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Shipbuilders Council Re-Elects E.M. Hood Edwin M. Hood was re-elected president of the Shipbuilders Council of America at the 48th annual meeting of the Washington-based na-tional trade association. Also re-elected were Edward P. Ruddy, secretary, and Mrs. Beverly C. Kendall, treasurer. The association's mem-bership comprises major commercial shipyards and suppliers of marine equipment. Mr. Hood, in presenting his annual report, expressed confidence that the industry is "on the brink of unprecedented growth." "From preliminary figures, it would seem that industry activity levels reached a post-war high in 1968, and a reawakened national inter-est in the 'sufficiency' of U.S. sea power could well lead to the commencement, within the next several years, of the largest peacetime shipbuilding effort the nation has ever under-taken." The shipyards' spokesman said as a result of the "expanding presence of the Soviet Union on the oceans," President Nixon can be ex-pected "to adopt a more forward stance with respect to sea power, maritime and shipbuild-ing matters than has taken place during the last eight years." Mr. Hood noted that President Nixon prior to his election pledged the efforts of his ad-ministration to maintain "a United States Navy second to none and to the prompt restoration of the United States as a first-rate maritime power." "Though there is much optimism and sup-port favoring full achievement of the sea pow-er goals defined by President Nixon," Mr. Hood said, "even partial accomplishment will result in a greater magnitude of naval and mer-Our systems are complete with start-stop and monitoring of main engines . .. start up of standby unit and transfer upon power failure .. . fire detection . . . steering gear supervisory circuits and complete plant monitoring. 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It holds great promise for the future in terms of work stabili-ty, employment for craftsmen and shipyard profits. "The private shipyard industry could well be on the brink of unprecedented growth." Stal-Laval Propulsion Units Installed On Encounter Bay? Largest European Containership The Encounter Bay, a 29,150-dwt container-ship, is the largest containership to be built so far at a European shipyard. It was recently de-livered to her owners Container Fleets Ltd., Lon-don. The Encounter Bay is the first containership in a series of six, all of which will be delivered to Container Fleets during 1969. The six ships will operate between Europe to Australia. This ship was constructed at the Ross yard of Howaldstwerke-Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany. Like her five sisterships, she is driven by 32,450-shp steam turbine machinery, designed and built by Stal-Laval Turbine AB, Sweden. This power provides a speed of about 23 knots at 140 rpm of the propeller. and condenser arranged in one single plane. The propulsion machinery is of the Stal-Laval Advanced Propulsion single-plane type with the h-p turbine and the 1-p turbine in a cross-com-pound arrangement. The reduction of the turbine rotor speeds from about 6,000 rpm on the h-p side and 3,600 rpm on the 1-p side to a propeller speed of 140 rpm is achieved by a two-stage gearing arrangement with epicyclic gears in the first and parallel gears in the second reduction. Steam conditions at the maneuvering valve in-let are 925 psi and 945 °F. The turbines have three bleed points, one in the h-p turbine and two in the 1-p turbine. Exhaust steam from the aux-iliary turbines is passed into the cross connection between the h-p and 1-p turbines. The main con-denser is of the double-pass type with pump circulation of the cooling water. The high techni-cal-economical optimum condenser pressure of 1.9-inch Hg results in a small condenser size. The feed-heating system consists of two 1-p feed heaters and one direct-contact deaerating feed heater. The turbo-generator and turbo-feed pump are of the back pressure type. The turbines are op-erated on superheated steam and exhaust to the back-pressure system. The Stal-Laval AP-machinery, introduced in 1963, has gradually increased its market share and now accounts for about 30 percent of all marine turbines on order throughout the world. Orders received during 1968 represented more than one million shp. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Remote control of propulsion, power and auxiliaries for instant response ? faster, safer, more efficient towing. 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