1980 Articles
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on September 1980The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a $3.5- million contract to Uniflite, Inc., Bellingham, Wash., for construction of 36-foot, Sea-Fox special warfare craft, including associated equipment, road trailers, and spare parts. The company did not disclose the number of units to be bu
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on September 1980Navidyne Corporation has received an order from Compagnie General Maritime (CGM), Paris, for seven ESZ-4000 satellite navigators for installation aboard CGM's modern container vessels. The order was placed with Navidyne's French agent, Sperry Marine Systems, France. The ESZ-4000 was selecte
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on September 1980Capt. David J. Linde has been assigned as Chief of the Third Coast Guard District's Marine Safety Division, relieving Capt. George Wood. In his new position, Captain Linde administers many Coast Guard programs, including port safety and security, commercial vessel safety, and marine environ
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on September 1980George Shaver, president of Shaver Transportation Company, announced that Zidell Exploration, Inc. has launched the fourth of a continuing series of large grain barges built for Shaver. These barges, each of 3,750 tons capacity, have the largest tonnage capability of any grain barges presen
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on September 1980A new four-page metallurgical brochure provides detailed specifications on the broad line of stainless-steel and specialty alloys available for centrifugally cast parts from Wisconsin Centrifugal, Waukesha, Wis., a leading U.S. producer of centrifugal castings for original equipment manufact
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on September 1980Two changes involving top management positions at Jeffboat, Incorporated, the Jeffersonville, Ind., shipbuilding unit of Texas Gas T r a n s m i s s i o n Corporation's Inland Waterways Services division, were announced recently. H.J. Bobzien Jr., who formerly held the position of president,
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on September 1980Appointments of three new vice presidents have been announced by The Ansul Company, Marinette, Wis. They are Hugh M. Laumeister, vice president of Marketing; Leonard R. Kroll, vice president and general manager of the Fire Systems Division; and Henry E. Arkens, vice president and general ma
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on September 1980Houston Natural Gas Corporation (HNG) has announced completion of the transaction to acquire the Alamo Barge group of companies. The operating name of the new HNG subsidiary is Alamo Barge Lines, Inc. The previously announced acquisition agreement, which involves a tax-free exchange of HNG
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on September 1980Two Bethlehem Steel Corporation shipyards have each received contracts from Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company of Houston to build mat-supported, jackup drilling rigs at a total cost of about $70 million. One unit, the Griffin-Alexander V, will be constructed at Bethlehem's Beaumont, Texas,
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on September 1980The 1980-81 edition of the famous reference work, Lloyd's Register of Ships, has just been published in a completely new t h r e e - v o l u m e format. Because comprehensive details of more than 70,000 ships are included, the former two-volume format had become unwieldly. Subscribers to th
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on September 1980A new self-contained, extremely compact, reverse osmosis desalinator, designed to produce potable water 24 hours a day at sea or on land, is now available from Standard Communications, Los Angeles. Named System 5, it weighs only 150 pounds while taking up just five cubic feet of space. It is
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on September 1980Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, announced that James B. Oliver is promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president, effective immediately. In addition to his finance duties, he will be r e s p o n s i b l e for monitoring all company operations and acti
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on September 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP) of Pascagoula, Miss., recently delivered its fifth vessel for 1980, the 120-foot utility vessel Wanda Louise, built for Gerald P. Hebert Enterprises, Inc. of Lafayette, La. Mr. Hebert, a manufacturer of oilfield "down hole" equipment, gave special instruc
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on September 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company recently christened the jackup drill rig Rio Colorado I and launched the $30-million vessel into the Sabine River at its Orange, Texas, shipyard. The rig will be owned and operated by Rio Colorado S.A., a joint venture between Bridas S.A.P.I.C. and Saipem S.p
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on September 1980Promet Private Limited shipyard in Singapore recently launched a maintenance/inspection vessel named NMS 401, reputed to be the first of its kind for use in the Arabian Gulf. The vessel's sponsor was Mrs. Pete Domaschk, wife of the general manager of National Marine Service of St. Louis, ow
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on September 1980A four-page, full-color brochure describing the Shaffer Drilling Choke System is now available from NL Rig Equipment. The brochure features illustrations and specifications of the hydraulically operated choke valves, transducers for drill pipe and annulus pressures, and floor-mounted contro
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on September 1980pAccompanied by the blare of towboat horns, Mrs. Peggy Armstrong shattered a champagne bottle to christen the new motor vessel Volunteer State recently under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The twin-screw, 5,830-bhp towboat has now entered service moving commodities on the Lower Mississippi
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on September 1980Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division has relocated its New York marketing office to expanded quarters at One World Trade Center, Suite 4903, New York, N.Y. 10048. Telephone numbers at the new location are (212) 466-1922 and (800) 221-5100. The World Trade Center office is headquar
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on September 1980Dreco, Inc., a Houston-based oilfield equipment and s e r v i ce company, has announced the formation of Dreco Technologies Incorporated (DRETECH), a wholly owned Dreco company. W.I). Frame, general manager of U.S. Operations for Dreco, made the announcement. It was also announced that J. B
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on September 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, recently completed a twovessel contract for Command Marine, Inc. of Lafayette, La., with the delivery of the supply boat Moorean Command. Now working out of Cameron, La., for Getty Oil Company, the 180-foot by 40-foot vessel carries 6,000 cubic feet of dry