Maritime Reporter 1977 Articles
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on October 1977Todd Shipyards Corporation and Santa Fe International Corp. jointly announced the award of a contract to Todd for the construction of the first self-propelled pipelaying reel ship. According to E.L. Shannon Jr., Santa Fe president, the vessel will cost approximately $28,000,000, including o
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on October 1977Thomas F. Robinson has been appointed assistant technical manager of the Central Technical Division of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Shipbuilding Department, A. Dudley Haff, technical manager, has announced. The Central Technical Division, which is located at the Sparrows Point (Md.) Shipya
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on October 1977Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., recently delivered to the United States Navy one of the world's largest warships, the nuclearpowered aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN69). With the Eisenhower, Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered 10 of the last 14 nuclear-
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on October 1977In recent months, there have been many press and industry reports to suggest a growing interest in LNG shipping, the reports being a mixture of favorable and unfavorable news for owners and operators of LNG carriers, but leaning toward a generally improved outlook for LNG shipping. This app
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on October 1977Elmer W. Curfman has been named superintendent of the marine department of The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, West Point, Va. 23181, succeeding the late Milton A. Paul. The announcement was made by Thomas G. Harris, vice president- woodlands of the corporation. Mr. Curfman will be in
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on October 1977Rudolph F. Matzer and Associates, internationally known firm of naval architects of Jacksonville, Fla., have designed another ro/ro-containership for Birdsall Shipping Company, Ltd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The Matzerdesigned vessel will be named the Tropic Jade and will feature satellite nav
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on October 1977Ocean Transport & Trading Limited has ordered three cargo liners from Scott Lithgow Limited at a cost of approximately $63 million. Work will start immediately on the ships, and they will be delivered during the second half of 1979 and the first quarter of 1980. Speaking about the contract,
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on September 15, 1977A Marine Discharge Control System that prevents the discharge of oily bilge water on inland waterways is described in a new illustrated brochure available from Keene Corporation's Fluid Handling Division. Features of the system include easy installation with simple piping, disposable filter
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on September 15, 1977Richard J. Daschbach of Walpole, N.H., and Great Falls, Va., was sworn in as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) August 29 in a public ceremony at Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Honorable Norma Holloway Johnson, a judge of the Superior Court of the District of
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on September 15, 1977Capt. James F. McNulty, U.S. Navy (ret.), has been appointed as Academic Dean at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, replacing the retiring Dean, Capt. Edward E. Conrad. Captain McNulty is a native of Lawrence, Mass., and is a 1953 graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He served at sea
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on September 15, 1977Pott Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Dwight W. Miller as vice president of Pott's Offshore Marine Services Division. This division is headquartered in New Orleans, La., and includes Gulf Mississippi Marine Corporation, DeFelice Marine Contractors, Inc., and Offshore Fleet,
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on September 15, 1977Robert W. Haack, chairman of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, confirmed that Goodwin Chase, chairman of the Renegotiation Board, had advised him—with respect to Mr. Chase's public allegation of overcharging by Lockheed on certain Navy shipbuilding contracts—that he "erred in the translation o
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on September 15, 1977The Department of Commerce has announced the award of a $271,508, eleven-month contract to Stanford Research Institute of Menlo Park, Calif., to compare the cost effectiveness of various marine firefighting programs. The Maritime Administration (MarAd) and the National Fire Prevention and C
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on September 15, 1977Norfolk Shipbuliding and Drydock Corporation (Norshipco), Norfolk, Va., has dedicated its new $5-million, 1,030-foot pier for general ship repair, marking completion of the initial phase of an expansion program expected to nearly double the yard's current 2,200 employment within four years.
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on September 15, 1977The 1977-78 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships maintains the format initiated in the previous edition. In addition, a new section of ship silhouettes and a worldwide pennant list of major surface ships have been added to assist recognition. With complete revision of all data and well over 1,2
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on September 15, 1977Richard W. Fetzner, president of Sun Transport, Inc., has been named president of its parent, Sun Trading & Marine Transport, Inc. (S.T.M.T.), succeeding the late Fred E. Buchanan. S.T.M.T., an operating unit of Sun Company, located at 200 West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, Pa. 19087, is engaged
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on September 15, 1977Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, a major Japanese shipbuilding company, has received a license from TBSI Limited to construct rigidly connected tug-barge units, utilizing the patents owned by Tug Barge Systems Inc., New Orleans, La., it has been announced by Edmund L. Hukill, presi
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on September 15, 1977The Maritime Subsidy Board (MSB) has approved a design change for four 35,000-dwt tankers built for Zapata Tankers, Inc. The tankers, which were constructed by Todd Shipyards Corporation, San Pedro, Calif., are the Zapata Patriot, Zapata Ranger, Zapata Courier, and Zapata Rover. They were b
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on September 15, 1977The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) will hold its 66th Annual Convention at the Hotel Maria Isabel in Mexico City, October 23-27. According to executive vice president Richard L. Schultz, this 66th convention marks the first AAPA annual meeting to be held in a Latin American
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on September 15, 1977Capt. Alfred J. Tatman, USCG (ret.), has been named East Gulf representative for Bergeron Industries, Inc., William T. Bergeron, executive vice president, announced. Captain Tatman was graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine engineering