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Robert Sanders To Yard Superintendent
N. Seregos, president of Jackson Engineering and Drydock Co., Inc. (formerly Brewer Drydock), Staten Island, N.Y., announced the appointment of Robert Sanders as yard superintendent. Mr. Sanders has had over 30 years' experience in the ship repair industry.
SNAME Players Perform At Pacific Northwest Section's 27th Annual Fall Meeting
The 27th annual fall meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel. The technical session featured "North to Tuktoyatuk," a panel discussion and audiovisual presentation on the design,
UPSCO Launches Hull Number 001 — A 120-Foot Tug For An ITB
The Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. (UPSCO) in Ontonagon, Mich., recently launched its first vessel to be built under contract. Hull No. 001—a 1,053-ton tug for an integrated tug-barge (ITB) system—is being built, along with four barges, for the State of Michigan.
Veliotis To Manage Electric Boat Div.
General Dynamics Corporation has announced that P. Takis Veliotis has been named general manager of its Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., the company's largest operating component. Gorden E. MacDonald, who has been serving as acting general manager at Electric Boat,
Nauticast AG
Following the company strategy to expand its global business, Nauticast's SOLAS Class A AlS-Transponder was recently granted two further regional approvals: The USCG/FCC-approval for the North-American market and the CCS-approval for the emerging market of the Federal Republic of China.
Dredge Technology Announces Contracts
Dredge Technology Corporation, a company owned jointly by IHC Holland and John J. McMullen Associates, Inc., has been selected to provide dredging equipment for the new dredge Eagle I, owned by Eagle Dredging Corporation, a joint venture of Royal Adriaan Volker Company of Rotterdam,
Navy Buys Six SL-7 Sea-Land Containerships In $207.5-Million Contract
Six of the largest and fastest containerships in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet have been purchased by the Navy for use by the Military Sealift Command to enhance the strategic mobility capability of the armed forces. The Naval Sea Systems Command recently awarded a $207.
Eisenbiegler And Rippy Named Presidents Of Two Sun Subsidiaries
Sun Trading & Marine Transport, Inc. (S.T.M.T.), 200 West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, Pa. 19087, an operating unit of Sun Company, has named presidents of two of its subsidiaries. Frederick P. Eisenbiegler, bulk ship product group vice president for
Shipbuilding & Metal Fabrication Conference Set For October 4-5
The Shipbuilding and Metal Fabrication Technology Conference will be held on October 4-5, 1988 at the Radisson Hotel Hampton in Hampton, Va. The conference, sponsored by the American Welding Society and their Tidewater Section, will focus on new
ADDSCO Promotes Bitowf And Roy
J.R. Maumenee, president, Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Ala. 36601, has announced the promotions of two executive employees to officer status. The action was taken at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Vincent P.