Maritime Reporter 1978 Articles
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on July 15, 1978Two leading tug firms in the United States, Moran Towing Corporation of New York, N.Y., and Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco, Calif., have announced the formation of Ocean Salvors Company (OSC), a joint venture, to provide marine salvage, oil pollution control, wreck removal an
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on July 15, 1978Northwest Marine Iron Works of Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $2.67-million contract by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of Japan for outfitting and testing of the Port of Portland's new drydock #4. The contract award made by IHI was announced by Jim Butler, vice president
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on July 15, 1978Marlin Drilling Co., Inc. has awarded Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard a contract for construction of a new independent leg jackup drilling rig. The new rig, to be named Marlin No. 14, is scheduled for delivery in August 1979, becoming Marlin's 10th offshore rig. In
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on July 15, 1978The Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, has approved increases in the actual costs of three ocean tug/ supply vessels financed with the aid of Title XI mortgage guarantees. The increases are the result of construction delays, additional escalati
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on July 1978Butterworth Systems Inc. (BSI) has appointed C.J. Hendry Co. of San Pedro, Calif., as their greater Los Angeles area distributor of tank-cleaning machines, hose, and accessories. A.J. Kelly, president of BSI, made the announcement at corporate headquarters in Florham Park, N.J. For almost 50
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on July 1978The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that construction planning is proceeding for a new super-class, self-unloading vessel to transport bulk cargoes on the Great Lakes. The new ship will be designed to carry three million tons of western coal annually for The Detr
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on July 1978Alco Power Inc., Auburn, N.Y., is offering a new four-color, 20- page brochure which describes their line of POWER BOSS diesel engines. The brochure, "The Alco POWER BOSS," details the company's five basic 6, 8, 12, 16 and 18- cylinder engines in a complete range of configurations. These ar
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on July 1978Kobelt has introduced another marine control head to their line of die-cast brass propulsion controls. The Model 2545, pneumatic, propulsion control head is fitted with twin levers for a twinengined vessel. Each lever controls both clutch and throttle on one engine. Also available is a Mode
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on July 1978The Suez Canal Authority is presently engaged on a two-phase development p r o j e c t which, if completed, will involve the expenditure of at least $1,200 million over the next six to seven years. Roughly half of this amount is to be financed from Egypt's reserves of foreign currency, and t
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on July 1978A musical salute to "Merchant Marine Heroes From the Past," and brief, dignified tributes to the merchant marine industry of the present were the highlights of the Port of New York-New Jersey National Maritime Day ceremonies held Monday, May 22, on the plaza of the World Trade Center, New Y
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on July 1978On June 4, a unique French hovercraft made its inaugural "flight" across the English Channel between Dover, England, and Calais, France. The vessel is powered by five marine gas turbines manufactured by the Avco Lycoming (Stratford, Conn.) Division. The craft, designated N500-2, was built b
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on July 1978In a reorganization of the Marketing Department of Butterworth Systems Inc., Florham Park, N.J., Kenneth J. Hatley has been appointed manager, Tank Cleaning Systems, and Thomas A. Grieb has been appointed sales manager. The reorganization was sparked by the company's introduction of the light
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on July 1978The NL Speed Log, which offers accurate and reliable speed and distance information to the vessel operator, is described in new literature offered by Simrad, Inc. Ideal as the speed sensor for integrated NAV Systems, the NL outputs in BCD and / or analog format speed, distance, tracking mod
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on July 1978The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Washington, D.C., has announced that 124 industrial plant facilities located along the navigable waterways of the United States during the fourth quarter of 1977, creating over 15,000 permanent job opportunities. Of the total, 97 facilities reported c
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on July 1978A new 20-page, fully illustrated catalog which describes in detail propellers and related items for trawlers, towboats, seagoing and harbor tugboats, etc., has been published by Coolidge Propellers, Michigan Wheel Division, Dana Corporation, Seattle, Wash. In addition to illustrating, descri
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on July 1978G.W. James Jr., president, T.L. James & Co., Inc., Ruston, La., has announced that his firm is in the process of forming a joint venture with Hollandshe Aanneming Maatshappij BV (HAM), Rijwijk, the Netherlands, for the purpose of entering the seagoing hopper dredging business. The venture p
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on July 1978Do you know how far it is from Boston, Mass., to Anchorage, Alaska? As the crow flies, it's approximately 2,925 nautical miles. By ship, via the Panama Canal, the distance is 7,312 miles. The 1978 edition of "Distances between United States Ports" gives the nautical distances between 700 U.
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on July 1978James L. Ketelsen, 47 years old, has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of Tenneco Inc. He will continue as president, a post he attained last year. He succeeds Wilton E. Scott, 65, who will retire from Tenneco management but remain on the board. Mr. Ketelsen joined a Tenneco
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on July 1978The April meeting of the Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers included a tour of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and a technical session at which the "External Effects Considerations in the Design of Floating Nuclear Power Plants" wer
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on July 1978Santa Fe International Corp., Orange, Calif., has announced plans to expand its ocean diving services with the establishment of a base in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the outfitting of four pipeline and construction vessels with deepwater saturation diving systems. E. L. Shannon Jr., San