Maritime Reporter 1978 Articles
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on July 1978Bergeron Marine, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bergeron Industries, Inc., has begun production at the company's new shipyard facility. The shipyard occupies a 40-acre site at the Port Bienville Industrial Park near Pearlington, Miss., and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Commenting on the
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on July 1978Bailey Refrigeration Co., Inc. of Brooklyn, N.Y., has engineered and installed refrigeration and heating systems aboard a modified SEABEE hopper barge for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. This 971/o-foot-long by 35-footwide barge has two complete and separate systems, one at either end. Each conditio
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on July 1978Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams has approved a six-month postponement of the scheduled shutdown of U.S. Loran-A radio navigation service in several major coastal areas. Loran (Long Range Navigation) is an electronic system using shore-based radio transmitters and shipboard receivers t
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on July 1978L. (Larry) Williams, manager of Caterpillar Tractor Co., Industrial Division Marketing Department since 1969, has been named manager of a newly expanded worldwide engine marketing organization which includes all sales, sales development, and service functions. Mr. Williams joined Caterpillar
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on July 1978Sidney D. Campbell, chairman of the board of Foss Launch & Tug Co., a division of Dillingham Maritime, has been chosen 1978 Maritime Man of the Year by the Puget Sound Maritime Press Association. The award was presented May 18 at the annual National Maritime Day Banquet, held at the Seattl
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on July 1978George Fenton has recently joined the Washington, D.C., division of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., in the capacity of senior staff engineer. Mr. Fenton started his shipbuilding career in 1951, when he enrolled in the Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Upon completi
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on July 1978Stow Manufacturing Co. has announced a new breakthrough in torque protection for nuclear power and other service valves. This new clutch has no pressure plates or other friction devices to go out of calibration or tolerance. It utilizes a unique series of ball and spring detents to achieve p
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on July 1978Hugh F. Munroe has been elected president and chief executive officer of Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc., according to an announcement made by the firm. Morris Guralnick, founder of the 31-year-old San Francisco, Calif.- based firm of naval architects and marine engineers, was elevated to
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on July 1978The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently held an all-day meeting at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., concerning various topics related to "Ship Maneuvering and Control." During the morning, a lowspeed ship maneuve
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on July 1978Red Fox Industries, New Iberia, La., has brought in three men to head its regional sewage treatment marketing efforts, according to Robert C. Fox. All three men have extensive backgrounds in marketing sewage treatment or related devices. Jean F. Boulin will manage Red Fox's East Coast Regio
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on July 1978Foster Wheeler Boiler Corporation, Livingston, N.J., is offering "Taming the Explosion Hazard," an article reprint from the Foster Wheeler organization's technical publication, "Heat Engineering." The article outlines the development of inert gas systems in blanketing hazardous cargoes, the
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on July 1978Capt. Julius D. Greene has been appointed deputy chief surveyor, National Cargo Bureau, Inc., Pacific Coast, succeeding Capt. Allan B. Currie, who has retired. Captain Greene's jurisdiction extends from Seattle, Wash., to San Diego, Calif., and also covers Hawaii, Guam and Alaska. Captain G
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on July 1978More than 200 guests representing over 35 American companies attended a special three-day-long Ship's Gear Exhibition in New York City, organized by The Export Council of Norway. Nine leading Norwegian suppliers of sophisticated ship's gear participated in the exhibition, which was held at the
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on July 1978Houston Offshore International, Inc. has ordered construction of an offshore oil drilling rig from Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas shipyard. Announcement of the contract was made by Jerry E. Chiles, president of Houston Offshore, and Barry Long, acting general manager of the yar
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on July 1978The Austral Pioneer, the first of two containerships being constructed for Farrell Lines Incorporated, was christened on June 9, at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point Yard, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Margaret McFarlane, wife of Duncan McFarlane, director of Thomas Borthwick & Sons, Ltd.
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on July 1978Dravo Corporation has announced the appointments of Jack Hird as Eastern sales manager, marine, and Richard Farringer as contract manager of marine repair for its Engineering Works Division. Mr. Hird, formerly manager of marine repair, joined Dravo in 1939. He has 30 years' experience in m
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on July 1978The following organization changes and personnel appointments have been announced by H.I. Goodman, president of Gulf Trading & Transportation (GT& T) Company, a division of Gulf Oil Corporation. Named vice presidents in GT& T's Pittsburgh, Pa., offices were David H. Bruce, international cr
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on July 1978Houston Natural Gas Corporation (HNG), Houston, Texas, has announced that the Marine Services Division of its wholly owned subsidiary Pott Industries Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., had purchased the remaining 50 percent interest in a previously held joint venture company, Gulf International Marine C
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on July 1978Two professional appointments to the staff of the vice president, Industrial and Community Relations, were announced by John F. Sullivan, president of Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine: Frank Kerr as manager of public and community relations, and Fred J. Kahrl as employee services admin
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on July 1978Northwest Marine Iron Works of Portland, Ore., has designed a unique propeller lifting carriage which results in significantly less man-hours in the installation of skewed propellers. Initial test for the carriage, which was built in conjunction with the Port of Portland, came during a recent