1976 Articles
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on June 15, 1976The expansion and modernization program being undertaken by the Brazilian shipbuilder Companhia Comercio e Navegacao, currently the world's fourth largest builder of "series" ships over 10,000 dwt, is now nearing completion. The program, which involves a total investment of approximately $2
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on June 15, 1976Shipco 2295, Inc. and Shipco 2296, Inc., 611 Wilmington Trust Building, 110 West 10th Street, Wilmington, Del. 19801, have filed applications for Title XI Federal Ship Financing Guarantees to aid in financing the construction of two (one for each applicant) 165,000-dwt segregated ballast ta
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on June 15, 1976Hoffert Marine, Inc., suppliers of merchant marine and naval vessel machinery, both new and rebuilt, now has an illustrated brochure available. The brochure contains photographs of various pumps, turbines and valves carried by Hoffert Marine. Hoffert Marine represents Westinghouse Turbine
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on April 1976A Continental Oil Company spokesman has announced the signing of a participation agreement with the British Government concerning oil production licenses in the North Sea and called the arrangement a "mutually beneficial one." Jack Reynolds, chairman of Continental Oil Company, Ltd., said the
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- R.T. Greene Forms New Marine Company page: 50
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on April 1976Raymond T. Greene has announced the formation of a new company to be known as Anchorage Marine Brokerage and Documentation, Incorporated, which will specialize in sale, purchase, and chartering of commercial vessels, and in the documentation and registry of vessels in foreign jurisdictions, a
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on April 1976Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan, recently delivered the 135,830-dwt ore carrier Amagisan Maru to its owners. The vessel was constructed at the company's Kobe Works on an order from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., and Baba-Daiko Steamship Co., Ltd. The vessel is the second carrier of a new t
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on April 1976COMSAT General Corporation recently announced an agreement with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) for the installation of a terminal to operate with the MARISAT satellite system on the S/S Arco Prudhoe Bay, a 70,000-ton, 525,000-barrel tanker commissioned at Bethlehem Shipyard in Baltimore, M
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on April 1976The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its February meeting at the Engineers' Club located in downtown Philadelphia. The meeting was attended by 65 members and guests. Following a social hour and dinner, S.T. Hudson, president, J.E. Brenneman Co.
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on April 1976The IMO Pump Division of DeLaval Turbine Inc. has just published a six-page illustrated bulletin on IMO fuel and lube pumps for use with gas turbines. The bulletin gives specification and performance parameters for fuel injection, fuel transfer and lube applications. IMO pumps can operate on b
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on April 1976Ralph P. Nolan Jr., chairman, San Diego Section, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, opened the February meeting in the traditional manner by asking all members and guests to introduce themselves. After an enjoyable social hour and dinner, Roger H. Compton of the U.S. Naval
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on April 1976The February Meeting of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held aboard the S.S. Princess Louise I. Thirty-five members and guests turned out for the occasion. The evening's speaker was Raymond E. Wallace, of Raymond E. Wallace S
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on April 1976Dr. John J. McMullen, chairman, has announced the appointment of Ronald F. McDevitt as president of Jefferson Electric Corporation, Merrin Electric Co., and Heat Exchanger Engineering, Inc. Mr. McDevitt was formerly general manager of all turbine operations in New York City and Westchester
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on April 1976Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has established an Office of Advertising & Publishing Relations, and named A.J. Rizzo director. In making the announcement, Harold P. Halter, president, Halter Marine Services, Inc., said the new office was created to consolidate and coordinat
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- Shipbuilders Council Elects Officers page: 43
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on April 1976At the 55th Annual Meeting of the Shipbuilders Council of America, four Regional vice presidents were elected, as follows: for the Atlantic Coast—P. Takis Veliotis, president and general manager, Quincy Shipbuilding Division, General Dynamics Corporation; for the Great Lakes—Thomas J. Defoe
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on April 1976Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) of Singapore has expanded its operations in the United States with the appointment of a U.S. representative. Lovie and Company, Inc. of Houston, spearheaded by Peter M. Lovie, has been selected by FELS as their technical and sales representative
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on April 1976The Salenergy I, an offshore mat-supported jackup drilling platform built for Salen Offshore Drilling Company of Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in Houston, Texas, was commissioned recently in Beaumont, Texas. It is the first Swedish oil rig ever to be owned by Swedish companies. The Salene
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on April 1976A new offshore crewboat, eighth in a series built for the same owner, has been delivered by Halter Marine Services, Inc., Chalmette (La.) Division, to Gray Mackenzie and Company, Ltd., Bahrain. The new vessel is the Grayflier, a 78-foot crewboat whose home port will be Dubai. It was built to
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on April 1976Francis A. Tubbs and Ray H. FitzGerald have been named vice presidents of Donhaiser Marine, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based engineering firm, according to John N. Donhaiser, president. Mr. Tubbs assumed the duties of vice president of engineering, and Mr. FitzGerald became vice president of co
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on April 1976Washington, D.C. has been selected as the world site for the 2nd International Symposium on Ship Operation Automation. It is expected that representatives of over 30 nations will attend the meeting to discuss advanced marine technology. Scheduled for August 30 through September 2, 1976, the c
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- Canadian Yards Building For Export page: 37
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on April 1976From offshore rigs to bulk carriers and special vessels such as oceangoing selfunloaders, Canada's yards are currently busy filling worldwide orders. Halifax Shipyard is building a $30-million self-righting drill rig for a consortium of oil companies for use in the North Sea, to be delivered