Maritime Reporter 1984 Articles
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on November 1984Richard J. Allen, formerly fiscal management director of McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company (MDTSCO), has been appointed director of the firm's new Washington (D.C.) Operations Division. He replaces Charles A. Jacobson, who was recently promoted to the position of acting director
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on November 1984The Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) recently awarded a contract to Giannotti & Associates International, Inc. (GAI) of Houston to conduct a feasibility study and provide a conceptual design for an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power plant that would be located along the East Coast
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on November 1984The Annual Banquet of the Alumni Association of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture will be held on Thursday, November 8, 1984, in the Ballroom of the Loews Warwick Hotel, 54th Street on the Avenue of the Americas, New York City. There will be reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at
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on November 1984The Maritime Administration has awarded $4,250,848 in contracts for 10 projects designed to improve the productivity of U.S. shipyards and to reduce the cost of building ships in the United States. All projects are part of the National Shipbuilding Research Program. Results will be shared
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on November 1984Veson Computer Systems of New York, N.Y., which specializes in the design and installation of computerized marine management systems, is offering a media folder that contains literature on the various specially developed shipping programs it has available. Included in the literature is an a
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on November 1984Andrew H. Greller and Rupert D. Belt have been promoted to new positions at Ashland Petroleum Company, the largest operating division of Ashland Oil, Inc., according to an announcement by Robert B. Keifer Jr., vice president, marine/surface transportation and facilities. Greller has been na
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on November 1984J.K. Irving, chairman and chief executive officer of Saint John Shipbuilding Limited, has announced the appointment of Gilbert J. Snyders as vice-president and general manager of the Shipbuilding Division. Mr. Snyders brings extensive experience in management to Saint John Shipbuilding. For
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on November 1984The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain (shown above) and Estaleiros Navales de Lisboa (Lisnave) of Portugal recently signed an agreement under which Lisnave will continue to provide technical support to ASRY until 1989. One of the world's largest and most experienced VLCC repa
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on November 1984Features of the remote mechanical valve actuator system (RMVA) manufactured by Teleflex Incorporated of King of Prussia, Pa., include design simplicity, cost effectiveness, high torque, high reliability, and easy installation. Approved by the Naval Sea Systems Command, the RMVA is flexible f
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on November 1984The Flexaust Company, the industry leader in ventilation ducting, announces a major improvement in its product line. Most hoses are now flame retardant and are recognized as having an Underwriter's Laboratories 94 V-0 flammability classification. By using a variety of constructions and mate
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on November 1984A General Motors Electro-Motive Division production marine drilling power unit, incorpo- rating the EMD 20-cylinder diesel engine, has successfully completed the Det norske Veritas (DnV) 15 degree permanent inclination test. The approval of DnV applies to EMD's complete line of 8, 12, 16 and 2
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on November 1984The Seacrest Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., is aware of the importance of a modern, efficient boat in the highly competitive lobstering business. In the past year, Seacrest determined that a new, more functional boat was needed to maintain its position near the forefront of the industry. Si
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on October 15, 1984The 66,800-dwt petroleum products carrier Urania Coulouthros (shown above) was delivered recently at the Tamamo Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company in Japan to Olympos Trading Corporation of Liberia. The Panamax tanker is equipped with a crude oil washing (COW) system to permi
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on October 15, 1984Rederi AB Slite of Gothland recently placed an order with Wartsila Turku Shipyards for a high-speed car/passenger ferry. The 36,400-grt vessel with accommodations for 2,500 passengers is a sister ship to the ferry ordered from the Turku yard by SF-Line in December last year. The Slite ferry
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on October 15, 1984Shuttle tanker loading has begun from Mobil's North Sea Statfjord "C" articulated loading platform (ALP)—a completely unmanned single point tanker mooring terminal. Remote control of ALP operations resides principally with the tanker as the telemeter command unit, although the production pla
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on October 15, 1984ASMAR, Chile's leading shipbuilder and repairer, recently completed repairs to the 14,160- grt Villarrica owned by Sociedad Naviera Ultragas S.A. of Chile. The vessel was dry-docked at the Talcahuano yard, where the 15-ton rudder was dismantled and repaired. This involved removing the complete
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on October 15, 1984Ronald L. Kuehn Jr., president and chief executive officer of Sonat Inc., announced that Hugh J. Morgan Jr. has been elected chairman and a director of Sonat Inc., and chairman of Southern Natural Gas Company, a Sonat subsidiary. Mr. Morgan is currently executive vice president of Sonat, cha
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on October 15, 1984The 41,600-dwt multipurpose cargo ship Hoegh Dyke (shown above) was completed recently by the Turku Shipyard of Oy Wartsila Ab in Finland. Ordered by the Norwegian shipowner Leif Hoegh & Company A/S of Oslo, the vessel is the third and last in a series intended to transport containers, heav
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on October 15, 1984With the recent addition of the 418-ton island house assembly, Newport News Shipbuilding completed the final construction superlift for the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN- 71). The 1,092-foot ship is coming together in time for her scheduled launching October 27 this year at the Newp
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on October 15, 1984Comsat TeleSystem, Inc. of Fairfax, Va., announced recently that John M. Pientka has been elected to the newly created position of vice president, Mobile Satellite Systems, and that B.L. (Pete) Brooks has been named vice president of the company's newly established Systems Support and Field In