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on November 1981Robert N. Stout, executive vice president, Midland Enterprises Inc., announced that Michael B. Donelan recently joined Midland's new subsidiary, Inland Water Propulsion Systems Inc., as sales manager. Mr. Donelan will be responsible for sales of the B&W Alpha Diesel propulsion systems. Midl
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on November 1981Veteran shipbuilding executive Gordon H. Fait Jr. of Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, has been elected chairman of the ship repair committee of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Washington, D.C. He said his committee, representing over 20 U.S. shipyards, will work with the Navy and private
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on November 1981Hitachi Zosen, Tokyo, Japan, recently announced the company had received an order from the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) of India to build a cantilever- type jackup offshore drilling rig. The 66- bv 61- by 7-meter rig (about 217 by 200 by 23 feet) is V. the second of its kind to be
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on November 1981Jack Wilskey, president of Mid- Coast Marine in Coos Bay, Ore., recently signed a contract to build a new Voith tractor tug for Willamette Tug & Barge, a division of Riedel International, Inc., Portland. The tug was designed by Nickum & Spaulding Associates, Inc. (N&SA), Seattle, Wash. This
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on November 1981Dome Petroleum Limited, Calgary, Canada, and NIC Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissho-Iwai Corp., Japan, announced the signing of an agreement for the sale of 2.6 million tons per year (400 million cubic feet per day) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to four Japanes
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on November 1981George W. Geyer has been appointed vice president of Resource Management and Administration of the Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Company (UPSCO). UPSCO's facility in Ontonagon, Mich., specializes in the construction of tugs, barges, drydocks, and ships or other steel fabrication work. Mr. G
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on November 1981Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Company licensee, Euroasia Shipyard Company Limited, Hong Kong, has signed a contract with Construction & Marine Services Company (S.A.K.), Kuwait, for construction of a Class 116-C self-elevating mobile offshore jackup drilling unit. Contract delivery date for
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on November 1981Capt. David Cunningham recently reported to the Coast Guard yard in Curtis Bay, Md. He will serve as the yard's manager of financial operations, a position which oversees the shipyard's fiscal, supply and procurement activities, as well as the ships' inventory control point. The latter is a
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on November 1981International Moorings & Marine, Inc. of New Iberia, La., has been awarded a contract by Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Company for an addition to its offshore compressor station at Eugene Island Block 188-B. The project involves the installation of a new 25,000-horsepower General Electric Tur
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on November 1981The name of the Baker-Whiteley Towing Company, which has been synonymous with the Port of Baltimore since 1878, was changed recently to that of its owners, McAllister Brothers, Inc. Another change will be the painting of their fleet to correspond with the well-known colors and stack insigni
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on November 1981The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has issued a call for papers for a symposium on ship costs and shipboard energy that the section will conduct in conjunction with T&R Panel 0-36 — Economic Analysis of Marine Transportation. The symposiu
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on November 1981Effective November 1, 1981, Nav-Com Incorporated, a marine electronics system company, has begun operations from its new headquarters in Deer Park, N.Y., according to the company's executive vice president Jack Provenzano. The new building provides a substantial increase in space and improved
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on November 1981Newfoundland Steamships Limited (NSL) recently announced that its ro ro containerships Cabot and Chimo are being modified to accommodate a total of 100 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) each of container space on their twice-weekly sailings to St. John's and Corner Brook, Newfoundland. The Ch
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on November 1981A package of full-color brochures and data sheets is available at no cost from Riverway Shipyard Co. of Grafton, 111. The booklets contain a complete description of all services available at Riverway and marine equipment manufactured by the yard. Full-color pictures and text cover new const
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on November 1981Daniel R. Rogers has been appointed marketing manager for the marine division of Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Ore. Thomas A. Sherwood, division manager, said Mr. Rogers brings to the newly created position more than 24 years of experience in the marine industry, primarily in sales a
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on November 1981The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application by Moore McCormack Lines, Inc., a subsidiary of Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., Stamford, Conn., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the reconditioning and reconstruction of the Mormacvega, Mormaclynx, Mormacargo
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on November 1981C. Randal Gardner, business manager for Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 234, was recently elected chairman of the Jacksonville, Fla., Port Authority by the seven-member governing body. He succeeds C. Herman Terry, whose term expired on September 30. Mr. Gardner has been a board member sinc
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on November 1981F.X. McNerney, director of the Maritime Administration's Central Region, has announced the appointment of Roy R. Moffett as central region ship operations officer, stationed in New Orleans, La. Until recently, Mr. Moffett had served as an operations research analyst in the region finance of
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on November 1981COMSAT will conduct a oneday seminar for maritime industry personnel on December 1 in New York City to provide current information on new developments in maritime satellite communications. Companies or o r g a n i z a t i o ns who wish to send representatives should notify in writing Hale M
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on November 1981Norcontrol has introduced Data- Bridge 7, a new advanced collision avoidance system which emphasizes operator/system communication while complying with recent demands from IMCO and the U.S. Coast Guard. Norcontrol reports the new system includes several features specifically designed to aid