Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on February 1980The De Laval Separator Company, well-known in the marine industry, will change its name to Alfa-Laval, Inc., and simultaneously move its corporate and industrial, food and dairy marketing headquarters to Ft. Lee, N.J., March 1, 1980. The name change, according to Kees Sonius, president, emp
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on February 1980IHI ( I s h i k a w a j i m a - H a r i ma Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.) recently received an order for a 22,000-dwt Fortune-type multipurpose dry cargo carrier from Paal Wilson & Co., A/S, Hop (Bergen), Norway, through intermediation of Arvid Bergvall Shipbroking A / S & Co., Oslo, Norway.
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on February 1980The ARCO Alaska, a 188,500- dwt San Diego-class tanker built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., was recently received by Arch Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Company. John M. Murphv, vice president for NASSCO Corporate Rela
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on February 1980Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, Maritime Administration, has announced the appointment of Gerard E. Neumann to the newly created post of Deputy Assistant Administrator for Maritime Aids (Finance). For the past seven years Mr. Neumann had been Directo
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on February 1980The appointment of Edmond J. Fitzgerald as Director, Office of Ship Financing Guarantees at the Maritime A d m i n i s t r a t i on (MarAd) has been announced by Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs. Mr. Fitzgerald will be responsible for administering Mar
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on February 1980The largest shiplift in the world recently began operations at the Tandanor, S.A., shipyard, Rio de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Syncrolift® shiplift platform is 185 meters long by 32 meters wide (about 607 feet by 105 feet), and has a lifting capacity of about 40,000 dwt. Complete
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on February 1980The superseiner Napoleon, first of a three-boat contract signed between Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Ocean Blazer, Inc. in July 1978, was turned over to her owners recently just before leaving Sturgeon Bay. To be operated under the Venezuelan f l a g by Venatun, Inc., t
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on February 1980Sun Transport, Inc., a division of Sun International, Inc., has contracted with Mangone Shipbuilding Company for a 245-foot 6-inch ( 7 4 - m e t e r s ) vessel designed s p e c i f i c a l l y as a Twin Screw Motor Tank Barge to work in Sun's Northeast coastal operations. The new vessel is t
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on February 1980Literature is available describing a new high-performance, single station level s w i t c h f r om GEMS designed to operate a remote alarm or indicator, or to control pumps or other equipment. Made of all PVC, including wire leads, the switch is ideal for use in chemical applications where
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on February 1980Richard F. Andino has been appointed vice president and general manager of Crowley Maritime Corporation's International Division, San Francisco, Calif., according to a recent announcement by Leo L. Collar, CMC executive vice president. The appointment was made as part of a reorganization wi
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on February 1980B&W Engineering and Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., recently signed a renewal of the license agreement enabling Mitsui to continue to manufacture Burmeister & Wain Low Speed Diesel Engines for another 0 decade. Mitsui has built B&W's Marine Diesel Engines in Japan since 1926
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on February 1980The annual m e e t i n g of the Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at Schrafft's Restaurant in the Quality Inn Colony 7 to elect officers for 1979-80 and to hear the paper entitled "Planning and Scheduling Hull Production Operations." The aut
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on February 1980The Pansio Shipyard of Valmet Shipbuilding, Finland, r e c e n t ly delivered four 440-kw (600-hp) pusher tugs which are intended to serve the two barge-carrying vessels M 'S Yulius Fuchik and M/S Tibor Szamuely in their Interlighter- trade between the Danube and destinations in Southeastern
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on February 1980MTU of North America, Inc., a subsidiary of MTU Friedrichshafen West Germany, and distributor of high-performance diesel engines, officially opened its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas, recently with a second facility in Morgan City, La. MTU of North America is an extension of MTU's
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on February 1980Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, recently received a sizable order for large-bore marine hose for unloading crude oil, from Fluor Ocean Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, who is the contractor for the project of the Louisiana O f f s h o r e Oil Port (LOOP). The contract will amount t
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on February 1980The use of aluminum alloy anodes to provide improved cathodic protection for offshore oil structures and vessels is the subject of a booklet available from Kaiser Chemicals. It offers corrosion engineers guidance on anode selection and essential factors in the design of a more efficient cat
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on February 1980Robert V. Jeck has been named president and chief executive of Worthington Pump, Inc., a Mc- Graw-Edison Company, it was announced recently. A graduate of Iowa State University, Mr. Jeck received his MBA degree from the Wharton Graduate School, and has participated in advanced management p
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on February 1980Richard J. Quegan has been appointed assistant general manager, fleet operations, in the Marine Department of Texaco Inc., it was announced recently by James A. Cole Jr., vice president in charge of the Marine Department. In his new assignment, Mr. Quegan will continue to be located in the
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on February 1980Santa Fe International Corp., Orange, Calif., announced that its semisubmersible d e r r i c k barge Choctaw I is being transferred from the Gulf of Mexico to the West Coast to install two proposed oil production platforms off California for Union Oil Company of California. Union is current
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on February 1980Saab Marine Electronics is offering a free technical brochure describing SUM-21, the first microwave operated level gauging system for tankers. The brochure contains complete details on the Saab SUM-21 performance features, including: No moving parts—Only the rugged antenna is mounted inside