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Sixth Supply Boat Delivered To Marsea Marine By Halter
Halter Marine, Inc. recently completed contracts for a series of vessels with the Marsea Marine Companies, New Orleans, with the delivery of the supply boat Marsea Six (shown above). The companies have also signed contracts for 14 additional similar vessels.
SNAME Philadelphia Section Hears Paper On New Flexible Shipbuilding And Ship Repair Facility
The Philadelphia, Pa., Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its October meeting at the Airport Holiday Inn in Essington. Seventy members and guests attended the technical session to hear a paper entitled "New Flexible Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facility,
Hitachi-Built Tanker Has Many Advanced Features
The 79,999-dwt tanker Yuho Maru, constructed at the Ariake Works of Hitachi Zosen, was delivered recently to the Yuyo Steamship Company, Ltd. of Japan. The ship will operate between Japan and ports in the Arabian Gulf and Singapore. Extensive
Mitsubishi Delivers World's First Internally Insulated LPG Carrier
After years of research on internal insulation systems for LPG carriers under license from Shell Research, Ltd., and fully utilizing the company's experience in the construction of independent tank-type LPG carriers, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Newport News Shipbuilding: A City Within A Shipyard
For more than 100 years Newport News Shipbuilding has held the distinction as one of the largest shipyards in the Western Hemisphere. The 550-acre facility, which is situated on a two-mile stretch along the James River in Newport News, Va., is best described as "a city within a shipyard.
Crescent Tankships Orders Product Tankers
Crescent Tankships, part of the U.K. shipping group Crescent, has ordered two innovative 3,500 dwt chemical and oil tankers from the Rousse Shipyard, Bulgaria. The order, accompanied by a series of options, follows the acquisition by Crescent of Camilla,