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on April 1984Thomas L. Patterson has been promoted from vice president to president and general manager of Coastal Iron Works, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas. Youngest son of one of the company's founders and long-time presidents, Mr. Patterson joined Coastal in 1965, and was named secretary-treasurer in
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on April 1984Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. of Woolrich, Maine, has announced the signing of three construction contracts and the company's entry into two new markets—a sail-powered passenger vessel and an offshore lobster boat. Currently under construction is the 73-foot Bay Lady II, a gaff top s
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on April 1984The board of directors of R.J. Reynolds, Inc. has approved the spin-off of its ocean shipping subsidiary, Sea-Land Industries Investments Inc. When arrangements for the spinoff of Sea-Land to RJR's shareholders are completed, the board will set record and payment dates for a special dividen
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on April 1984Richard Faber has been promoted to marine/military sales manager in Aeroquip Corporation's Industrial Division marketing department, based in Jackson, Mich. Mr. Faber has more than nine years of Aeroquip sales experience. He was formerly an account executive in the Industrial Division's fa
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on April 1984Tokyo Marine Services Ltd., operator of eight oceangoing tugs and four 400-foot, semi-submersible barges, announces a status report on four major projects now under way or recently completed. The 12,000-bhp tug Dahlia has the semi-submersible rig Penrod 74 under tow en route from the Philip
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on April 1984Bestobell Mobrey, headquartered in Slough, Berkshire, England, part of the worldwide Bestobell group that specializes in component technologies, recently re-organized its export sales operations. The main changes involved locating regional executives in Europe and Southeast Asia to provide gre
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on April 1984Transamerica Delaval Inc. has dissolved its joint technical assistance agreement with IMO AB of Stockholm, Sweden. Henceforth the name of the division will, be the Pyramid"' Pump Division of Transamerica Delaval Inc., and the registered trademark IMO will no longer be used to describe the di
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on April 1984Saint John Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Ltd., in New Brunswick, Canada, has chosen AUTOKON and AUTOFIT as its CAD/CAM systems for carrying out the big Canadian Navy Frigate Program contract. The Saint John yard has been awarded prime contractor responsibility for the detailed design, pr
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on April 1984Maritime Administrator H.E. Shear has announced the appointment of Alpha H. Ames Jr. as director of the MarAd Great Lakes Region and Francis J. O'Donnell as director of the Eastern Region. Each has been serving in an acting capacity. Mr. Ames succeeds George Ryan, who resigned from the age
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on January 15, 1984Don Juan Trujillano, commercial director of Astilleros Espanoles, the largest group of Spanish shipyards comprising major facilities at Cadiz, Santander, Bilbao, Sestao, and elsewhere, recently announced the appointment of Richard F. O'Boyle, Inc. of New York City and Aberdeen, N.J. as its
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on January 15, 1984Capt. Justin Bonanno, chairman of the Board of Local Inspectors of the Panama Canal Commission, has established a scholarship fund at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to benefit Panamanian students enrolled there. The scholarship was established in memory of his late wife, Jeanne. It consists
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on January 15, 1984A significant addition to marine safety technology was announced recently by officials of SeaTek Corporation and MCR Technology, Inc. The new device, called the Water Entry System, enables lifeboats to be dropped in a free-fall mode from the deck of a burning or sinking offshore rig or ship.
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on January 15, 1984The recent meeting of The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N.Y., Inc. heard a paper titled "Steam Propulsion Plant Optimization for Slower Steaming" presented by Chester W. Scott Jr., senior thermal systems engineer at General Electric's Marine Turbine & Gear Department in Lynn, M
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on January 15, 1984Capt. William Lowell, USNR, chief operating engineer at Bath Iron Works Corporation (BIW), was the featured speaker at a recent dinner meeting of the Northern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers. The meeting was held at the Commissioned Officers Club, Portsmouth Nav
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on January 15, 1984Six new marine autopilots were introduced recently by Racal Marine Controls Limited. Designed to meet the requirements of shipowners worldwide, the new range includes two series—the Racal-Decca 80 Series of super-adaptive autopilots and the Racal-Decca 60 Series of conventional systems. Each
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on January 15, 1984A recent keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego initiated construction of a 126-foot midbody section for the first of three roll-on/roll-off (RO/ RO) ships that are being converted into Maritime Pre-Positioning Ships for charter to the U.S. Navy
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on January 15, 1984An anchor-handling/tug-supply vessel with rescue and antipollution features, the Val Cadore, was launched recently at the Viareggio, Italy, yard of Societa Esercizio Cantieri (SEC). Built for Cispa Gas Transport S.p.A. of Trieste, the vessel is a new SEC design for the Italian flag, propelle
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on January 15, 1984COMSAT recently announced a corporate reorganization designed to improve the firm's ability to organize and articulate its strategic business activities, and also announced the election of new senior officers. John L. McLucas, president of COMSAT World Systems Division since 1980, has been
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on January 15, 1984Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. of Essex, Conn, has announced a shortened corporate name. The new name, Seaworthy Systems, Inc., will better reflect the increased scope of company engineering activities, according to David A. O'Neil, president of the firm. The 10-year-old company has become
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on January 15, 1984Michigan Wheel Gulf Coast, Inc. of Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $898,714 contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the manufacture of four attack aircraft carrier propellers and an additional propeller for a Navy oiler. The carrier propellers are fivebladed and will weigh appro