1982 Articles
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on January 4, 1982A recent meeting of the New England section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the M.I.T. Faculty Club, in Cambridge, Mass. at which the speaker was Comdr. Edward A. Chazal Jr., USCG. He presented a paper "Maritime Opportunities for the New England Utility C
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on January 4, 1982Burton Shipyard, Inc., Port Arthur, Texas, recently delivered the 224-foot tuna vessel Deolinda. The steel-hulled tuna purse seiner is the third of a seven-vessel contract awarded to Burton by Van Camp Sea Food Co., a division of Ralston Purina Co., and is jointly owned by Van Camp and Capt.
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on January 4, 1982Conversion work has begun that will turn the USS Intrepid into a floating museum for the Intrepid Museum Foundation. Upon completion of the conversion work at Bethlehem Steel's Hoboken, N.J., yard, the aircraft carrier will be towed to the Hudson River at 46th Street in New York City, where
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on January 4, 1982St. Louis Ship recently opened its new Propeller Shop as part of the shipyard's expanding marine services. The Propeller Shop is built on a site in the northwest portion of the shipyard, near the foot of Marceau Street, on the Mississippi River in South St. Louis. The location is adjacent t
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on January 4, 1982A recent meeting of the New England Local Section of SNAME was held in Newton, Mass., at which a paper entitled "Standard Waste-Heat Recovery Systems", authored by P. Schneider, was presented by his collaborator, Ernst H. Schaad. Mr. Schneider is the head of the Diesel Installation Departme
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on January 4, 1982AYCO Lycoming Stratford Division, Stratford, Conn., has received a $49-million subcontract from Bell Aerospace-Textron for 96 TF40B marine gas turbine engines for the Navy's new Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). The award includes $8.0-million this year for detail design, longlead procureme
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on January 4, 1982Italcantieri's Castellamare di Stabia shipyard recently launched the 49,000-dwt bulk carrier Serafina F., one of four sister ships Italcantieri is building for the Ferruzzi Group-Ravenna. Two are building at Castellamare and two at the Genova-Sestri yard. The vessel is designed with a bulbo
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on January 4, 1982Halter Marine, Inc., and Zapata Marine Service, Inc. have signed a contract for the construction of four 185-foot tug/supply boats. The new vessels will be the first supply boats to be built by Halter for Zapata. All will be built at Halter's Moss Point, Miss., division and will be delivered
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on January 4, 1982The appointment of George H. Hearn as senior vice president, conference and regulatory affairs, was announced recently by Edward P. Walsh, president of Waterman Steamship Corporation. Mr. Hearn is a former commissioner and vice chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to joining W
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on January 4, 1982ARAMCO has awarded a contract to Verolme Brazil (VERB) for the construction of four selfelevating platforms. The contract is valued at more than $125 million. The platforms were designed by Gusto Engineering of Schiedam, Holland. Three will be used for wellservicing and fire-fighting, and
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on January 4, 1982Duraline, Central Islip, N.Y., manufacturer and supplier of multiple-operator welding equipment to the shipbuilding and ship repair industry, will introduce its latest state-of-the-art, solid-state welding control at this year's AWS Welding show, to be held in Kansas City, April 27-29. The
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on January 4, 1982The promotion of David Watson to general manager of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., was announced recently by David H. Klinges, vice president in charge of shipbuilding. Mr. Watson has been assistant general manager at the yard since 1976, and succeeds George
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on January 4, 1982The nation's railroads will receive major profit windfalls in the next few years due to a change of accounting methods allowed them in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, according to a study conducted by the Chicago law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook. The study was jointly published by a
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on January 4, 1982Dravo Mechling, of Pittsburgh, Pa., the barge line subsidiary of Dravo Corporation, announced the appointment of Edward Peterson as vice president, sales. He will be located at the barge line's Pittsburgh headquarters. Mr. Peterson was formerly sales manager for American Commercial Barge Li
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on January 4, 1982Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Ca., has received a contract from Sedco, Inc. of Dallas to provide three BOP hydraulic skidding systems for use on the Sedco 600, 601, and 602 semisubmersibles. Each rig will be equipped with a system that consists of two 25-short-ton Gripper Jack ass
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on January 4, 1982The Society of Puget Sound Port Engineers named John T. Gilbride Jr. of Todd Pacific Shipyards "Man of the Year" for 1981 at its recent annual banquet. Mr. Gilbride, vice president and general manager of Todd's Seattle, Wash., facility since 1979, has been active in local maritime affairs s
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on January 4, 1982The China Corporation of Shipbuilding Industry has been awarded a contract to build nine anchor handling tugs/offshore supply vessels for a joint venture of two Singapore owners. Timur Carriers and Selco Ltd. The contract will be signed in Hong Kong later this month by representatives of th
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on January 4, 1982Thomas G. Plant Jr. and Hugh F. Munroe announced the establishment of Plant and Munroe, a division of Plant Contractors, Inc. The firm, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., provides naval architectural and marine consulting services throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Basi
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on January 4, 1982The design of an advanced heavy-duty semisubmersible rig, capable of drilling in 4,921 feet of water and intended for worldwide use, has been announced by British Shipbuilders. The BS 8000DP series is said to provide very advanced drilling techniques and can sustain itself on station for long
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on January 4, 1982Stanley M. Kowleski, ferry transit manager for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District has been elected president of the International Marine Transit A s s o c i a t i on (IMTA). The IMTA is an international organization representing ferry operations, naval architects,