1981 Articles
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on April 1981W.L. (Lynn) Nelson, managing director of Butterworth Systems (UK) Ltd., has retired after 33 years of service with that company. Succeeding him as managing director is Derek C. Denyer, who was appointed to the board of directors of Butterworth Systems (UK) Ltd. in November 1980. He will also
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on April 1981A four-color, 22-page brochure, "Sulzer in the USA," is now available describing the company's 40 years of operation in the United States. Established in 1940, Sulzer Bros, is a subsidiary of Sulzer Brothers Limited of Winterthur, Switzerland. Within four decades, the U.S. company has built a
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on April 1981The corporate structure of Advanced Marine Enterprises, Inc. has been modified to improve response to customer requirements and facilitate diversification of services. The company is currently pursuing opportunities in the areas of energy transfer and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and computer
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on April 1981Zapata Marine Service's senior vice president- marketing, Curtis L. Taylor, recently announced several new assignments within the company's marketing group. Paul W. Hendrie has been named Zapata Marine's vice president-sales, and will assume overall responsibility for the company's marketing
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on April 1981Hudson Shipbuilders (HUD- SHIP) of Pascagoula, Miss., re- cently delivered its first 85-foot towboat, the Virginia Cole (shown above), to Energy Transport Ser- vices, Inc. of New Orleans. Al- though HUDSHIP builds a stock 70-foot towboat, of which several have been delivered, this is its fi
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on April 1981Honeywell ELAC, Kiel, West Germany, a subsidiary of Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, has introduced a survey/sediment sounder. The new, s i n g l e - f r e q u e n cy unit, LAZ 721, can be used for inland and offshore surveys, exploration for oil, gas, and minerals, dredging operations, and for
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on April 1981The Liberian Shipowners' Council has elected Grady C. Brown as chairman of the board of directors for a two-year term, and Stanley Symon as vice chairman for a one-year term. Mr. Brown is vice president, operations and technical, of Conoco Shipping Company in Houston, and has been on the bo
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on April 1981The industrial equipment division of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sykesville, Md., has published new literature on its Fab-Master 450 and 650 constant voltage arc welding systems. These systems are designed for gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), and subme
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on April 1981Canadian Pacific intends to purchase a one-third share in Dart Containerline Company Limited, it was announced recently. The proposed share purchase will provide Canadian Pacific with an opportunity to participate in the large and growing volume of trade between the United States and Wester
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on April 1981Bailey Refrigeration Company recently announced the completion of two 60-ton water chilling plants for a U.S. Naval activity (one unit shown above). Each plant, designed and constructed by Bailey, is a complete air-conditioning package on a portable steel base, requiring only a single elect
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on April 1981Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, has announced two management appointments. Larry Ridgon has been named manager of the Gulf Coast Supply Boat Division. He assumes management responsibilities for the company's supply and towing supply vessels operating in the Gulf
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on April 1981The Melinda Brent (shown above), an 86-foot inland waterways towboat, was christened recently in New Orleans by her owners, Brent Towing of Greenville, Miss. Designed and built by Superior Boat Works of Greenville, the vessel is powered by Cummins KTA-2300-M marine diesel engines generating
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on March 15, 1981The Edward Rutledge (shown above), a l i g h t e r - a b o a r d - s h ip (LASH) vessel built for Waterman Steamship Corporation by Avondale Shipyards Inc., made her maiden voyage arrival at the Port of New York recently. The second of two LASH carriers built by Avondale recently for Waterma
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on March 15, 1981A contract valued at approximately $4 million has been awarded IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation, by the Independent Indonesian American Petroleum Company for the design and construction of a Single Point Mooring terminal. To be sited in the Java Sea offshore Indonesia in 125
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on March 15, 1981Elbar Engineering, Ltd., Moycroft, Elgin, Scotland, has been appointed an exclusive manufacturing l i c e n s e e in the United Kingdom by TBW Industries Incorporated of Houma, La. In making the appointment, TBW president Robert M. Thompson said the agreement will cover the manufacture of t
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on March 15, 1981The 29th Annual Fort Schuyler Forum, sponsored by The Society of Marine Port Engineers, New York, N.Y., Inc. and the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College will be held on Saturday, March 21 on the SUNY campus in The Bronx, N.Y. The theme of this year's all-dav meeting is Fuel
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on March 15, 1981Conrad Industries' president and founder Parker Conrad announces appointments of Michael J. McAdams and Dennis Perk Jr. as new7 construction superintendents. Their areas of responsibility in the company, which was founded in 1948, include purchasing, coordinating customer projects, employee
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on March 15, 1981Alfred J. Herrington has been named manager of marketing ' sales at Waukesha Bearings Corporation. The announcement was made by Armour F. Swanson, president of the Waukesha, Wis., manufacturer of fluid film marine and industrial bearings and seals. Mr. Herrington joins Waukesha Bearings wit
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on March 15, 1981Bergeron Industries, Inc. has announced the delivery of the barge David B (shown above) to DBC C o r p o r a t i o n of America, Houston. Constructed at Bergeron's Braithwaite, La., marine facility, the David B, reportedly the largest inland service tank barge ever built, measures 370 by 54
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on March 15, 1981A c o n s t r u c t i o n contract expected to exceed $20 million has been awarded to Bath Iron Works by Sun Ship, Inc. to construct a 643-foot oceangoing barge for the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company. The vessel, the size of a major merchant ship but designed to be pushed by a tugboat