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on June 15, 1980Energy savings are cited as one of the advantages of a new line of lightweight, low-horsepower, high-pressure pumps for installations requiring capacities up to 500 gpm and heads to 1,500 feet. Worthington Pump R&D developed the Type WD pumps to combat the rising costs associated with deliv
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on June 15, 1980Tad Stanwick, chairman of the board of The Stanwick Corporation, Arlington, Va., has announced the election of Ralph L. Shifley as vice chairman of the board. He joined the corporation in 1971 upon his retirement from the U.S. Navy as vice admiral, and has served as president and treasurer
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on June 15, 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. of New Orleans and the Dominion Bridge Company, Limited of Montreal have announced their intention to develop a Canadian-headquartered joint enterprise that will carry out research, engineering, fabrication, and construction work for the offshore oil and gas ind
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on June 15, 1980Pall Industrial Hydraulics Corporation has introduced the new Biflow filter assembly, a bi-directional filter in a single housing. It provides continuous filtration with either direction of flow through the filter. This new filter has been designed for use in openloop hydraulic systems and i
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on June 15, 1980Davie Shipbuilding Limited of Lauzon, Quebec, and Global Marine Drilling Company of Houston have signed a letter of intent for the construction of two offshore, jackup drilling platforms valued at $35 million each for delivery in late 1981 and mid-82. These rigs are the eighth and ninth obt
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on June 15, 1980A full-color brochure on the Sea Fence® oil containment boom, the newest environmental protection product developed by Seaward International, Inc., is now available from the Falls Church, Va. company. The brochure describes the construction of the Sea Fence and details specifications of the
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on June 15, 1980The appointment of Bruce A. McAllister as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Maritime Affairs has been announced by Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs and head of the Maritime Administration. Mr. McAllister, formerly president and chief executive officer of
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on June 15, 1980The General Electric Company, Simulation and Control Systems Department, Daytona Beach, Fla., has been awarded an $ll-million contract to furnish central control systems for four new Spanish Navy ships. The equipment provided under the contract will control the shipboard propulsion, electri
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on June 15, 1980Tom Opatz, president of Pacific Towboat & Salvage, Seattle, announced recently that Ray Tsuneyoshi has been promoted to the new position of vice president and manager of marketing and planning for Pacific Towboat & Salvage. According to Mr. Opatz, "The appointment f o l l o w s the continuo
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on June 15, 1980The Marina S., a passenger/ supply vessel built for Dinko's Marine Service of Aransas Pass, Texas, has been completed by Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation of Greenville, Miss. The new vessel will be available for contract work in Gulf waters from Brownsville, Texas, to Key West, Fla.
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on June 15, 1980Donald M. Surgenor has been appointed vice president and general manager of Nickum & Spaulding Associates, Seattle, with the retirement of Harry Hofmann, according to Philip F. Spaulding, president. The appointment is step one in an internal reorganization plan that will streamline operatio
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on June 15, 1980Another innovative first for St. Augustine Trawlers, Inc., St. Augustine, Fla., the Capt. Tony, a 100-foot by 40-foot floating drydock, was completed recently for Duzich Trawlers of Newport News, Va. Duzich Trawlers operates 34 St. Augustine trawler vessels in steel and wood. Marion Duzich
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on June 15, 1980Columbia O f f s h o r e Technical Services Ltd., a Division of Columbia Surveyors (Marine) Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, has avail able a new brochure describing the company's diverse marineoriented services Columbia Offshore was established in July 1979 to further expand the parent company's
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on June 15, 1980The 10,000-gallon-capacity minitanker Dagwood was delivered recently to Tiny Tankers, Inc. of Seattle by Delaware Marine & Manufacturing Company. Delivery was made at the builder's yard in Milford, Del., after which Tiny Tankers' president Dick Timmerman piloted the boat to Galveston, Texas
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on June 15, 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, and IHI Marine Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (IHI) of Japan are working together to introduce a number of Japanese shipbuilding techniques at the Levingston yard. This work is being perfor
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on June 15, 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company recently launched the motor vessel Pride of Texas at its Orange, Texas, shipyard. The 36,000-dwt dry bulk carrier was christened by Mrs. Valerie Nemirow, wife of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs Samuel B. Nemirow, in the presence of some 7
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on June 15, 1980Hitachi Zosen of Japan recently received an order from Compania Espanola de Petroleos, S.A. (CEPSA) to change the main engine of the 173,266-dwt tanker Valencia from steam turbine to diesel. This is Hitachi's first order for main engine conversion work for a supertanker. The value of the co
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on June 15, 1980The 26,977-dwt bulk carrier Seagrand Ace, constructed at the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai Zosen, an affiliate of Hitachi Zosen, was delivered recently to Seagrand Company, Ltd. The new vessel is a diesel-driven, singlescrew, single-decker type bulk carrier, with an aft engine room, forecastle, an
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on June 15, 1980Gotaverken Arendal AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, recently signed a contract with Wilh. Wilhelmsen of Oslo to build a semisubmersible drilling rig at a cost of about $85 million. Delivery is scheduled for 1982. Following a decision by the Norwegian Parliament to start oil drilling north of the 62n
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on June 15, 1980Peabody Holmes Ltd., London, England, has announced the appointment of Atco Marine Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., as their exclusive representative in the U.S. for Peabody marine inert gas systems, including flue gas systems and inert gas generators for marine use. The agreement was signed in