1983 Articles
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on March 1983Two new vice presidents of Tideland Signal Corporation, the Houston, Texas-based designer, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of navigational aids and solar electric generators, have been announced by president S.N. Sprunt. They are Victor G. Taylor, manager, East Coast area, Wilmington,
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on March 1983A PREVIEW The Second Annual National Maritime Show and Maritime America Conference will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center on March 29-31, 1983. Over 90 manufacturers and suppliers of marine-related equipment will display their range of products and services at the Baltimore faci
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on March 1983The Russellstoll Division of the Midland-Ross Corporation, Livingston, N.J., recently assumed total sales and marketing responsibility for Northern Rig Lites, Inc., of Houston, Texas. This product line is to be considered an additional Russellstoll product offering. All existing Russelstoll
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on March 1983Joseph R. Hines has been named vice president of Robin Hood Fleeting Services of Baton Rouge, La. Robin Hood Fleeting is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transload and Transport, Inc. (TTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Twin City Barge, Inc. The a n n o u n c e m e n t was made by Wayne Musgrov
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on March 1983Halter Marine, Inc., of New Orleans, La., and Maritime Engineering A.S., of Oslo, Norway, have signed an agreement granting Halter exclusive rights in the U.S. to build all of the ME series vessels in excess of 201 feet. Halter also has the license on a nonexclusive basis worldwide. Maritim
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on March 1983Global Marine Development Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., (GMDI) and Oceanographic Services Inc. (OSI) Goleta, Calif., jointly announced the opening recently of their Anchorage liaison office in the newly constructed Frontier Building. Manager of the new office is Harold Ramsden of Global Mari
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on March 1983Thomas J. Feehan, president of Brown & Root, Inc. of Houston, Texas, announced the election recently of three vice presidents in the company's Marine Operations Group. Brown & Root, a Halliburton company, is one of the world's largest engineering-construction companies. Promoted to vice pre
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on March 1983Lavalin Services, Inc. of Montreal (Quebec) Canada, and Solus Ocean Systems, Inc. of Houston, Texas, have agreed to form a jointly owned Canadian company to be called Lavalin Ocean Systems, Ltd. The company's headquarters will be located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lavalin Ocean Systems, Ltd.
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on March 1983Three new appointments in the Central Atlantic division of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., were announced recently. William V. Brierre Jr. has been named assistant vice president, Central Atlantic division. Richard J. Lolich has been named director of traffic, and William
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on March 1983Two jackup drilling rigs were christened recently in a ceremony held at Daewoo's Okpo shipyard situated on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula. The Friede & Goldman L-780 Mod II-type rigs, which we're ordered byDUal Drilling Co. of the U.S. in September 1981, were named Dual Offshore R
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on March 1983The Saudi Ports Authority recently awarded M.A.N, in Nuremburg, West Germany, as general contractor, an order for three floating cranes with a lifting capacity of 200-tons each. The pontoons are being constructed by M.A.N.-GHH Dock and Shipbuilding Company. They measure: length 60 meters,
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on March 1983Complete Abrasive Blasting Systems, Inc. (CAB) of Kent, Wash., recently announced that the first portable manual air blast application of a skid-mounted steel grit recovery system f or field use has been delivered and is in service successfully. The equipment is being used for the blasting
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on March 1983American Lohmann Corporation, Hillside, NJ, is offering free literature describing their marine gearboxes. Featuring the advanced technology developed by Lohmann & Stolterfoht of West Germany, these marine gearboxes offer the design flexibility needed to achieve top propulsion efficiency a
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on March 1983A new four-color brochure describing Raytheon Marine Company's compact, low-cost RAYPATH Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) is available. Unveiled recently at a Raytheon Worldwide High Seas Distributors' Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, the new RAYPATH ARPA is low-cost, yet provides man
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on March 1983William E. Law, president of Allied Marine Industries, Inc. of Norfolk, Va., has been elected to the board of directors of Twin City Barge, Inc. of South St. Paul, Minn., John W. Lambert, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, announced recently. Twin City Barge and Allied previ
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on March 1983Alex Lange, v i c e - p r e s i d e n t, and Louis P. Huyter, vice-president- sales of Alio International Rubber Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J., recently announced the appointment of Robert A. Salter as sales manager. Mr. Salter will be responsible for Alio International Rubber sales, reporting to
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on March 1983Swan Island Shipyard, Inc., a minority-owned business enterprise conceived through privately funded studies arranged by Portland City Commissioner Charles Jordan and some members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, has completed its formal corporate organization. The announcement was made
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on March 1983The Heerema Group, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, which is involved worldwide in the design, fabrication, and installation of offshore structures and pipeline systems, recently announced the acquisition of Big Inch Marine Systems Inc. of Houston, Texas. Big Inch Marine Systems provid
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on March 1983Capt. Charles M. Lynch, president of Arco Marine, Inc. in Los Angeles, Calif., recently was elected chairman of the board of directors of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) for 1983. He succeeds J.J. Ervin, president of Trinidad Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., following the
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on March 1983Frank Castelvecchi has been named c o r p o r a t e purchasing agent for Ships Supply Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., by Michael C. Kenney, president of the company that supplies provisions, deck, and engine equipment to vessels and industrial plants. Mr. Castelvecchi, who was associated with N