1978 Articles
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on November 15, 1978Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., recently received an order to build a large floating dock for the Persian Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, a governmental organization of Iran. Kawasaki has in the past built two floating docks for its own use, but this will be the first for an overseas custom
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- 188,500-DWT Tanker For Transport Of Alaskan Oil Christened At National Steel And Shipbuilding page: 25
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on November 15, 1978Christening ceremonies were recently performed at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., aboard the S/S B.T. San Diego, the second of two 188,500-deadweight-ton San Diego-class tankers for long-term use by Shell Oil Company. Mrs. Chauncey W. Cook, whose husband is a member
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on November 15, 1978Mobil Oil Corporation has awarded a contract for a video entertainment system on each of its nine U.S.-flag ships to Marine Video International (MVI), a subsidiary of the Bell and Howell Company. Each ship will receive 120 hours of prerecorded video entertainment per year, which is equival
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on November 15, 1978Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF), the Argentina stateowned oil company, has awarded IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation, a contract in excess of $6 million for two offshore marine terminal systems to augment two other IMODCOdesigned and constructed SPMs in operation sinc
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on November 15, 1978Sealed proposals for construction of a 320-foot ferry will be received by the Delaware River and Bay Authority during normal business hours at the Director's Office in the Administration Building, Delaware Memorial Bridge, New Castle, Del., until 10:30 a.m., E.S.T., December 13, 1978, at wh
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on November 15, 1978Anthony J. McAllister of Mc- Allister Brothers, Inc., the marine towing and transport company, has been awarded the Stevens Honor Award by Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. The award, which honors his extraordinary business career that spans six decades, was presented at the
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on November 15, 1978The Pilots Association for the Bay & River Delaware have contracted with Gladding- Hearn Shipbuilding Corporation of Somerset, Mass., for the construction of a 50-foot, twin-screw, pilot boat to be designed in conjunction with C. Raymond Hunt, Associates, Inc. of Boston, Mass. The new craft,
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on November 15, 1978Rodney P. Burwell, president of Proform, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., has announced the recent initial production of the firm's newly designed SFRP® (Structural Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic) Corrugated Lift-Off Barge Covers. As with the earlier covers, according to Mr. Burwell, these new design
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on November 15, 1978In a major expansion move intended to consolidate towing and barging operations under unified management, Mon River Towing, Inc. of Belle Vernon, Pa., has acquired Hillman T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Company's fleet of coal barges and its coal transportation contracts. In announcing the acqu
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on November 15, 1978As a result of problems in the main propulsion system during the first seven years of operation of the icebreaking car ferry, Ambrose Shea, H.M. Tiedemann & Company, Inc., 295 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, Conn. 06830, was engaged by the Canadian Department of Transport and Canadian National R
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on November 15, 1978Clyde Iron, Newark, Del., a unit of AMCA International Corporation, is now offering a second generation revolving crane—the Clyde Hydra-Whirley™—for shipbuilding, port operations, and heavy construction. Gantry or barge-mounted, the Clyde Hydra-Whirley combines the power of hydraulics with th
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on November 15, 1978Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered the oceangoing tug, the Mister Randy, to Jackson Marine Corporation, Aransas Pass, Texas. The Mister Randy is part of Jackson Marine's domestic fleet and is currently operating out of Belle Chasse, La., for the Brown & Root Pipeline Division
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on November 15, 1978Trailer Marine Transport Corporation's Second triple-deck barge, the El Conquistador, departed Jacksonville, Fla., October 15, on her maiden voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to Robert G. Homan, senior vice president of the Caribbean Division of Crowley Maritime Corporation, TMT's par
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on November 15, 1978In mid-April 1978, the Department of Engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., inaugurated a fourweek Marine Diesel Continuing Education course which makes the Academy's new medium- and slow-speed diesel f a c i l i t i e s available to licensed steam engineers. Devel
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on November 15, 1978Michael R. Keough, vice president and general manager of ExecuSearch, the professional recruitment firm, announces the relocation of the company offices to 140 Bay Street, Staten Island, N.Y. 10301. Mr. Keough indicated that the move to the parent company headquarter's building permits expa
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on November 15, 1978Eleven business and military men who are U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates were honored f o r their professional achievements by the Kings Point Alumni Association at a dinner on October 6, at the Academy's Officers' Club. Six other alumni were cited for their service to the Alumni Ass
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on November 15, 1978Interocean Management Corporation of Philadelphia, Pa., has announced the election of George P. Steele as president. Interocean Management is the tankship operating subsidiary of IOT Corporation. Mr. Steele will be based in their Philadelphia home office. Since early 1976, Mr. Steele has he
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on November 15, 1978John T. Gilbride, chairman and chief executive officer of Todd Shipyards Corporation, will be installed as the 33rd president of the Whitehall Club on November 21, 1978, at the club's Presidential Ball. Mr. Gilbride has been a member of the Whitehall Club since 1958. He joined the board of
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on November 15, 1978Baker Marine Corporation, which is primarily engaged in the construction of offshore jackup drilling platforms, has announced its intention to enter into a License Agreement with Cometarsa, S.A., an Argentine corporation with principal offices in Buenos Aires. Baker Marine Corporation has a
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on November 15, 1978The Maritime Administration has awarded the following research and development contracts: A $442,000 contract to Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, Conn., to investigate the potential improvement in atomization of marine bunker fuels that have been emulsified with water. The investigati