Hugh J. Kelly, president and CEO of the Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co. (ODECO), New Orleans, La., was recently elected chairman of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) for the 1988-89 term. The NOIA board of directors elected Mr. Kelly, along with its other officers, at the Association's 16th Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., April 10-12 at the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel.
Mr. Kelly has been a NOIA director since 1983, and has served as NOIA's vice chairman since April 1987.
The board also elected Robert E.
Howson, president and COO of McDermott International Inc., New Orleans, La., to replace Mr. Kelly as vice chairman. Other officers reelected for the 1988-89 term by the board were: president: Charles D.
Matthews; vice president: Robert B. Stewart; treasurer. Matthew Simmons, president, Simmons and Co., Houston, Texas; secretary: Robert Burke, Environmental Services, Inc., Houston, Texas; and assistant treasurer: Ardon Judd, staff vice president, Dresser Industries, Washington, D.C.
New members elected to the board were: Gordon M. Anderson, executive vice president and CO0, Santa Fe International, Alhambra, Calif.; John B. Griffiths, president, Hydril Company, Houston, Texas; Dale P. Jones, Executive vice president, Halliburton Company, Dallas, Texas; K. Terry Koonce, senior vice president, Exxon Company USA, Houston, Texas; Jack E. Little, executive vice president for E & P, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas; Frank A.
March, president and CEO, Seaward International, Clearbrook, Va.; J. Landis Martin, president and CEO, NL Industries, Houston, Texas; John J. Murphy, chairman, president and CEO, Dresser Industries, Houston, Texas; William C.
O'Malley, executive vice president, Sonat Inc., Birmingham, Ala.; C.R.
(Bob) Palmer, chairman and CEO, Rowan Companies, Houston, Texas; George Parker, president, Teledyne Exploration, Houston, Texas; Ray R. Seegmiller, president and CEO, Marathon Manufacturing, Houston, Texas; Matthew R. Simmons, president, Simmons and Company, Houston, Texas; Ian Strecker, executive vice president, Schlumberger Limited, Sugarland, Texas; and Kenneth W. Waldorf, chairman and CEO, Zapata Gulf Marine Corp., Houston, Texas.
Texas Marine Unit Uses Yellowfin-built Shallow Water Vessels for Border Patrol missions. Menaced by Mexican drug cartels, the Texas Department of Public Safety operates a fleet of six shallow-water vessels it commissioned in late 2011 and 2012 to patrol its borders. The agency purchased the boats from
and more than a couple long days. Nonetheless, the project met both the Owner and SOFEC expectations. “We were interested in contracting this work on the Texas Gulf Coast,” Signori said. “We were sure the proximity of SOFEC in Houston to a Gulf Coast fabricator would provide an advantage. And given that the
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with McGinnis Inc. – National Maintenance & Repair. This agreement extends Thrustmaster’s service centers to six locations in the U.S. Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. Service Locations now include South Point, Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, Hartford, Illinois, Harahan, Louisiana, Houma, Louisiana and Houston, Texas
Reporter & Engineering News has recognized excellence in ship construction. This year 18 ships in total were honored, including many “world firsts.” Texas - LNG-ready tanker for Crowley Crowley Maritime Corp. took delivery of Texas, the second of four new Jones Act product tankers from Philly Shipyard
The motor vessel Bob Koch, a new 4,200-horsepower towboat in the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, was recently christened in ceremonies at the Owensboro, Ky., riverfront. The vessel, with unique features that will enable it to serve as an icebreaker when
The Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on LNG and LPG — Gastech 79 — will be held in Houston, Texas, from November 13-16, 1979. In choosing Houston, the organizers will bring Gastech to the natural gas capital of America, and the home of the nation's largest petroleum industry complex.
