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on June 1981Hermann Christian Helms has been named to the newly created position of vice president-international for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., headquartered in New Orleans, Lykes chairman Joseph T. Lykes Jr. announced. Mr. Helms, who will be based in Bremen, West Germany, will serve as the senio
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on June 1981Hitachi Zosen has received an order to supply four main marine diesel engines for two Chinese shipyards, Daliang Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard. The contract for this order was signed recently in Beijing in the presence of Wu Run Ting, deputy general manager of China Corporation of Shipbuildi
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on June 1981Edward Forthofer has been named vice president of manufacturing, and Patrick Reardon vice president of engineering for Perry Oceanographies, Inc. of Florida, it was announced by Hap A. Perry, president. Formerly vice president of manufacturing for Pompano Manufacturing, Inc. of Pompano Beac
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on June 1981Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., has been awarded a Ships System Design Study contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command to evaluate the proposed arrangements and construction techniques of the new class of Mine Countermeasure vessels (MCM) to be built in the near future. The
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on June 1981Ian-Conrad Bergen, Inc. of Gulf Breeze, Fla. offers an eight-page, full-color brochure describing its Guard Level® 07324 high-level alarm and automatic shut-down system. It is a single unit sensor for use in chemical, crude oil, and liquefied gas tankers, and is said to have features that sa
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on June 1981The Maritime Subsidy Board has authorized the award of a $622,500 contract to Atlantic Marine, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., for the subsidized construction of a twin-screw, diesel-powered landing craft-type cargo vessel to be owned and o p e r a t e d by Blue Lines, Inc., Cruz Bay, V.I. The in
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on June 1981Riva Gaft Schwartz has been appointed sales manager for Simrad, Inc. She has been a member of Simrad's Marketing Department for several years. Before joining Simrad, Ms. Schwartz was sales administrator and advertising manager for Communication Associates, Inc. Ms. Schwartz will be statione
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on June 1981Joseph F. Madeo Jr. has been named vice president, operations of Ocean Salvors Company, a joint venture of Moran Towing Corporation of New York, and Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco. Captain Madeo formerly served in the U.S. Navy in many capacities involving marine salvage, wr
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on June 1981Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., has announced the receipt of orders of a total value of approximately $1.2 million for Model 3055M Marisat satellite communications terminals from two of the largest international oil companies. Texaco Inc. has ordered 11 communications terminals to be placed on it
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on June 1981Officials of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, have announced that its Port Arthur Division, Gulfport Shipbuilding, will construct a Levingstondesigned offshore drilling rig. The Class 111-C jackup drilling vessel will be built for Compania Perforadora of Mexico. Triangular in
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on June 1981A brochure on the Cleanofire fuel oil/water emulsifier manufactured by Cleanodan A/S of Denmark is now available. The company is represented in the U.S. by American United Marine Corporation. Cleanofire can be installed with minimum modifications of the existing plant, independent of type
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on June 1981Robert L. Wendt, president of the Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation, recently announced the appointment of Dr. Walter R. Beam to the newly created post of division vice president for research and development. In his new position, Dr. Beam will be responsible for monitoring and advising
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on June 1981Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, has announced that a license agreement has been signed between Levingston and Viktor Lenac Shipyard, acting for itself and on behalf of Jadranbrod, the Association of Yugoslav Shipbuilding I n d u s t r i e s , which h
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on June 1981John L. Roper III, president and chief executive officer of Norshipco, has announced the election of two new company officers and a promotion for one current officer. The corporate changes were made by the Norshipco board of directors. Wesley D. Payne was promoted to senior vice president o
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on June 1981James G. Costello, president of Universal Maritime Service Corporation, has announced appointment of Albert Termo, a veteran marine terminal and ocean trade specialist, to a new company position as vice president of market- ing and planning. The action was described by Mr. Costello as a ste
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on June 1981Sun Transport, Inc., Aston, Pa., recently took delivery of the Suncor Chippewa, a 20,000-dwt petrochemical carrier constructed by Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd. of Shimonoseki, Japan. Sun Transport will operate the vessel in world trade for Sunchem Ltd. of Canada, anot
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on June 1981Alan C. McClure Associates, Inc. of Houston, naval architects and engineers, specializing in consultation work for a range of offshore and marine transportation related activities, has announced that Fred E. Shumaker has joined the firm as vice president. A graduate of the University of Mich
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on June 1981Rivtow Straits Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has announced the awarding of a contract for its largest vessel yet. Designed by Talbot Jackson & Associates, also of Vancouver, the twin-screw tug will be built by John Manly Shipyard in Vancouver, with delivery schededuled for la
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on June 1981Members and g u e s t s of the P u g e t Sound Chapter of the American Society of Naval Engineers met recently at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle. The speaker, Lt. Comdr. Steven J. Corcoran, who was operations officer onboard the USCG cutter Boutwell during the search and rescue effort, gave a
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on June 1981The Hampton Roads Section held its annual "Ladies Night" meeting at Newport News Shipbuilding recently. The feature of the evening was a sailing film-narration by John Biddle of Rhode Island. Renowned for his sailing films and film-lectures, he presented his 25th Anniversary Sailing-Film- Sho