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on March 1978Bruce Kasen, vice president, marketing, Timmons & Charles, Inc., has announced the appointment of George S. Mahaly to manager, technical services. Mr. Mahaly joined T&C in 1973, and has previously held the positions of field service section chief and consulting engineer. In his new position
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on March 1978Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, a leading distributor of marine bearings, has named National Marine Enterprises, Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., as manufacturer's representative serving Texas, according to Claire A. Drach, president of Moffitt. National Marine Enterprises is headed by pr
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on March 1978The SPM Method provides a completely new approach with regard to both theory and application for the measurement of rolling type bearings. It has resulted in a new technique allowing a quantative measurement of bearing condition. The Shock Pulse Method (the SPM Method) measures the magnitud
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on March 1978Leo L. Mellam, chairman of Flexi-Van Corporation, the New York City-based maritime equipment leasing company, recently announced the appointment of Hasko W. Hofmeister as vice president, Western Region of its subsidiary, Flexi-Van Leasing, Inc. Mr. Hofmeister will direct the company's conta
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on March 1978Planning Research Corporation (PRC) Marine Systems Division, 1850 K Street N.W., International Square, Washington, D.C. 20006, will team with Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. in a $500,000 project to provide planning and engineering s e r v i c e s f o r the U.S. Navy's Service Life Extensi
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on March 1978Planning Research Corporation (PRC) 1850 K Street N.W., International Square, Washington, D.C. 20006, has been awarded a $1.6- million contract to modernize Army watercraft by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command, Ft. Belvoir, Ya. The work will be performed by the
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on March 1978The 23,000-ton submarine tender Frank Cable, second of three of the 644-foot auxiliary ships Lockheed Shipbuilding is constructing for the U.S. Navy, was launched on January 14 at the Seattle, Wash., shipyard. Mrs. Rose S. Michaelis, wife of Adm. Frederick H. Michaelis, Chief of Naval Material
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on March 1978Pacific Far East Line's board of directors has authorized the sale of three surplus vessels and 800 surplus steel barges to correct its current operating problems. The vessels are the luxury liner S/S Monterey, retired from service in early January; the luxury liner S/S Mariposa, to be retir
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on March 1978Ground-breaking ceremonies were recently held at the Port of Palm Beach, Fla., for a $4,500,000 bulk sugar terminal. Taking part in the ceremonies were the Port Commissioners, and officials of the Florida Sugar Marketing and Terminal Association, Inc. and the City of Riviera Beach. According
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on March 1978R. Steven, C.Eng.M.I.Mar.E., has been appointed general manager of Odyssey Works, Ocean Fleets' ship repair and engineering works, Birkenhead, England. This is a new appointment to meet Odyssey Works' future program, which will involve marketing projects and consolidation of the ship repair,
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on March 1978Formation of a new corporation, M.A. Stream Associates, Inc., to engage in marine surveying assignments throughout the world, was announced in Seattle, Wash., by its principals, Capt. M.A. Stream and L.R. Glosten. Captain Stream has been engaged worldwide in marine surveying and maritime activ
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on March 1978Pott Industries Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., has announced that Richard M. Currepce has been named president and chief executive officer of Pott's Offshore Marine Services Division headquartered in New Orleans, La. Mr. Currence succeeds Vern E. Easterling, who assumes the position of chairman. M
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on March 1978DeLaval Turbine Inc. in Trenton, N.J., has announced the consolidation of its Turbine and Centrifugal C o m p r e s s o r Divisions. The new division, which will be known as the "Turbine and Compressor Division," manufactures steam turbines and f e e d w a t e r pumps for the electric utilit
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on March 1978Capt. Russell George McVay has been appointed manager of harbor operations of the Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president of the company. Captain McVay was appointed manager of the Seaboard Shipping Company, a Moran oil barge transportation subs
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on March 1978E.B. Koelliker, vice president, DeLaval Turbine Inc., has announced the appointment of Arthur L. FoltZ Jr. as general manager, Middle East. Mr. Foltz will be based at De- Laval's Middle East Headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where they have a sales and service organization, and are plan
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on March 1978The Maritime Administration has released a technical report prepared under a MarAd contract by Hydronautics, Inc. of Laurel, Md., and Marconaflo, Inc. of San Francisco, Calif. The study, "A Preliminary Feasibility Study of Steam Coal Slurry Marine Transport Systems," examines the economic f
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on March 1978The annual joint meeting of the three major marine societies in the Los Angeles, Calif., area turned out, as usual, to be a success. The Marine Technology Society acted as host. Their guests were The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the American Society of Naval Engineers
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on March 1978Dr. Irene Carswell Peden, an educator, radio scientist, and leader in an effort to involve women in professional engineering careers, has become the first woman to be named to the Advisory- Board at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. Commerce Secretary Juanita M. Kreps, w
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on March 1978A colorful brochure describing the new Galbraith-Pilot Marine "Packaged System Concept" in Marine Diesel Engine Automation Systems for ACC & ACCU operations is available from Marine Electric RPD Inc. The Galbraith-Pilot Marine Automation Systems consist of an Engineer's Central Control Cons
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on March 1978The Southern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its quarterly meeting recently at the New London Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Conn. Norman L. Mac- Intyre of Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. (Essex, Conn.), presented a clear and stimulating paper on ways of ob