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on June 1981DEBEG Marine Inc. has formally launched its entry into the U.S. and Canadian markets with the opening of its new headquarters in Salem, N.H. Rolf D. Seichter is president of the U.S. operation while Robert McCarthy is sales manager. Mr. McCarthy is a well-known figure in marine communicatio
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on June 1981Richard E. Fisher has been appointed vice president, marine services, for SeaTec International Ltd. by president William T. Jebb Jr. Mr. Fisher's primary responsibilities will be business development and client contact for SeaTec's Services Division out of the company's Houston facility. Hi
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on June 1981Bill Wood, Marine Leasing Corporation, was elected president of the Northwest Towboat Association at its recent 15th Annual Membership Meeting. Don Lusk, Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company, was elected vice president; while Bill Epping, General Construction Company, was elected secretary-tre
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on June 1981Vu-Gage System, New York, N.Y., a Mobil company, has been awarded contracts for visual inspection and measuring aids to be installed on two new liquid cargo carriers, under construction for Ingram Tankships at National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego. The Vu-Gage® units, fitted with h
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on June 1981David G. Lunceford, manager of the Gulf Coast Branch of the Marine D e p a r t m e n t of Exxon Company, U.S.A., was recently elected chairman of the board and president of the National River Academy for the year 1981- 82, Thomas Tooker, executive director of the academy, announced. Mr. Lun
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on June 1981David H. Green, president and chief executive officer of Savannah Shipyard Company has announced the f o l l o w i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n al changes. William L. Kwitchoff has been elected vice presidentgeneral superintendent, and will be responsible for production and overall yard opera
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on June 1981The towboat Fosti Sybil M. (shown above) was delivered recently by Orange Shipbuilding Company, Inc. of Orange, Texas, to Fuel Oil Supply and Terminaling, Inc. (FOSTI) of Houston. She is the fourth of a five-vessel contract from Fosti, which includes three other pushers and a tugboat. Powe
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on June 1981The annual presentation of student papers highlighted a recent meeting of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. This sixth meeting of the 1980-81 season drew 38 members and guests of the Society to the Port of Los Angeles for the dinne
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on June 1981A christening ceremony on a newly built self-elevating drilling rig (shown above) was performed recently at the shipyard of Promet Private Limited in Singapore by Mrs. Y. Murase, wife of the s e n i o r vice p r e s i d e n t of Abu Dhabi Oil Company. The rig is the first of three jackup rig
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on June 1981Paul R. Tregurtha, president and chief o p e r a t i n g officer of Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., has announced that Capt. Jan A.A. van Lier, president of the firm's ocean bulk transport subsidiaries, has been elected a vice president of the corporation. Mr. Tregurtha stated that, "This
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on June 1981J. David Shlemmer, vice president of Western Gear Corporation and manager for the Power Transmission Division, announced that Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery, Ltd. of South Korea has awarded Western Gear a $1.5-million contract for six propulsion drives to be installed on three Daew
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on June 1981Designers & Planners, Inc., a naval architecture and marine engineering firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Galveston, Texas, is establishing a Philadelphia Area office. It will provide services to Philadelphia naval activities and other marine-associated organizations w i t h i n thi
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on June 1981Orders for river towboats and barges have been at a high level at Dravo Corporation. During a recent 30-day period, for example, Dravo was awarded contracts to build four 6,000-bhp towboats, each valued at over $4 million. The towboats will be constructed by Dravo's Engineering Works Divisi
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on June 1981The Kraissl Company of South Hackensack, N.J. offers a 172- page catalog that describes, in text and drawings, the many products it supplies to the marine field. The company has been engaged for many years in the design, development, manufacture, and supply of pumps, separators, and other f
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on June 1981The annual student paper meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Engineers Club in San Francisco. This meeting was also Past Chairmen's Night, with many past section chairman attending as honored guests. Th
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on June 1981P o r t a b l e , rugged, collapsible rubber drums designed to transport or store gasoline, oil, alcohols, lubricants, water, and other liquids, are available from the E n g i n e e r e d Systems Products Group of Uniroyal, Inc., Mishawaka, Ind. Shaped like a giant wide wheel, the Sealdrums
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on June 1981Charles A. Orem, president of Bird-Johnson Company, has been named chief executive officer, according to Howard H. Scott, chairman of the board. Bird- Johnson, a wholly owned subsidiary of A. Johnson & Co., Inc., is one of the world's leading manufacturers of marine propellers. Mr. Orem was
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on May 15, 1981Shippen Marine Inc. of Houston, Texas, has recently taken delivery of a new 110-foot crew/ supply boat from Gulf Craft Inc. in Patterson, La. The Comet, an aluminum-hulled quad-screw capable of 23 knots, is the first crewboat to be powered by four Cummins KTA-1150-M diesel engines. Gulf Cra
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on May 15, 1981Free literature is now available describing the CH150 series, the second of a new generation of planetary winches, incorporating several changes to improve performance, from Braden Winch Co. of Broken Arrow, Okla. The CH150, when compared with earlier Braden winch designs has the following
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on May 15, 1981Two d o u b l e - h u l l bunkering barges were completed recently by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) of Nashville, Tenn. Built for John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Inc. of Harvey, La., they are 235 feet long with a beam of 35 feet and depth of 11 feet 11 inches. Each of the barges is outf