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MARINE DECK MACHINERY A REVIEW
The boom in offshore drill rig ordering during the past year—a total of 156 were contracted for during 1980 worldwide — broke all previous records. At year-end, there were 195 rigs of all types on order. This, along with the hundreds of vessels needed to serve these new rigs,
Two Detroit-Powered Tugboats Completed By Manly Shipyards
John Manly Shipyards, a division of Riv- Tow Shipyards Ltd., recently delivered two tugboats to RivTow Straits Ltd., the second largest towing company in British Columbia, Canada. The new vessels have joined RivTow's fleet of 75 tugs, 175 barges, and 75 small boom boats.
In Remembrance: Captain Fred Kosnac Jr. (1928-2004)
Capt. Fred Kosnac was the first tugboater I ever met. If a career can be considered in spiritual or symbolic or abstract terms to be "a life," then Fred Kosnac would rightly be called the patriarch of mine, as a writer and photographer and admirer of tugboaters and tugboats.
Esercizio Cantieri Launches Tug/Supply Vessel Of New Design
An anchor-handling/tug-supply vessel with rescue and antipollution features, the Val Cadore, was launched recently at the Viareggio, Italy, yard of Societa Esercizio Cantieri (SEC). Built for Cispa Gas Transport S.p.A. of Trieste, the vessel is a new SEC design for the Italian flag,
Halter Marine Delivers First Of Four Supply Boats To Arthur Levy
The Dauphin Island, a 180-foot offshore rig towing, anchor-handling and supply ship, has been delivered by its builder, Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., to Arthur Levy Enterprises of New Orleans, vessel operators in the offshore oil and gas industry.