1983 Articles
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on October 1983The Blue Star Line has announced the placement of an order for four new Reefer ships to be built at the Harland & Wolff Yard in Belfast. The four ships will be of similar layout and will incorporate the latest technical developments in Reefer vessel design. The 463,000- cubic-foot-capacity
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on October 1983Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, Wash., reported today that all outstanding conditions have been met to finalize the award of a $143-million contract for the design and construction of two 252- foot corvettes for Thailand. The contract had previously been signed subject to obtaining a weapon
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on October 1983Two 120-foot by 45-foot by 7-foat deck barges have been constructed by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., for Piling & Structures, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. The barges, the first constructed by NABRICO for the Florida company, will be used in general construction work, carry
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on October 1983Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., announced the delivery of the 150-foot by 35- foot Star of Chicago to Star Line Corporation of East Lansing, Mich. The Star of Chicago is a Bay Queen style dinner boat with a passenger capacity of 600 and seating for 450 in two dining rooms. She is r
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on October 1983Ships fitted with Navidyne's INMARSAT ship terminal can now obtain free emergency medical advisory services by satellite. An agreement has been reached between Navidyne and Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. (MAS), to offer four months of free medical support to all customers purchasing Navidyne's
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on October 1983Personnel at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., recently completed a restoration of the Coast Guard Cutter Gentian, a 180-foot oceangoing buoy tender (WLB). The overhaul of the World War II vintage vessel marked the second renovation of a Class A buoy tender under the U.S. Coast Guard's
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on October 1983McDermott International, Inc., New Orleans, La., Derrick Barge 27 now has a lift capacity of 2,400 tons, the largest in the Middle East. Recently, the derrick barge underwent a conversion and upgrade to a combination derrick/ lay barge. The newly installed Clyde Iron Works Crane lifts 1,400 t
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on October 1983Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wise., is celebrating its 50th year of boatbuilding. Starting in 1933, in the midst of a depression, wooden fish tugs were among the first boats constructed. Peterson builders today possesses an excellent reputation for quality ships in wood, steel, alum
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on October 1983The Coast Guard is attempting to simplify and improve the licensing regulations for all commercial vessel personnel. The proposed amendments in CGD81-059 offer a license structure with career patterns for persons serving on all waters and on all kinds of vessels, from small passenger vessels t
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on October 1983Hitachi Zosen, Tokyo, Japan, has announced the assignment of new management positions. At a recent meeting of the board of directors, Masaru Hattori was elected the new chairman, and Toshio Murayama was elected the new president of the company, effective immediately. In addition, new vice p
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on October 1983Atlantic Drilling Company, a member of the Ben Line Group of the United Kingdom, will receive a semisubmersible drilling rig built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd., Seoul, Korea. The rig was christened Benreoch at Daewoo's Okpo Shipyard. The $74-million rig is a Friede and Go
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on October 1983CDI Marine Company, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based supplier of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Design to private and naval shipyards has announced changes in its executive management structure. The regional management concept under which the company operated has been phased out and
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on October 1983The Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc., Freeland, Wash., boatyard recently completed the M/V Tiny, a 70-foot long triplescrew shallow draft tug boat. The construction of this vessel was the result of a joint venture between Crowley Maritime Corporation and the Kuskokwim Transportation Com
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on October 1983One of the most unique heavylift carriers in the world was delivered recently to Wijsmuller, the Dutch towage, salvage and transportation group, by Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan. The ship, Mighty Servant 1, was named by Mrs. Mary A. Tappmeyer, wife of Ron A. Tappmeyer, presi
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on August 1983August 26-28, Louisville, Kentucky The first annual International Inland Waterways Conference and Trade Show will take place August 26-28 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. This conference and trade show, possibly the most comprehensive of its type ever presented
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on August 1983Harold Medina, a highly respected tuna fleet captain and manager of the Ocean Pearl, owned by Interocean Systems of San Diego, Calif., returned from a recent 24,000-mile trip with a fuel savings of 80,000 gallons, according to Avicon Corporation, Scottsdale, Ariz. This is one of many documente
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on August 1983A $250-million agreement between the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) and Ocean Carriers Inc., of Houston, Texas, to charter five diesel powered T-5 tankers was signed in New York recently. The five new 30,000-dwt clean product, icestrengthened ships will replace 25-year-old T-5 tankers
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on August 1983The American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC) honored its immediate past chairman, George J. Fegert, president of Gretna Machines & Iron Works, Inc., Harvey, La., at a recent meeting in Washington, D.C. Mr. Fegert, an active supporter of AWSC since its inception in 1976, was presented an
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on August 1983The first five shrimping boats of a 20-vessel contract have been delivered to the Guyana Government- owned Guyana Fishing Company, Ltd., by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Inc., of Mobile, Ala. The initial deliveries were made recently to Guyana Fishing representatives at the Bender f
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on August 1983Halifax Industries Ltd., Nova Scotia, recently celebrated the inauguration of its $63.5- million Panamax floating dock with a reception held for area shipowners at the Canadian consulate in New York City. In attendance were Kenneth E. Wood, president and chief executive officer of Halifax Ind