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on January 1978Luckenbach International Corporation of 21 East 66th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021, in conjunction with its associate, Lavino Shipping Company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., have been appointed agents for the Cuban fishing fleet in the United States. An agreement between the Cuban Gov
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on January 1978Inland Oil and Transport Company has named J.W. Huls as its new marketing manager-water transportation. The announcement was made by Herbert Wolkowitz, president of the St. Louis, Mo.- based barge line. Mr. Huls has over 15 years of intermodal transportation experience, most recently as tra
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on January 1978Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, has opened a new warehouse service center in Seattle, Wash., and has named M & K Sales Co., Seattle, as manufacturer's representative serving Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, Canada. Moffitt, a leading distributor of marine bearings, will esta
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on January 1978The Pascagoula Section of The American Society of Naval Engineers met recently at the TiKi Restaurant in Gautier, Miss., to hear a paper by Dr. Dean Rains of the Advanced Programs Group of Ingalls Shipbuilding. The paper discussed the Air Capable variants of the DD963-class ships and the us
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on January 1978The Propeller Club of the United States has announced its 43rd Harold Harding Annual Maritime Essay Contest for High School Students, and its Second National Maritime Essay Contest for College Students. Capt. Robert E. Hart, president of The Propeller Club Port of New York, stated that the
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on January 1978Contracts were signed on December 22, 1977, for the subsidized construction of a self-propelled, roll - on / roll - off (ro / ro) barge vessel at Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp., New York, N.Y. The negotiated fixed-price of the commercial vessel is $12,796,324. The vessel, which will have the c
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- Port Weller Dry Docks Awarded Contract To Build Self-Unloader For Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. page: 45
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on January 1978An order for a maximum Seaway-size selfunloading bulk carrier has been awarded to Port Weller Dry Docks by Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. This is the second order for almost identical vessels placed with Port Weller by Upper Lakes Shipping last year. The two ships, designated a
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- Crowley Environmental Services Named Exclusive Distributor For 40-Knot Pollution Control Vessel page: 44
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on January 1978High speed and versatility are the key features of a new all-purpose/spill response vessel. A fiberglass and balsa-core workboat, the Raider SRV-1034 measures 34 feet by 10 feet, providing abundant cargo-carrying capacity at speeds up to 40 knots. The vessel was designed for operation in open
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on January 1978The Gulf Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its Annual Winter Meeting in Houston, Texas, on Friday, February 10, 1978, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, according to information released by John Chivvis, West Area vice chairman. The meeting will bring togeth
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on January 1978William L. Lusk has joined Twin City Barge & Towing Co. as vice president and general manager of the company's Marine Group, John W. Lambert, president, announced. Twin City Barge's Marine Group includes all barge and towing activities. Mr. Lusk formerly was traffic manager for Cargo Carrie
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on January 1978The new Metridirectory™ readout console is offered by Metritape, Inc. (Concord, Mass.) for the centralized level readout of stored materials, including liquids, slurries and dry granular solids. The two types of Metridirectory, Types 1310 and 1320, display up to 10 or 20 tanks, respectively,
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on January 1978The Flagship Section, American Society of Naval Engineers met recently at the USCG Yard at Curtis Bay, Md. Approximately 100 members and guests enjoyed the social hour and dinner which was hosted by Capt. John Lobkovich, USCG, Commanding Officer of the yard. After dinner, Capt. Thomas Albee,
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on December 1977The Maritime Administration's Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert R. Casey has approved in principle the application by Union Mechling Corporation for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of 50 covered hopper barges and eight tank barges. The vessels are designed for transp
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on December 1977E.L. Shannon Jr., president of Santa Fe International Corp., Orange, Calif., has announced that development drilling has started in Thistle Field in Block 211/18 in the North Sea. Mr. Shannon said the first production well began drilling October 27, deepening a hole previously drilled to ab
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on December 1977Barney Evans, widely known as a PR specialist in the maritime field, recently took early retirement from Crowley Maritime Corporation and has opened his own public relations consulting firm at 215 Market Street, Suite 530, San Francisco, Calif. 94105. He served with the Crowley organization,
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on December 1977Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa. 19013, has formed a new department — New Construction Estimating, Budgeting & Cost Analysis — and appointed H. Peirce Brawner Jr. manager of the new department, reporting to the president. The new department will be responsible for providing a
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on December 1977The Honorary Consul for Norway, Georg K. Thestrup, has officially opened UNITOR Ships Service's new office and warehouse facilities in Port Jersey Industrial Center. The company's operations in the USA have increased substantially in the past few years, and the company realized the need to
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on December 1977Jean Fitzgerald, president of Tracor Marine, Inc., Port Everglades, Fla., has been elected president of the Southeast Shipyard Association. Tracor Marine, Inc. is a marine technical services organization which maintains an industrial shipyard and fleet of oceanographic research vessels. The
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on December 1977Robert J. Fortier has been appointed director-corporate advertising and marketing communications at Combustion Engineering, Inc., it was announced by William J. Connolly, corporate vice president, marketing and communications. Mr. Fortier formerly was manager of corporate advertising at C-E
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on December 1977Dr. Charles O. Heller, president of CADCOM, Inc., Annapolis, Md., has announced the appointment of F. William Helming as program director for CADCOM's Washington, D.C. office. In his new position Mr. Helming will have responsibility for sales and marketing, liaison with Government and comme