarters in Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. Bowen assumes responsibility for contractual obligations with the Indust
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on January 15, 1983J.J. Henry Co., Inc. of New York City, one of the leading naval architects in the U.S., recently announced the appointment of Roger C. Ffooks of London as the company's European representative. J.J. Henry Co. has engaged for many years in the design of ships and systems for the transport of
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on January 15, 1983Elliot Company's Springfield, Ohio operation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, has been awarded a contract to supply a thruster to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass. The unit, which is the fourth Elliot White Gill Thruster contracted by Woods Hole Oceanogr
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on January 15, 1983Jerry Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the LEEVAC Corporation, Morgan City, La., announces the promotion of Terry P. Hardouin from controller to planning manager for the corporation. Mr. Hardouin replaces Alcide S. Mann who was named marketing manager for LEEVAC Marine Trans
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on January 15, 1983The Guided Missile Frigate Reid (FFG-30) was delivered on December 20, 1982, to the U.S. Navy by the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation five weeks ahead of contract schedule and below budget parameters, it was announced by L.M. Thorell, vice president and general man
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on January 15, 1983Paceco, Inc. of Gulfport, Miss., a subsidiary of the Fruehauf Corporation, recently delivered a railmounted Transtainer Crane of custom design to the U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminal — Sunny Point, located at Southport, N.C. The cantilevered gantry-type container stacking yard crane spans 11
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on January 15, 1983The Dravo Corporation's Neville Island Shipyard, Pa., recently launched a 195-foot by 35-foot covered hopper barge, W.B.L. 114 — one of two delivered by Dravo to C.G. Willis, Inc., of Paulsboro, N.J. Outfitted for both push and hawser towing, the barges are equipped with corrugated rolling co
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on January 15, 1983The bulk carrier Karnataka, owned by Mogul Line of Bombay, India, recently received major steel renewals involving approximately 370 tons of fabricated steel in four main areas, and modernization at Hongkong United Dockyards (HUD). The structure in the upper wing tanks was almost totally rene
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on January 15, 1983George Geiger, president of Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. recently announced that Rear Adm. William Thompson (USN-ret.) has joined Bay Shipbuilding as the corporation's representative in Washington, D.C. Admiral Thompson is a public relations consultant in the Washington, D.C., a