1980 Articles
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on July 1980The Edward T. Gamage shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine, recently d e l i v e r e d the westernrigged dragger/scalloper Settler to Capt. Didrik Didriksen of New Bedford, Mass. Designed by Woodin & Marean, Inc. of West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the Settler is the ninth fishing vessel built by th
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on July 1980The SSV Safe C o n c o r d i a , Gotaverken Arendal newbuilding 911, was delivered recently to Consafe Offshore, Sweden. The offshore rig has been chartered by Phillips Petroleum and will operate at the Ekofisk Field. This is a large, twin-hulled, column-stabilized unit; it is the second acco
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on July 1980Executives of Italian ship repair yards of the F i n c a n t i e ri Group met recently with some 100 representatives of the maritime and shipowning community at the Whitehall Club in New York City. Following a luncheon, Fincantieri president Rocco Basilico and the Italian Ambassador to the
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on July 1980The 55-foot-long clear deck area and 55-passenger seating capacity are two features of Halter Marine's new hybrid-design 101-foot crewboats recently delivered to Offshore Express, Inc. of Houma, La. The Hurricane Express, Tornado Express, and Cyclone Express made up the three-vessel contrac
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on July 1980New U.S. Coast Guard rules will require most ships — tentatively those over 1,600 gross tons —with power-driven main or auxiliary steering gear to be equipped w i t h advanced steering failure alarm systems. The new rules, which are expected to be put into force within six to eight months,
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on July 1980The Maritime Administration has approved in principle the application by Global Marine Deepwater Drilling, Inc., Los Angeles, for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of three jackup drilling rigs. Global Marine has not yet decided on the final configuration of the thre
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on July 1980Marketing agreements to distribute a line of ship engine room products were announced recently by Alan G. Finkel, vice president f o r marine operations of ITT Mackay, a unit of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Through one agreement, ITT Mackay is appointed exclusive U.S.
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on July 1980Following the recent opening of its new yard in Gulfport, Miss., J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.'s Shipyard Group has restructured its organization and made the following promotions. Francisco San Miguel has been named senior division manager in charge of the Morgan City and Gulfport Shipyard
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on July 1980National Supply Company, major oilfield equipment manufacturer, has announced a $3.2-million expansion of wellhead repair, fabrication, and distribution capabilities by its Well Control Systems group. The expansion plans call for establishment of a new wellhead repair center in Kilgore, Tex
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on July 1980A new dredge, developed in Australia, has been termed by engineers as a breakthrough in its field. This hydraulic bucket wheel c u t t e r / d r e d g e was produced after two years of testing, proving, and modifying the prototype under actual working conditions, according to the Australian
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on July 1980Zidell of Portland, Ore., recently delivered the Rosemarie, an oceangoing tank barge built in Tacoma, Wash., for Pacific Northern Oil. Her Grade D petroleum capacity of 24,000 barrels makes this 230-foot barge the second largest of its kind in Puget Sound. The barge was christened at Johnny
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on July 1980Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the scalloper Westport to Soren Henriksen of Tradewind Fishing Corporation, New Bedford, Mass. She is the first of four identical vessels under construction at the Bender yard. Two will be owned by Tradewind Fishing an
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on July 1980The Spring Meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Dearborn, Mich. Total attendance of about 100 members and guests enjoyed the usual comeradery and business, and the technical sessio
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on July 1980Lift-Loaders are a unique family of fork-lift t r u c k operated semi-trailers. They are engaged by a fork lift in a matter of seconds and become very maneuverable truck-trailer combinations. Each Lift-Loader can be used as a conventional trailer or as a self-loading and unloading trailer.
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on July 1980Blair M. Kerr, long identified in a management capacity with IMODCO, the pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been named to the newly created position of vice president-business development. He was m a n a g i n g d i r e c t o r - IMODCO Limited, and IMODCO v i c e president-Europ
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on July 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. has received a letter of intent from Union Oil Company of California for a turnkey project which will involve the design, fabrication, and installation of a second giant offshore platform in the East Breaks Field in the Gulf of Mexico. When completed in 1982, the
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on July 1980The new SI-TEX/KODEN 757, introduced by SI-TEX, automatically acquires and tracks master transmitting station and all usable secondaries of any Loran C chain. Time Differences (TDs) of any two secondaries can be displayed simultaneously. Operation is completely silent. Four automatic or man
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on June 15, 1980U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, Chairman of the Senate Sub-Committee on Merchant Marine and Tourism and architect of the Senate's Ocean Shipping Act of 1980, has been named the 1980 recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award. The award, for distinguished ser
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on June 15, 1980William A. Snell has joined the J.J. Henry Co., Inc., naval architects and marine engineers, as assistant marketing manager for the commercial sector, and will be based in the Moorestown, N.J. office. He will report to David F. McMullen, assistant vice president, and will be involved in all
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on June 15, 1980A new brochure, Publication 84, describing the inert gas systems for tankers designed and manufactured by Peabody Holmes Ltd. of the U.K. is available from the company's exclusive U.S. representative, Atco Marine Corporation of Brooklyn, N.Y. During recent years standards and regulations co