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Outbound from Port of New Orleans, heavy-lift ship

Dock Express 12 has deck load of three offshore pro- duction modules bound for Bahrain.

ASNE Flagship Section

Hears Report On Craft's

Aerodynamic Enhancement

Flagship Section chairman Dick Fay (right) presents

Certificate of Appreciation to speaker Robert H. Krida.

The Flagship Section of the American

Society of Naval Engineers held its second meeting of the year at the U.S. Coast Guard

Yard at Curtis Bay, Md. Following the social hour and dinner, which was attended by ap- proximately 90 members and guests, chair- man Richard Fay opened the technical ses- sion and introduced Capt. Robert Lucas,

USCG, who presented the speaker, Robert

H. Krida.

Mr. Krida, who is the director of advanced concepts, Naval Air Systems Command, spoke on the work that has been done to adapt aerodynamic applications to enhance surface craft performance, concluding with a short video tape showing an actual test of this system where the maximum speed of a small craft was nearly doubled by the use of supplemental aerodynamic assistance that used very little additional energy. In- terest in this subject was demonstrated by the lively discussion period that followed.

Dock Express Transports

Offshore Modules To Bahrain

Dock Express Shipping, bv recently com- pleted loading of four large offshore mod- ules at Houston and New Orleans aboard the Dock Express 12, which is bound for

Bahrain and Dubai. The vessel loaded three offshore oil field production modules, each weighing in excess of 420 tons and meas- uring approximately 100 feet long by 40 feet wide by 40 feet high for the account of Dubai Petroleum Company. The modules were delivered to the vessel onboard barges that were floated inside the stern of the vessel. With the use of the vessel's 1,000- metric-ton-capacity gantry cranes, the mod- ules were lifted onboard and stowed on deck.

The loading operation was performed at the

Port of New Orleans, and final destination is Bahrain.

Earlier, the Dock Express 12 had com- pleted loading of one 300-ton drilling plat- form module, together with several items of general cargo, with the use of the vessel's cranes at the Port of Houston. The module and general cargo are being carried to Du- bai for the account of Atwood Oceanics, Inc.

The voyage, including discharging at Bah- rain and Dubai, should be completed in ap- proximately 40 days.

Dock Express Shipping, a Rotterdam- based, heavy-lift shipowner, has offices in

Houston.

Bond And Houston Get

New Posts In Texaco's

Marine Sales Department

Bruce R. Bond has been appointed senior coordinator-operations, and J. Dennis Hous- ton has been named coordinator-pricing in the International Marine Sales Department of Texaco Inc., it was announced by Ken- neth F. Murchison, general manager in charge of that department. In their new assignments, Messrs. Bond and Houston will continue to be located in the company's Har- rison, N.Y., offices.

Mr. Bond was graduated from Maine Mar- itime College in 1968. He joined Texaco that same year as third assistant engineer for the Marine Department. He was transferred to the International Marine Sales Depart- ment at Boston in 1972 as marine sales en- gineer.

Mr. Houston was graduated from the Uni- versity of New Hampshire in 1975 and re- ceived an MBA degree in 1976 from Babson

College, Wellesley, Mass. He joined Texaco in 1977 as an accountant in the Special Stud- ies Group of the Comptroller's Department.

He transferred to International Marine Sales

Department in 1979 as an analyst.

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