1981 Articles
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on November 1981A second coastal tanker designed for windassisted diesel propulsion will be delivered soon by Imamura Shipbuilding, Kure, Japan, to Aitoku Co., owner of the first such commercial sailing vessel. The second ship, the Aitoku Maru, will take Japanese sail research one stage further and differs i
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on November 1981Burton Shipyard, Inc., Port Arthur, Texas, recently delivered the 224-foot tuna vessel Patrician. The steel-hulled tuna purse seiner is the second of a seven-vessel contract awarded to Burton by Van Camp Sea Food Co., a division of Ralston Purina Co., and is jointly owned by Van Camp and Capt.
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on November 1981Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron a n n o u n c e d recently that his company has introduced the EN-RTAG, a new compact, low cost, a u t o m a t i c t w o - t o ne alarm signal generator which meets all pertinent IMCO and FCC requirements for radiotelephone- equipped vessels. FCC regul
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on November 1981A six-page brochure defining the capabilities of its Loadmaster D50—an advanced digital calculator designed to meet modern cargo handling requirements — has been published by the marine division of Kockumation AB, Malmo, Sweden. The brochure contains text, photographs, and line drawings, p
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on November 1981Burmeister & Wain Shipyard, Copenhagen, has delivered the M/S Susan B, the fourth of the yard's fuel efficient Panamax bulk carriers of approximately 64,000- dwt. The vessel was built for Eljay Shipping, Inc., Monrovia, Liberia, and named by Mrs. Jane MacMichael, wife of Ethan Mac- Michael,
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on November 1981The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its inaugural 1981-82 meeting recently at the Buttonwood Restaurant with past chairmen's night. The event brought back some 19 past section chairmen. Eric Lithen, the immediate past chairman, was
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on November 1981Patti Industries Inc. of Pensacola, Fla., recently delivered the M/V Rachael Mary and M / V Sylvia Curole. The Rachael Mary, a 1,200-hp tunnel designed 65-foot by 24- foot by 9-foot 6-inch Model bow tug was delivered to Hugh Eymard and Donald Vizier, and will work for Hugh Eymard Towing Co. I
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on November 1981Kenneth Brown, manager of operations engineering at General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat Division in Groton, Conn., was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Northern New England Section. The dinner meeting was held at Pier II in Portsmouth,
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on November 1981It was a close fit for the 550-foot coal carrier Energy Freedom as the tug Gulf Majesty (shown above) squeezed the barge into Lock 4 of the Welland Canal. (See MARITIME REPORTER October 1 issue cover story.) The barge has a beam of 78 feet and the lock is only 80 feet wide. The Energy Freedom
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on November 1981Union Carbide Corporation, New York, N.Y., announced the recent completion and on-time delivery of the world's first waterborne polyethylene plant. The 120,000 metric tons-per-year UNIPOL process plant is undergoing pre-operational testing at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, following a 15,000-mile o
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on November 1981A 123,500-dwt shuttle tanker is to be delivered to Elnar Rasmussen, Norway, by Sweden's Uddevallavarvet shipyard under the terms of a NKr 400-million ($70,000,000) contract. The vessel, intended for the buoy-loading of oil f r o m the Norwegian Statfjord field in the North Sea, is scheduled
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on October 15, 1981Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered the Mobilian (shown above), the first of a series of 85-foot by 30-foot by 10.5-foot towboats for Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company of Chickasaw, Ala. The Mobilian is powered by twin Caterpillar diesel model 3512 engines—ra
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on October 15, 1981Avondale Shipyards, Inc. of New Orleans recently ordered three cargo control systems from Megasystems, Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., and Cleveland, Ohio, f or installation in three 43,000-dwt product carriers ordered earlier this year by Exxon Company U.S.A. of Houston, Texas. With a total pric
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on October 15, 1981The two major factors influencing diesel engine design and development continue to be the soaring fuel costs and deterioration in the quality of marine fuels. While most diesel designers are working to modify existing models to achieve lower specific fuel consumption, a milestone urns achie
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on October 15, 1981The Igloo Finn, an 11,200-dwt gas and chemical carrier was delivered recently by Moss Rosenberg Verft, a.s. to Partrederiet NEMO, Oslo, Norway. It is the first in a series of three and will be operated by A / S Havtor Management, Oslo. The Igloo Finn (shown above) is a highly sophisticated
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on October 15, 1981Mrs. Geri M. Joseph, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, has been elected to the board of directors of Twin City Barge, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., it was announced recently by John W. Lambert, chairman of the board. A life-long resident of the Twin Cities, before becoming Ambassador in
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on October 15, 1981Crowley Maritime Corporation (CMC), San Francisco, Calif., recently established a department identified as the energy transportation and development group, according to a recent announcement by Leo L. Collar, executive vice president of CMC operations. Based in San Francisco, the new depart
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on October 15, 1981Tidewater Inc., New Orleans, La., announced the election of Damon B. Bankston as president and chief operating officer, and Victor I. Koock and William J. Ramey as vice presidents. Mr. Bankston, former senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Tidewater Inc., succeeds J
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on October 15, 1981George Engine Company of Harvey, La., among the world's largest distributors of marine diesel engines, has added another innovation to the offshore diesel power field. The first five-screw crew/utility boat, Joyce McCall II (shown above), was launched recently by Gulf Craft, Inc., Patterson,
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on October 15, 1981A new, high-quality global satellite communication system for ships at sea, run by INMARSAT, will come into operation on February 1, 1982. INMARSAT is the International Maritime Satellite Organization which has 36 member- States. A February starting date has been assured by a decision taken