Shipyard Welding

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Setzer, Willie Augusta

Hickory Record 24 Jul 2018

CLAREMONT Willie Augusta Setzer, 95, passed away unexpectedly Monday, July 23, 2018, at his home in Claremont. Born Oct. 2, 1922, in Catawba county, he was the son of the late William A. and Etta Campbell Shook Setzer ... Willie and Johnsie were married Nov ... He attended Lenoir-Rhyne College before working in the shipyards in Baltimore, Md., welding ships during part of World War II and later serviced in the Navy in the Seabees ... ....

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South African Cop Death Squad Whistleblower Lands Back in Greece

The National Herald 20 Jul 2018

Danikas fit right in, having had so many police officers as customers and was welcome into special training, welcomed all the more because his brother, cousin and uncle had been on the force in Greece, and the bond was made ... TOO MUCH TO TAKE. But he went on ... His father was an expert in metal welding techniques and was a supervisor at a shipyard on the island of Syros and when that business wasn’t doing well the family moved to Athens ... ....

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China blasts 'largest trade war' as US triggers tariffs

Press TV 06 Jul 2018

China pledges retaliation as US tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports take effect, putting the world's two biggest economies on a high-stake road towards all-out trade conflict. ... Ok? So we have 50 plus 200 plus almost 300," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday. A worker is welding steel at a shipyard in Nantong, China on on May 19, 2018. (Photo by AFP) ... ....

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Trump fires first salvo in trade war versus China

The Manila Times 05 Jul 2018

WASHINGTON. Steep American tariffs on Chinese goods worth tens of billions of dollars took effect when the clock struck twelve Thursday night as US President Donald Trump fired the first salvo in a trade war between the world’s top two economies. This file photo taken on May 19, 2018 shows a worker welding steel at a shipyard in Nantong in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. AFP PHOTO ... US ‘firing at itself’ ... ‘Better than ever’ ... Loading ... ....

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Washington state maritime labor headed for a retirement cliff

Albany Democrat Herald 19 Jun 2018

When Capt. Ken Penwell's son was looking for a job, Penwell offered to get him work as a deckhand. Penwell captains hopper dredges for Seattle's Manson Construction, sucking up dirt and clay from river beds. But Kyle Penwell didn't want to go into his father's career ... Vigor Industrial, the dominant shipbuilder in the Northwest, has been struggling for years to find enough job applicants for welding, pipe-fitting and other shipyard jobs....

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45 years

Democratic Underground 25 May 2018

Yesterday I received a certificate for my 5 years of service at my current job. I work in the public sector with and for blind people. As they read off the 5,10, etc year times of service there were "golf claps" for each person ... Getting to know Morton in brief conversations, he grew up in Newport News near the shipyard ... The Apprentice school at the shipyard still trains people in everything from sheet metal to welding to ... ....

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Maine shipyard group preps for hiring push that could add hundreds of jobs

Bangor Daily News 10 May 2018

The Seacoast Shipyard Association seeks to increase understanding and local partnerships to keep the educational feeder tubes, that send workers to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, well-oiled ... The shipyard has two apprenticeship programs ... Students in the welding program finish with industry certifications from the American Welding Society, and each year, four or five apply for the shipyard’s apprenticeship programs....

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Robots in dockyards: Shipbuilders automate to cut costs

The Japan News 16 Apr 2018

In what Hyundai Heavy claims is a global first, a 670-kilogram industrial robot — designed and tested in-house — can curve and weld steel plates for the front and back of vessels through remote connectivity between the machine and design software ... To further automate its shipyards, Hyundai Heavy is developing more robots for other welding and paint jobs....

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Man jailed for having guns police returned to him following hospital commitment

WPXI 11 Apr 2018

“Further, among other statements, defendant stated the ‘reason he was at the shipyard in 2016 was because he was trying to tell the director of security that the man (who) signed his welding certificate had a daughter that was killed, and he knew people in the shipyard killed her, and they knew he knew,’” the motion stated. ....

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Man jailed for having guns police returned to him after hospital commitment

Atlanta Journal 11 Apr 2018

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Acetylene leak suspected in deadly Cochin Shipyard blast

Splash24/7 15 Feb 2018

Officials are increasingly thinking a welding accident was behind Tuesday’s blast at India’s Cochin Shipyard, which killed five workers ......

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Acetylene leak led to blast: Preliminary probe

The Times of India 15 Feb 2018

Police said that the preliminary probe into the explosion at Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has identified a possible reason. Acetylene gas, used for welding and cutting, might have leaked and caused the high-impact explosion that happened at A/C plant, situated above the ballast tank of the ship Sagar Bhushan....

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Oxy-fuel gas leak suspected cause of ONGC explosion

The Times of India 14 Feb 2018

Two separate enquiry teams have been formed to identify the exact cause of the blast in an oil rig at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in which five persons were killed. Resident joint director of the factories and boilers wing attached to the shipyard has begun a preliminary probe while the CSL has constituted an internal probe team ... Shipyard sources said that there are two possibilities for a blast to happen....

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