1981 Articles
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on February 1981Gulf Oil Company-U.S. has opened a new bulk lube facility at its Gulfport Terminal located on the Arthur Kill Waterway one mile south of Goethals Bridge on Staten Island, N.Y. The facility will provide bulk over-the-dock service of lube oil, No. 2 fuel, and potable water to towboats, catugs,
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on February 1981General Electric's Installation & Service Engineering Division (I&SE), the company's on-site field engineering service arm, recently announced a new organization structure. "The purpose of the new structure is to place greater focus on served markets and to improve GE's position to meet cus
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on February 1981Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered three 88-foot by 38- foot by 9-foot steel towboats to Radcliff Materials, Inc. of Mobile, Ala. These towboats, the Pintail, the Kingfisher, and the Kittiwake, are powered by twin Caterpillar D-398 diesel engines, each rated 825
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on February 1981General Dynamics' Quincy Shipbuilding Division recently christened two large oilcarrying barges during a colorful twin ceremony at the shipyard. The barges, Bulkfleet Pennsylvania and Bulkfleet Texas, were both built for Bulklfleet Marine Corporation of Houston. The 503-foot, 33,400-dwt vessel
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on February 1981Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. (MGA) has been named by the State of Alaska as the recip- ient of a study contract for the planned replacement of the Tustumena in the Alaska Ferry fleet, it was announced recently by Hugh F. Munroe, president and chief executive o f f i c e r of the promin
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on February 1981The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved Delta Steamship Lines' application for construction- differential subsidy (CDS) to increase the cargo-handling capability of two breakbulk vessels that it operates in its subsidized foreign service. The total approved CDS amount is $534,792.69, or 32.
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on February 1981NICOR Inc., Naperville, 111., has announced acquisition of Acadian Marine Service, Inc., a privately owned marine transportation company based in New Orleans. Operating a modern fleet of special-purpose vessels worldwide, including regions of the U.S. and Mexican Gulf, Caribbean, North Atla
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on February 1981Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, which was selected by the Canadian Government as one of two finalists in the Canadian Patrol Frigate program, has announced the principal members of its team who will participate in the program's contract definit
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on February 1981Wesley D. Wheeler Associates, Ltd. of New York, exclusive agents in the U.S. for Astilleros Espanoles, S.A. (AESA), has announced the recent delivery of three major containership conversions by the Spanish shipbuilder's Cadiz yard. The vessels are owned by United Arab Shipping Company of Ku
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on February 1981One of the most advanced vessels to go into service for Tidewater Marine Service, Inc.'s Australian joint venture company, Tidewater Port Jackson Marine Pty., Ltd. of Sydney, was nearing completion at Carrington Slipways, N e w c a s t l e , New South Wales, when the photo above was taken.
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on February 1981The fishing trawler Andromeda was delivered recently by G&W Industries, Inc. of Cleveland. Designed by John W. Gilbert Associates of Boston and built for Busty and Peter Moceri of Gloucester, Mass., the vessel will be used for North Atlantic ground fishing. Andromeda has an overall length
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on February 1981Zigler Shipyard, a division of Lee-Vac, Ltd., recently launched an 80,000-barrel barge, the LMT Pelican, constructed for Louisiana Marine T r a n s p o r t of Chelsea, Mass. The barge, the second of its kind to be constructed by the Jennings, La., yard, features internally coated tanks to ca
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on February 1981The Maritime Administration and Maritime Subsidy Board have authorized execution of the agency's first construction-differential subsidy (CDS) contracts for the retrofitting of tankers in compliance with the Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978. The CDS, e s t i m a t e d to total $9,153,273,
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on February 1981Halter Marine, Inc. delivered 64 commercial and 89 pleasure vessels to its customers in 1980, announced Harold P. Halter, chairman and president of the New Orleans-based shipbuilding firm. Halter's six commercial shipyards delivered 42 supply boats, 11 crewboats, four tugs, two fire/ utilit
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on February 1981Believed to be the largest barge ever built in the U.S., the 640-foot Belcher 102 (shown above) was launched recently at the Galveston Shipbuilding Company yard in Galveston, Texas. To be employed in the U.S. coastal transportation of petroleum products, this double-skinned barge has a carg
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on February 1981Thomas E. Moran, president and chief executive officer of the Moran Towing Corporation, has been elected c h a i r m a n of the board of the family-owned firm. A fourth generation towing company executive in his family, Mr. Moran succeeds his father, Rear Adm. Edmond J. Moran as head of one
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on February 1981Santa Fe International Corporation, Alhambra, Calif., has announced that it has placed an order for a new jackup drilling rig to work initially in the Gulf of Suez. The new unit, Rig 136, will be the company's fourth offshore drilling rig under construction in Far East shipyards. It is sched
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on February 1981The continuing push in petroleum exploration fueled another outstanding year for Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, yard, Sherman C. Perry, general manager, has reported. Demand for Bethlehem's jackup drilling rigs continues strong, he said. Contracts for nine mobile offshore dr
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on February 1981Guests of honor at the recent 76th Anniversary Dinner (shown above) of the Navy League of the United States, New York Council, were Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. (since nominated by Presidentelect Reagan to be Secretary of State in the coming Administration), and Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, Chief
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on February 1981The Seawise Giant, a 420,000- dwt tanker owned by Universal Petroleum Carrier Inc., has been jumboized at the Tsu Shipyard of NKK (Nippon Kokan) in Japan. The huge ship gained 81 meters in length and 140,000 tons (metric) in deadweight to become, at 560,000 dwt, the world's largest tanker.