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on June 1980Capt. Robert C. Engram, USN (ret.) of Gulf p o r t , Miss., was named a vice president of Ryan- Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc. recently by that firm's board of directors. Captain Engram joined Ryan- Walsh in 1978, and has since been assigned to special projects development, generally in th
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on June 1980Frank J. Murphy, president of American Trading Transportation Company, Inc. of New York, N.Y., has announced the signing of a contract with National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, for the construction of a series of up to six 50,000-dwt product carriers to expand American Trading
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on June 1980Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard and Houston Offshore International, Inc., recently commissioned the second offshore drilling rig built by Bethlehem for this Houstonbased drilling contractor. The rig is the Sabine I I ; Mrs. David W. Kent, wife of Houston Offshore's v
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on June 1980Robert H. Cleary has been named to head the New York office of Systems Engineering Associates Corporation. In making the announcement, Donald Tarquini, vice president of Marine Services Division, said that Mr. Cleary will oversee the division's New York operations, recently expanded to supp
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on June 1980The Shipyard Group of J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc., New Orleans, has added a 5,000-ton drydock to its Morgan City (La.) Division facilities. The new dock, built in Brazil, has the capacity to lift most large offshore barges or to accommodate four smaller vessels simultaneously. It is 25
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on June 1980Twin Disc, I n c o r p o r a t e d of Racine, Wis., a leading manufacturer of marine transmissions in the 70 to 1,600 horsepower range, has recently prepared new literature that is available upon request. Bulletin 319-MR describes the complete line of 14 marine transmissions. In addition, a
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on June 1980The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from Matson Navigation Company, San Francisco, for a Title XI mortgage guarantee to aid in financing the reconstruction of the roll-on/roll-off trailership Lurline. The reconstruction of the ship, to be performed by Sun Sh
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on June 1980Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, Ohio, announced recently that its newly formed subsidiary, Marathon Marine Inc., has awarded contracts to Galveston Shipbuilding Company of Galveston, Texas for the construction of two deepnotch oceangoing barges. The barges, which are scheduled for delivery i
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on June 1980The appointment of Kenneth K. George to operations comptroller, shipbuilding division, in Bethlehem Steel Corporation's accounting department, has been announced by Dirck W. Armitage, assistant comptroller, operations accounting. Mr. George is advancing from shipyard comptroller of the Spar
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on June 1980J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced that its Shipyard Group has extended its operations into the state of Mississippi. The Group has purchased a steel-fabricating facility on 10 acres of land on the Industrial Seaway in the Bayou Bernard Industrial District of Gulfport, Miss. It plans t
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on June 1980The Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore. laid the keel recently for an oceangoing deckhouse barge that is under construction for Puget Sound Freight Lines of Seattle. The 253-foot barge has a 4,400-ton capacity to carry newsprint and other products in the Pu
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on June 1980J . Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.'s s u b s i d i a r i e s in Southeast Asia have recently been awarded contracts with values totaling more than $60 million. The following are the major projects which make up approximately $50 million of this total. Union Oil Company of Thailand, a wholly owne
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on June 1980George T. Flanagan has been appointed general manager of McAllister Brothers, Inc., Norfolk Division. The announcement was made by Anthony J. McAllister Jr., president of the New Yorkbased towing and transportation company. Formerly a s s i s t a n t general manager in the Norfolk office, M
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on June 1980A new synthetic fiber rope designed for applications where manila has long been used has been developed by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. of Boston. Called Hy- Grip Spun Braid, this new doublebraided rope uses the Samson Parallay™ construction combined with Type 77 polyester fiber and Samson's
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on June 1980The U.S. Coast Guard has established a new Office of Navigation to provide greater management support for its expanding aids-to-navigation program. Adm. John B. Hayes, Coast Guard Commandant, ordered the reorganization at Headquarters to improve navigation services to the public and to make
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on June 1980At a recent meeting of the Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 74 members and guests heard a paper titled "Control and Instrumentation of Slow- Speed Diesels," presented by John W. Dirriwachter, manager, General Regulator Department of Forney Engine
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on June 1980Robert G. Homan, senior vice president and general manager of Crowley Maritime Corporation's Caribbean Division, Jacksonville, Fla. recently announced three changes in the company's management personnel. Ron Beacham has joined the Division as director of sales. He will assume r e s p o n s
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on June 1980Gene M. Woodfin, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Marathon Manufacturing Company, Houston, recently announced that the Rowan Companies, Inc. has committed to purchase two of the firm's new Class 150-88-C Gorilla jackup drilling rigs. Mr. Woodfin stated that the delivery
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on June 1980Three new vice presidents were elected at Halter Marine, Inc. recently, and three other executives were elevated to new positions according to Floyd J. Naquin, president of the New Orleans company. The new vice presidents are: Sidney C. Mizell, vice president, s a l e s and m a r k e t i n g
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on June 1980Zesco Inc. of Houston has been named factory representative for Camar Corporation's Inert Gas Systems Division. Zesco president J.D. Vacek, vice president Cy Turner, and head engineer Brown Milstead met with Camar Corporation president and general manager James A. Mercanti recently to discuss