Maritime Reporter 1981 Articles
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on November 15, 1981The Port of Portland Commission, at its regular monthly meeting, approved an agreement that will give Portland representation in Europe — marking the first presence of the Port on that continent since the overseas representative program was initiated in 1972. European countries account for
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on November 15, 1981new oil recovery vessel was recently delivered to the owners, The Lake Committee, Lake Maracaibo, La Salina, Venezuela. Designed by Centrifugal Systems, Inc. of Houston, Texas, and built by Monark Boat Company, Monticello, Ark., the Marlimpia is a catamaran type, self-propelled, 28-ton alum
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on November 15, 1981General Ship Corporation of Boston, Mass., has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract in the amount of $11.8 million for the regular overhaul of USS Vulcan (AR-5). Under the new contract, Vulcan will arrive in the yard in January 1982 for an ll-1 / - month over- haul. General Ship is now complet
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on November 15, 1981A paper entitled "Chemical Waste Incinerator Ships — The Interagency Program to Develop a Capability in the United States" was presented at a recent Chesapeake Section of SNAME meeting held at the Washington Navy Yard Officer's Club. The paper's authors were Daniel Leubecker and Lissa Marti
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on November 15, 1981H u d s o n S h i p b u i l d e r s , Inc. (HUDSHIP) recently delivered the M / V Charles Haun to Parker Towing Company, Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Charles Haun is an 85-foot by 34-foot by 10-foot 6-inch twin screw towboat. The vessel is powered by twin Fairbanks Morse 38D8 Vs six-cylinde
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on November 15, 1981Worldwide orders for offshore mobile and fixed rigs for exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas have increased considerably during the 12 months ending in July 1981, according to a study just released by the Bremen Institute for Shipping Economics. At the beginning of July there w
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on November 15, 1981David A. Daniels has been appointed national sales manager for chemicals by M&T Chemicals Inc., Woodbridge, N.J. He will be responsible for all sales activities f o r the Plastic Additives, Industrial Chemicals and the Bio & Fine Chemicals Divisions. Mr. Daniels joined M&T in 1970 as a rese
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on November 15, 1981A fact-filled six-page brochure detailing the design features of the company's line of class 150 and class 300 end entry ball valves, reduced bore, was published recently by the Valve Division of Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Ore. In addition to a photograph of a typical valve, the b
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on November 15, 1981Bob Daniels, vice president, Marland Environmental Systems, Walworth, Wis., has announced that a new product bulletin on the firm's improved design of the Inverto®, oil/water separator is available. The Inverto bulletin describes the principles of operation and illustrates the flow pattern
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on November 15, 1981The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application by Wisconsin Barge Lines, Inc., Sunset Hills, Mo., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of one towboat and 68 barges. American Bridge, Ambridge, Pa., delivered 15 rake barges earlier this year and
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on November 15, 1981A 12-page full color brochure detailing the range of the company's marine diesel engines has been published by SACM of Mulhouse, France. The company is represented in the U.S. by F.W. Donnelly Company of Houston, Texas. SACM manufactures a range of diesel engines from 400hp through 8,000hp
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on November 15, 1981Westinghouse Credit Corporation and Seafirst Leasing Corporation, through a partnership arrangement, have provided the equity in the $28-million leveraged lease of four towboats and 81 river barges arranged f o r Dravo Corporation. WCC and Seafirst, respectively, provided 90 percent and 10 pe
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on November 15, 1981Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd. has signed its largest order to date: a $30-million contract f o r a ship conversion. The conversion, from a heavy ore bulk carrier to an offshore oil drilling ship, follows a similar conversion by HUD in 1975, and its total worth when completed will be $80 mill
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on November 15, 1981The City of Seward, Alaska, broke ground recently for the state's largest marine-oriented industrial development. "The Fourth of July Industrial Park, located across the head of Resurrection Bay from this picturesque community of 3,000 will be the site of a $60- million dock, shipyard, ship
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on November 15, 1981Marco Seattle has named Bob McMahon to the position of vice president and general manager of its shipyard division. The announcement was made recently by Marco p r e s i d e n t Peter G. Schmidt, who noted that the move was part of a program to bring greater autonomy to the shipyard divisio
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on November 15, 1981Sigma Treatment Systems, Inc., Chester Springs, Pa., is offering literature on a new addition to its line of marine pollution control equipment. The SH2 Oily Water Separator is U.S. Coast Guard certified and meets IMCO standards. D e s i g n e d with simplicity and minimum maintenance in min
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on November 15, 1981Built by Halter, the 166-foot Cameron Express (shown above) is operated by Offshore Express, Inc. of Houma, La., for Mesa Petroleum of Freeport, Texas. The first of three 166-foot liquid mud supply boats for the company, the Cameron Express is one of seven new vessels added or being added t
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on November 15, 1981These four frames capture the launch sequence of the Penrod 86, a class 82-SD-C self-elevating offshore jackup drilling platform built by Marathon Manufacturing Company, Houston, Texas. The shallow-draft c a n t i l e v er drilling unit was launched recently at Marathon's Gulf Marine Divisi
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on November 15, 1981As part of his participation in the bicentennial celebration of the Battle of Yorktown, Va., that ended the Revolutionary War, President Reagan authorized the start of hull construction on a new U.S. Navy cruiser to be named Yorktown (CG 48). In the upper photo, the President and Secretary
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on November 15, 1981Adm. Harold E. Shear was sworn-in recently as Administrator of the Maritime Administration by Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis. The former Commander of Allied Forces in Southern Europe is the first to head the agency since it was transferred to the Department of Transportation from the