Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on May 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (Hudship) of Pascagoula, Miss., has announced the signing of two new contracts for pushboats to be delivered during 1980. A contract was signed with Cliff Spanier and Larry Gisclair of Clydesdale Corporation, Harvey, La., for construction of a 70-foot pushboat. The
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on May 1980B u t t e r w o r t h Systems, manufacturers of oil/water separators, tank cleaning equipment, underwater hull cleaning equipment, and high-pressure water-jetting equipment has announced the addition of two new models — the Butterworth® SFC 0.5 BW and the Butterworth SFC 27 oil/water separa
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on May 1980Adm. Lauren S. McCready, formerly head of the Engineering Department at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, and first head of the National Maritime Research Center, was the guest of honor at a recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects
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on May 1980McAllister Brothers, Inc., has acquired I n d e p e n d e n t Towing Company of Philadelphia, Pa., a major Delaware River tug operator, and will merge it into its organization. The announcement was made by Anthony J. McAllister Jr., president of the New York, N . Y . - b a s e d t o w i n g
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on May 1980Houston Offshore International, Inc., has a w a r d e d B e t h l e h em Steel Corporation's shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., a contract for construction of an offshore oil drilling rig. Announcement of the contract was made by Jerry E. Chiles, president of Houston Offshore, and David H. Kli
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on May 1980Bulletin Y-107 titled "Elliott Hydraulic Tube Puller" is available from Elliott Company, Jeannette, Pa., a division of Carrier Corporation. Designed for pulling V^-inch through 21/1-inch O.D. tubes from condensers and heat t r a n s f er units, the tube puller uses hydraulic pressure to fre
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on May 1980The U.S. Maritime Administration and Seatrain Shipbuilding Corporation have arranged for Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Norfolk, Va., to complete the barge portion of an oceangoing tug-barge unit that is scheduled to be placed in service this fall by Coordinated Caribbean Tra
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on May 1980Paceco, Inc. of Alameda, Calif., a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, recently delivered one 37-ton Portainer® crane and four 30-ton, rubber-tired Transtainer® cranes to Matson Terminals, Inc., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Calif. The new dockside crane and terminal cranes are part of a quan
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on May 1980The E.B.B. Company of Golden Meadow, La., recently took delivery of the crewboats Lady June and Lady Blackie from Balehi Marine, Inc., Lacombe, La. These 86-foot vessels, powered by Detroit Diesel engines, are two in a series of four servicing the Louisiana coast for owners Eugene Bagala and
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on May 1980Designers & Planners, Inc., was purchased recently by Seatech Industries, Inc. from Todd Shipyards Corporation. The new Board of Directors of the firm has named Feridun K. Serim, Wolfgang Reuter, and Monroe Levy as the new senior controlling officers. Mr. Serim becomes president and Mr. Reuter
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on May 1980The 17,703-dwt product carrier Pranedya Pratama, recently delivered to her owner, Sunhi Scorpa, Inc. of Liberia, was constructed at the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai Zosen, an affiliate of Hitachi Zosen. Pranedya Pratama is the first of two product carriers to be constructed at the Setoda Shipyar
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on May 1980Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Inc., a leading Northwest builder of commercial and military ships, has announced the new appointments of Kenneth L. Kesler as director of marketing and sales for the Southwest Region, and Charles A. Garman as director of marketing for the Northwest Region. Mr. K
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on May 1980D. John Nichols, president of Mississippi Marine Corp., Greenville, Miss., has announced the appointment of R. Monroe Barrett and Hugh Smith Jr. to executive posts in the firm. Mr. Barrett recently joined Mississippi Marine as manager of marketing and repair operations, while Mr. Smith has as
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on May 1980At a recent gathering at the Netherlands Club in New York, J.F.W. Neeb, managing director of Amsterdam Dry Dock, and T.A.S.T. C o r p o r a t i o n , the U.S. representatives for ADM, hosted members of the marine industry and described the modernization program being c a r r i e d out in Am
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on May 1980Halter Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently delivered the Russell A. Cheramie, third of four 110-foot supply/utility boats being built for C & E Boat Rental, Inc. of Galliano, La. The new vessel is now working out of Cameron, La., hauling supplies, potable water, and diesel fuel for C
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on May 1980The El Paso Company of Houston, Texas, has announced that George D. Carameros Jr., chairman, and Barry Hunsaker, president of El Paso LNG Company, a subsidiary, have elected to take early retirement to pursue other interests in the energy field. They will continue to be available as require
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on May 1980Two new workboats — the offshore utility vessel PBR-216 and the tug Stone Mountain — were completed recently by The Service Machine Group, Inc. of Morgan City, La. The PBR-216, built for PBR Offshore, Inc. also of Morgan City, has an overall length of 118 feet, beam of 26 feet, depth of 11.
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on May 1980A recent meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter, American Society of Naval Engineers, wras held at the Officers Club, U.S. Naval Base, Philadelphia, Pa. The t e c h n i c a l s e s s i o n was opened by meeting coordinator Lt. Comdr. C.E. Jones, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, who introduced C
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on May 1980As part of an extensive expansion program, the Governmentowned Sembawang Shipyard in S i n g a p o r e recently began construction of a new floating dock. Scheduled for completion by mid- 1981, the floating dock will be the largest in the East, and able to accommodate ships up to 150,000 de
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on May 1980The Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen, and Lady Cowen were present at the launching of the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Tobruk, at Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd.'s shipyard at Tomago, recently. Lady Cowen named and launched the $36-million amphibious heavy-lift ship during a tr