1981 Articles
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on August 1981The keel for Hull 730 was laid recently at Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The oceangoing bulk cargo barge is being built for Ocean Barge Corporation, New York. This will be the first vessel built for Ocean Barge Corporation by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. The 550-foot by 78-foot tug
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on August 1981Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP) of Pascagoula, Miss., recently delivered the utility boat Graytest (shown above) to Gray Mackenzie Marine Service, E.C., located in Bahrain. The Graytest is a modified version of the standard HUDSHIP 120-foot utility vessel. The primary modification was t
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on August 1981RCA Service Company recently announced the introduction of a worldwide service network to provide fixed-price maintenance coverage for marine communications and navigation equipment. The service is being provided at over 230 ports of call in 60 countries, according to Martin H. Rubin, divisi
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on August 1981Senator Spark Matsunaga (DHawaii) announced recently that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected the Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Company, a subsidiary of Dillingham Corporation of Honolulu, as the lead company for the $7.6-million ocean thermal energy
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on August 1981Hvide Shipping Incorporated, headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., handed over the Oxy Trader and the Oxy Producer, two of the three Catug vessels ordered by Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Construction is almost complete on the third Oxy Catug, the Oxy Grower, which will go into service
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on August 1981Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been awarded a $40-million contract by Newport News Shipbuilding to build eight turbine generator sets for the CVN-17, the Navy's fifth nuclear aircraft carrier. The contract was awarded to the Westinghouse Marine Division in Sunnyva
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on August 1981Korea's Hyundai Group has won what is reported to be the largest single shipbuilding c o n t r a c t in history to build nine vessels for the United Arab Shipping Company. Under the USD 400-million contract, Hyundai will construct nine containerships of 35,500 dwt each and 14,000 steel conta
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on August 1981Burmeister & Wain Shipyard in Copenhagen recently celebrated the naming of Yard No. 883, a Panamax bulk c a r r i e r of the yard's fuel-saving type. Of approximately 64,000 dwt, the ship was ordered by A / S Klaveness C h a r t e r i n g of Oslo, and was named by Mrs. Bibbi Preststulen, wi
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on August 1981Whitehall Corporation's subsidiary, Hydroscience, Inc., Dallas, Texas has signed a firm fixed price prime contract with the U.S. Navy for the production of eight oceanographic systems, with an option for four additional systems. The Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) is a high
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on August 1981Richard Palk has been elected president of American Trading Transportation Company, Inc., according to an announcement made by that New York City-based shipping company. Mr. Palk, who had been vice president and general manager, will now serve as chief executive officer. A Kings Point gradu
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on August 1981The 33rd Annual Spring Meeting of the Gulf Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) was held at the New Orleans Hyatt Regency Hotel. The technical section began with a paper on "Assessment of Weather Constraints on Operational Planning and Scheduling," by G.L.
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on August 1981Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) recently delivered two integrated, threebarge double-skin petroleum tows to Coastal Towing Inc., Texas, of Houston. Each of the tows consists of a 297-foot 6-inch by 54-foot by 12-foot lead rake barge, a 290-foot by 54-foot by 12-foot mid-box barge, and a 282
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on August 1981J. Frank Williams, vice president-sales of Equitable Shipyards, Inc., Southwest region president, president-Navy League, and national director-Navy League of the United States, has been honored and presented with the Navy Department Meritorious Public Service Citation. Presentation ceremonies
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on August 1981Swiftships, Inc. of Morgan City, La., has contracted with L & P Boat Rentals of Gibson, La., to build two 166-foot steel supply cargo vessels. The vessels will be built at the Mangone-Swiftships yard in Houston, and the first will be ready for delivery this December. According to Calvin LeLeu
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on August 1981The board of directors of Gulf Coast Fabrication, Inc. has announced the election of Dan Mortimer Mortimer as president of the new company which has acquired an existing shipyard site in Pass Christian, Miss. The company will engage in all phases of marine construction, primarily offshore
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on August 1981Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Union, N.J. is the apparent low bidder on a multimillion- dollar contract to construct a 29,000-foot-long sand dike at the Hart and Miller Islands diked disposal area in Baltimore County for the Maryland Port Administration. Construction of the dike will
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on August 1981William R. Martyn has been appointed commodity director-grain for Dravo Mechling Corporation, one of the nation's largest barge line operations. He will be filling a newly created position at Dravo Mechling. In announcing this appointment, Peter K. Sour, vice president-sales for Dravo Mechli
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on August 1981According to a new, color brochure from the Du Pont Company's marine finishes group, a carefully planned program of marine maintenance painting coupled with high-performance finishing systems can save shipowners time, trouble and money in the long run. Entitled "Innovations In Corrosion Co
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on August 1981Three limited partnerships located at 2701 Houma Boulevard, Metairie, La., have applied for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing a total of 50 hopper barges. All are to be 200 feet long, and are intended for operation in the Mississippi River. The applicants are: Commercial Barge Carrier
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on August 1981Mid-Coast Marine, Inc. (formerly Nelson Log Bronc) of Coos Bay, Ore., recently delivered its first 65-foot, twin-screw tugboat, the Andy Head (shown right), to Alaska Timber Corporation. The new vessel will perform towing and ship-handling jobs for the ATC plant in Klawock, Alaska. Designed