1978 Articles
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on October 15, 1978Floyd A. (Bud) Mechling has retired as chairman of the board of Union Mechling Corp. He will continue to serve as a director of the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based barge line until May of next year, and will serve as a transportation consultant to Dravo Corporation, Union Mechling's parent company. P
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on October 15, 1978The 6,552-dwt roll-on/roll-off type cargo carrier Dana Maxima was delivered to her owner, DFDS A/S of Denmark, on August 18, 1978. It was constructed at the Osaka Works (Sakai) of Hitachi Zosen. The ship has four trailer decks as well as a rampway at the stern to allow trailers and automobi
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on October 15, 1978R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has announced a fleet modernization and globe-circling shipping program of approximately $580 million to strengthen the leadership position of its subsidiary, Sea-Land Service, Inc. The two-year capital program calls for the construction
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on October 15, 1978Peter R. Gallagher has been appointed director of marketing for Rutland Maritime Management Corporation, 15 East 26th Street, New York, N.Y. 10010, a through transportation consulting and project company which has been involved in solving transportation programs in Latin America, Nigeria, T
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on October 15, 1978Crowley Maritime Salvage, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., was recently contracted by the United States Navy to provide equipment maintenance and environmental protection services, according to an announcement by Leo L. Collar, executive vice president of Crowley Maritime Corporation, CMS paren
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on October 15, 1978Three executive appointments in business, operations and traffic have been announced by Evergreen Handt Corp., general agents for Evergreen Line's East Coast/ Far East container service. The announcement of the appointments was made by Svend Hansen Jr., president of Evergreen Handt. Richar
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on October 15, 1978The board of directors of Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., Elizabeth, N.J., has announced the appointment of Ruddie E. Irizariy as president of PRMMI. Mr. Irizarry, in turn, announced two other high-level PRMMI appointments in the U.S. PRMMI, with 17 offices in the U.S. and four in Puer
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on October 15, 1978Atlantic Diving Company, Inc., one of New England's largest underwater contractors, recently announced the formation of Sea- Tec International, Ltd. Based in Gloucester, Mass., with offices in Houston, Texas and London, England, SeaTec International, Ltd. will provide international offshore
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on October 15, 1978Largest Ever Gastech Exhibition Will Feature New Technologies In Gas Carrier Design And Offshore Terminals —Speakers Include Middle East Producers And U.S. Importers More than 1,000 delegates are now expected to attend Gastech 78 in Monaco on November 7-10, 1978. The high level of conference
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on October 15, 1978Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. of Nishinomiya, Japan, has announced the formation of their new corporation, Furuno U.S.A., Inc., to be located at 271 Harbor Way, South San Francisco, Calif. 94080. Furuno is the manufacturer of a complete line of sophisticated marine electronics, including radar,
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on October 15, 1978Thomas J. Smith, president of Farrell Lines Incorporated, announced the election of George F. Lowman to the office of chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Lowman succeeds the late James A. Farrell Jr., who died on September 15, 1978. Mr. Lowman has been a director of Farrell Lines since
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on October 15, 1978Twenty-seven maritime executives from six countries were elected Members of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at the semiannual meeting of the international ship classification society held in New York City on September 19. This brings to 406 the number of ABS Members. The new Members a
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on October 15, 1978Design of a multipurpose mobilization ship suitable for both rapid production in wartime and commercial needs in peacetime will be unveiled November 6 by the Maritime Administration (MarAd), an agency of the Department of Commerce. The forum will be a Government/Industry Mobilization Ship Con
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on October 15, 1978Jim Grissom has been appointed San Juan, Puerto Rico, operations manager for Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, senior vice president of the division. Formerly Jacksonville, Fla., terminal manager for Trailer Marine Tran
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on October 15, 1978Litton Industries has announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Miss., has received a U.S. Navy contract in the amount of $287,779,600 for design and construction of the first of a new class of guided missile destroyers to be armed with the advanced Aegis fleet defense w
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on October 15, 1978The Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach No. 66, recently held their first board of governors meeting under new president Lew Coppersmith. Mr. Coppersmith, president of L.E. Coppersmith, Inc., had received the gavel from outgoing president Robert D. Hudson of
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on October 15, 1978Robert E. Kenny has been elected president of Hillman Barge and Construction Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., an operating subsidiary of Hillman Manufacturing Company. At the same time, Bernard T. Kelley was elected to the newly created position of chairman. Mr. Kenny joined the Hillman Manufacturing
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on October 15, 1978The promotions of two new executive vice presidents and four new vice presidents of Continental Oil Company were announced by Conoco board chairman and chief executive officer Howard W. Blauvelt as part of moves "to further strengthen the company's petroleum operations and administrative funct
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on October 15, 1978Jay Brickman has been appointed director of Caribbean and Latin American services for Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division, according to a recent announcement by Robert G. Homan, senior vice president of the division. Mr. Brickman was formerly director of international developm
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on October 15, 1978Ogden Marine, Inc., an Ogden Corporation subsidiary, has announced that one of the two new tankers to be built at Ogden's Avondale Shipyards, Inc. has been chartered on a long-term basis to Diamond Shamrock Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, to transport chemical cargoes between U.S. Gulf and