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Sheridan Lee Opens New York Office
Sheridan I. Lee has announced the opening of his own consulting and surveying company. Mr. Lee graduated from South Shields Marine College, England in 1962, and followed a career at sea with the London shipowners Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., obtaining his chief engineer's license in 1966.
Howard F. Casey Named To Post At USMMA
Howard F. Casey has been appointed Assistant Superintendent for Planning and Administration at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. Mr. Casey, who had served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs with
Zapata Bulk Transport Names Skeele President
Robert B. Skeele has been named president of Zapata Bulk Transport, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zapata Corporation, Zapata Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas 77001. The Houston-based company operates a fleet of U.S.-flag products tankers in international trade.
Yugoslav Shipyards Licensed To Build Rigs Designed By Levingston
Ed Paden, president of Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, has announced that a license agreement has been signed between Levingston and Viktor Lenac Shipyard, acting for itself and on behalf of Jadranbrod, the Association of Yugoslav Shipbuilding I n d u s t r i e s ,
Hyundai Shipbuilding Licensed To Build B&W Diesel Engines
Hyundai Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Ulsan, Republic of Korea, and Burmeister & Wain Engineering Company, Copenhagen, Denmark, have entered into an agreement for the production of B&W diesel engines under license, and the agreement has
Avondale Gets $300-Million Contract From Exxon For Three Products Carriers
Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a unit of Ogden Corporation, has received a $ 3 0 0 - m i l l i o n contract from Exxon Company U.S.A. of Houston for construction of three 43,000-dwt products carriers. The ships will be powered by fuelefficient, five-cylinder diesels of Sulzer design,
FCC Okays Automated Communication System For Inland Waterways
The Federal Communications Commission recently issued a license to Waterway Communications System, Inc. (Watercom), Jeffersonville, Ind., for the construction and operation of an automated communications system serving the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers,