Short 1985 Articles
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on March 1985Thomas E. Moran, chairman and president of Moran Towing & Transportation Company, has announced that the board of directors has elected two new vice presidents, Edmond J. Moran Jr. and W. Anthony Watt. Edmond Moran came to the company from States Marine Lines in 1971 to work in the sales depa
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on March 1985IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation's Marine Division, has been selected by CONOCO, Inc. of Houston, on behalf of Geisum Oil Company of Cairo, to provide engineering and construction mangement services for the conversion of a VLCC into a floating production storage and offloadin
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on March 1985Henschel Corporation, a unit of General Signal, recently dedicated its new plant in Newburyport, Mass. The newly constructed facility combines office, design, research and development, and manufacturing spaces. Henschel's move to this new location in historic Newburyport follows 50 years of op
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on March 1985The Board of Directors of Frank L. Beier Radio, Inc., a New Orleans-based marine electronics sales and service firm, has announced the appointment of two new vice presidents and the promotion to management positions of three other employees. David C. Hackney has been named vice president of s
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on March 1985Moran Container Services Company, a subsidiary of Moran Towing and Transportation Company, Inc., has announced the expansion of its trade routes to Philadelphia and Baltimore. The company will load containers for this service in New York at the Global Marine Terminal, destined for Northern Shi
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on March 1985Myung-Won Sohn, formerly executive vice president of Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd., has been appointed president of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Company, responsible for the management of the world's largest shiprepair yard. He joined HHI in 1980 as senior vice president responsible for di
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on March 1985EPSCO, Incorporated of Westwood, Mass., has announced the receipt of an $877,435 follow-on order for the manufacture of its large Integrated Navigation Plotters (INP). The Model 4436 INP will be used on the U.S. Navy's new YP Class training vessels under construction at Peterson Builders fo
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on March 1985Carl R. Brown has been appointed to the newly created position of general manager for the Engineered Systems business unit of Uniroyal's Plastic Products Division, according to vice president and general manager A1 Weber. Mr. Brown will have direct responsibility for sales, marketing, and p
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on March 1985A new book on radar, "The Radar Book" by experienced mariners MaxH.CarpenterandSamuelM. Van Wyck, was published recently by Cornell Maritime Press of Centreville, Md. Both authors teach at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies in Linthincum, Md. The book provides instruc
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on March 1985Albert J. Herman, vice president of Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company, a subsidiary of Mobil Oil Corporation, has been elected chairman of the board of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) for a one-year term. A graduate of the State University of New York Maritime Coll
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on March 1985Following the recent appointment of Robert Smith as managing director, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd. (HUD) has announced executive management changes. Y.C. Chiu, who has been with HUD since 1950, has been appointed commercial manager of the dockyard. A naval architect and marine engineer,
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on March 1985Sperry has announced that it in tends to acquire the assets of Navidyne Corporation of Newport News. Va. Navidyne develops, sells, services, and operates marine electronic navigation and communications systems. The firm had 1983 sales of approximately $5 million. The Newport News company wil
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on March 1985Gary E. Hoglund has been appointed senior vice president-finance and administration for Dillingham Maritime. He previously served as vice president-finance for the Seattle-based Foss Launch & Tug Company, a Dillingham company. He has been with Foss since 1970. In his new position, Mr. Hoglu
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on March 1985The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded Sperry Corporation a $16.8-million contract to provide a new shipboard data system for the acquisition and processing of hydrographic information by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The system, know as the Shipboard Data
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on March 1985A new towing company featuring the coordinated efforts of four independent tug operators serving the Great Lakes has been formed, according to an announcement by Warren A. Jackman, a director of the Michigan-based Lakeswide Towing Group, Inc. The Group is said to be the only tug company on
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on March 1985Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wise., has been awarded a contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of two Torpedo Weapons Retriever (TWR) boats. The Wisconsin shipyard had previously been awarded in 1983 a Navy contract for eight vessels of this class. The T
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on March 1985M.D. Maddox, president of Colt Industries' Fairbanks Morse Engine Division in Beloit, Wise., has announced the appointment of Marshall L. Field Jr. as vice president, manufacturing. He will be responsible for all facets of the manufacturing functions including materials, manufacturing engine
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on March 1985Massport's Board recently awarded a $4-million contract to Trust Construction Corporation of Chelmsford, Mass., for construction of a new cruise ship terminal. The facility, to be called Harbor Gateway Terminal, will be located at the Boston Army Base in South Boston. Massport executive dire
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on March 1985Designed to facilitate the optimum mating of actuators and ball valves to meet specific requirements, PBM has announced the publication of its unique Reference Book, Section VII, describing "Performance Packages," the company's power-driven actuators coupled to their Adjust-O-Seal Ball Valve
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on March 1985Thomas A. Cuomo, group vice president of Drew Ameroid Marine, recently announced three executive appointments. Frank Catton has been named staff vice president, responsible for the development of new business opportunities in the worldwide marine industry. Robert K. Fleming has been appoin