1980 Articles
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on September 19809th Exhibition And Congress Ship, Mad mery, Marine Technology International Amid general signs of a worldwide recovery in the shipbuilding industry, the 9th Exhibition and Congress of Ship, Machinery, Marine Technology International will be held in Hamburg, West Germany, from September 23
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on September 1980Avondale Shipyards recently launched the Eagle I, one of the largest split-hull hopper dredges in the world, for Eagle Dredging Corporation of New Orleans. The unique vessel is being constructed at a cost of more than $30 million, according to J.W. Bean, president of Eagle Dredging. The Eag
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on September 1980The first inshore towing/supply vessels certified by the U.S. Coast Guard to serve the oil and gas industry are now in service for Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc. The vessels, Beefmaster and Brahma, which represent a contract cost of approximately $1 million,
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on September 1980Crowley Maritime Corporation recently accepted delivery of the s a l v a g e vessel Arctic Salvor, which provides more line pull than any other salvage vessel in the world, according to Roy D. Jurgensen, Seattle, senior vice president and general manager of Crowley's Northwest and Alaska Di
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on September 1980Dock Express Shipping, BV, a Rotterdam-based, heavy-lift shipowner, has recently established a branch office in Houston. Warren R. Wheelock, vice president responsible for operations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will be the senior manager at the Houston office. The Dock Express
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on August 15, 1980P.T. Trikora Lloyd, an Indonesian- flag line, marked the purchase of three vessels at a total cost of $45 million in a recent "changing of the flag" ceremony held at Pier 5, Port Authority in Brooklyn, N.Y. With these vessels, P.T. Trikora Lloyd will own five ships on the United States/Sout
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on August 15, 1980Electrologic Inc. of New Hyde Park, N.Y., was established recently by Gene Ossi, who has been associated with marine machinery f o r 40 years. The new company will provide turnkey electronic automation and annunciator console systems f o r diesel propulsion systems and diesel generators. Usi
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on August 15, 1980American Manufacturing Company, Inc., Honesdale, Pa., has promoted Mike Busichio to Eastern regional manager from his previous position as New York branch manager. The announcement was made by Joseph A. Berthelot, vice president of sales. Before coming to American in April 1979, Mr. Busichi
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on August 15, 1980Nils Lucander, Lucander Designs of San Perlita, Texas, has announced the formation of a design a s s o c i a t i o n with Dave J. Dowhos of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. This association, says Mr. Lucander, came about because of a mutual need. The Texas firm is overloaded with design work o
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on August 15, 1980James J. Murphy has been appointed vice president-marketing for the Marine Group of General Dynamics. P. Takis Veliotis, General Dynamics' e x e c u t i v e vice president-marine, who made the a n n o u n c e m e n t , said that Mr. Murphy will be responsible for coordinating the marketing a
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on August 15, 1980Griff C. Lee, vice president of r e s e a r c h and development and technical services, J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering role in the development of the offshore p l a t f o rm technology now used around the world. The a
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on August 15, 1980Transoceanic Shipping Company, New Orleans, has been designated as international freight forwarders for the whole of the United States by NACAP of the Netherlands on a very extensive pipeline project in Argentina for Gas of Estado in Buenos Aires, The largest percentage of the cargoes, mate
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on August 15, 1980Burmeister & Wain Shipyard, Copenhagen, formerly a division of the B&W Group, has now become a limited company in its own right, having a share capital of 80-million Danish kroner and a net capital of 112-miIlion Danish kroner. To supplement this, the Danish Government has granted the newly
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on August 15, 1980The City of San Francisco is preparing to advertise for tenders to build a new fireboat, which has been designed by Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc., according to an announcement made by Hugh F. Munroe, president and chief executive officer of the prominent San Francisco-based firm of naval
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on August 15, 1980Navidyne Corporation announces the appointment of James H. Rhodes to the newly created position of director of corporate communications. In that capacity, he will be responsible for all advertising, public relations, and internal communications programs, according to A. Clifford Barker, com
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on August 15, 1980Waller & Associates, Inc., naval architects and marine consultants of Houston, has been chosen by American Tankships, Inc. and its parent Ingram Company of New Orleans to provide plan approval and engineering services to support Ingram's tanker construction program at National Steel and Shi
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on August 15, 1980Marland Environmental Systems, Inc., Walworth, Wise., a leading manufacturer of sewage treatment systems for large commercial vessels, has introduced a flow-through Type II Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) for workboats of small to medium crew size. The new device, named Sani- System® 40, is
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on August 15, 1980H.L. VanderMey, president of the M i c h i g a n Wheel Division, Dana Corporation, has announced the formation of a propulsion systems group to market new systems for the increased propulsive and maneuverability efficiency of marine vessels. The systems involved in the new group will be com
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on August 15, 1980A & P Appledore Limited and Det norske Veritas have signed a joint contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Limited, part of one of Korea's largest industrial trading groups, to provide operational and completion assistance for their major and unique shipbuilding complex, situat
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on August 15, 1980Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, delivered 30 large commercial vessels during the first six months of 1980. For that period, Halter president Floyd J. Naquin reported deliveries of 17 supply vessels, seven crewboats, five tugs, and one utility/fireboat from the company's six commercial ship