Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on October 1980United States Cruises, Inc. (USCI) of Seattle has applied to the Maritime Administration for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the reconstruction and conversion of the SS United States from a trans-Atlantic liner to a luxury cruise ship. (See cover story in September 15 issue of MR/E
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on October 1980Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America, has signed a contract with Japan's Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering, Ltd. for three combination liquid/dry bulk carrier vessels. The contract, valued at more than $80 million, calls for the first of t
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on October 1980N.E.I. Clarke Chapman Cranes Ltd. of the United Kingdom recently signed a license agreement with Paceco, Inc. of Alameda, Calif., the world's largest designer and builder of container-handling cranes. After operating several months under an ad hoc arrangement, the two companies signed the agr
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on October 1980The Louisiana (shown above), the 10th liquefied natural gas tanker to be built by General Dynamics in the past three years, was christened recently in ceremonies at the corporation's Quincy shipyard. Mrs. Dwight H. Seely Jr. of Houston, wife of the chairman and chief executive officer of Trun
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on October 1980The formation of Guarino & Cox, Inc., a consulting naval architectural marine design firm, was announced recently in New Orleans by its two principals, Salvadore J. Guarino and Gregory Cox, both formerly with Halter Marine, Inc. Mr. Guarino, president of the new company, said the firm has the
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on October 1980The Norfolk Naval Shipyard chapter of the Naval Civilian Administrators' Association awarded its NCAA Productivity Award to Capt. A. Kurzenhauser recently in recognition of his leadership in helping this shipyard lead all Navy yards in productivity achievements. "Norfolk Naval Shipyard (in Po
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on October 1980Garlock has developed a synthetic fiber for the manufacture of general service packings, according to an announcement by E.S. Kuhnen, vice president and general manager, Compression Packing Division, Garlock Inc. A synthetic organic polymer, the new fiber will provide a pure, non- asbestos
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on October 1980Maritel, Inc. has announced the commissioning of the first JUE- 15A Marisat Terminal. The unit, aboard the Chevron vessel George M. Keller, represents the first installation of the new "Third Generation" JUE-15A terminal from Japan Radio Company, Ltd. (JRC) of Tokyo. The JUE-15A design e v
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on October 1980new shipyard, Moss Point Marine, Inc., has opened on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and will specialize in the construction of barges, utility boats, and pushboats, according to John Dane III, president. The new facility, on the East Pascagoula River near Moss Point, Miss., occupies a 17- acre
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on October 1980EUROPEC II, to be held from October 21 to October 24, 1980 at Earls Court, London, England, will be the world's foremost event dealing with North Sea conditions, operations, and engineering challenges. Its impact on the future of North Sea operations — and similar activities in other offshor
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on October 1980In the shadow of the St. Louis Arch, Ingram Barge Company recently christened their new 9,000- bhp St. Louis Ship-built towboat, the M / V John M. Donnelly. The new vessel is named for John M. Donnelly, president of Ingram Barge and a director of Ingram Industries. He is presently chairman
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on September 15, 1980The motor vessel Conti-Karla, fourth of six towboats under construction by Jeffboat, Incorporated for ContiCarriers and Terminals, Inc., was christened recently at the Navy Pier in Chicago. ContiCarriers and Terminals is a subsidiary of Continental Grain Company, with headquarters in Des Pl
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on September 15, 1980Private American shipyards have been invited to bid on the first Lwo Maritime Prepositioning Ships, a new class of cargo vessels designed to provide standby logistic support for the rapid deployment of United States Marines around the world. The invitation was extended by the Maritime Admin
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on September 15, 1980The keel was laid recently for the first of four 6,000-bhp Friendship Class pushboats being manufactured by Dravo Corporation's Engineering Works Division for the People's Republic of China. The vessel will measure 45.7 meters by 12.8 meters by 3.5 meters (150 feet by 42 feet by l i y 2 feet
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on September 15, 1980Michigan Wheel Division, Dana Corporation, recently announced that it will now market a line of bow thrusters under the trade name of Michigan-Jastram. This exclusive arrangement applies to the United States, Canada, and Mexico. According to Chuck Dykstra, director of marketing of Michigan
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on September 15, 1980Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Wash., has been awarded a contract to construct nine 270- foot, medium-endurance cutters for the United States Coast Guard. Original contract price for the cutters is $378 million; however, with the escalation factor b u i l t into the contract price, ke
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on September 15, 1980CDI Marine Company announces the recent award of two major contracts to supply design services to the U.S. Navy. The first is a $1.3-million, one-year contract to provide design and engineering support for Navy surface ships to Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Fla. CDI Marine has b
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on September 15, 1980Orders were placed recently for the first four of a new generation of coal-burning ships. Two 75,000-dwt coal-fired bulk carriers have been ordered by Bulkships Ltd., the ship-owning arm of Australia's Thomas Nationwide Transport Group, from the Monfalcone Division of Italy's Italcantieri S
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on September 15, 1980A new study by the Maritime Administration e s t i m a t e s that c o n s t r u c t i o n c o s t s to increase deepwater cargo-handling facilities at American ports will exceed $5 billion in this decade. Growth of the nation's waterborne commerce, the report says, will require construction
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on September 15, 1980Ferrous Corporation, manufacturer of combustion catalysts for marine diesels and boilers, has recently prepared a brochure explaining the factors that affect combustion performance, and how to achieve maximum efficiency. The full-color, six-page brochure explains the causes of poor fuel eco