Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on April 15, 1980Jerry Russell, Foss Launch and Tug Company, was elected president of the Northwest Towboat Association at its recent Fourteenth Annual Membership Meeting in Seattle, Wash. Bill Wood, Marine Leasing Corporation, was elected vice president, and Don Lusk, Crowley Maritime Corporation, was elec
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on April 15, 1980A three-day International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO) will be held at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City, September 23, 24, 25, 1980. T h i s c o n f e r e n c e will examine those problems relating to navigation, weather forecasting and communications aspects. in the mari
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on April 15, 1980W. Brandt Brooksby and Richard L. Tavrow have been elected senior vice presidents of American President Lines, Ltd. (APL), it was announced recently. W.B. Seaton, president of APL, said that Mr. Brooksby will be responsible for the finance and administration areas, i n c l u d i ng the comp
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on April 15, 1980The Finnish owner Oy Gustav Paulig Ab has ordered a 45,200-dwt product tanker f r om Wartsila Turku Shipyards. Work will begin in late 1980, and the vessel will be delivered about a year later. The value of the order is about 140 million Finnish marks (approximately $35 million). The hull will
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on April 15, 1980Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ashland Oil, Inc., announced the signing of a $28.6-million contract to build a Levingston-designed Class 111-C jackup drilling rig f o r Dixilyn-Field of Houston, Texas. Delivery is set for Apr
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on April 15, 1980The Rodolf, a 48-foot surfaceeffect ship built by Bell-Halter, New Orleans, La., for the Portland (Oregon) District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has begun a Gulf and Atlantic Coast tour to demonstrate its operational and hydrographic surveying capabilities. As a result of the surfac
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on April 15, 1980A new bulletin, "Low Pressure Tubeaxial Fans," is now available f r om Industrial Air, Inc., Amelia, Ohio. Four fan models are illustrated and described. These include direct-drive or belt-driven fans with cast aluminum or steel fixed-pitch propellers. Adjustablepitch cast aluminum propeller
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on April 15, 1980A new marine services company, Steadfast Marine Consulting, Inc., has recently been formed. Headed by R.E. (Bob) Kutzleb, formerly of Seaward, Inc., Steadfast provides underwater search expertise to customers on a worldwide basis. The Steadfast team has enjoyed an enviable success rate duri
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on April 15, 1980The quarterly meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Southern New England Section, was held recently at the U.S. Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Chairman Capt. Don Kern, USN (ret.), presided over the meeting. Lt. Comdr. Michael Goodwin, USCG, presented a discussion accompanied
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on April 15, 1980Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City, La., has contracted to deliver two additional passenger ferries to Turista Margarita of Porta La Cruz, Venezuela. A similar vessel was previously purchased from Swiftships and is now in operation from the Venezuelan mainland to the coastal islands of Santa Mar
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on April 15, 1980The Marine Repair Division of Zidell Explorations, Inc., was the successful bidder for the extensive repair and refitting of the seagoing hopper dredge Biddle, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The dredge contract involves one of the largest repair jobs ever bid by Zidell. Charl
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on April 15, 1980Dr. William B. Morgan, ship hydrodynamicist and international authority on the theory and design of all types of propellers, cavitation, and propeller noise, has been named Associate Technical Director for Ship Performance, and Head of the Ship Performance Department of the David W. Taylor
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on April 15, 1980The New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fifth meeting of the 1979-80 program year recently at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Over 90 members and guests were in attendance, including a large contingent of cadets fro
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on April 15, 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., recently delivered the 180-foot supply vessel Lillian Pelham to her owners Pelham Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, La. The all-steel supply boat carries 3,600 cubic feet of dry bulk mud in four Smatco vertical tanks and 73,000 gallons of liquid mud in two
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on April 15, 1980Howard H. Scott, president of Bird-Johnson Company, has been elected chairman of the board of directors and continues as chief e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r . He replaces Frederick K. Becker, who is retiring. The board also announced the promotion of Charles A. Orem from executive vice pre
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on April 15, 1980The Carl V i n s o n (CVN-70), third Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched recently during c e r e m o n i e s at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Not only was the launch a major step in the U.S. Navy's shipbuilding program, but also Carl Vinson is the first liv
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on April 15, 1980Literature is now available describing three new Doppler speed logs that use b o t t o m - r e f l e c t ed sound to provide accurate speed data from 0.01 knot to 40 knots, from Raytheon Marine Company. The Raytheon Doppler systems track the bottom to depths of 1,000 feet using acoustic beam
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on April 15, 1980The Starward, the second 122-foot combination boat built by MARCO Seattle for owners Henry and Cory Swasand and Borge Mannes, was christened recently. Dian Swasand, wife of skipper/owner Cory Swasand, performed the champagne honors in ceremonies on the Seattle (Wash.) Ship Canal. The Starward
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on April 15, 1980Seaward International, Inc. of Falls Church, Va., recently announced the promotion of Gus Ruetenik to the position of environmental products manager. In his new capacity, Mr. Ruetenik will have overall business responsibility for Seaward International's environmental products. These respons
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on April 15, 1980Hillman Barge & Construction Company of Brownsville, Pa., has announced the launching of the 400th barge the company has built for the Crounse Corporation of Paducah, Ky. Like the first barge Hillman built for Crounse in 1964, this 195-foot by 35-foot by 11-foot coal barge was designed and