Short 2014Edward Articles
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 15, 1977Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Co., Inc. announces the introduction of a line of FM facsimile recorders designed for use aboard ships or wherever facsimile graphics via FM circuits are desired. The recorders are available in both lO^-inch and 18-inch-wide versions. Both vers
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 15, 1977To strengthen its service capabilities to shipowners the world over, Hitachi Zosen has recently established a Ship Conversion Planning Department as part of the Administration Division of the Shipbuilding Headquarters. The new department began operations on April 1, 1977. The new department
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 15, 1977M. Bruce Meyer has been appointed regional vice president, Far East, for Dravo International, with responsibility for spearheading and coordinating Dravo Corporation's marketing activities in that area. J.J. Burke, formerly Dravo's regional marketing manager, Far East, will assist Mr. Meyer
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Dr. Gerald P . Francis has been appointed head of the Department of Engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. He has concurrently received the rank of captain, U.S. Maritime Service. A 1958 graduate of the University of Dayton, Captain Francis later earned a master'
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977A new Wager Photoelectric Smoke Indicator System, particularly suited to monitoring diesel and gas turbine emissions, detects and measures accurately the opacity of smoke exhaust with no interference to readings from ambient light. All readings are to within 2-percent accuracy on a scale of
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Fernando I. Duque, a port operations specialist, has been appointed director of projects by Rutland Maritime Management Corporation, 17 East 45 Street, New York, N.Y. 10017. Peter A. Holzer, president of the newly established through transportation consulting company, said Mr. Duque will be
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977The international World Fishing Exhibition, scheduled for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from August 31 to September 7, 1977, has already succeeded in attracting more than 100 exhibitors from 16 nations. The exhibition marks the first North American venue for this binennial trade show, inaug
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fourth meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Ramada Inn in Bethesda, Md. The subject of the meeting was a talk on the analysis of advanced naval vehicles. Presentation of the paper entitled "Advanced Nava
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Marine Management Systems, Inc., 300 Broad Street, Stamford, Conn. 06901, is developing a fully automated ship data system for the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) under a recently awarded $190,000 contract, it was announced recently. The announcement was made by Eugene D. Story, presid
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that a second symposium on propellers is being planned by Panel M-16 (Modernization of Propulsion Shaft System) of the Society's Technical and Research Program. The symposium is planned for either June 7 and 8, 1978, or June
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977William J. Klauberg, vice president- Eastern Division of United States Lines, has announced the appointment of Robert H. Splan as general manager-South Atlantic Region. He will be based at the Lines' office in Atlanta, Ga., and will report directly to the Division vice president in New York
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977The nation's most modern training facility for welders was recently opened at Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. The half-acre school, specifically designed for welding training, contains 140 stations, including two stations in a clean-room environment for training in nu
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Allen Zang has been named president of The American Ship Building Company's Nashville Bridge Company (Nabrico) Division, it was announced in Cleveland, Ohio, by Francis W. Theis, president and chief executive officer of the parent corporation. In his new position, Mr. Zang will direct Nabri
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Yasuhiko Kosa, director and general manager of the Hitachi Zosen Offshore Plant Division, has announced the receipt of an order from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to construct three floating pontoon jetties. Installation will begin in the autumn of
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Krupp Atlas Elektronik, Houston, Texas, has named Henry S. Woods III marine sales manager, South/Central, it was announced by Manfred Reimann, general manager. In his new post, Mr. Woods reports directly to Mr. Reimann in the Houston office. Mr. Woods will be responsible for sales of Krupp
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Hellenic Lines has placed an order for two 625-foot-long rollon/ roll-off vessels with Japan's Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. Hellenic also has an option for construction of two more roll-on ships at Sasebo. Each ship will have approximately 10,200 running feet of space and will be able t
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on May 1977Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan has announced the completion of a 2,820-metric-ton floating tanker berth to be installed at the terminus for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in Valdez, Alaska. The floating berth will be used for the No. 1 berth in Port Valdez, which is situated on the Gulf of Alaska a
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on April 15, 1977The Maryland Port Administration has moved its headquarters offices to the World Trade Center Baltimore. The move affects all MPA personnel and operations formerly centered in the seven-story office building at 19 South Charles Street, which has served as an interim headquarters for the ag
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on April 15, 1977Kenneth E. Sheehan, counsel to the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), was elected a vice president of ABS at the annual meeting of the Society's board of managers, held in New York, N.Y., on March 15. Mr. Sheehan, formerly associated with the law firm of Kirlin, Campbell, and Keating of New
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on April 15, 1977Robert L. Fagan has rejoined The Stanwick Corporation as director, Advanced Systems Development, it was announced by Tad Stanwick, president. In this new capacity, Mr. Fagan will coordinate the expansion of the company's systems engineering, logistic support and design services for commerci