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
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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
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the projects to have bene? tted from this change - draw on this expertise to assist project developers. Venture Global CP2, Woodside LNG, Glenfarne Texas LNG ABS has experience supporting some of the industry’s most and Next Decade Rio Grande Expansion - are slated for ? rst complex FLNG projects
Two additional units, also with Tier 4 designation, with Robert Allan RAstar 3200-W design (8800 hp), are under construction at the Ster- ling yard, in Texas. The yard is also building similar vessels, also with and a Low Emissions certi? cation from ABS, for Suderman and Young, based in Houston. Despite
with its late 2023 acquisition of eight ves- be a catalyst for the shares.” Through the years, Kirby has sels from Seabulk, serving Port Arthur, Texas and Lake grown by acquisitions; Stifel’s analysis points towards more Charles, La), has recently commissioned two Tier 4 tugs in the future, telling
longtime marine heavy- begin an extensive overhaul at Gulf Copper Ship Repair lift specialist Matt Fish and T&T Salvage’s Kevin Teichman in Galveston, Texas. The vessel, now 15 years old, was — the vessel is poised to play a key role in Gulf of Mexico overdue for its mandatory ? ve-year special survey
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on its journey into dredging industry. Currently being ? nished at Seatrium Am- marine construction and eventually dredging, a journey which FELS in Texas, this 15,000-cubic-yard hopper dredge is the continues today as it has become a dominant player today in largest ever constructed by Manson and marks
dollar company, from ? nding and retaining the best crews, to the construction of the $200 million+ 15,000 cu. yd. hopper dredge in Brownsville, Texas – the Frederick Paup – a dredge that Paup says will be “the Cookie Monster” of beach replenishment. 36 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • April
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Building Takes Off CARNIVAL JUBILEE a 6,400 passenger (Excel-class, with Among the biggest news on the ordering front was CCL’s a homeport in Galveston, Texas) had been delivered from blockbuster mid-2024 three ship order from Fincantieri in Italy. Meyer Werft in Papenburg. During 2024, Carnival Corpora- The
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solutions to produce high sion solutions. Schwarz emphasized the power of these fuel ef? ciency, lower emissions, and long-term reliability. A Texas cells in tandem with batteries for marine vessels operating Department of Transportation (TxDOT) ferry project is an in areas without suf? cient
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in collaboration Stavanger drilling rig in February 2024. Zelim collaborated with the U.S. Coast Guard, Zelim’s ZOE is said to improve with the Texas-based offshore drilling contractor Valaris to the probability of detection of people in the water with customize the solution for the speci? c requiremen
Top Vessels Esperanza “Hope” Andrade Texas Department of Transportation Earlier this year, the Texas Department of Transporta- designed to maximize life, performance and safety. The sys- tion (TxDOT) christened its ? rst new ferry in over a de- tem can store surplus power while the ferry is in operation
said. Bayonne, France; ESNA Naval Architects, Kristiansand, Eureka’s defense vessels have similar SES hulls as the Norway; 1852 Solutions Ltd, Houston, Texas; and Trident fully tested commercial hulls in service, and the company’s Offshore Projects, Houston, Texas. 34 | MN November 202
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. ders for four new escort tugs to serve the 240 Escort Winch develops 15 tons of Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) Port Arthur LNG export facility in Texas. bare-drum line pull at 75 feet/min. line recently won a contract to build four Two will be constructed by Master Boat speed, with speed increasing
the Port Arthur LNG export facility winch, including a Render Recover feature for full bol- lard pull capacity. Each tugboat will be equipped with in Texas. Two will be constructed by Master Boat Build- ers in Coden, Ala., and two by Sterling Shipyard in Port ? re? ghting capabilities that exceed ABS
a single pur- Charybdis currently under construction at the Seatrium pose-built vessel creates economies of scale and simpli- AmFELS yard in Brownsville, Texas—is ? agged, owned ? es logistics while eliminating the need for multiple extra and operated outside of the U.S. Because of the Jones Act, vessels
environment for offshore ply chain, has a national footprint. States like Louisiana, energy. By pursuing federal policies that prioritize all-of- Texas, North Carolina and Florida have already realized jobs the-above energy sources and enable innovation and invest- and investments from supporting