The board of directors have announced the election of Earl F. Weiss as chairman of the board of Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company, Portland, Ore. The announcement was made by Peter N. Beckett, president of Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company, at a reception held recently at the University Club in Portland.
Mr. Weiss served as president and director of Jones Oregon from 1971 to 1976. He joined the Jones organization in 1952 after an extensive waterfront career that dates back to 1934.
Mr. Weiss is a director of Pacific Maritime Association, a member of the Oregon Sub-steering Committee of the PMA, a member of the Oregon Area Labor Relations Committee, and last year was a recipient of the "Old Salt Award" given in Portland for outstanding service to the steamship industry. Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company, along with its sister company, Jones Washington Stevedoring Company of Seattle, Wash., is the pioneer stevedoring organization in the Pacific Northwest, having operated in the Oregon area since 1908, and in the Puget Sound area since 1858.
contracts totaling in excess of half a million dollars for the assessment of present facilities and future needs of ports in Alaska, Hawaii, and Oregon, Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, announced. In its continuing program to promote port development, Mr
The firm of Marine Engineering and Survey Associates, Ltd., has announced its incorporation under the laws of the State of Oregon, effective July 21, 1978. The announcement was made by Portland marine transportation consultant James H. Sanders, the administrative contractor for Marine Intermodal
John C. Murdoch, formerly Resident Surveyor in charge of the Portland, Oregon Branch Office of the United States Salvage Association, Inc., has announced commencement of business as an independent marine surveyor. Following graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Mr. Murdoch sailed for
, 65-foot, aluminum- hulled boats termed "Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support Craft, Mark 2" (EODSC MK2, for short) are presently being built by Oregon Iron Works of Clackamas, Oregon. The tasks of detail structural design and computerized lofting are being handled by Elliott Bay Design Group of
all functions transferred to an improved plant facility at Shelton, Wash. Operations will continue at the overlay panel manufacturing plant in Albany, Oregon, and the Oregon Overlays Division in Portland, Oregon. Thomas R. Ingham Jr., vice president of Northwest operations has named L a r r y Fleming
A group of Oregon investors has purchased FMC Corporation's Marine and Rail Equipment Division in Portland, bringing corporate ownership back to the State. The new company, named Gunderson Inc., will re-establish more than 400 manufacturing jobs in the Portland area. The acquisition was spearheaded
Mollusks," Room VII, presented by Sus Kato, fishery development specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Daniel Hancock, marine ecologist, Oregon State University. 10:30 am—Coffee break. 10:45 am—Repeat of preceding workshops. Exhibitors Seminar 1:30 pm—(D) "The Wheelhouse of the Future:
State of Oregon and Port of Portland officials joined with area business people at the edge of the Willamette River recently to witness official ceremonies noting the beginning of construction on the $46-million renovation of Port of Portland's Terminal 2. The rehabilitation project, the most
christening blow from Mrs. Bella Gardiner Hammond, the wife of Alaska Governor Jay Hammond. The 400-foot-long barge will join its twin, the barge Oregon, on cargo voyages between Oregon and Alaska. Owner of the barges is Crowley Maritime Corp. Northwest Marine Iron Works cut construction time on
Port of Portland (Oregon) Commission president Joseph M. Edgar recently announced the appointment of a citizens task force to aid Port staff in the preparation of a master plan to guide the development of Port marine terminals through the year 2000. He named Robert F. Wallace, chairman of the board
, Massachusetts A Case History: Cleanup of a Subsurface Leak of Refined Product Edward M. Minugh, Environmental Emergency Services Company, Portland, Oregon; Dorothy A. Keech, Chevron Oil Field Research Company, La Habra, California; Jeffrey J. Patry, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Concord, California; William
shore wind targets amounting to ~53 GW through 2040. is withdrawn, existing awarded leases supporting ~40-80 On the Paci? c Coast, California and Oregon seek to col- GW will be reviewed to see if there are any legal reasons lectively procure 28 GW of ? oating wind by 2045. Other to cancel the leases
MTR 100 DETYENS SHIPYARDS Charleston, SC-based Detyens Shipyards has a long his- the Oregon had a complete a 100% blast on the freeboard tory of repairing ships and boats of nearly every shape and and underwater hull. The Pisces had a 100% blast on the size. The shipyard is massive, with three dry docks
. It will receive $4,547 to procure a CNC machine to teach students and assist shipyard. TEXAS Lighthouse Marine LLC, of Port Bolivar, Texas on the OREGON Mississippi River, is set to receive $646,157 for JLG Hy- WCT Marine & Construction, Inc., of Astoria, Ore. brid Telescopic Boom Lift, Grove 65-ton
? oating wind farm will have California (500-1,300 meters). Future activity is planned off a similar order of magnitude capital expenditure to an FPSO. Oregon (550-1,500 meters), the Gulf of Maine (190-300 me- The pre-lay of moorings and array cables and the towing of ters) and the Central Atlantic (over
— a ? rst-of-its kind Cyber Incident drill was car- Furthermore, cybersecurity awareness and training pro- ried out during a voyage from Newport, Oregon, to Seward, grams are vital to empower mariners with the knowledge and Alaska, in April 2024. skills to recognize and respond to cyber threats effectivel
