Maritime Reporter 1980 Articles
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on January 15, 1980The seventh biennial Oil Spill Conference—sponsored jointly by the petroleum industry and the federal government—will be held March 2-5, 1981, at the Atlanta Hilton, Atlanta, Ga. More than 1,500 delegates and exhibitors from all over the world are expected to attend. One hundred fifteen tec
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on January 15, 1980New York State Commissioner of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n William C. Hennessy, New York City Commissioner of Ports and Terminals Susan Heilbron, and Port Authority Executive Director Peter C. Goldmark Jr. recently signed the final agreement for the $20- million Red Hook Container Terminal
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on January 15, 1980The Ship Structure Committee has available copies of three new reports. SSC-288, "The Effects of Varying Ship Hull Proportions and Hull Materials on Hull Flexibility, Bending and Vibratory Stresses," is an analytical study which considers four typical vessels—an ore carrier, a tanker, a con
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on January 15, 1980Edward C. Flint has been promoted to production manager of the Marine Construction Division of Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Ore. In his new position, Mr. Flint, who has 20 years of marine construction experience, will be responsible for all phases of Zidell barge construction, outfi
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on January 15, 1980John S. Hollett has joined Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division as marketing manager, bulk commodities, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, Jacksonville, Fla., senior vice president of the division. In his new position, Mr. Hollett is r e s p o n s i b l e f
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on January 15, 1980The Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore., r e c e n t ly launched the fourth in a series of four of the world's largest r o l l - o n / r o l l - o f f (ro/ro) barges. The 580-foot-long t r i p l e - d e ck trailer barge (shown above) was delivered in Decembe
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on January 15, 1980Davie Shipbuilding Limited of Lauzon, Quebec, Canada, announced r e c e n t l y that it has signed a $35-million Canadiandollar contract with Petrobras (Brazil's national petroleum company) for the construction of a 300-foot marine jackup drilling platform. The contract, signed in Rio de Ja
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on January 15, 1980The papers in full, discussions and authors' replies, c o v e r i ng proceedings of a three-day conference "North Sea Corrosion— What Have We Learnt," event No. 97 in the European Federation of Corrosion, organized by The Institute of Marine Engineers and The Institution of Corrosion Scienc
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on January 15, 1980McAllister Brothers, Inc. recently announced the merger into its organization of Baker-Whiteley Towing Co., one of the two major tug operators in the Port of Baltimore. The announcement was made by Anthony J. McAllister Jr., president of the New York, N.Y.-based towing and transportation co
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on January 15, 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., set another annual production record in 1979 by delivering 228 vessels. Six of the company's shipyards delivered 75 l a r g e commercial vessels, while Halter's three consumer product yards delivered 153 vessels. The 10th Halter facility furnished pre-
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on January 15, 1980The December '79 meeting of the Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Engineer's Club in Philadelphia, Pa., and was attended by 77 members and guests. The Section's past chairmen were honored, with 16 in attendance for the presentation
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on January 15, 1980Literature is now available describing the performance characteristics of the new Argina® T Oils 30 and 40 introduced by Shell Oil Company to meet the more severe performance requirements of newly d e v e l o p e d medium-speed trunk-type diesel engines used in deep-draft marine service. Di
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on January 15, 1980A new major shipyard, Euroasia, is to be formed in Hong Kong between the C.Y. Tung Group, Chung Wah and A & P Appledore International Ltd. on Tsing Yi Island. Euroasia will incorporate the ship repair business of the Overseas Shipyard Corporation, which has been successfully d o c k i ng v
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on January 15, 1980M i s s i s s i p p i Marine Towboat Corporation, a Greenville, Miss.- based company, designer builder of motor vessels and barges, has been commissioned by Dinko's Marine Service, Inc. of Aransas Pass, Texas, to build a second passenger/supply vessel for that firm. D. John Nichols, preside
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on January 15, 1980American Tankships Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans, La., has signed a final contract with National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., for the construction of five 37,500-dwt U.S.-flag (Jones Act) product carriers, it was announced rec
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on January 15, 1980Lips-Doran Company, a subsidiary of Lips Propeller Works of Drunen, the Netherlands, will establish one of its U.S. manufacturing and service facilities in Chesapeake, Va. Lips is one of the world's largest manufacturers of large monoblock propellers, controllable-pitch propellers and thrus
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on January 15, 1980The Federal Maritime Commission has prepared a Virgin Islands Trade Study. The report focuses upon both recent and anticipated ocean shipping developments in the trades between the U.S. Virgin Islands and the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, various Caribbean nations, Europe, and other trading p
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on January 15, 1980The Northern Leader, the third in a new series of 123-foot combination boats constructed by Marine Construction & Design Co. (MARCO), Seattle, Wash., was delivered recently. It is reported to be one of the most versatile fishing vessels for the North Pacific yet constructed by MARCO. Owners
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on January 15, 1980A maximum Seaway-size 34,- 000-dwt self-unloading bulk carrier incorporating a new hull design for reducing fuel consumption was christened at Port Weller Dry Docks in St. Catharines, Ontario, recently. The 730-foot ship was named Canadian Enterprise by Maureen McTeer, wife of Canada's Prim
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on January 15, 1980Two vessels now under construction for Bulkfleet Marine Corporation of Houston, Texas, at McDermott Shipyard-Morgan City (La.) Division are being custom-made for the future. Designed to burn heavy fuel oil, a fuel expected to be abundant when other fuels are scarce, the two 140-foot oceangoin