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ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES LAUNCHING: The Ocean Lion, second oil tanker in the ;151,000-dwt series currently on order at the Cadiz yards of Astilleros Espanoles, S.A., wos launched recently. The new tanker measures 945 feet in overall length, 150 feet in breadth and 75 feet in depth. She is powered by a Manises-Sulzer model 1 2 RD-90, 27,600-bhp moin engine, built at the Manises yard in Valencia of Astilleros Espanoles,

S.A. The mooring, maneuvering and steering gear were built at the same yard. The

Matagorda, Reinosa, and Seville yards also contributed to the construction of this vessel by supplying a variety of equipment. The owners, Polar Star Navigation Corporation, were represented at the launching by their president, Theodore Teryazos. His wife, Mrs.

Marielle Teryazos, served as sponsor of the vessel. Guests were welcomed by the Hon.

Francisco Aparicio Olmos, president of Astilleros Espanoles, S.A.; Antonio de Eugenio y Orbanejo, vice-president and member of the board; Manuel G. Gil de Bernabe, man- ager of the shipbuilding division; Luis Delgado Lejal, yard manager, and other high- "ranking officials of the company.

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Giant Crane Ordered

For Port Of St. John

Container Terminal

A giant crane worth more than $1,000,000 has been ordered for the new $4,000,000 container terminal under construction at the port of

Saint John, New Brunswick, Can- ada. The announcement was made by Michael B. Northen, executive vice-president of Associated Con- taiaer Transportation (USA), or

ACT (USA). ACT will be the ter- minal's major tenant when it in- augurates its North America/Aus- tralia/New Zealand service in 1971.

The crane was ordered by Brun- term, a new company formed by the terminal's major operators—

Canadian Pacific Railway and Mc-

Lean Kennedy—to handle the new facility. Both the crane and the ter- minal are scheduled to be readv for operation by April 1971. Scott- wood Works of Vickers Ltd., Eng- land, will build the crane.

The 218-foot high, gantry-type, single-lift crane—approximately as tall as a 21-story building—can operate on a three-minute cycle, unloading one container and load- ing another in a total of three min- utes. The crane's normal capacity will be 20 containers per hour, a total of 240 containers within a 12 hour period. It will have a 40 long ton capacity for containers and be equipped to handle up to 45 tons of general cargo per lift.

The new terminal is expected to make a substantially favorable eco- nomic impact on the New Bruns- wick area. An outstanding feature will be the terminal's capacity to move containers directly from the containerships to waiting railroad flatcars.

SNAME Gulf Section Hears Three Papers

During Annual Winter Meeting In Houston

Shown at the bult Section meeting in the Warwick Hotel, left to right: Dr. Edward F.

Group Jr., author; John B. Muir, author; James R. Moumenee, Alabama Dry Dock &

Shipbuilding Corp., chairman of Gulf Section; Donald L. Frisby, author; James J. Henry,

J.J. Henry Company, Inc., national president of SNAME; Robert X. Caldwell, Humble

Oil & Refining Co., Section vice-chairman; and Henry Fray Jr., Bailey Corporation, secretary-treasurer of the Section.

The annual winter meeting of the Gulf Section of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers was held in Houston,

Texas, February 20, 1970. The membership was treated to a har- bor tour of Houston aboard the

M.V. Sam Houston, followed by a tour of the Armco Steel Plant, and topped off by a luncheon— courtesy of Armco.

The afternoon began with a very lively, interesting and informative technical session, meriting a larger attendance than previous years.

The following papers were pre- sented : "Protective Coatings For

Offshore Structure" by Dr. Ed- ward F. Group Jr., Enjay Chemi- cal ; "Material For Modern Marine

Technology" by Donald L. Frisby, senior market specialist, Armco

Steel Corporation. Houston; and "Remotely Controlled Cargo Sys- tem on the Esso San Francisco" by John B. Muir, senior project engineer, Humble Oil & Refining

Co.

The meeting was preceded by the announcement of nominations for 1970-1971 officers: Arthur

Stout, general manager, Todd

Shipyard, Houston, chairman;

Lewis Johnson II, manager ma- rine equipment, Texas Gulf Sul- phur, Houston, vice chairman-

West Area; Comdr. Ralph C. Hill,

United States Coast Guard, Chief,

Merchant Marine Technical

Branch, New Orleans, vice chair- man-Central Area; Joseph Miller, principal surveyor, American Bu- reau of Shipping, Mobile, Ala., vice chairman-East Area; and Henry

Fray Jr., Bailey Corp., New Or- leans, La., secretary-treasurer.

Following the supper, James J.

Henry, national president of the

Society, briefly informed the 350 in attendance of headquarter's ac- tivities and future plans.

The preview showing of a film of the SS Manhattan "Through the Northwest Passage" (Humble

Oil & Refining Co.) captivated everyone with the enormous un- dertaking from inception to com- pletion. The historical and eco- nomic significance of this passage through the ice fields had a great impact on all in attendance. 46 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News