1982 Articles
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on January 9, 1982Three new tug/supply vessels were delivered recently to Gulf Fleet Marine Corp. of New Or- leans by Moss Point Marine, Inc., of Escatawpa, Miss. Gulf Fleet 56 and her sister vessels 57 and 58 are 186 feet long and have 40-foot beams and 11-foot depths. Delivery of the new vessels by Moss Po
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on January 9, 1982SHIP-trans-PORT Symposium Rotterdam, Netherlands Sept. 6-10 Sponsored by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and the Port of Rotterdam to celebrate the 50th anniversary of both organizations. Contact: MARIN, P.O. Box 1555, 3000 BN Rotterdam, Netherlands, Tel. (010) 114768; te
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on January 9, 1982George McLaughlin has been appointed to the management team of John Crane-Houdaille, assuming the position of vice president of marketing and sales, succeeding Robert J. Stark Jr., who officially retires at the end of 1982. Mr. McLaughlin was selected by John Crane-Houdaille on the basis o
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on January 9, 1982Halter Marine Inc. of New Orleans, La., has received an order from Petromar, Inc., of Rockport, Texas, to construct four new supply boats. The contract was signed by Halter president R.J. Shopf and Charley Hall of Halter's sales division, and by Charles LeBlanc of Petromar. The new vessels
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on January 9, 1982A newly revised 12-page bulletin has been published by the American Standard Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y. It includes complete descriptive information for five basic shell-andtube heat exchanger designs for chemical processing or general industrial use. The designs are primarily of
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on January 9, 1982The Crosby Group, Inc., Tulsa, Okla., a subsidiary of AmHoist, announced recently the addition of the series 70000 bottom-swiveling and series 80000 top-swiveling overhaul balls to the Crosby McKissick construction products line. The company has published product literature detailing both s
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on January 9, 1982Edwin J. Roland Jr., a naval architect and marine engineer, has been appointed vice president, technical, of Holland America Line, Stamford, Conn., parent company of Holland America Cruises. Prior to this appointment he was vice president of The Coastal Corporation of Houston, in charge of
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on January 9, 1982Jean Fitzgerald has been appointed vice president, government relations, at Hvide Shipping Incorporated and its affiliates. Prior to joining the Fort Lauderdale-based company, he served as the executive director of the Port Everglades Association. Mr. Fitzgerald was president of Tracor Mari
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on January 9, 1982LEEVAC Marine Transportation, a division of LEEVAC Corporation, has announced the appointment recently of Tom Stone as customer service representative. Based on LEEVAC Marine Transportation's concept of combining their customer service department with their sales department, Mr. Stone will
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on January 9, 1982Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. (LCE) of Charleston, S.C., recently announced the association of Charles G. Kosonen as a consulting engineer. Mr. Kosonen will provide technical expertise in the fields of performance monitoring, material condition assessment, engineering management, and mainten
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on January 9, 1982Lake Shore Electric Corporation recently introduced Start- Master (automatic engine controls) for Cummins engines. Designed for unwired engines, controls utilize ribbon cable with connectors between lights, switches, and printed circuit board. Wiring is therefore simplified, which provides
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on January 9, 1982Transamerica Delaval, Lawrenceville, N.J., has taken an important step to strengthen its position in the Southeast Asia energy markets with the establishment of an office in Singapore to be headed by Donald B. Reed, it was announced recently. The office is expected to be operational in Sept
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on January 9, 1982The Maritime Administration has approved an increase in the actual cost of a twin-screw tugboat owned by Beker Shipping Co. from $8,036,770 to $8,951,- 800.46. The maximum amount of MarAd's Title XI guarantee as a result of this change has been fixed at $7,832,000. The maximum guarantee pre
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on January 9, 1982The mobile offshore drilling unit Griffin- Alexander VII departed from its final outfitting location at Sabine Pass, Texas, recently and went to its first drilling site off the Louisiana coast in Vermillion Block Number 292 to drill for Shell Oil Company. The rig is the seventh Bethlehem Steel
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on January 9, 1982Great Southern Derrick Barge Company has taken delivery of a $3-million 80-ton floating crane to enhance their operations in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area. Mounted on a 125 by 52-foot barge built by Bergeron Industries, Inc., St. Bernard, La., the crane is a newly constructed Clyde model 24 Whirl
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on January 9, 1982The Federal Communications Commission recently issued a license to Waterway Communications System, Inc. (Watercom), Jeffersonville, Ind., for the construction and operation of an automated communications system serving the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers, and the Gulf Intracoastal Wa
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on January 9, 1982The Esso Mexico, the first of four 89,000-dwt f u e l - e f f i c i e nt t a n k e r s being built for Esso Tankers, Inc., Florham Park, N.J., at the Kaoshiung shipyard of China Shipbuilding Corporation, Taiwan, was delivered recently. The tanker was designed primarily to carry crude oil fro
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on January 9, 1982FMC Corporation's Marine and Rail Equipment Division, Portland, Ore., recently delivered the ice-strengthened barge Arctic Endeavor to Crowley Maritime Corporation. At Crowley Maritime's request, FMC accelerated its production schedule by 10 days, enabling Crowley to move the barge to the B
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on January 9, 1982Finn Olander, president and chief executive officer of Hempel's Marine Paints, Inc., New York, N.Y., recently announced the appointment of Jack E. Hickey as technical director of the company's U.S. operations. Hempel's Marine Paints, in expanding their operations in North America, have also
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on January 9, 1982September 30 - October 1, — New York, NY The New York Metropolitan Section of SNAME, in conjunction with T&R Panel 0-36 (Economic Analysis of Marine Transportation Systems), The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, will present from September 30th to October 1st a "Symposium