1981 Articles
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on October 1981The City of Valdez, Alaska, recently awarded a contract for the construction of a container terminal facility that includes what is believed to be the world's first floating container dock, according to Mark Lewis, city manager. The contract was awarded recently to a joint venture of Morris
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on October 1981The seven largest shipbuilders in Japan have earmarked more than $1 billion (U.S.) for investment in plant and equipment this year, 18.3 percent higher than the investment total a year ago. The higher investment is taken as a sign that Japanese shipbuilders are recovering from the recession
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on October 1981A venerable 50-year-old woodhulled tug (shown above) has been restored to her fitness of yore and is back in service in Lake Union, Seattle, Wash. According to Mark Freeman of the Fremont Tugboat Company, Inc., the 42-foot-long "A-l" was renamed "Sovereign," following repairs and refitting
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on October 1981The first of two outsized fuel tank barges (shown above) slid down the Jeffboat, Inc. launchways at Jeffersonville, Ind., recently. There, it is receiving final outfitting before traveling to the East Coast to join the fleet of Boston Fuel Transportation, Inc. The tank barge is one of two i
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on October 1981icestrengthened semisubmersible mobile offshore drilling unit has been developed by MACS of Aberdeen, Scotland. The unit has received warm interest, according to John McLean, head of MACS's design department. Mr. McLean reported recently that four major oil companies and two drilling contr
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on October 1981The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) will fund the installation costs for U.S.-flag merchant ships of defense communications systems compatible with the Navy's "highest capacity system" when funds are available. MarAd recently proposed rules to cover the application and approval process
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on October 1981Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Calif., completed shipment recently of the skidding systems contracted by Western Oceanic, Inc., Houston, Texas, for use on Apollo III and IV. The Friede & Goldman designed L780 cantilever, self-elevating offshore drilling units are being built by Chi
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on October 1981In line with the government's emphasis to upgrade the skill and technology level of local industries, Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Limited (FELS) has taken a significant step forward to enhance its operations. The company has acquired license from Shipping Research Services in Norway to
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on October 1981Waterway C o m m u n i c a t i o ns System, Inc. (WATERCOM), Arlington, Va., has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission requesting authority to construct and operate an automated communications system serving the Mississippi, Illinois, and Ohio Rivers and the Gulf I
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on October 1981Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, recently received a $29-million contract to build an icebreaking Class 3 offshore supply vessel for Dome Petroleum Limited of Calgary. The vessel, to be built at Burrard Yarrows' Vancouver yard, is scheduled to operate in the Beaufort Se
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on October 1981Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Calif., recently announced receipt of a contract from National Supply Company, Houston, Texas, to provide a cantilever and drill floor skidding system for use on a Perforadora Mexico S.A. Class 1 11-C selfelevating drilling unit. The jackup is being b
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on October 1981Houlder Drilling Co. has placed a $37-million order for the construction of a self-elevating offshore drilling unit with UIE Shipyard, Clydebank, Scotland. The rig will be used in the development of the Morecambe Bay gas field off the Lancashire coast, England. The yard is currently buildin
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on October 1981P.T. Indospec, in association with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), was formally recognized recently as a certification agency by the Indonesian Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas (MIGAS) to insure that offshore installations and equipment comply with Indonesian regulations which it admi
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on October 1981The first U.S. deepwater oil port appears to be handling ULCCs and VLCCs without problems. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), located 19 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, has received seven large bulk carriers up to 417,000 dwt in its first quarter of operation. Officials report the facil
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on October 1981Santa Fe Diving Services, Inc., Houma, La., has announced that its first advanced-model, remotecontrolled underwater vehicle, a Hydro Products RCV-150, has begun work off Brazil. Thomas M. Angel, vice president and manager of the diving company, said recently that Santa Fe has a contract wi
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on October 1981The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has forwarded to its field surveyors worldwide survey instructions relating to the enforcement provisions of the 1978 Protocol to the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Copies of these instructions also have been given
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on October 1981A self-elevating offshore drilling unit for Offshore Investments Limited of the Hunt Group in the U.S. has been completed at the Osaka Works (Sakai) of Hitachi Zosen. After delivery, the cantilever-type rig named Prober was towed recently to Indonesia. The rig will be operated by Penrod Drilli
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on October 1981Krupp Ruhrorter Schiffswerft, Duisberg, West Germany, has completed two of four pusher tugs ordered by the Central Water Transportation Company Ltd., Onitsha, Nigeria. The new tugs, Lau and Baro, were shipped recently from Rotterdam to Nigeria on the deck of an oceangoing vessel. The tug chri
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on October 1981Todd Shipyards Corp., San Francisco, Calif., said it plans to move one of the drydocks from its San Francisco yard to its Seattle facility in February or March. The company will transfer a floating drydock that has a lift of 40,000 tons, leaving San Francisco with a drydock that can handle 9,
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on October 1981The petroleum product carrier M/V Philadelphia Sun (shown above) has left Sun Ship Inc., Chester, Pa., and joined its sister ship, the New York Sun, in the Sun Transport U.S.-flag tanker fleet, a considerable portion of which is assigned to transporting petroleum products to the Delaware Valle