Atlantic lease sales, BOEM is committed to leasing further ability, interest rate increases, and tax credit monetization sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Oregon, and the Gulf of Maine have been the key themes highlighted by developers to ex- in 2024/2025. The cumulative capacity of the leases is es- plain
and continuing the path toward commercialization. By Greg Trauthwein To start us off, can you give us a by the numbers look at in Ocean Engineering at Oregon State University, which is Mocean Energy today? where I ? rst started working on Wave Energy. Next I went to Mocean Energy has been operating since
with tune 100 companies, along what could be future Green Shipping New Orleans’ potential hydrogen hub, is behind Element 1, an Corridors of America. Oregon-based small scale manufacturer of advanced hydrogen During a Capital Link conference regarding Jones Act M&A generation systems. Its e-1 Marine
er, ? oating technology would make accessible WEAs with energy areas (WEA) in the Paci? c, off of California and strong and constant wind energy. maybe Oregon and Washington. But important research This emerging industry and technology were the fo- is also taking place in Maine, at the University of Maine
for auction in the ? rst quarter of next delivered, and close to $35 billion of decommissioning ex- year and are also analyzing suitable sites off Oregon and in the penditure at the end of commercial operations: Gulf of Maine. Funding continues to be made available for Two major Outer Continental Shelf
the BOEM’s list, according to Intelatus data, include two deepwater locations in the Central Atlantic region; Coos Bay and Brook- ings off the coast of Oregon; and the Gulf of Maine’s commercial lease with- in the next two years. These facilities m|;um-?om-?!;]bv|ub;vkm1l [email protected] bm-L?b-?om
in to auction leases containing more than 15 GW in the Gulf of oil and gas, renewables remained marginal until Mexico, the Central Atlantic and offshore Oregon. the Biden Administration took of? ce. Now, off- A recent report produced by Intelatus Global Partners, an shore wind is a key focus as the US plays
the that will be installed in the industrial and mari- C.H. Markey Machinery Company serving both the marine C time park Hyak Tongue Point in Astoria, Oregon. and logging industries. Today Markey Machinery is a leader With 32 wheels, standing 95-ft. tall, with its 1500-ton capac- in the marine deck equipment
of a public/private part- and operation of a new split-hull dredge that could be used nership with Dare County, has recently taken mostly in maintaining Oregon Inlet, as well as in Hatteras EJE delivery of a new shallow-draft hopper dredge on the Outer Inlet and other state waterways. Funding for the project
capacity is further auctions are being developed for the South Atlan- only around 150 megawatts (MW) today. tic, the Gulf of Mexico, the Central Atlantic, Oregon and Two major outer continental shelf (OCS) projects with the Gulf of Maine before the end of 2024. Expressions of around 940 MW of capacity have
the dam issues. Major concerns include: • That White House documents are tilted in favor of established interests, including the Nez Perce and State of Oregon, who have long supported dam removal. • Giving too much weight to the notion that salmon mortality in the ocean results from hydro system impacts
activity for California, and additional build vessels, ranging from service operation vessels (SOVs), auctions in the South Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, Oregon wind tower installation vessels, OSW support vessels and and Maine. The Eastern Shipbuilding Group President Joey CRTs. One west coast company said
auctions are planned for the South Atlantic, the Gulf of Atlantic and the Paci? c and probably the Gulf of Mexico. We Mexico, the Central Atlantic, Oregon and the Gulf of Maine be- will also see an emergence of commercial scale ? oating wind fore the end of 2024. In addition, an unsolicited request
, is the gates in the House of Representative and Senate from Alaska, ? fth in a series of 524.5-foot-long National Security Multi- California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington in backing the Mission Vessels (NSMV) designed speci? cally for America’s state maritime academies. It will replace Cal Maritime’s
wind has been installed Federal agencies are advancing offshore leasing in Califor- in the U.K. and Europe since the ? rst commercial turbines nia, Oregon, the Gulf of Maine and several other locations that were commissioned in the early 1990s. The U.K. aims to will feature ? oating offshore wind solutions
a potential to support an esti- term leasing plans for the Gulf of Mexico, the Central Atlantic, mated 40 GW of offshore wind have been awarded. Federal Oregon and the Gulf of Maine are being developed for auctions agencies plan additional leases supporting at least 6 GW to be before the end of 2024, turbine
and releasing subsequent research by the University generated from these farms is used to off- 50-80% of the oxygen humans breathe. of Hawai’i and Oregon State found that set carbon downstream through biopoly- “Not many people know this, but the con- pumping water from below 200 meters mers, feedstock
and releasing subsequent research by the University generated from these farms is used to off- 50-80% of the oxygen humans breathe. of Hawai’i and Oregon State found that set carbon downstream through biopoly- “Not many people know this, but the con- pumping water from below 200 meters mers, feedstock
By Greg Trauthwein with Greg Lennon @ bit.ly/3IXmZWa hile Greg Lennon is new to classi? cation, structure and education. Meanwhile on the west coast, Oregon ABS’ new head of global offshore wind deliv- announced its 3GW study to commence this year, in 2022, ers a powerful one-two punch in the energy