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on December 1981Peter J. West has joined Transway International Corporation, New York, N.Y., as vice president- operations, a newly created position, it was announced recently. Mr. West has corporate staff responsibility for marine transportation, truck trailer manufacturing, and liquefied petroleum gas op
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on November 15, 1981The Hawaii Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its first meeting of the 1981-82 season recently at the Cannon Club, on the Lanai, Fort Ruger, under the chairmanship of Dr. Manley St. Denis. A paper entitled "High-Speed Catamaran Hydrofoils" was delivered by
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on November 15, 1981The Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. (UPSCO) in Ontonagon, Mich., recently launched its first vessel to be built under contract. Hull No. 001—a 1,053-ton tug for an integrated tug-barge (ITB) system—is being built, along with four barges, for the State of Michigan. It was the first commercia
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on November 15, 1981Capt. James S.C. Chao, president and managing director of Foremost Maritime Corporation, New York, N.Y., a company he helped to found in 1964, recently received the Medal of Honor f r om St. John's University, Queens, N.Y. The medal was presented by the Very Rev. Joseph T. Cahill, C.M., at
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on November 15, 1981Lester Rosenblatt, p r e s i d e nt and chairman of the board of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., one of the nation's leading independent naval architectural and marine engineering firms, recently announced the promotions of Zackary Awer and Stephen Halpern to vice president, and Stephen Dunlap t
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on November 15, 1981Astilleros de Santander, S.A. has announced the implementation of a major expansion project which will increase the capacity of its Number 1 drydock from 6,500 dwt to 25,000 dwt. The drydock is being lengthened from 405 to 535 feet, and widened from 52 to 78 feet. In addition, crane capacity
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on November 15, 1981The first meeting of the 1981- 82 year for the Long Beach- Greater Los Angeles Section of ASNE was held recently at the Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center Officers Club. Following dinner, Capt. J.A. Gildea, USN, chairman, welcomed the 57 members and guests. Chairman Gildea next introd
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on November 15, 1981Lester Rosenblatt, president and chairman of the board of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., one of the nation's largest independent naval architectural and marine engineering firms, recently announced the appointment of four new branch managers. Amos Baki has been promoted to assistant vice presiden
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on November 15, 1981A survey conducted by the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association points to a need for over 400 new vessels and floating equipment at a total cost (in 1981 dollars) of over $33 billion over the next 10 years. Expenditures, says the association, have already begun to build up with
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on November 15, 1981Plans for a semisubmersible offshore drilling unit capable of drilling in waters up to 6,000 feet deep are being finalized by Imperial Oil Ltd., a subsidiary of Esso Resources, Canada, Ltd. The rig will be used for a multiwell d r i l l i n g program off the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrad
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on November 15, 1981Moss Point Marine, Inc. of Moss Point, Miss., announced the delivery recently of two 180-foot-class multipurpose supply vessels to be operated by Golden Gulf Marine Operators, Inc. of New Orleans. The M V Golden Girl (See MR EN, October 1, 1981, page 64) and her sister M V Golden Moon are t
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on November 15, 1981The S/S Coast Range (shown above), a 37,500-dwt product carrier built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., f o r Union Oil Company of California, was delivered to Union Oil recently in ceremonies at the San Diego shipyard. The ship was received by Glenn O.
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on November 15, 1981Supertankers that may require marine repairs and engineering services while at the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port can utilize a new service group formed recently by Marine Agents of Galliano, Inc. A free-on-request pamphlet describes the facilities and services of MAGI-Marine Agents of Gallian
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on November 15, 1981Marintec China '81 will take place in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, from December 10 through December 16. Butterworth Systems has announced it will be present with several maj o r pieces of equipment on display, including the SFC 5 BW Oil/Water Separator, which provides "clean" wate
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on November 15, 1981D. John Nichols, president of Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., announced recently the delivery of the M / V Redneck to Capt. W.A. (Peanut) Hollinger of Greenville. The 56-foot by 22-foot by 7-foot 6-inch, 1,000-hp towboat is the second of three ordered by Captain H
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on November 15, 1981Executives of The Ohio River Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, the nation's largest barge mover of coal, met recently with 23 Finnish b u s i n e s s m e n at ORCO's headquarters to discuss the shipment of U.S. coal to Finland. The group, which includes representatives of Finnish electric utility
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on November 15, 1981Southern Drilling Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Drilling Company, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard recently commissioned a 200-foot water depth mobile offshore drilling rig. The rig was christened J Storm XVII by its sponsor, Mrs. Gino Giusti, wife
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on November 15, 1981A Boeing jetfoil to be evaluated in a variety of naval and commercial roles by the government of Indonesia was launched recently by Boeing Marine Systems in Renton, Wash. Bima Samudera I, the first jetfoil fo r the Republic of Indonesia, will be evaluated in coastal defense and customs enfo
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on November 15, 1981Houtech Energy Inc. of Houston, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont shipyard recently commissioned a 73-foot water depth mobile offshore workover unit. The rig was christened Houtech II by its sponsor, Mrs. Richard M. Kleberg III, wife of the managing director of SFD Investments. It
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on November 15, 1981Northern Radio announces the recent introduction of the Model N-860 Scanning, synthesized HF/ SSB transceiver. The new Model N-860, FCC type accepted, is said to be the first Scanning HF/SSB transceiver to be made available to the U.S. market. It features 200 field programmable and selectab