1977 Articles
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on October 1977The Honorable Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, and Adm. Maurice F. Weisner, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, will be headliners for a Sea Power Symposium to be held on November 4, 1977, in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Blackwell i
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on October 1977A costly tangle involving petroleum explorers and fishermen may soon come to an end, the American Petroleum Institute reports. Mobil Oil Corporation has patented a device that will prevent seismic cables used for exploring beneath the marine bottom for oil and gas from becoming tangled with
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on October 1977Harbridge House has been contacted by the Maritime Administration to perform what may be one of the most far-reaching studies ever of the liner segment of the U.S. merchant fleet. The study will explore the berth line operators in, basically, three possible economic settings: 1. Continuatio
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on October 1977Interocean Management Corporation, Three Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102, recently arranged the first "Inert Gas and Supporting Systems for Tanker Safety" training course to be offered in the United States. The four-day course is for deck and engineering officers sailing on new Americanbuil
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on October 1977The Maritime Administration has released a technical report, "Metric Conversion Study for the Maritime Administration," prepared by J.J. Henry Co., Inc., Arlington, Va. The study contains the master plan which J.J. Henry developed for the use of the Maritime Administration in assuming the l
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on October 1977In conjunction with its twomonth exhibit at the Philippine Center, 556 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., the National Seamen Board of the Philippines will provide a free information packet to anyone interested in learning more about the growing role of Filipino mariners in the international mar
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on October 1977"Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Program — Addendum," a report released by the Maritime Administration, extends the 1975 "Environmental Impact Analysis" which MarAd published, to cover a containership, a bulk cargo vessel, and an icebreaking oil tanker, in a
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on October 1977The recently concluded Shipping Management Seminar co-sponsored by Marine Management Systems, Inc. of Stamford, Conn., and the Maine Maritime Academy, signaled the beginning of a new development at MMA, a Center for Advanced Maritime Studies in Castine. Although plans are still in the formati
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on October 1977American President Lines has named Capt. E.J. McClafferty as managing director- Southwest region. Concurrently, the company announces the appointment of Nassef Z. Kourey as director of marketing-Southwest region. A 16-year veteran of terminal, traffic and vessel operations management at APL,
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on October 1977F.X. McQuade, president of Northeast Marine Terminal Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., has announced that a newly formed affiliate— NMT of Georgia, Inc.—has started operations as a complete marine service agency in the South Atlantic Port of Savannah, Ga. The new company, headed by John B. Hohenstei
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on October 1977Intermarine Electronics Inc., a company established in November 1976 for the manufacture and distribution of marine electronics, announces the introduction of its first major product, a completely new marine radar, according to Werner Brack, president. The new radar, called the "Intermarine
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on October 1977The Chinese are on a worldwide buying spree for second-hand tonnage. A survey in the issue of ShipStatS Weekly Report (September 2, 1977) notes that since the beginning of May, the Chinese have bought a total of 33 second-hand vessels, amounting to 572,631 deadweight tons, which have cost t
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on October 1977Hyundai Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Ulsan, Republic of Korea, and Burmeister & Wain Engineering Company, Copenhagen, Denmark, have entered into an agreement for the production of B&W diesel engines under license, and the agreement has now been finally approved by the Korean G
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on October 1977Nedlloyd Inc., 5 World Trade Center, Suite 617, New York, N.Y. 10048, general agents for Leif Hoegh & Company in the USA, have announced that L. Hoegh & Company A/S of Norway (Oslo) recently placed an order with Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan for two "Kingsize" multipurpose liner vessel
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on October 1977Five new offshore tugs recently delivered by U.S. shipyards were equipped with American Brons diesel engines from Oosterhuis Industries, Inc. of New Orleans, La. Oosterhuis is the American distributor for Brons and American Brons diesel engines. Oosterhuis Industries also produces and sells t
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on October 1977N u c l e a r - p o w e r e d merchant ships will sail the oceans by 1990, says Robert T. Young, chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Addressing a meeting of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association in Hong Kong, Mr. Young said that "the operating record of the nucle
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on October 1977The Alaska, Puget United Transportation Co. (APUTCO) of Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a five-year, $39-million contract by the Navy's Military Sealift Command to resupply U.S. government installations in Alaska and along the Aleutian chain. APUTCO, a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp.,
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on October 1977E.H. Glascock, vice president, marketing and sales, Alco Power Inc., Auburn, N.Y., has announced that its Southwestern Regional Headquarters has been located in a larger, more modern facility. This new location is 3572 East T.C. Jester, P.O. Box 10895, Houston, Texas 77018. From this complex
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on October 1977The 508,731-dwt ultra large crude carrier (ULCC) supertanker Esso Atlantic, the largest ship built in Japan to date, was delivered to her owner, Esso Tankers, Inc. of Liberia, on August 11, 1977, at Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Shipyard. Besides being the largest ship ever built in Japan, she is
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on October 1977Sessions on a variety of technological, educational and public policy topics will highlight the OCEANS '77 Conference, set for October 17-18-19 in Los Angeles, Calif. This annual meeting and exposition is jointly sponsored by the Marine Technology Society and the Institute of Electrical and