Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on February 1980Am-Can Transportation, Inc. recently announced the introduction of a new tug-barge service to Great Lakes shippers. With the tug-barge, Am-Can will provide service to both line haul and to side port shippers, concentrating on fast, reliable service to small shippers presently operating from re
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on February 1980Curtis Bay Towing Company has announced two promotions to its executive staff. Effective January 1, 1980, Malcolm W. MacLeod, executive vice president, has been elected president and chief executive officer of the firm. He succeeds Capt. Frank J. Hughes who has served in that position since 1
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on February 1980Valmet Shipbuilding of Finland recentlydelivered the second unit of its winter trawler series intended to improve the catches in the northern Baltic during the midwinter season. The M S Julanta (shown above) built for Henry, Ronald, Jorgen and Nils Holmstrom of Lovisa, Finland, follows the M/S
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on February 1980Three appointments to key staff positions were recently announced by Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. (MGA), prominent San Francisco, Calif., firm of naval architects and marine engineers. Henry Berk has been appointed chief electrical engineer. Robert K. Richardson has been appointed s e
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on February 1980Rising fuel costs, highway congestion and the growth of trailer traffic across the Niagara River border have created an opening for trans-lake ferry service between Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Rochester, N.Y., according to a recent study commissioned by the U.S. Maritime Administration (M
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on February 1980Robert E. O'Brien, president and chief executive officer of Moore McCormack Lines, Incorporated, has announced the appointment of Michael E. Millard as deputy m a n a g i n g d i r e c t o r, Moore McCormack Lines S.A. (PTY) Ltd., effective January 1, 1980. With headquarters in Johannesburg
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on February 1980Election of G. Graham Whipple to the position of group vice president was announced recently by Lawrence O. Kitchen, president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Corporation. Mr. Kitchen said Mr. Whipple, formerly president of Lockheed S h i p b u i l d i n g and Construction Company (
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on February 1980Edward J. Murphy has been elected senior vice president of Coscol Petroleum Corporation and Coscol Marine Corporation, units of The Coastal Corporation, Houston, Texas. In his new c a p a c i t y , Mr. Murphy reports to Peter J.R. Hunter, Coastal senior vice president, and is responsible fo
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on February 1980Gulf Coast R e f r i g e r a t i o n and Motor Service, Inc. of Houma, La., recently signed the largest contract in its history to install heating and air-conditioning systems in the seven catamaran-style tugs (CATUGS) under construction by Halter Marine, Inc. George Arceneaux, vice president
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on February 1980The 17,706-dwt product carrier Pertamina 1021 was recently delivered to her owner, Scorpa Pranedya Navigation, Inc. of Liberia. The ship was constructed at the Hiroshima Works (Innoshima) of Hitachi Zosen. The Pertamina 1021 is the second of two product carriers of the same type to be construc
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on February 1980G a l l e o n S h i p p i n g Corporation has announced a major expansion of its liner service with the recent sailing from the Philippines to Los Angeles, Calif., of the M/S Galleon Topaz, the first of nine multipurpose ships newly acquired by the Philippineflag carrier. Three ships following
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on February 1980The second "Inter Island Shipping" conference and exhibition will be held in Manila, Philippines, March 11-14, 1980, following its successful launch in Singapore as part of "Marintec Asia 79" in June 1979. The "Inter Island Shipping" series is a planned five-year United Nations ESCAP program t
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on February 1980Crescent Towing & Salvage Co., Inc., recently announced establishment of an Alabama Division to provide complete harbor towing services for the Port of Mobile. James E. Smith, president of the New Orleans, La.-based firm, said two of his company's newest tugs, the 2,400-hp Marion Smith and th
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on February 1980The number of so-called remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in use today has increased 1,000 percent in the past five years, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Today about 180 ROVs are in use or being built around the world, mainly for the oil
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on February 1980Parker Towing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 72, 1001 o 24th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35402, has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing 35 barges and four towboats. The vessels will be used on the inland and coastal waterways of the United States. The project includes 33 hopper barges, e
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on February 1980A.C. Brown, senior vice president of J.J. Henry Co., Inc., naval architects and marine engineers, recently announced the following p r o m o t i o n s in the J.J. Henry Company's Moorestown, N.J., office. Robert B. McFadden has been appointed chief engineer and director of the Mechanical Des
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on February 1980Luther Blount, p r e s i d e n t of Blount Marine Corporation, has announced the delivery of the New Shoreham II, a new innovative, fuel-efficient cruise ship designed to carry 100 passengers. The vessel was constructed in six months, under U.S. Coast Guard specifications, for the American
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on January 15, 1980During the 1970s, the influence and importance of expanding oil supplies close to the major oil consuming nations has grown rapidly. Rising output from new p r o d u c i n g areas has increased the availability of shorthaul crude oil supplies, thereby displacing significant volumes of long-
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on January 15, 1980The following is a condensation of a technical study prepared by the engineering and research departments of Samson Ocean Systems, Inc., Shirley, Mass. The report analyzes and compares the performance characteristics of the traditional towing surge pendant utilizing heavy chain with those o
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on January 15, 1980A Norwegian company, MSCI, is marketing a new and revolutionary combined porthole/escape hatch as an extra source of security for vessel crew and passengers. J E T O B - T - 3 0 1 has been patented, and meets all classification requirements for safety at sea. It is approved by the Norwegian