Harmon F. Hoffmann has been appointed vice president and general manager, Marketing, for Mobil Oil Corporation's U.S. Marketing and R e f i n i n g D i v i s i o n , succeeding William V. Butler, who has elected early retirement at the end of this year.
Mr. Hoffmann, who since 1976 has served as general manager, Marine Transportation, Middle East Transportation and Supply, will be succeeded by Walter C.
Mink Jr. Mr. Mink rejoins Mobil Oil as a vice president after serving as president of Seabrokers, Inc., and as a director of Seabrokers' parent company, H.
Clarkson and Co., Ltd., London.
Mr. Butler joined Mobil in 1944 and held a number of marketing positions before being named general manager, West Coast Division, in 1966. Two years later, he was appointed general manager, Resale Marketing. He was promoted to vice president and general manager in 1976.
Mr. Hoffmann joined Mobil in 1954. Before a transfer to the Marine Transportation Department in 1972 as manager, Operations and Charting, he was general manager, Planning and Fi- nancial Analysis for the then North American Division.
In 1964, Mr. Mink joined Mobil Oil as manager, Scheduling, Marine Department. A few months later, he was named manager, Traffic. In 1968, he joined Seabrokers as executive vice president, chief operating officer and director. In 1976, he was elected president and chief executive officer, retaining responsibilities as the company's chief operating officer.
and executive vice president-general manager, respectively, for American Heavy Lift Shipping Company (AHL), a jointly owned venture of Gulf Oil Corporation and Hansa Lines of Bremen, West Germany. In addition to his AHL responsibilities, Mr. Wyman, who joined Gulf in January 1977, will continue as
after several years as executive vice president of Skaarup Shipping Corporation, and 23 years with Exxon. He will continue to develop Skaarup Oil Corporation's historic businesses as well as explore oil and gas tanker shipping opportunities. Mr. Gray is also currently vice chairman of the National
steps toward ensuring maximum protection of marine engines and efficient operation of the vessels. To aid in the selection process, Gulf Oil Corporation has published a guide to its complete line of marine products. Called "Gulf Inland & Coastal Marine Lubricants," the brochure includes a
Arndt presented a paper titled "Shrinking Fuel Consumption." In his presentation Mr. Arndt, who is manager of marine and railroad sales for Mobil Oil Corporation, commented on a number of ways to conserve fuel when operating towboats on the inland waterways. "The simplest way to save fuel is to slow
Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (GT&T), a division of Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., responsible for marine transportation and the supply, sales and trading of foreign crude oil, will transfer its headquarters and the bulk of its operations to Houston, Texas. Herbert I. Goodman
announced that a lawsuit has been filed by his organization, together with Chevron USA, Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company, Exxon Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, International Ocean Transport Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation, and Union Oil Company of California in the Federal District Court of Anchorage
miles off Grand Isle, La., will be operated by Loop Inc. This firm is a consortium consisting of Ashland Oil, Inc., Marathon Oil Company, Murphy Oil Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Texaco Inc., and Union Oil Company of California. The first phase of construction will cost about $350 million. The finished
. "Supplementary Analytical Procedures for Evaluation Fuel Handling Characteristics of Heavy Distillate Gas Turbine Fuels," E.G. Barry, Mobil Oil Corporation, Paulsboro, N.J., and S.P. Cauley, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, N.Y. "A General Review of Lubrication Systems for Marine Gas Turbines
to England as offshore manager on the Thistle Field and was later involved in other assignments, including consultant to the British National Oil Corporation. Oceaneering is one of the world's largest diving and underwater construction contractors, offering services and equipment in all phases
Mobil Oil Corporation has awarded a contract for a video entertainment system on each of its nine U.S.-flag ships to Marine Video International (MVI), a subsidiary of the Bell and Howell Company. Each ship will receive 120 hours of prerecorded video entertainment per year, which is equivalent to
Kenneth L. Hawthorne, formerly director-equal employment opportunity for Gulf Oil Corporation, has been named vice president- human resources for Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (GT&T). He succeeds H.G. Carpenter, who has been appointed general manager-international marine fuel sales for GT&T
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Images Seaspan Corporation/Foreship With plans to have a full-scale test engine running on am- age it'll be similar to LNG.” Looking at the engine makers and monia in early 2024, the company said it expects to hold its de- their progress, Brindley is diplomatic in saying that there is no livery timeline
a testing program that will the fact that container ports are close to cities, and [all of the study aspects such as heat-release, ignition, safety, pilot-oil people that will be] working on board the vessel. We need to energy fraction, NOx and N2O emissions.” make sure that everybody's safe,” said Brindley
TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with
EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES STACKING not forget any oil leak, big or small, can be catastrophic to the marine environment and marine life, with some EALs found to THE DECKS be only slightly less damaging than the phased-out traditional WITH BEST-IN-CLASS MARINE oils,” said VP of Business Development
the incidents analyzed by Gard were attributed to ghost ? shing gear that enter the stern tube seal area causing seawater to contaminate the lubrication oil. A 2022 study by CSIRO scientists estimated that the amount of longline ? shing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than
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started experiencing bearing damage, with many of them having lubricant contamination problems. The affected vessels were often delivered with mineral oil then converted to EALs and subsequently suffered sealing problems. DNV rules support the use of mineral lubricants, EALs and water lubrication and
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Vessels HOS Warhorse & HOS Wild Horse shipyard construction contracts were wrongfully termi- nated. Gulf Island and Hornbeck settled in October 2023, clearing way for the builds to be completed by another yard. Eastern secured the contract to complete the builds from Zurich American Insurance Company
simulation systems to be a much safer and more effective form of training.” Burry said the company’s simulators are deployed glob- ally, from ships and oil rigs offshore to land-based installa- tions in training academies and elsewhere. In addition to building the simulators, Virtual Marine owns and operate
rates, and these impacts are felt more strongly in the U.S. than they are in Europe, Møller said. “Now we are paying the premium, because the oil market is high. But going further down, probably oil market is going to take a turn again and our business will become equally cheap, because we
vessels (OSV), which have seen their charter rates [they] only need it for two or three. . . The sustainable ves- rise due to a strengthened offshore oil and gas sector. The sel ownership perspective is revenue certainty and knowing cyclic up and down of oil and gas markets directly affects 30 |
Column Washington Watch Will 2024 Settle the Turbulence of US Offshore Wind? By Jeff R. Vogel, Shareholder, Cozen O’Connor’s Transportation & Trade Group There is no denying that “commercial conditions driven by in? ation, interest that 2023 was a challenging year for the U.S. offshore wind rates and
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