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on February 15, 1980RCA Global Communications, Inc., selected as coordinator by the People's Republic of China to conduct a marine satellite test program, recently announced the successful completion of the tests. The program, designed to evaluate China's use of the Marisat Satellite System, included a series of
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on February 15, 1980The Port of Portland (Ore.) Commission recently elected Joseph M. Edgar its president for 1980. Mr. Edgar has served on the commission since August 1973, and was president in 1977. Other officers for the nine-member board elected at the regular meeting were Alan Green Jr., vice president; Sam
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on February 15, 1980The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently announced the availability of the book "Aerospace Technology and the Marine Transport Industry." The hardbound book is the carefully edited result of a workshop-conference between the two disciplines, held in Williamsburg, Va., Dec
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on February 15, 1980Ten engineers of General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., delivered professional papers on submarine design and construction innovation at EB's recent fourth Annual Professional Honors Seminar. The audience at the honors seminar included a number of college engineering departme
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on February 15, 1980Megasystems, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that Seamatic II engine monitoring and control systems will be an integral part of the conversion of four VLCC supertankers to diesel operation for Mobil Shipping and Transportation Co., now underway in Japan via IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy
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on February 15, 1980Ocean Salvors Company of New York, N.Y., and Crescent Towing and Salvage Company, Inc. of New Orleans, La., have jointly announced the establishment of a Gulf Coast salvage station in New Orleans. Ocean Salvors, an expanding enterprise of two leading towing firms in the United States—Moran To
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on February 15, 1980The past five years in the history of Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., have been marked by construction of three new submarine tenders for the U.S. Navy and expansion of ship repair capabilities. Concurrent with construction of AS-39 Land-class submarine t e n d
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on February 15, 1980In early January, Marathon Manufacturing Company's Republic of Singapore yard delivered the first of two jackup rigs ordered by the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation. The People's Republic of China rig, Pohai VIII, was originally scheduled for delivery in March of this ye
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on February 15, 1980Joseph J. Krebs Jr. has been elected to serve as president of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (La.) for 1980. He succeeds Roy J. Gross, who served as the Board's first president from St. Bernard Parish. The Board also elected Leander N. Bubrig to the office of vice pre
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on February 15, 1980Conoco Inc., Houston, Texas, recently announced plans for a new type of drilling and production platform capable of operating in 2,000-foot waters, twice as deep as the previous record. The company expects the new platform to be operating in the North Sea in four years. The first unit could
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on February 15, 1980A hose safety breakaway coupling designed to avert the danger of broken hoses and reduce the risk of pollution, will be shown for the first time in the United States at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 1980. The hose safety breakaway coupling is a deliberately
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on February 15, 1980EPSCO has recently published literature d e s c r i b i n g the new model M18 radar, a compact, counter-mounted version of the pedestal-mounted M16. The M18 incorporates the features of the M16, while meeting the space requirements of a crowded bridge. Standard features of this 10-kw, 60-mi
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on February 15, 1980Jim Darby has been appointed Gulf Coast regional manager for Bird-Johnson Company, a leading manufacturer of marine propulsion and maneuvering systems. Mr. Darby will manage Bird- Johnson Company's Marine Division sales office located at 6430 Hillcroft, Suite 112E, Houston, Texas 77081. Si
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on February 15, 1980Entering the 1980s, it is hard to believe that it is now more than six years since the last "boom" in the big bulk carrier market was ended by the "Oil Crisis," and an abrupt change in the trading pattern of the combined fleet. For much of this period, operators of big bulk carriers—and by "bi
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on February 15, 1980The quarterly meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Southern New England Section, was held recently in New London, Conn. Capt. Don Kern, USN (ret.), chairman of the Section, presided over the meeting. The large-scale ocean transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet
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on February 15, 1980Swiftships, Inc. of Morgan City, La., has announced the completion of the Streljko, a 125-foot aluminum crew/supply boat. The new craft was built for and will be operated by Brodospas of Split, Yugoslavia. The Streljko has a beam of 23 feet and a depth of 10 feet. Her draft is 5 feet (loade
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on February 15, 1980Jackson Engineering and Drydock Co., Inc. (formerly Brewer Drydock) recently announced the appointment of Paul Reynolds as supervisor of the newly expanded blasting and coatings department. Mr. Reynolds was formerly associated with Hempel's Marine Paints, Inc. as plant manager and technical
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on February 15, 1980San Marcos Carrier Inc., Oakland, Calif., an affiliated company of the Oakland-based Domtar Gypsum America Inc., has announced that it has purchased the M/V Cabo San Lucas which, when converted, will be one of the world's largest oceangoing, self-unloading gypsum ore carriers. The ship is a
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on February 15, 1980Edwin D. Decker has been named vice president and general manager of Sperry Gyroscope, a unit of the Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation. Mr. Decker will succeed Robert L. Wendt, who was promoted to president of the division. Mr. Decker will be responsible for all activities of the unit,
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on February 15, 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. of New Orleans, La., has completed tests on a new automatic marine pipeline welding system. McDermott reports the system, under development since 1976, will increase the speed and quality with which large diameter pipe can be welded aboard marine lay barges. The