1981 Articles
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on May 15, 1981Donald M. Surgenor, executive vice president/general manager of Nickum & Spaulding Associates, Inc., Seattle-based naval architecture/ marine engineering firm, announced the appointment of two vice presidents: Stan C. Stumbo as vice president, operations and E.C. Hagemann as vice president,
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on May 15, 1981The Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., has awarded Tracor, Inc., Rockville, Md., a new contract of $7.6 million to continue supporting development, system engineering, design, production, installation maintenance, testing, logistics, and operational phases
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on May 15, 1981Halter Marine, Inc. recently completed contracts for a series of vessels with the Marsea Marine Companies, New Orleans, with the delivery of the supply boat Marsea Six (shown above). The companies have also signed contracts for 14 additional similar vessels. The 180-foot by 40-foot Marsea Six
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on May 15, 1981The 900-ton, heavy-duty floating derrick Tog Mor (shown above) was delivered recently by Blohm + Voss AG, Hamburg. Built for Howard Doris Ltd. of Edinburgh, the derrick's hull is 101.4 meters long and 27.4 meters wide (about 332.7 by 89.9 feet). It has been towed to Loch Kishorn yard in Scotl
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on May 15, 1981The economy will experience a boost in the Coos Bay/North Bend, Ore., area soon. John Sweet, director of marketing and sales for Sause Bros., Coos Bay's ocean towing company, says that its new barge-building facility (shown above) is expected to be finished by mid-year. The first oceangoing b
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on May 15, 1981Geosource Inc., Houston, Texas, recently announced its board of directors has elected William R. Laws to the position of executive vice president. He will have corporate operating responsibility for the company's operations which serve the petroleum exploration, petroleum development and el
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on May 15, 1981Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, recently laid the keel for the first of two Levingston-designed jackup drilling rigs to be built for Noble Drilling Company of Ardmore, Okla. The first rig will be named the Ed Holt; the second rig has not been named. Noble Drilling, a leadi
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on May 15, 1981Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS), Singapore, recently announced it has signed a contract to construct a drillship for Global Marine Drilling Company of USA. The vessel will be built in Singapore and is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 1983. The vessel will be a twi
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on May 15, 1981Robert E. Howson, president and chief operating officer of McDermott Marine Construction, recently announced a management realignment. The McDermott Operating Unit has been officially renamed McDermott Marine Construction. It employs 20,000 people in both foreign and domestic marine enginee
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on May 15, 1981Bulletin A4-61.00, just released by WABCO Fluid Power Division of American-Standard, Lexington, Ky., describes the full line of Controlair® pneumatic valves for marine a p p l i c a t i o n s . The valves are widely used for pneumatic engine and clutch control as well as to control bow thrus
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on May 15, 1981Capt. Donald F. Stephens, general manager of McAllister Brothers, Inc., Philadelphia, has announced the a p p o i n t m e n t of Christopher T. Palo as marine superintendent. He will be responsible for all engineering and vessel maintenance and repair for the entire Philadelphia fleet and t
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on May 15, 1981VIRGINIA BEACH — MAY 26-27 The third in a series of international symposia on ship propellers that have been attracting wide attention in the marine engineering community in recent years will be presented on May 26- 27, 1981, at the Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Va. Titled Propellers '8
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on May 15, 1981Frank L. Anastasio Jr. has been elected president of Marine Concrete Structures, Inc. The New O r l e a n s - b a s e d company is the largest builder in the United States of precast, prestressed concrete gravity structures used in the offshore oil and gas industry. It operates construction
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on May 15, 1981The first shipping line totallyowned by Saudi Arabia became a reality recently following formal acceptance of the first cargo vessel by the newly established Saudi National Shipping Company. The 23,000-gt Saudi Riyadh, a RO/ RO-containership, is the first of seven similar vessels S.N.S.C. ex
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on May 15, 1981David A. Hatcher has been appointed president of Challenger Minerals Inc., the oil and gas exploration and development subsidiary of Global Marine Inc., it was announced recently by C. Russell Luigs, president and chief executive officer of Global Marine. Mr. Hatcher previously was a vice p
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on May 15, 1981Drilling Investments Ltd., a subsidiary of Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine has recently purchased a jackup drilling rig from leading rigbuilder, Promet Pte Ltd. The US$50-million rig, measuring 212 feet by 210 feet by 26 feet, is one of the largest threelegged jackup platform rigs. It will
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on May 15, 1981Burmeister & Wain Shipyard, Copenhagen, r e c e n t l y delivered the second ship of the yard's series of fuel-efficient, Panamax bulk carriers of 64,000 dwt (shown above). Named the H y d r o l o c k, she was built for Stanhurst Shipping Limited, a member of the Wheelock Marden Shipping Gro
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on May 15, 1981Mobil Exploration and Producing Services, Inc., a unit of the Exploration and Producing Division of Mobil Oil Corporation, has awarded the Sperry Division, Great Neck, N.Y., of Sperry Corporation contracts to develop and produce one of the most advanced navigation systems ever developed for
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on May 15, 1981A recent meeting of the Northern California Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Engineers Club in San Francisco. The Section's Annual T. Douglas MacMullen Award was presented during the business portion of the meeting to Irene Halpern, wife of pas
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on May 15, 1981Ocean 210 (shown above), a 200,000-barrel petroleum barge, was launched recently at the Galveston S h i p b u i l d i n g Company yard in Galveston, Texas. The 25,000-dwt barge, under construction for Interstate and Ocean Transport Company (IOT), will be employed in the U.S. coastal transpo