Maritime Reporter 1977 Articles
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on October 15, 1977The Hoosier State, a twin-screw 556-horsepower tug, was recently completed by R.E. Derecktor and Co., Dania, Fla., for the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. of Chicago, 111. Designed by S.L. Petchul, Inc., Naval Architect, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the Hoosier State is now in operation in south Florid
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on October 15, 1977Avondale Shipyards, Incorporated, New Orleans, La., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, recently launched the second of a series of four segregated ballast tankers for The Standard Oil Company (Ohio). The new ships will sail under charter to SPC Shipping, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of S
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on October 15, 1977James J. Reynolds, president of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS), Washington, D.C., has announced that a lawsuit has been filed by his organization, together with Chevron USA, Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company, Exxon Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, International Ocean Trans
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on October 15, 1977Three high-technology marine systems design companies and two major shipyards have agreed to work exclusively as a group to address the forthcoming Canadian Department of National Defence requirement for new patrol frigates and the associated export potential which will follow. At a meeting
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on October 15, 1977Although it is only recently that so much attention has been focused on the prospects for ro/ ro shipping, this type of handling has, in fact, been employed for a number of years on both shortsea and deepsea trades—and with every evidence of success. For example, the advantages of direct sh
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on October 15, 1977Bird-Johnson Company, 110 Norfolk Street, Walpole, Mass. 02081, a major U.S. supplier of marine propulsion equipment, has realigned its sales organization by appointing a new national sales manager and two regional managers. Ole H. Midttun has been appointed national sales manager of the Ma
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on October 15, 1977Senior Technical Advisor to the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington, D.C., Robert J. Lakey, has resigned from the Coast Guard to join the marine consulting, brokering and trading firm Helge Ringdal, Inc., 1100 Milam, Suite 2775, Houston, Texas 77002. Mr. Lakey, a native Texan, will head up Ringd
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on October 15, 1977Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd., Old Punt Road, Tomago, N.S.W., A u s t r a l i a , on September 17 launched a self-unloading cement carrier. Named for the owning company, the M/V Goliath was christened by Lady Patricia Somerset, wife of Sir Henry Somerset, C.B.E., chairman of Goliath Cement
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on October 15, 1977A new 20-page, four-color booklet from Union Carbide Corporation discusses the use of vinyl maintenance paints for protecting steel and other substrates from corrosion. The coatings described are one-package systems that can be formulated from solution vinyl resins to comply with current air
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on October 15, 1977Zapata Corporation, Zapata Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas 77001, has announced that its board of directors has elected four senior corporate executives to new posts. Zapata said that Ronald C. Lassiter and Michael R. Naess, who have been executive vice presidents and chief operating o
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on October 15, 1977President of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., Paul E. Atkinson, after 35 years of employment, has announced his intention to retire from the company at year end. To make the transfer of authority as smooth as possible, Mr. Atkinson submitted his immediate resignation. The bo
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on October 15, 1977Atlantic Sandblasting & Coatings, Inc. was recently awarded a sandblasting and coatings contract for a total of 14 ships by PEMEX and Sociedad Civil Seccion of Mexico. The first ship of a total of 14, the Plan de Guadalupe, arrived in Tampa, Fla., on August 29. Louis Preziosi, president of
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on October 15, 1977Sun Company, 100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, Pa. 19087, has announced that William B. Maling, president of a subsidiary, has been named vice president, business analysis, for the parent. Mr. Maling has been president and a director of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE), a wholly owned Se
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on October 15, 1977Dockside Machine and Ship Repair, 131 North Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, Calif. 90744, have been appointed Manufacturers Representatives in southern California for Burmeister & Wain Company of Copenhagen, Denmark. The announcement was made by Robert Strachan, vice president of Dockside. D
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on October 15, 1977The appointment of Edward G. Ogden as chief engineer has been announced by Bernard Delannoy, executive vice president of De- Long Corporation, 29 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006. DeLong is engaged in the design and construction of piers, docks, offshore terminals, pipelines, bridges, and oth
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on October 15, 1977William N. Johnston was elected president of the American Bureau Shipping at the semiannual meeting of the ABS board of managers held in New York City on September 20, Robert T. Young, chairman and president, announced. Mr. Young, who will remain chairman of the board of ABS, said that Mr.
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on October 15, 1977Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., on September 14, laid the keel of the first of three ultra large crude oil carriers (ULCCs), the largest merchant vessels ever to be constructed in this country. The giant ships, to be built in the new Commercial Yard's 1,600- foot dry
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on October 15, 1977Bethlehem Steel's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard has received a contract for construction of a Bethlehem-designed 250-foot matsupported jackup mobile offshore drilling platform. The rig will be built for Teledyne Movible Offshore Inc. of Lafayette, La., and will be capable of drilling to a depth
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on October 15, 1977James A. Farrell Jr., chairman of Farrell Lines Incorporated, is the 1977 recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award (AOTOS). At 76, and still active as chairman of his family-owned line, he has logged a full halfcentury of energetic pioneering service to the cause of Americanflag ship
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on October 15, 1977Raymond International of Delaware, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond International Inc., 2801 South Post Oak Road, P.O. Box 22718, Houston, Texas 77027, has been awarded a contract for over $11 million in conjunction with the expansion of the Port of Warri, Nigeria. Raymond will install