1978 Articles
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on January 1978Luckenbach International Corporation of 21 East 66th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021, in conjunction with its associate, Lavino Shipping Company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., have been appointed agents for the Cuban fishing fleet in the United States. An agreement between the Cuban Gov
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on January 1978Inland Oil and Transport Company has named J.W. Huls as its new marketing manager-water transportation. The announcement was made by Herbert Wolkowitz, president of the St. Louis, Mo.- based barge line. Mr. Huls has over 15 years of intermodal transportation experience, most recently as tra
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on January 1978Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, has opened a new warehouse service center in Seattle, Wash., and has named M & K Sales Co., Seattle, as manufacturer's representative serving Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, Canada. Moffitt, a leading distributor of marine bearings, will esta
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on January 1978The Pascagoula Section of The American Society of Naval Engineers met recently at the TiKi Restaurant in Gautier, Miss., to hear a paper by Dr. Dean Rains of the Advanced Programs Group of Ingalls Shipbuilding. The paper discussed the Air Capable variants of the DD963-class ships and the us
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on January 1978The Propeller Club of the United States has announced its 43rd Harold Harding Annual Maritime Essay Contest for High School Students, and its Second National Maritime Essay Contest for College Students. Capt. Robert E. Hart, president of The Propeller Club Port of New York, stated that the
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on January 1978Peterson Builders, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has been awarded a contract with the City of Detroit to construct and deliver a 77-foot high-speed aluminum fireboat. The hull of the vessel, specially designed for operation in the ice-filled waters of the Detroit River and the surrounding Seaw
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on January 1978Contracts were signed on December 22, 1977, for the subsidized construction of a self-propelled, roll - on / roll - off (ro / ro) barge vessel at Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp., New York, N.Y. The negotiated fixed-price of the commercial vessel is $12,796,324. The vessel, which will have the c
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on January 1978A unique shallow-draft, selfcontained and self-elevating cantilevered drilling platform was launched November 22 from Marathon's Brownsville, Texas, shipyard. The new Marathon 150-44-C class platform is being constructed for Chiles Offshore Limited, Houston. It was officially christened Dec
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on January 1978The Long Beach-Greater Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc. held its November meeting at the Ports O'Call Restaurant, overlooking the Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro. Following dinner, Philip Finkelstein, chairman of the Section, started the business and technic
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- Port Weller Dry Docks Awarded Contract To Build Self-Unloader For Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. page: 45
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on January 1978An order for a maximum Seaway-size selfunloading bulk carrier has been awarded to Port Weller Dry Docks by Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. This is the second order for almost identical vessels placed with Port Weller by Upper Lakes Shipping last year. The two ships, designated a
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on January 1978Atlantic Dry Dock Corporation, Ft. George Island, Fla., marine repair facility, recently completed a highly specialized conversion of the research vessel Athena. The Athena, a high-speed R & D ship operated by the David W. Taylor Ship Research & Development Center, was specially equipped for a
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- Crowley Environmental Services Named Exclusive Distributor For 40-Knot Pollution Control Vessel page: 44
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on January 1978High speed and versatility are the key features of a new all-purpose/spill response vessel. A fiberglass and balsa-core workboat, the Raider SRV-1034 measures 34 feet by 10 feet, providing abundant cargo-carrying capacity at speeds up to 40 knots. The vessel was designed for operation in open
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on January 1978Approximately 80 members and guests of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers attended a regular meeting at Pier 91 Officer's Club, Seattle, Wash. After the dinner, a technical paper entitled "Oceanographic Deck Machinery" was presented by John M
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on January 1978The Assistant Secretary has approved in principle an amended application by F&S Offshore, Inc., 3501 N. Causeway, Suite 600, Metairie, La., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two oceangoing deck cargo barges. Previously, F&S sought and received Title XI approval
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on January 1978The Gulf Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its Annual Winter Meeting in Houston, Texas, on Friday, February 10, 1978, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, according to information released by John Chivvis, West Area vice chairman. The meeting will bring togeth
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on January 1978William L. Lusk has joined Twin City Barge & Towing Co. as vice president and general manager of the company's Marine Group, John W. Lambert, president, announced. Twin City Barge's Marine Group includes all barge and towing activities. Mr. Lusk formerly was traffic manager for Cargo Carrie
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on January 1978The new Metridirectory™ readout console is offered by Metritape, Inc. (Concord, Mass.) for the centralized level readout of stored materials, including liquids, slurries and dry granular solids. The two types of Metridirectory, Types 1310 and 1320, display up to 10 or 20 tanks, respectively,
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on January 1978The second meeting of the 1977-78 season of the Canadian Maritime Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Wandlyn Motel in Saint John, New Brunswick, on November 15,1977. The guest speaker for the evening, E.P. Crowdy, presented his paper, "Waste Heat
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on January 1978The Flagship Section, American Society of Naval Engineers met recently at the USCG Yard at Curtis Bay, Md. Approximately 100 members and guests enjoyed the social hour and dinner which was hosted by Capt. John Lobkovich, USCG, Commanding Officer of the yard. After dinner, Capt. Thomas Albee,
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- The Parcel Tanker Trades page: 38
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on January 1978The term parcel tanker has no precise meaning, but it is frequently applied to highly specialized ships designed to carry highly specialized liquid cargoes (which often have severe hazards as regards toxicity, corrosiveness, inflammability, or a combination of these, or which must be kept free