1981 Articles
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on September 15, 1981Joseph D. Deal Jr., president of Tracor Marine, Inc., recently announced the appointment of Joe Menghi as production control manager and Jack Schmidt as production manager at the company's Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) shipyard. The added volume of ship repair work from two recently ins
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on September 15, 1981Tim O'Leary, formerly with Foss Launch & Tug Co., has been promoted to manager, market development and research for Dillingham Maritime's Ocean Division, Seattle, Wash. According to Tom Van Dawark, president of the Dillingham Maritime Ocean Division, Mr. O'Leary's new responsibilities will
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on September 15, 1981HBC Barge, Inc., Brownsville, Pa., has recently completed installation of new launchways, (shown above) the first phase in the company's $4-million expansion and upgrading program. The new launchways can handle barges up to 54-feet in width, which is 19 feet wider than the previous system p
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on September 15, 1981COMSAT General announced recently that INMARSAT, the International Maritime Satellite Organization, will lease commercial communications capacity for $10.5 million in all three existing MARISAT satellites. At its recent meeting held in London, the INMARSAT Council approved the leasing of th
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on September 15, 1981Bayou Black Shipyard, Gibson, La., recently delivered the push boat Delta Christie (shown above) to C.D. Blankenship of New Orleans. The boat is 60 feet long, has a 25-foot beam, and a 9-foot depth midship. The fuel capacity is approximately 16,000 gallons. Water capacity is approximately 5
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on September 15, 1981Curtis S. Townshend has been appointed vice president, marine sales, for Mobil Sales and Supply, New York. He succeeds J. Owen- Smith who has assumed new duties with the Mobil organization in London. The Marine Sales Department is responsible for overseeing the worldwide sale of Mobil marin
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on September 15, 1981Iowa Marine Repair, Keokuk, Iowa, recently delivered the M/V Tony H (shown above) to Morris Harbor Service, Morris, 111. The Tony H is the first of a new model developed by Iowa Marine and designed by Marine Power Inc., Gulf Breeze, Fla. She is particularly suited for the rough conditions o
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on September 15, 1981Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Md., shipyard recently commissioned a self-elevating mobile offshore drilling rig. The rig was christened the Griffin-Alexander III by its sponsor, Mrs. Anne Place, wife of Jack R. Place of Houst
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on September 15, 1981The building capabilities of some shipyards are hampered by the problems involved in moving a launch-ready hull across dry land to the ways. For Vancouver Shipyards Co., Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia, the solution has been to use "water bearings" to float the hull across land on a .
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on September 15, 1981The 55th Annual Convention of The Propeller Club of the United States, and the concurrent 1981 American Merchant Marine Conference, will be held in Baltimore, Md., on October 14, 15, and 16. Headquarters hotel for the event, which is being hosted by the Propeller Club Port of Baltimore, is
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on September 15, 1981Seven major personnel changes were announced recently in the marine branch of Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okla. The new assignments are: Michel E. Dabbar, marine manager; Richard C. McFarland, director of fleet operations; C. Jeff Goodell, director of chartering and traffic; Lawre
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on September 15, 1981Arrow Marine, Inc. of Houston, Texas, recently took delivery of the Omaha Arrow (shown above), a 120-foot by 26-foot by 10-foot 6-inch, 1,200-horsepower, supply utility vessel built by Skully Bros. Boat Builders, Inc., Stephensville, La. She is a sister ship to the Navajo Arrow delivered ea
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on September 15, 1981John W. Chandler has been named a vice president of Borg- Warner Corporation's York-International operation, York, Pa. He is responsible for all marine, military, and government sales of the c o m p a n y ' s air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment in the U.S. and international markets.
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on September 15, 1981A new, water-based, fire-retardant enamel called Devflex 1 was recently introduced by Devoe Marine Coatings Co., Louisville, Ky. Recommended for use in wardrooms, mess rooms, living compartments, and i n t e r i o r areas where safety is the prime concern, this high-quality coating is self-
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on September 15, 1981Oceans '81, the annual conference and exhibition sponsored by the IEEE Council of Oceanic Engineering and the Marine Technology Society, will be held September 16-18 at the Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Mass. A record 300 technical presentations will be made by eminent persons from academe, resea
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on September 15, 1981James J. Convy, chairman of the board, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York-headquartered naval architectural firm, has announced the appointment of Robert J. Ford to the position of chief engineer and head of the machinery division in New York. Mr. Ford joined Gibbs & Cox in 1942, immediately after
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on September 15, 1981A keel-laying ceremony recently at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., marked the start of construction of the Chesapeake Trader—the first in a series of 44,000-dwt petroleum product carriers being: built for American Trading Transportation Company, Inc., of
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on September 15, 1981Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered a 65-foot by 26-foot by 9.5- foot towboat from their stock boat line to Dravo Mechling and on charter to Compass Marine. The Bud Weber (shown above) is powered by twin GM 16V92 diesel engines rated at 600 hp each. The engines
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on September 15, 1981The Amsterdam Drydock Company (Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij B.V.) of the Netherlands, has recently been awarded an order involving the com- plete rebuilding of the twin screw ro/ro passenger vessel Saint Killian for the Irish Continental Line, Dublin, Ireland. The rebuilding will be do
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on September 15, 1981The S/S Blue Ridge (shown above) the first of three 37,500- dwt Carlsbad Class product carriers built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., for Union Oil Co. of California, was delivered recently in ceremonies held aboard the new ship. The product carrier was received