Long 1976 Articles

• • Marine Executives Visit University To Review Class Project On Construction Of Towboats page: 49
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on June 15, 1976

  With the Spring Class of Mississippi State University, well over 50 graduates of the Marine Engineering Technology Curriculum will enter the growing shipbuilding industry in the South. Each year, thus far, the senior class has worked on a project which is directed toward a topical situation an

• • Texaco Adds Another VLCC To Company Fleet Of 189 Tanker page: 28
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on June 15, 1976

  The Texaco South America, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) of 270,000 deadweight tons built for Texaco's international fleets by Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste S.A. (ASTANO), was christened recently in ceremonies at the ASTANO shipyard in El Ferrol del Caudillo, Spain. Sponsor of the T

• • World's Most Sophisticated Maritime Research Simulator page: 13
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on June 15, 1976

  A $12-million computerized marine simulator was unveiled in May at the Maritime Administration's Computer-Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF) at Kings Point, N.Y., by Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs. Described as the world's most sophisticated

• • Canadian Yards Building For Export page: 37
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1976

  From offshore rigs to bulk carriers and special vessels such as oceangoing selfunloaders, Canada's yards are currently busy filling worldwide orders. Halifax Shipyard is building a $30-million self-righting drill rig for a consortium of oil companies for use in the North Sea, to be delivered

• • N.Y. SNAME To Hold Tanker Symposium At Kings Pt. April 23 page: 32
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1976

  The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) will hold an all-day Tanker Symposium at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island, N.Y., April 23, 1976. The highlights of the symposium will be a dinner address by Robert

• • Navy Awards Bath Iron $224-Million Contract For Five Missile Frigates page: 28
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1976

  Congoleum C o r p o r a t i o n announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded a $224-million contract to its shipbuilding subsidiary, Bath Iron Works Corporation (BIW), Bath, Maine, for the construction of five Guided Missile Frigates of the new FFG-7 class. The contract has incentive features a

• • AWO Elects Geary Chairman Of Board —Directors Named page: 34
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1976

  John D. Geary, president, Midland Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was elected chairman of the board of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO), at the recent annual meeting of directors of the Association in Washington, D.C. James R. Smith, former Assistant Secretary of the Interi

• • Vancouver Shipyards Moves 457-Foot Ferry To Launching Position On Film Of Water page: 23
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1976

  In February, shipbuilders and drill-rig manufacturers from several countries gathered at Vancouver Shipyards, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to watch a 7,000,000-pound ship transferred to launching position on a film of water 5/1000 of an inch thick. It was the heaviest weight e

• • Floats Ships Off Building Platform Into Drydock page: 6
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1976

  Setenave-A New Portuguese Shipyard Setenave — Estaleiros Navais de Setubal (Setenave Shipyards), was founded in May 1971 for the purpose of operating a new construction shipyard at the mouth of the Sado River, in the vicinity of the town of Setubal, Portugal. The facility is 25 miles south