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on September 15, 1978Marinite® XL Fireproof Marine Joiner Panels are described in a new data sheet available from Johns-Manville. The 4-foot by 8- foot panels are designed to provide structural strength and high thermal and acoustical insulating values in a variety of interior marine applications. The panels com
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on September 1978In its further commitment to handle substantial increases of oceanborne imports of LPG in the near future, Sea-3, Inc., Houston, Texas, a Gazocean Group Company, has appointed two new vice presidents. Jerome W. Jackson has been named vice president of marketing for the East and West Coasts, w
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on September 1978Performance tests were recently completed at Delaval Turbine Inc., on the largest vertically submerged screw pump systems ever built. Designed by engineers at the IMO Pump Division of Delaval and built at Delaval's Trenton, N.J., plant, the three units are each over 40 feet (12.2 meters) in le
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on September 1978Cargo security at the Port of Oakland, Calif., is the subject of a pilot study by the public accounting and management consulting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, under U.S. Department of Transportation sponsorship. The aim of the analysis is to assist the Port of Oakland in developing a strong l
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on September 1978John W. Smith has assumed responsibility for yard operations at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., succeeding John McQuaide, who has retired after more than 40 years in the shipbuilding business. Mr. McQuaide has served as vice president of yard operations
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on September 1978The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that its first meeting of the 1978-79 season will be held at the Whitehall Club in New York City on September 19, 1978. The social hour will commence at 5:30 p.m., to be followed by dinner
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on September 1978Sheridan I. Lee has announced the opening of his own consulting and surveying company. Mr. Lee graduated from South Shields Marine College, England in 1962, and followed a career at sea with the London shipowners Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., obtaining his chief engineer's license in 1966.
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on September 1978A $3.6-million contract to conduct acceptance testing of sonobuoys for the United States Navy has been awarded by the Naval A v i o n i c s Center, Indianapolis, Ind., to Tracor Marine, Inc., Port Everglades, Fla., subsidiary of Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas. Jean Fitzgerald, president of PAC
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on September 1978Kongsberg Systems, Inc., 10 DeAngelo Drive, Bedford, Mass. 01730, has announced the appointment of Erik Ambjor as president. Mr. Ambjor succeeds Dr. Trond Bue, who has recently assumed another p o s i t i o n with Kongsberg Systems' parent company, Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk of Norway. Mr. Am
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on September 1978American President Lines, Ltd. (APL) has applied for construction- differential subsidy (CDS) to aid in the construction of five new containerships, with an option of building only four. The vessels will be used in APL's trans-Pacific services. APL's 20-year operating-differential subsidy a
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on September 1978A reorganization of the Dutch shipbuilding industries has resulted in the merger of IHC Gusto, the offshore yard of IHC Holland, into the Rhine-Schelde- Verolme Group (RSV) .This merger became effective July 15, 1978. The production facilities of Gusto will be shut down and its labor force
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on September 1978Shortly after the motor vessel Thruston B. Morton was christened on July 8, 1978, at the River Front Plaza in Louisville, Ky., she joined the fleet of American Commercial Lines, Inc., moving tows on the inland waterways system. The vessel was named to honor Thruston B. Morton, former Senator
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on September 1978Jurong Shipyard Limited, 5, Pulau Samlun, Jurong Town, Singapore 22, was awarded a $30- million (Singapore dollars) contract by Messrs. Hansa Offshore (S.E.A.) Pte. Ltd., a Singapore registered company of international repute, to convert four of the existing 18,880-ton Mitsui- Concord type
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on September 1978The firm of Marine Engineering and Survey Associates, Ltd., has announced its incorporation under the laws of the State of Oregon, effective July 21, 1978. The announcement was made by Portland marine transportation consultant James H. Sanders, the administrative contractor for Marine Inter
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on September 1978Half of a 24-boat "fleet" of oil-spill skimmers for the U.S. Navy previously built by Marine Construction and Design Co. (MARCO), 2300 West Commodore Way, Seattle, Wash. 98199, are being "modularized" so they can be transported by aircraft. The work is being done under a $1.8- million modific
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on September 1978Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10036, has reported increased net operating income and net income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 1978. Net operating income in the second quarter rose to $13,472,000, or $1.22 per share, from $11
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on September 1978Paolo A. Gamboni, chairman and chief executive officer of Worthington Pump Inc., has been selected to receive the highest honor Italy awards to businessmen for contributions to economic development, industrial advancement and social improvement of Italy. The honorary title "Cavaliere del' Lavo
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on September 1978The 1978-79 officers and board members of the Port Everglades Propeller Club were installed by Jasper Baker, past National Propeller Club president, at the organization's monthly dinner meeting at the Sea Port Restaurant in Port Everglades, Fla., on July 27, 1978. Mr. Baker flew in from Was
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on September 1978Acadian Supply Ships Associates, Suite 1515, 225 Baronne Street, New Orleans, La., has filed an amended application for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of six towing vessels. Acadian's original application, dated July 1,1976, was for two oceangoing tug/supply vesse
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on September 1978Biehl & Company, Inc.—ocean shipping company agents with nearly three-quarters of a century experience in all forms of overseas and inland cargo transit— have opened a 10th branch office, the most recent in Atlanta, Ga. This was announced by George McCammon, marketing vice president for th