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Mississippi Marine Towboat Delivers Harbor Boat To Union RR
Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., recently delivered the M/V Sureboat to the Union Railroad Company, a division of U.S. Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. The custom-designed double chine harbor boat will be utilized
Armco And Oerlikon Sign Joint Manufacturing/ Marketing Agreement
Dr. John Garland, executive vice president of Oerlikon Welding Industries, has announced the finalization of an agreement with Armco Steel to market the seven grades of submerged arc welding wire produced by their Union Wire Rope Division. In a meeting with Dr.
Sun Company, Levingston Sign Letter Of Intent For Pa. Shipyard Sale
The Sun Company, Inc., announced recently that it has signed a letter of intent for the sale of the assets of its Sun Ship subsidiary of Chester, Pa., to Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Joint Venture Receives Title XI For $109-Million Chemical Carrier
The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of the Chemical Pioneer, a 35,000- deadweight-ton chemical carrier being built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
Booklet Describes Vinyl Coatings For Corrosion Control
A new 20-page, four-color booklet from Union Carbide Corporation discusses the use of vinyl maintenance paints for protecting steel and other substrates from corrosion. The coatings described are one-package systems that can be formulated from
Lykes A w a r d s $ 1 5 0 - M i l l i on C o n t r a c t To Build Four C o n t a i n e r s h i p s In Japan
Lykes Bros. Steamship Company of New Orleans last month signed contracts worth more than $150 million for construction of four 2,500-TEU containerships by a joint venture of two Japanese shipyards—Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Navy Civil Engineering Lab Completes Studies On Future Pier Designs
The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL), Port Hueneme, Calif., a leading investigator of innovative pier designs for surface combatant ships such as frigates, destroyers, and cruisers, has completed two comprehensive studies to generate