1981 Articles
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on February 1981The U.S. Navy has presented the Sperry division of Sperry Corporation with a special flag honoring the company's contribution to the Fleet B a l l i s t i c Missile (FBM) program, and commemorating the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the program that led to the development of the strat
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on February 1981Donald D. Chrisco has been named director of materials at St. Louis Ship, division of Pott Industries Inc. He joined St. Louis Ship in March 1980 as director of purchasing. Prior to that he served in various material responsibilities for Monsanto Company, International Telephone & Telegraph
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on February 1981Hitachi Zosen of Japan recently received orders from two Liberian companies—Nymphea Corporation and Actinia Corporation —for two semisubmersible offshore oil drilling rigs. Both rigs will be operated by Foramer S.A. of France. The rigs are each 82.3 meters long, 60.96 meters wide, and 35.36
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on February 1981The boom in offshore drill rig ordering during the past year—a total of 156 were contracted for during 1980 worldwide — broke all previous records. At year-end, there were 195 rigs of all types on order. This, along with the hundreds of vessels needed to serve these new rigs, has sparked th
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on February 1981Vemar Shipyard, Channelview, Texas, VECO International's offshore rig construction facility, recently celebrated the completion of its first drilling rig. Nearly 600 people attended the christening ceremony at the Vemar yard. Vemar built the $12-million posted barge rig f o r Glendell Drill
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on February 1981The 19,407-dwt cargo ship Galleon Diamond (shown above) was delivered recently to Galleon Shipping Corporation of the Philippines by the Hiroshima Works (Innoshima) of Hitachi Zosen, Japan. She is the first of three sister ships ordered from Hitachi by Galleon; one more will be constructed
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on February 1981The keel for the first of three diesel-powered containerships under c o n s t r u c t i o n f o r American President Lines (APL) was laid recently at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (ASI) near New Orleans. These three containerships will be the largest ever built in the United States, and the first
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on February 1981Maine Congressman David F. Emery announced recently that a contract for approximately $25 million has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Bath Iron Works to construct a unique training simulator at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center to teach future crewmen of guided-missile frigates. The Fi
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on February 1981Alvin B. Goodspeed, general director of export sales, automotive components for the General Motors Marketing Staff, has been named general sales manager of Detroit Diesel Allison Division, General Motors Corporation. He will have executive responsibility for the Division's sales and service
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on February 1981Charles M. Aker, vice president and general manager for Omnithruster Inc., has announced the award of a contract from Industrie Navali Meccaniche Affini S.P.A. (INMA), La Spezia, Italy, for Omnithruster maneuvering and slow-speed propulsion systems for a fleet of tuna vessels being built by
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on February 1981Charles J. Dockery has been promoted to president of Raytheon Marine Company, Manchester, N.H. He had served as vice president and assistant general manager since last May. Raytheon Marine Company, a division of Raytheon Company, is a leading international producer of marine electronic equi
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on February 1981Alter Company of Davenport, Iowa, has announced the recent addition of two new river terminals in Rock Island, 111., and Omaha, Neb., and a third terminal soon to be constructed in Burlington, Iowa. The Rock Island river terminal handles dry bulk, liquids, steel, lumber, and other commoditi
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on February 1981Southern Natural Resources, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., has completed the purchase of Interstate and Ocean Transport Company of Philadelphia. Interstate and its affiliates own and operate the largest independent fleet of coastal tank barges and tugs in the United States. Henry C. Goodrich, ch
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on February 1981Irv H. Dennen has been appointed president of the Fairbanks Morse Engine Division at Beloit, Wise. He assumes responsibility for all of the operating functions of this important division of Colt Industries. Mr. Dennen first joined Colt as president of the Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool Divisi
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on January 15, 1981A new, unique mooring system that will keep a supply vessel permanently and safely moored to an oil rig at a pre-determined distance even in the worst sea conditions encountered in the North Sea is being developed in Scotland. A model of the Scomagg Hydraulics Ltd. system is shown above being
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on January 15, 1981Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, the oldest four-year naval architecture undergraduate institution in the U.S., recently announced the selection of a new trustee member — Frederick P. Eisenbiegler. Frank J. Graziano, chairman of the board of Webb Institute, stated that he is "delighted an
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on January 15, 19812-30 MHz, single-sideband marine antenna recently introduced by Phelps Dodge Communications Company is described in new literature now available. The new Model PD-230 is presented as a major design breakthrough that eliminates the need for traps and tuners required by conventional marine an
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on January 15, 1981Gotaverken's Arendal yard in Sweden recently delivered a jackup type drilling rig to a group of Swedish owners — Salen Energy, Salenia, and VBB. This is said to be the first rig of Friede and Goldman L-780 design ever built. It has been constructed to American Bureau of Shipping classificati
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on January 15, 1981The Worthington Group of the McGraw-Edison Company, Mountainside, N.J., has established a parts specialty shop that specializes in quick turnaround of orders for genuine OEM replacement parts for engineered pumps. Worthington's parts s p e c i a l ty shop is located in a separate section of
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on January 15, 1981The Virginia Port Authority has issued $10.3 million in Newport News Terminal Revenue Bonds of 1980. The monies will be utilized to refinance the existing indebtedness on Piers B and C and to the City of Newport News, and to make several improvements to the terminal. A portion of the $10.3-