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on November 1980The first meeting of the 1980- 81 season was held by the Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the National Naval Medical Center Officers' Club. The technical session featured a paper titled Potential Impact of Twenty Year Hindcast Wind and Wave Clima
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on November 1980James E. Smith, president and chief executive officer of T. Smith & Son, Inc., and New Orleans investor W.K. McWilliams Jr. announced recently that a private company owned by Mr. McWilliams, James R. MofTett, William A. Hines, John G. Amato, and their families, have agreed to purchase the New
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on November 1980Waterman Steamship Corporation has announced that it will open its own office at 921 Munsey Building in Baltimore. The new office will be staffed exclusively by Waterman personnel who will be responsible for all operational and sales activities. The change represents another important step
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on November 1980Donald L. Heim has been appointed development engineering manager for Rockwell International's Flow Control Division. D.W. Duffey, vice president, engineering and research, noted that Mr. Heim will be responsible for an engineering group that develops new valves and valve accessories. Mr. H
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on November 1980Carl M. Albero, senior vice president of Systems Engineering Associates Corporation, announces the promotion of Thomas J. Miklos to the position of general manager of the Tidewater Office. He will assume responsibilities previously held by, and will report directly to, Mr. Albero. Mr. Miklos
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on November 1980Keeping pace with facilities expansion at Tampa Shipyards Incorporated, Ralph F. Anselmi, president, recently announced two additions to the management team. William A. Miller has joined Tampa Ship as vice president-estimating and contracts, and Donald R. Coss is onboard as vice presidentopera
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on November 1980The Atlanta (SSN 712), shown above, the 31st nuclear-powered submarine to be built by Newport News Shipbuilding, was launched during recent ceremonies at the shipyard. U.S. Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia was the principal speaker. His wife, Colleen, was the ship's sponsor. Other participants were
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on November 1980Halter Marine, Inc. recently completed a five-vessel contract with Pelham Marine, Inc., New Orleans, with the delivery of three supply boats within 33 days of each other. Two 163 by 38-foot supply boats, the Edith Pelham and Sydney Pelham, were delivered within four days of each other, with th
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on October 15, 1980Richard A. Cadv has prepared a new comprehensive reference and guide for marine surveyors, owner's representatives, ship repairers, underwriters, admiralty attorneys and others concerned with marine damage and condition surveys of seagoing vessels, barges, tugs, yachts, dredges, offshore st
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on October 15, 1980Two 297-foot double-skin rake tank barges specifically designed for asphalt service by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) have been delivered to National Marine Service, Inc. of St. Louis. Each barge has a total capacity of approximately 29,000 barrels or 1,218,000 gallons. For asphalt serv
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on October 15, 1980James B. Travis & Company, Inc., Gautier, Miss., has been appointed Gulf Coast sales representative for Adrick Cooling Corporation, according to Richard C. Vassallo, Adrick president. Adrick Cooling is a leading supplier of marine air-conditioning machinery, self-contained units, refrigerat
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on October 15, 1980A new, moderate-cost system for obtaining continuous-output, up-to-the-minute weather information from weather satellites covering most of the Western Hemisphere and other parts of the world, "Earth Station W," 46 was introduced to commercial marine interests at the recent 1980 Fish Expo i
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on October 15, 1980The recent keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., initiated construction on a third 37,500-dwt product carrier being built by NASSCO for Union Oil Company of California. George Stiehl, manager of new construction, Union Oil Company, stru
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on October 15, 1980Dravo S t e e l S h i p Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered the M/V Boone to Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company for use at its East Bend Station, a coal and lime facility located on the Ohio River near Rabbit Hash, Ky. The Boone is a 60 by 22 by 7.5- foot towboat equipped wit
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on October 15, 1980George Gregory, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Products Research and Chemical C o r p o r a t i o n (PRC), Glendale, Calif., has announced that Dean M. Willard is elected president and chief operating officer. Mr. Willard, who had been senior executive vice president of
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on October 15, 1980The "Sea-Shed" is a king-sized, open-top, multipurpose container which forms the "heart" of an innovative marine transportation system. Designed primarily for the stowage of the large number of commodities which comprise the neo-bulk cargo market, the Sea-Shed has been configured to a s s u
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on October 15, 1980Shearson River Barge Associates I, II, VI, and VII, New York, have applied to the Maritime Administration for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing the construction of 65 hopper barges for operation on the inland waterways of the United States. Twenty 200-foot barges are to be constructed
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on October 15, 1980The 50th barge built by Misener Industries, the El Coqui, was delivered recently to its owner, the Bacardi Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico. This launch marked a milestone for the Tampa-based barge construction firm. Misener was founded in August 1975, and according to president Richard E
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on October 15, 1980The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) received a "sizeable increase" in requests for the classification of ships and other marine structures during the first half of 1980, William N. Johnston, chairman and president, reported at the semiannual meeting of the Board of Managers held in New Yo
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on October 15, 1980James A. Skinner Jr. of Nashville, president of Herbert Materials, Inc., has been installed as board chairman of the National Waterways Conference. He was elected at the organization's recent annual meeting in Tulsa to succeed Lloyd E. Anderson, executive director of the Port of Portland (O