1981 Articles
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on January 15, 1981The Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fall 1980 meeting at Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada. The meeting introduced the new officers: Les Coward, CCS Marine Associates, Ltd. of Vancouver, chairman; Bruce H. Adee, Univers
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on January 15, 1981Christening ceremonies were held recently at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans for the first of three integrated catug/ barge vessels currently under construction there for use by Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The Oxy Trader is designed to carry phosphoric acid and other liquid chemic
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on January 15, 1981Maryland's senior senator and dean of its Congressional delegation called today for a Navy "second to none." Speaking at launching ceremonies for the 688-Class fast attack submarine Baltimore (SSN-704) at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, Senator Charles McC. Mathias said: "As we send
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on January 15, 1981FMC Corporation launched an oceangoing tank barge recently at the Marine and Rail Equipment Division in Portland, Ore. The vessel, named Barge 4506 (shown above), was christened by Mrs. Roy D. Jurgensen, wife of Crowley Maritime Corporation's senior vice president and general manager of the N
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on January 15, 1981General Ship Corporation of East Boston, Mass., has been purchased by a group of private investors who will continue the ship repair and shipbuilding activities of the yard. Principals are James Harvie, president and chief executive officer, and Keith A. Brown, executive vice president and tre
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on January 15, 1981A significant event occurred recently at Bergeron Marine when the barge CMS-563 (shown above) slid down the launchways at the company's Port Bienville facility. The 120-foot by 30-foot by 7-foot steel deck barge built for Central Marine Service, Inc., New Orleans, was the 100th vessel construc
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on January 15, 1981Bay Shipbuilding Corp. has announced the signing of a contract to build an oceangoing bulk cargo barge for Universal American Barge Corporation of Greenwich, Conn. This will be the first vessel built for Universal American Barge by Bay Ship. The 550 by 78-foot tug notch barge will be used as
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on January 15, 1981Rados International Corporation, naval architects, marine engineers, consultants, marine surveyors, and ship's brokers of San Pedro, Calif., recently announced the signing of a design and engineering contract for the construction of six tuna purse seiners for the Government of Mexico. The offi
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on January 15, 1981Bob Daniels, vice president of Marland Environmental Systems, Inc., has announced the recent signing of a license agreement with Skimovex B.V., a Netherlands research and development company. Under the agreement, Marland received exclusive rights to manufacture and market the Inverto® oil/w
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on January 15, 1981A major new development in FORAN, the internationally recognized computer aided system for ship design and production, was announced recently by Senermar, a leading Spanish firm of naval architects and marine consultants. A new interactive version has been developed that allows FORAN not on
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on January 15, 1981George A. Gabriles, president of Maencor, Inc., a Freeport, Texas, maintenance and engineering contracting firm for the marine, offshore, and chemical industries, has announced the addition of three management employees. Harry F. Koester Jr. joins the firm as c o n t r o l l e r , George H.
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on January 15, 1981Future prospects for communications in the international maritime community, including the offshore industry, are now assured as a result of a $180-million decision made by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) in London recently. This key decision involves the lease
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on January 1981Frank W. McBee Jr., chairman and president of Tracor, Inc., has announced the election of Walter A. Clements as group vice president of Tracor Components. Mr. Clements, also president of Littelfuse, Inc., a Tracor subsidiary in Des Plaines, 111., succeeds Jack D. Hughes, who retired from the
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on January 1981Three appointments have been made in Crowley Maritime Corporation's International Division, according to a recent announcement by Richard F. Andino, San Francisco, Crowley vice president and general manager of the division. Tom Pickford has been appointed manager of marine operations, a new
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on January 1981The Stanwick Corporation's Operations Engineering Division has been awarded a contract by Bulkfleet Marine Corporation to provide an automated maintenance management system for Bulkfleet's two dedicated, deep-notch tug/barge units (DDNTBU) in the 28,000-dwt class, powered by four economically
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on January 1981Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, has announced plans to build a second Levingston Class 111-C jackup drilling rig f o r Noble Drilling Corporation of Ardmore, Okla. Noble Drilling, a leading domestic drilling contracting firm formed in 1921, is a wholly
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on January 1981A Survey Of 13 U.S. Shipyards And 16 Foreign Shipyards Identifies 16 Areas Where U.S. Shipyards Lag Behind Their Foreign Counterparts At the end of World War II, the United States had the largest and most productive shipbuilding industry in the world. During the past 30 years this country'
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on January 1981At the recent Fish Expo in Boston, Caterpillar Tractor Company's Engine Division announced two improved models in its marine diesel engine line. One is a new, direct-injection configuraof the well-accepted turbocharged and aftercooled 3412 marine engine. The direct-injection 3412 DITA versi
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on January 1981Bergeron Industries, Inc. recently delivered four tank barges from their Braithwaite, La., marine facility, marking the company's entrance into a new product line. Long a major designer and builder of deck barges, Bergeron is using this experience in tank barge construction. Bear 232 (picture
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on January 1981Offshore Power Systems (OPS), located in Jacksonville, Fla., has recently formed a marine design services division. A staff of over 100 engineering, design personnel complemented by a Computer-Aided-Design and Drafting System, a fully equipped and professionally staffed model shop, and a moder