Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on December 15, 1980Charles M. Aker, vice president and general manager of Omnithruster, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., a manufacturer of marine maneuvering and propulsion systems, has announced the signing of a representative's agreement with Marteco Ltd., S.A., Member of Marteco group of companies, based in Pira
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- Special And Unique Tugs page: 44
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on December 15, 1980Since opening in 1869, enlargement of the cross section of the Suez Canal has been carried out at frequent intervals such that the original cross section of 300 square meters for ships of up to 6.7 meters draft has increased to 1,800 square meters by 1963 when it could accommodate ships of
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on December 15, 1980Hitachi Zosen recently received an order for one semisubmersible offshore oil drilling rig from Penrod Drilling Company, a member of the Hunt Group of Companies. The rig is the first semisubmersible one to be ordered from Hitachi Zosen. An Enhanced Pacesetter type designed by Friede & Goldm
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on December 15, 1980Southern Marine Research, Inc. (SMR), manufacturers of commercial grade marine electronics, have recently introduced a single sideband radio that is within the price range of the average boater who ventures into offshore waters. The Sea Lab 6511, retailing at $649.95, allows the coastal boat
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on December 15, 1980Recent board action of Ryan- Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc., Mobile, Ala., elevated three management employees to corporate officers. Billy W. Parks was named vice president-engineering, and Ross K. Drake and Bernard H. Greene Jr. were named assistant vice presidents. Mr. Parks joined Rya
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on December 15, 1980National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., recently launched the 658-foot S S Blue' Ridge, the first of three 37,500-dwt product carriers that NASSCO is building for West Coast Shipping, a subsidiary of Union Oil Company of California. The Blue Ridge hull was const
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on December 15, 1980John R. Parmater has been named president of Bultema Dock & Dredge Company and LaCrosse Dredging Corporation. Both the Muskegon, Mich.-based firms are subsidiaries of The Canonie Companies, Inc. Mr. Parmater, a graduate of the University of Colorado holds a BSCE degree. Prior to this appoin
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on December 15, 1980A paper titled "Mini-OTEC Design and Testing" was presented by Dr. Roger L. Potash of Lockheed Ocean Systems at a meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in San Francisco recently. An OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) plant use
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on December 15, 1980General Dynamics' Quincy Shipbuilding Division recently received a contract, valued at approximately $15 million, from Coastwise Trading Company, Inc. of Delaware, for the construction of a 471-foot chemical carrier barge. The barge, which will transport paraxylene between the Gulf Coast an
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on December 15, 1980James R. Kelly, director of the Delaware River Port Authority's World Trade Division and a past president of the North Atlantic Ports Association, has been named to succeed executive director William W. Watkin Jr. as head of the bistate agency. Mr. Kelly will also assume the new title of pre
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on December 15, 1980John P. Ducich has joined Bultema Marine Transportation Inc. as director of operations. He will be responsible for costing, engineering repairs, schedules and sales, and will report directly to Stanley J. Andrie, president. Bultema Marine Transportation Inc., a subsidiary of The Canonie Com
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on December 15, 1980Worley Engineering has been awarded a contract for the conceptual design and detailed engineering of three new platforms to be installed on the Rough natural gas field off the Humber. British Gas plans to turn the field into a storage facility with gas being taken from the national gas tran
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on December 15, 1980The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at its 88th Annual Meeting, held on November 13, 1980 at the New York Hilton Hotel, elected John J. Nachtsheim as president. Mr. Nachtsheim, who is Assistant Administrator for Operations, U.S. Maritime Administration, will commence his tw
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on December 15, 1980The rebuilt 1,800-hp towboat M/V Glen- Karen (formerly the M/V Liberty Bell), shown above, was recently delivered by Riverway Shipyard Co. The M/V Glen-Karen went into the Riverway Harbor Service, St. Louis division of Riverway Co., as a Lock 26 turn boat. The M/V Glen-Karen is the first 1,80
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on December 15, 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP) of Pascagoula, Miss., recently delivered the utility ves- Lamnalco Merlin (shown above) to Lamnalco Ltd. of Kuwait. The new boat will join the fleet operated by Lamnalco, who operate their own vessels and manage vessels of other companies throughout the A
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on December 15, 1980An agreement for Southern Natural Resources, Inc. to purchase Interstate and Ocean Transport Company and its affiliated companies, which own and operate the largest U.S. independent fleet of coastal tank barges and tugs, has been signed by Southern Natural and IOT Corporation of Philadelphia,
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on December 15, 1980The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), an international ship c l a s s i f i c a t i on society, has published the 1980 edition of Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels for Service on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways. Many sections in the new edition contain revised data, the most s
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on December 15, 1980Paul I. Beining, president of CDI Marine Company of Jacksonville, Fla., has announced the appointment of Vincent J. Lieggi as San Diego office manager. In addition to the office management responsibilities he will be responsible for West Coast marketing activities. Mr. Lieggi graduated from
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on December 15, 1980Biospherics Incorporated, Rockville, Md., reported recently that it has received certification from the U.S. Coast Guard for its Oil Sentry®, oil-in-water monitoring instrument. Commenting on the announcement, Dr. Gilbert V. Levin, president of Biospherics, said: "This is a big step forward
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on December 15, 1980Exxon U.S.A.'s Marine Department recently announced plans for a $100-million program to modify five of its tankers. Newport New Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., will do the work, which is expected to be completed by mid-1981. The five tankers — the Exxon Baltimore, Exxon Boston, Exxon Ja