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on January 9, 1982Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. (LCE) of Charleston, S.C., recently announced the association of Charles G. Kosonen as a consulting engineer. Mr. Kosonen will provide technical expertise in the fields of performance monitoring, material condition assessment, engineering management, and mainten
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on January 9, 1982Lake Shore Electric Corporation recently introduced Start- Master (automatic engine controls) for Cummins engines. Designed for unwired engines, controls utilize ribbon cable with connectors between lights, switches, and printed circuit board. Wiring is therefore simplified, which provides
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on January 9, 1982Transamerica Delaval, Lawrenceville, N.J., has taken an important step to strengthen its position in the Southeast Asia energy markets with the establishment of an office in Singapore to be headed by Donald B. Reed, it was announced recently. The office is expected to be operational in Sept
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on January 9, 1982The Maritime Administration has approved an increase in the actual cost of a twin-screw tugboat owned by Beker Shipping Co. from $8,036,770 to $8,951,- 800.46. The maximum amount of MarAd's Title XI guarantee as a result of this change has been fixed at $7,832,000. The maximum guarantee pre
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on January 9, 1982The mobile offshore drilling unit Griffin- Alexander VII departed from its final outfitting location at Sabine Pass, Texas, recently and went to its first drilling site off the Louisiana coast in Vermillion Block Number 292 to drill for Shell Oil Company. The rig is the seventh Bethlehem Steel
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on January 9, 1982Great Southern Derrick Barge Company has taken delivery of a $3-million 80-ton floating crane to enhance their operations in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area. Mounted on a 125 by 52-foot barge built by Bergeron Industries, Inc., St. Bernard, La., the crane is a newly constructed Clyde model 24 Whirl
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on January 9, 1982The Federal Communications Commission recently issued a license to Waterway Communications System, Inc. (Watercom), Jeffersonville, Ind., for the construction and operation of an automated communications system serving the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers, and the Gulf Intracoastal Wa
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on January 9, 1982The Esso Mexico, the first of four 89,000-dwt f u e l - e f f i c i e nt t a n k e r s being built for Esso Tankers, Inc., Florham Park, N.J., at the Kaoshiung shipyard of China Shipbuilding Corporation, Taiwan, was delivered recently. The tanker was designed primarily to carry crude oil fro
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on January 9, 1982FMC Corporation's Marine and Rail Equipment Division, Portland, Ore., recently delivered the ice-strengthened barge Arctic Endeavor to Crowley Maritime Corporation. At Crowley Maritime's request, FMC accelerated its production schedule by 10 days, enabling Crowley to move the barge to the B
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on January 9, 1982Finn Olander, president and chief executive officer of Hempel's Marine Paints, Inc., New York, N.Y., recently announced the appointment of Jack E. Hickey as technical director of the company's U.S. operations. Hempel's Marine Paints, in expanding their operations in North America, have also
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on January 9, 1982September 30 - October 1, — New York, NY The New York Metropolitan Section of SNAME, in conjunction with T&R Panel 0-36 (Economic Analysis of Marine Transportation Systems), The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, will present from September 30th to October 1st a "Symposium
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on January 9, 1982Dome Petroleum Limited of Calgary, Alberta, BP Petroleum Development Limited, and London and Scottish Marine Oil p.l.c., both of London, England, announced recently that agreement has been reached for the sale to BP and LASMO of Dome's shareholding in companies which, via subsidiaries, hold
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on January 4, 1982The National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) recently hosted a workshop in San Diego for members of the Institute for Research and Engineering for Automation and P r o d u c t i v i t y in Shipbuilding (IREAPS) to" provide a detailed explanation of implementing prototype software fo
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on January 4, 1982David A. O'Neil, president of Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc., Essex, Conn., has announced the appointment of Charles W. Wilson to the post of vice president. Mr. Wilson will manage the downtown New York City office and will be Seaworthy's area technical representative. Mr. Wilson has over 3
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on January 4, 1982Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., delivered two new 101- foot all aluminum crewboats, the Pamela Ann and the Patricia Ann, to Command Marine, Inc. of Lafayette, La. Both were purchased from Halter's stock boat program and delivered to their owner within 21 days of contract signing. The
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on January 4, 1982A $7.8-million contract to supply two new marine hose systems, for use in loading tankers anchored to offshore terminals in the Gulf of Campeche, has been awarded to Uniroyal International of Oxford, Conn., by Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's national petroleum production company. It is the la
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on January 4, 1982The names of the principal officers of Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company, the company that has acquired the assets of Sun Ship, Inc., have been announced. Ned Marandino has been appointed president of Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company. Mr. Marandino was formerly president of the Ingalls Shi
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on January 4, 1982A m e r i c a n P r e s i d e n t Lines (APL), operator of the West Coast's largest fleet of trans- Pacific ships, recently dedicated its new $29-million Seattle, Wash, terminal. Mrs. Charles Royer, wife of the Seattle mayor, broke a champagne bottle against a $3-million crane to formally o
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on January 4, 1982Some 500 firms from more than 30 countries will take part in the SMM '82 maritime exhibition and convention to be held next fall at the Hamburg e x h i b i t i on grounds. Scheduled from September 28 through October 2, 1982, the 10th Exhibition Ship, Machinery, Marine Technology Internation
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on January 4, 1982The Ocean Pearl, newest addition to the San Diego tuna fleet, was christened recently at Campbell Industries. The tuna superseiner of 1,200-ton carrying capacity is similar to other seiners in the current Campbell series. The Ocean Pearl is owned by InterOcean Ships, Inc., a subsidiary of I