1981 Articles
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on June 15, 1981Joseph B. Shiffert, president of North Florida Shipyards at Commodores Point in Jacksonville, Fla., has announced recent appointments to expand and strengthen the yard's extensive services to ship operators. Albert A. White has joined North Florida Shipyards as production manager and assist
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on June 15, 1981A $247-million c o n t r a c t for three FFG-7 class guided-missile frigates (FFG-50, 53, 55) has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Bath Iron Works, raising the shipyard's business backlog to the highest level in its 97-year history. The Navy also awarded the company a $326,573 study contract
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on June 15, 1981Levingston Shipbuilding Company officials have announced that a new corporate organization, Levingston Industries, Inc., has been formed and will be headquartered in Orange, Texas. The formation of three wholly owned subsidiaries of Levingston Industries was also announced. They are: Leving
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on June 15, 1981The p a t r o l h y d r o f o i l missile ship USS Taurus (shown above), first of five PHMs under construction for the U.S. Navy, was launched recently at the Seattle facility of Boeing Marine Systems. The vessel was christened by Mrs. John D.H. Kane Jr., wife of Rear Adm. John D.H. Kane Jr.
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on June 15, 1981Interest in Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) is growing rapidly. This was proven recently at Seamen's Church Institute in New York City where lotron Corporation of Bedford, Mass., manufacturer of the DIGIPLOT, demonstrated its 40-target model. This is the same deluxe model chosen by She
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on June 15, 1981Joe Barrios, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, announced recently that John Serrie has joined Levingston as vice president of operations of the Levingston Shipbuilding Company. Mr. Serrie brings a wide range of experience to Levingston from his many previous management positions
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on June 15, 1981The El Paso Company, Houston, has announced the election of David F. Mackie as a senior vice president of the company, Martin R. Engler Jr. as an executive vice president of El Paso Natural Gas Company, and Harry W. Ray as a vice president of El Paso Marine Company. The latter two companies
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on June 15, 1981Phillip Stringer, president of Consolidated Inland Marine, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, has announced the opening of an East Division office in the Mobile area. Located at 5950 Granada, Satsuma, Ala., the office will handle transportation of petroleum cargoes between New Orleans and all points eas
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on June 15, 1981The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved the award of a $2,569,934 subsidy to Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for reconstruction work on the United States Lines, Inc., containership American Merchant. The Baltimore shipyard is increasing the ship's container capacity from the equiv
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on June 15, 1981Penske Energy and Engines Group of New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Cincinnati offers a 12-page, full-color brochure describing and illustrating the line of General Motors and General Electric marine propulsion engines and generator sets that the group engineers, packages, and distribut
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on June 15, 1981The Ship Structure Committee, an Interagency Advisory Committee dedicated to improving the structure of ships, has recently published three new technical reports that are available free of charge. SSC-297, "Evaluation of Liquid Dynamic Loads in Slack LNG Cargo Tanks," presents a review of
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on June 15, 1981The Service Group of McGraw- Edison Company recently announced the establishment of its Marine Marketing Department with headquarters in Fairfield, N.J. McGraw-Edison Service is a new force in the marine equipment repair field, combining the mechanical repair capabilities of Worthington Ser
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on June 15, 1981Oglebay Norton Company's giant new Great Lakes vessel, the 1,000-foot Columbia Star, was christened recently at Sturgeon, Bay, Wise. The vessel's sponsor was Mrs. John J. Dwyer, wife of the president of Oglebay Norton. The ceremonies officially named the former Hull No. 726 to honor the own
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on June 15, 1981A recent keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego initiated construction of the first in a series of 37,500-dwt diesel-powered product carriers being built by NASSCO for American Tankships, Inc., a subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Orleans. C
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on June 15, 1981Massport executive director David W. Davis has announced the arrival of a special cargo for the Port of Boston. The first of two low-profile container cranes that will service Massport's Castle Island Marine Terminal is now in port. The crane was built by Paceco, Inc. at their Gulfport, Mis
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on June 15, 1981David H. Green, president and chief executive officer of Savannah Shipyard Company, has announced that Vincent J. Ferraro Jr. has been elected vice president- estimating for the Savannah, Ga., company and continues with his present duties and responsibilities as chief estimator. He is respo
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on June 15, 1981Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Livingston, N.J., has just published a 16-page, full-color brochure describing and illustrating its full range of marine boilers and auxiliary equipment including condensers, steam jet air ejectors, inert gas generators, and flue gas scrubbers. The booklet
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on June 15, 1981Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, announced recently that it is negotiating a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets of Nilo Barge Line, Inc., a subsidiary of Olin Corporation. Directors of Dravo and Olin have approved a letter agreement outlining terms of th
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on June 15, 1981Megasystems, Inc. of Cleveland and Boca Raton, Fla., will design and manufacture the complete automation of an oceangoing, split-hull, suction trailing hopper dredge to be built by Southern Shipbuilding Corporation in Slidell, La. The instrumentation and control package will feature a distr
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on June 15, 1981Christening c e r e m o n i e s were held recently at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. for the integrated tug/ barge unit Oxy Producer (shown at right), a 41,500-dwt liquid chemical and petroleum tanker, which was built for a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Mrs. Tazewell Shepard Jr.,