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Single-Trip Capacity Of U.S. Containerships Exceeds 45,000 Containers On 178 Ships Over 178 ships provide the U.S.-flag merchant fleet with a single-trip capacity of more than 45,000 containers, mostly of the 20-foot by 8-foot by 8-foot size. This tremen-dous container capacity includes full containerships and ships with an assigned partial container capa-bility. All ships can carry contain-ers either in their hold or on deck and most of them do. But, this sum-mary gives credit only to those ships which have special contain-er facilities. Based on a summary prepared by the office of Government Aid, Divi-sion of Trade Studies, Maritime Administration, and updated to June 1, there are currently operat-ing in the U.S. merchant fleet 17 new containerships and 67 vessels converted to full containerships. Of this group, there are 38 ships with-out cargo gear for handling the containers?being completely de-pendent upon shore facilities for loading and unloading. There are also 94 ships with partial container capacity. The following tabulation indi-cates the extent of the container operation by steamship lines. As indicated previously, the list of ships with partial container capa-bilities cannot be considered as a full listing since all ships can carry containers. Full Containerships No. Of Ships Total Container Conv. New Total Containei Size-Std. Owner Capacity (in feet) Alaska Steamship Co. 2 0 2 352 24x8x8.5 Amer. Export Isbrandtsen Line 6 3 9 6,1 12 20x8x8 Amer. President Lines 2 0 2 756 20x8x8 Containership Chartering Service, Inc. 3 0 3 1,080 35x8x8.5 Containship, Inc. 0 2 2 156* 17x8x8 54* 35x8x8 Donmac Corporation 5 0 5 1,130 35x8x8.5 Hudson Waterways Corp. 9 0 9 1,709 40x8x8.5 Litton Industries Leasing Corp. (Operated by Sea-Land) 19 0 19 6,990 35x8x8.5 Madison Transportation Co. 1 0 1 332 35x8x8.5 Matson Navigation Co. 9 1 10 4,218* 24x8x8.5 Monterey Transportation Co. 1 0 1 360 35x8x8.5 Moore-McCormack Lines 0 1 1 800* 20x8x8 Pacific Far East Line 1 0 1 400 20x8x8 Sea-Land Service, Inc. 5 0 5 1,628 35x8x8.5 Seatrain Line, Inc. 2 4 6 NA* NA United States Lines 2 6 8 7,774 20x8x8 Totals 67 17 84 33,851 Partial Container Capacity Amer. Mail Line 8 1,415 20x8x8 Amer. President Lines 8 929 20x8x8 Farrell Lines 5 910 20x8x8 Grace Lines 10 1,528 20x8x8 Highland Steamship Corp. 1 18* 40x8x8 Hudson Waterways Corp. 1 NA* NA Matson Navigation Co. 5 490 24x8x8.5 More-McCormack Lines 11 2,706 20x8x8 Motorships of Delaware, Inc. 1 6* NA Pacific Far East Line 14 1,303 20x8x8 States Steamship Co. 9 1,338 20x8x8 Sun Leasing Co. 1 260* 40x8x8 Sunexport Holding Corp. 1 NA* NA Union Carbide Corp. 2 384 30x8x8 United States Lines 17 724 20x8x8 Totals 94 12,01 1 Grand Totals 178 45,862 *Has capacity for roll-on/roll-off vehicles or railroad cars. NA-or not available. Steady Flow Principle Of Water Lubrication Described In Bulletin Technical Paper No. 300, published by Johnson Rubber Company, Ma-rine Division, Middlefield, Ohio, pre-sents the steady flow principle of water lubrication and a qualitative comparison between oil-lubricated sealed metal bearings and the John-son "Demountable" water-lubricated rubber bearing as they apply to out-board marine stern tube and strut applications. The 12-page paper describes the similarity between oil and water lub-FIFTH LKA LAUNCHED at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in cur-rent program. The 575'/2-foot amphibious cargo ship (LKA-1 17) was christened El Paso at an Armed Forces Day launching ceremonies by Mrs. John G. Tower, wife of the Texas senator. Senator Tower was the principal speaker at the affair presided over by the shipyard's president, L. C. Ackerman. Shown at the launching are, left to right: Cong-ressman Richard C. White of Texas, representing the City of El Paso; Mr. Ackerman; Mrs. Tower; Senator Tower; the three maids of honor, the Misses Penny, Jeanne and Marian Tower, and Mrs. Ackerman. Burton Shipyards Sold To DP A, Inc., Dallas The acquisition of Burton, Inc., owners of the Burton Shipyard of Port Arthur, Texas, has been con-summated by DPA, Inc., Dallas. The announcement of the comple-tion of the purchase was made by John Tuthill, DPA president. Mr. Tuthill also announced that J. C. Garner, Burton's president, has been elected to the board of directors of DPA. Texas Transport Opens Cleveland Office Texas Transport & Terminal Company Inc. has announced the opening of a Cleveland office lo-cated at 20800 Center Ridge Road (Rocky River), Cleveland, Ohio 44116, under the management of W. H. Swanson. The office, situated in most mod-ern quarters, is located mid-way between the airport and downtown Cleveland, with telephone number (216) 333-8150 and TWX 810-421-8675. Texas Transport and Terminal Company Inc. maintains offices in the principal ports and cities throughout the United States, and is general agent for major ship op-erating companies, as well as full-cargo agents and chartering agents throughout the world. Main Iron To Build Twin-Screw Tugboat Main Iron Works, Houma, La., has been awarded a contract by Ocean Towers, Inc., for the construc-tion of a twin-screw tugboat. Desig-nated Hull No. 223, the tug will have the following dimensions: 100 feet 6 inches in length (BP), 27 feet in beam, 14 feet 9 inches in depth and will be propelled by 2,000-total-bhp diesel machinery. sither not applicable rication, the differences, and leads up to the single boundary layer phenom-enon and the steady-flow principle of lubrication. In addition, the paper describes the principles of lubrication, laminar flow and wedge shaped lubricant film. It also contains a non-quantitative comparison chart between oil-lubri-cated metal bearings, the Johnson "Demountable" open-water-lubricated rubber bearing system and the con-ventional flatted open-water-lubri-cated system. Copies of the paper may be obtained by writing the John-son Rubber Company, Marine Divi-sion, Middlefield, Ohio 44062. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING'S NEW OFFICE BUILDING?Latest addition to Com-bustion Engineering's layout in Windsor, Conn., is the newly completed $2-million office building at the left. The 100,000-square-foot facility houses 700 employees. Located in the 600-acre office-manufacturing-laboratory complex are C-E's general offices and headquarters for the Utility Division and Industrial Group. 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News