The Scottish Offshore Partnership (SCOPA) has announced the formal opening of its office in Houston, Texas. This significant action by a British group of consulting engineers requires explanation. SCOPA has been set up with its headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, to provide a wide range of engineering
is equal to the largest and most powerful towboats operated by ACBL, the principal operating company in the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, was named to honor Texas Gas president Dennis Hendrix. The ceremony was held at the foot of Frederica Street, where the
company in the development of offshore single- point mooring (SPM) terminals, announces the formation of a regional marketing office in Houston, Texas. The facility is located at 2300 West Loop South, Suite 290, in the Litwin Building. Michael D. Jackson has been appointed to the position of regional
? eet Callan Marine of dredges including the 32-inch General MacArthur, the 28-inch General Bradley, the 18-inch General Marshall, the Galveston, Texas based dredging contractor Callan Ma- rine christened its newest cutter suction dredge (CSD), 18-inch General Pershing, the 16-inch General Patton
. Port Angeles, Wash. shipyard Platypus Marine is building a CTV on spec. Work continues at Seatrium Am- FELS (formerly Keppel AmFELS), in Brownsville, Texas on Charybdis, the sole Jones Act compliant wind tur- bine installation vessel (WTIV) un- der construction in the United States. The most recent announceme
Shipyard in late 2023 (and is working on a multi- vessel (with a Norwegian design proven in the North Sea) year harbor deepening project in Freeport, Texas), and will enter a long-term charter to turbine specialist Siemens Amelia Island, being constructed by the same shipyard Gamesa Renewable Energy
150 (3)25M (1.6B)78K4.4B6.6B15.5B86M Pennsylvania 260 (28)617.7M (7.7B)184K14.8B31.9B65.7B4.8B Tennessee 950 (11)529.5M (5.6B)100K6.5B12B26.4B1.1B Texas 830 (13)2379.7M (54.9B)305K27.9B54.6B111B7.7B West Virginia 680 (16)245.7M (3.4B)127K8B17.1B37B1.8B Wisconsin 230 (29)121.9M (107M)147K10B15.8B34.1B1
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chusetts Maritime Academy; State of Maine for Maine Mari- Service, who in turn package the engines into marine gensets time Academy; Lone Star State for Texas A&M Maritime for the ? ve ships. The cumulative package is delivered by GE Academy; and Golden State for California State University Power Conversion
vessel. Green Diamond was constructed by San “We are excited to be the ? rst to market with a plug-in hy- Jac Marine, Kirby’s shipyard in Channelview, Texas. An- brid inland towing vessel,” said Christian O’Neil, president other Kirby company Stewart & Stevenson Manufacturing of Kirby Inland Marine, a
. laid the keel for State of Maine (Maine Maritime Acad- Starting in the machinery space, Empire State has a emy) and cut ? rst steel for Lone Star State (Texas A&M modern diesel-electric power plant, built with redundancy Maritime Academy), and the yard is slated to begin con- in that there are two separate
two each from Master Boat Builders and of creating one fuel for the industry. States, with a background two from the Sterling yard, in Port Neches, Texas. that includes work at Class society DNV, noted that “The in- The public sector is also moving to Tier 4 boats. In Sum- dustry is working with government
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and we’ll also expand the Florida facility to service the but all the way to the human that is making action and making South Florida Gulf Coast and Texas markets for cruise ships.” decisions and trying to understand the ocean.” In evaluating the physical manifestations of Greensea IQ, the At the time
Vessels Green Diamond The U.S.’ ? rst Marine, Kirby’s shipyard in Channelview, Texas. Anoth- plug-in hybrid elec- er Kirby company Stewart & Stevenson Manufacturing tric inland towing Technologies designed and installed the power manage- vessel was christened ment, control and propulsion systems.
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natural gas (LNG) engines, Corporation. Built by San Jac Marine, Kirby’s shipyard in on long-term charter to Shell Tankers (Singapore) Pri- Channelview, Texas, Another Kirby company Stewart & Ste- vate Limited. The Malaysian-? agged Eagle Vellore was venson Manufacturing Technologies, designed and installed
Em- pire State VII for SUNY Maritime; Patriot State for Mas- sachusetts Maritime Academy; State of Maine for Maine Maritime Academy; Lone Star State for Texas A&M Maritime Academy; and Golden State for California State University Maritime Academy – and each had input on the design, from the size and con
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Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley cember 1, 2022, meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Division, Regional Business Director. Board, in Galveston, Texas. redging was the Herculean act that allowed James Bodron, with the Crops’ Mississippi Valley Divi- much of the U.S. economy to keep chugging sion
with Na- NAVSEA awarded a fuel oil barge (YON) contract to val Sea Systems Command in Washington, said NAVSEA Sterling Shipyard in Port Neches, Texas, that will provide has active contracts for two types of berthing and messing for up to six barges that provide fuel storage and supply MN June
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the sec- ond of two new ‘Ohana Class, 774-foot lique? ed natural gas (LNG) powered containerships built at the Keppel Am- FELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. The new vessel, Janet Marie, joins Pasha Hawaii’s ? eet serving the Hawaii/U.S. mainland trade lane, following the company’s ? rst ‘Ohana Class
Vineyard Wind project. rently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard GLDD has also formed a consortium with Van Oord to per- in Brownsville, Texas. The vessel, which is scheduled to form subsea rock installation on the Empire 1 & 2 projects. be delivered in 2024, is booked for the installation
drydock. Terrain Lift with variable reach; and a Tier 4 compressor. J Goodison Company, of North Kingstown, R.I., Southwest Shipyard, LP., of Channelview, Texas, on the will receive $704,206 to purchase a 176-ton hydraulic self- Mississippi River, will receive $1.2 million for blasting and propelled vessel