1977 Articles
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on November 1977Genstar Limited, One Place Ville Marie, Montreal H3B 3R1, Canada, has announced the appointment of Nicholas A. Liberatore as executive vice president to head up all international activities outside of Canada and the United States. Mr. Liberatore will also be responsible for Canadian domesti
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on November 1977John S. Hollett has just recently become marketing director of Saudi Arabia Transport Organisation Ltd. (SATOL). SATOL is a partnership between Global Transport Organisation (GTO) of San Francisco, Calif., and the Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Organisation of Saudi Arabia. GTO is made up of Crowley
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on November 1977A 17-page, four-color brochure reports on the testing program of an ALCO 16-cylinder POWER BOSS engine running on 400 SRI blended residual fuel. In this newly announced publication (HF 977-3M) there is discussion of ALCO's experience with residual fuels in both current and older model engin
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on November 1977Frank Kuntz introduced the new officers of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at their opening meeting for the new season. He takes his place with them as Chairman of the Section. William A. Hood becomes the new vice chairman, and Lt
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on November 1977IMODCO, pioneer company in the development of offshore single- point mooring (SPM) terminals, announces the formation of a regional marketing office in Houston, Texas. The facility is located at 2300 West Loop South, Suite 290, in the Litwin Building. Michael D. Jackson has been appointed t
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on November 1977The Port of Hueneme (Calif.), Oxnard Harbor District, has retained John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., naval architects, marine engineers and transportation consultants of One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, to prepare a master development plan for the port, in accordance with the req
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on November 1977John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., naval architects, marine engineers and consultants of New York, N.Y., and IHC-Holland of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, announce their joint establishment of Dredge Technology Corporation at Suite 3000, One World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048. Dredge Tec
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on November 1977Stanley G. Stiansen, an assistant vice president of the American Bureau of Shipping, was elected a vice president of ABS at the semiannual meeting of the board of managers held in New York City, chairman and president Robert T. Young announced. The election takes effect November 1. Mr. Sti
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on November 1977Henschel Corporation has announced the introduction of two new Engine Order Telegraphs. This rugged, reliable equipment is used to transmit engine orders and replies between the wheelhouse and engine room. These lever-operated transmitter/indicators are designed for console mounting, and whee
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on November 1977series of huge aluminum tanks nearing completion in Mobile, Ala., soon will be playing a significant role in helping the nation meet its energy requirements. The 15 mammoth all-welded containers are being assembled by Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation on nearby Pinto Island for eventua
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on November 1977Raymond M. Burke, group vice president, Drew Chemical Corporation, Parsippany, N.J., has announced the promotion of Walter A. Smith to director, consulting and technical services, Marine Division. In his new position, Mr. Smith will be responsible for establishing technical support groups i
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on November 1977The world's first BORO liner, the Bellman, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Works, has been delivered to the Swedish owner, Scandinavian Motorships AB of Stockholm. The vessel is called a BORO liner because it can transport at the same time both liquid and solid cargoes (BORO standing f
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on November 1977The recent purchase of 450,000- dwt tankers by Exxon, following on closely from the newbuilding orders placed by Bergesen for two 412,000-tonners with segregated ballast tanks, have created a stirring of interest in ULCCs (tankers of 300,000 dwt and over). These developments come at a time
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on November 1977A new type of marine propulsion system for offshore tug/ supply vessels was recently announced by Halter Marine Services, Inc., of New Orleans, La. This new propulsion system involves the use of silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCR) for control of electric propulsion or diesel-electric propul
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on November 1977The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N.Y., Inc. met on September 21 at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City. At the technical session, which was preceded by a social hour and dinner, a paper was presented on "Surface Preparation of Steel for Painting and Other Coating Applic
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on November 1977The General Electric Credit Corporation announced it has purchased for $120,000,000 the 225,- 000-dwt tanker T.T. Stuyvesant, and that the vessel has been initially chartered to the Standard Oil Company of Ohio (SOHIO) to transport Alaskan oil. The VLCC (very large crude carrier) was built
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on November 1977Twenty-four women have reported to the United States Coast Guard cutters Gallatin and Morgenthau to begin historic sea duty. The first women ever assigned to serve aboard armed U.S. military vessels, they will be taking part in fisheries patrols in Atlantic and Pacific waters this fall. Tw
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on November 1977Sperry Marine Systems has delivered four 24,000,000-inch/ pound steering systems to National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) for the 188,500-dwt San Diego-Class tankers. These systems are the first triple flow systems delivered in Sperry's expanding steering system business. The triple fl
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on November 1977The appointment of William Hamilton as assistant general manager at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's San Francisco, Calif., Shipyard was announced by Gayne Y. Marriner, general manager of the shipyard. Prior to this promotion, Mr. Hamilton had been general superintendent at the yard. A native
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on November 1977"Small Fast Warships and Security Vessels" are the subject of an international symposium to be held in London from March 6 to 10, 1978. Organized by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects through its Small Craft Group, the symposium will bring together speakers from government and indust