Maritime Reporter 1977 Articles
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on May 15, 1977At the recent annual board of directors meeting of Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, the following company officers were reelected: John L. Roper 2nd, chairman of the board; John L. Roper 3rd, president and chief executive officer; E.L. Pickler Jr., vice president; George W. Roper
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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
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on May 15, 1977The March 1977 meeting of the Pascagoula Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers was held at the Tiki Restaurant, Gautier, Miss. The cocktail hour was followed by a business meeting, which included a reading of the financial statement and adjustments in assignments for the president
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on May 15, 1977Young engineers, designers and researchers from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico received $9,500 in prizes recently at Windows on the World in New York. The formal dinner concluded the first biennial Henry R. Worthington North American Technical Awards Contest, sponsored by the Polytechnic Instit
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on May 15, 1977Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation (Norshipco), Norfolk, Va., has announced two multimillion-dollar projects for the firm's Berkley plant: Norshipco has signed a contract in excess of 15 million dollars with the Brazilian shipyard Ishikawajima do Brasil-Estaleiros S.A. (Ishibras)
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on May 15, 1977The Texaco Caribbean, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) of 269,800 deadweight tons, built for the fleet of Texaco Panama Inc. by IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.), was christened recently in ceremonies at the IHI shipyard in Kure, Japan. The vessel was delivered last mon
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on May 15, 1977George H. Manchester has joined Uniflite, Inc., fire-retardant fiberglass boat manufacturer h e a d q u a r t e r e d in Bellingham, Wash., as manager of commercial and military sales, according to Alva M. Hill, vice president of marketing. The company has a second plant in Swansboro, N.C.
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on May 15, 1977Alexander Industries, Inc. has been appointed exclusive sales agent for Camlock Flange Sales Corp. (C-L Couplings), covering the area of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama. The patented C-L Coupling represents a revolutionary break- |""H LITTON SYSTEMS Litton AUTOMATED MAR
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on May 15, 1977A new compact and low-priced Galbraith Pilot-Marine Solid State Salinity Indicating Panel designed to measure and monitor the amount of salt or chlorides dissolved in water is being marketed by Marine Electric RPD, Inc., 166 National Road, Edison, N.J. The GPM Salinity Indicating Panel inco
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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
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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
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on May 15, 1977The technical and economic feasibility of a floating methanol plant has been verified in a joint study by Continental Oil Company (Conoco), High Ridge Park, Stamford, Conn. 06904, and a Tokyo group of Mitsui companies consisting of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corporation, and Mitsu
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on May 1977At a recent meeting in Ottawa, Capt. G.L. Edwards presented a review of his experience in command of HMCS Algonquin, one of the four DDH-280-class gas turbine helicopter carrying destroyers which were commissioned in 1972-73. Some 60 members of the Eastern Canadian Section of The Society of
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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'
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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
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on May 1977Pacific Far East Line (PFEL) recently announced the appointment of Ronald C. Rasmus as new senior vice president to manage its New York office. Mr. Rasmus was former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Maritime Aids of the U.S. Maritime Administration. He was appointed to this post in May 19
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on May 1977F.X. McNerney, Director of the Maritime Administration's Central Region, announced that George T. Bornkessel has been named Region Port Development Officer in the Office of Port and Intermodal Development in New Orleans, La. In his new assignment, Mr. Bornkessel is responsible for initiatin
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on May 1977Nominations are being accepted for the second annual Rear Admiral Halert C. Shepheard Award for Achievement in Merchant Marine Safety. The award is given either for a single outstanding contribution to merchant marine safety, or for dedication to, and constructive participation in, activiti
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on May 1977Dome East Corporation, 325 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801, just completed design, engineering, fabrication and installation of the world's largest derrick enclosure. It is now in use aboard the R / V Deepsea Miner II sailing out of California. The structure is a 52-foot-diameter, 70- fo
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on May 1977The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its March meeting at Fraunces Tavern in lower New York City. The chairman, Arnold Stein, formally opened the meeting after an enjoyable social hour and dinner. Seated at the dais were Neil Reddy, Da