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on January 9, 1982Royal Viking Line, San Francisco, Calif., recently appointed John B. Richards vice president of marketing/planning, according to the cruise line's senior vice president of marketing, George Sotir. "In his newly established position, John will work closely with top management in setting mark
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on January 9, 1982A firm fixed-price contract for $7,937,936 has been awarded to the Louis Allis division of Litton Industries by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. The Milwaukee-based manufacturer of electric motors, solidstate motor drives, and power conversion equipment for industrial and nav
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on January 9, 1982Bestobell's level switch and flowmeter product lines have been consolidated into Armtec Industries, Inc., an established instrument m a n u f a c t u r e r headquartered in Manchester, N.H. Columbia Controls Company is no longer responsible for these Bestobell product lines. All orders are
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on January 9, 1982The offices for operations of the marine division of Reynolds Metals Company and its subsidiary, Caribbean Steamship Company, S.A., have been centered in a new location in Corpus Christi, Texas, it was announced recently. The move from the Petroleum Tower in the downtown area of Corpus Chri
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on January 9, 1982The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from American Commercial Lines, Inc., Houston, Texas, for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing or refinancing two towboats and 86 hopper barges. The vessels were built by Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., and deli
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on January 9, 1982Hellenic Lines Limited of Piraeus, Greece, officially christened its new 432-TEU containership, the CV Hellenic Cape, in a ceremony held recently in Singapore. The commissioning of the Hellenic Cape marks the completion of one important phase of Hellenic Lines' vast program of modernization
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on January 9, 1982The Maritime Administration recently opened its new Merchant Seaman Fire Training Center at Swanton, Ohio. It is intended to serve the eight-state Great Lakes mid-continent area, including inland waterways. This is the fourth such facility MarAd supports. The others are at Earle, N.J., Trea
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on January 9, 1982Peter J. Brix, president of Knappton Corporation, Portland, Ore., has been elected to the board of directors of Twin City Barge, Inc., South St. Paul, Minn., John W. Lambert, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, announced recently. Twin City Barge and Knappton Corporation last
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on January 9, 1982The Robert H. Wager Company, Inc., has introduced an extensive line of Wager deck drains, complementing t h e company's manufacture and marine supply of vent valves, boiler accessories, and both visual and photoelectric smoke monitors. New literature available free from Wager describes the
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on January 9, 1982Atlantic Container Line's British s h a r e h o l d e r , the Cunard Steam-Ship Company, reached agreement recently with British Shipbuilders to build a new ship at Swan Hunter Shipyard of Newcastle for delivery in the first half of 1984. The signing finalized plans for the fourth vessel in
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on January 9, 1982September 30 - October 2 Siloxi, Mississippi The American Society of Naval Engineers, in conjunction with the Ingalls Shipbuilding and Data Systems Divisions of Litton Industries and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, U.S. Navy, P a s c a g o u l a, Miss., are sponsori
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on January 9, 1982Three new tug/supply vessels were delivered recently to Gulf Fleet Marine Corp. of New Or- leans by Moss Point Marine, Inc., of Escatawpa, Miss. Gulf Fleet 56 and her sister vessels 57 and 58 are 186 feet long and have 40-foot beams and 11-foot depths. Delivery of the new vessels by Moss Po
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on January 9, 1982SHIP-trans-PORT Symposium Rotterdam, Netherlands Sept. 6-10 Sponsored by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and the Port of Rotterdam to celebrate the 50th anniversary of both organizations. Contact: MARIN, P.O. Box 1555, 3000 BN Rotterdam, Netherlands, Tel. (010) 114768; te
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on January 9, 1982George McLaughlin has been appointed to the management team of John Crane-Houdaille, assuming the position of vice president of marketing and sales, succeeding Robert J. Stark Jr., who officially retires at the end of 1982. Mr. McLaughlin was selected by John Crane-Houdaille on the basis o
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on January 9, 1982Halter Marine Inc. of New Orleans, La., has received an order from Petromar, Inc., of Rockport, Texas, to construct four new supply boats. The contract was signed by Halter president R.J. Shopf and Charley Hall of Halter's sales division, and by Charles LeBlanc of Petromar. The new vessels
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on January 9, 1982A newly revised 12-page bulletin has been published by the American Standard Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y. It includes complete descriptive information for five basic shell-andtube heat exchanger designs for chemical processing or general industrial use. The designs are primarily of
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on January 9, 1982The Crosby Group, Inc., Tulsa, Okla., a subsidiary of AmHoist, announced recently the addition of the series 70000 bottom-swiveling and series 80000 top-swiveling overhaul balls to the Crosby McKissick construction products line. The company has published product literature detailing both s
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on January 9, 1982Edwin J. Roland Jr., a naval architect and marine engineer, has been appointed vice president, technical, of Holland America Line, Stamford, Conn., parent company of Holland America Cruises. Prior to this appointment he was vice president of The Coastal Corporation of Houston, in charge of
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on January 9, 1982Jean Fitzgerald has been appointed vice president, government relations, at Hvide Shipping Incorporated and its affiliates. Prior to joining the Fort Lauderdale-based company, he served as the executive director of the Port Everglades Association. Mr. Fitzgerald was president of Tracor Mari
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on January 9, 1982LEEVAC Marine Transportation, a division of LEEVAC Corporation, has announced the appointment recently of Tom Stone as customer service representative. Based on LEEVAC Marine Transportation's concept of combining their customer service department with their sales department, Mr. Stone will