1980 Articles
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on June 1980A new mode of high-speed marine transportation will become available to the Gulf of Mexico rig and platform operators this winter when the first of four new surface effect "dashboats" begins servicing offshore rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract to build the four vessels
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on June 1980Promet Pte. Ltd., one of the largest international engineering contracting companies in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, recently launched the self-propelled, jackup type well service barge Carl Fleming at its shipyard in Jurong, Singapore. Christening of the barge was performed by Mrs. Wi
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on June 1980The members of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers were honored to have Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), former Commander in Chief, Atlantic, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, as guest speaker at a recent meet- ing. More than 120 member
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on June 1980The J . J . Henry Co., Inc., New York City, has signed an agreement with Cali & Associates of New Orleans to provide a new and unique service for the shipbuilding industry. Under the terms of the agreement, the Henry firm will utilize Cali's proprietary "SPADES" system of computer programs
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on June 1980A $lS5.4-miIlion contract for c o n s t r u c t i o n of three FFG-7 class guided-missile frigates was awarded by the U.S. Navy recently to Bath Iron Works Corporation, a Congoleum company. The award raises to 16 the. number of the versatile ships currently under contract to the Bath, Maine
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on June 1980Neil N. Diehi has been elected president of Ohio Barge Line, Inc., Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company, and Mon-Valley Transportation Company with headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pa. He succeeds Thomas Marshall who has been named group vice pres- ident-resource development for United States Steel
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on June 1980The compact Type 88 package seal, designed for ease in assembly and maintenance without modification of existing equipment, is now available from Crane Packing Company, Morton Grove, 111. Seal drive is accomplished through set screw or friction drive for positioning seal on shaft or sleeve.
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on June 1980John L. Roper 3rd, president and chief executive o f f i c e r of Norshipco, Norfolk, Va., has announced the appointments of two new company officers and promotions for five current officers. The new officers are Carlos E. Agnese, assistant vice president of marketing and contract administra
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on June 1980Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I. recently delivered the 156-foot offshore supply vessel Clipper Key West to Hamilton, Inc. of Panama City, Fla. The vessel admeasures under 200 gross tons, and is equipped to carry up to 600 long tons of combined calcium chloride or liquid mud and de
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on June 1980A N e w Concept In M a r i n e Transport Is Seeded Only In Times Of Economic U p h e a v a l And Bears Fruit Only If It Is A d a p t a b l e To Economics Of A C h a n g i n g Pattern The most c h a l l e n g i n g and unique problem the naval architect faces when developing the design of a n
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on June 1980Nickum & Spaulding Associates, Seattle naval architects, recently completed the design for two 22-car ferries for service between Miami Beach and Fisher Island, Fla. William B. Rebozo, president of Island Developers, Ltd., operators of the ferries, said the Seattle naval architecture firm h
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on June 1980Capt. Edward Kaune, USN (ret.), now serving as assistant general manager, has been selected to succeed Harrison G. Rowe as general manager of the San Francisco Division of Todd Shipyards Corporation, upon his retirement on August 1, 1980. Carl R. Meurk, vice president- West Coast Operations
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on June 1980The recent growth of shipping fraud has been almost staggering. Certainly the threat that such frauds pose to individual companies— whether shippers, shipowners, brokers, freight forwarders, insurers, or bankers—is very real and worrying. In May last year the United Kingdom's Institute of C
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on June 1980Capstans, winches, and deck fittings are featured in a brochure now available from the Schoellhorn- Albrecht Division of St. Louis Ship, a company of the Pott Industries Group. Schoellhorn-Albrecht's primary product line is capstans, both powered and manually operated, but the company also
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on May 15, 1980The h i s t o r i c capital of Massachusetts gained a new symbol of its rich heritage recently when the USS Boston (SSN-703), a high-speed attack submarine, was launched at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division in Groton, Conn. Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo hailed the 360-foot, 6,90
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on May 15, 1980A new catalog describing the r e d e s i g n e d Rockwell Univalve® forged steel globe valves is now available from the Flow Control Division, Pittsburgh. These highpressure, high-temperature stop, stop-check, and check valves are used in the power, process, and general industries. The cata
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on May 15, 1980James H. Leonhard has been appointed to the newly created position of marketing manager for the International Marine Coatings Division of the International Paint Company, Inc., New York City. The appointment was announced jointly by John P. Merrill Jr., executive vice president, and W. Norm
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on May 15, 1980A recent monthly meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers heard a paper titled "Predicting Hydrodynamic Behavior of Small W a t e r p l a n e Area, Twin-Hull (SWATH) Ships." The author was Edward Numata, chief of the Dynamics Divis
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on May 15, 1980Robert R. Barkerding Sr., foreign trade consultant and past port director of New Orleans, has joined R y a n - W a l s h Stevedoring company as senior vice president. He will be responsible for the overall supervision of all corporate activities in the New Orleans area. The announcement was
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on May 15, 1980Two new digital, recording navigation e c h o s o u n d e r s are announced by Simrad, Inc., Armonk, N.Y. The ED 161 and ED 162 recording echosounders not only meet IMCO recommendations for merchant vessels but also display depth digitally. In addition, both include audible depth alarms. Th