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Mariport '71 Exposition Offers

A Separate Theme Each Day —Speakers, Topics Announced

A top line congress has been programmed and will be run in conjunction with the Mari- port '71 exposition at The Baltimore Civic

Center, April 5-8, 1971.

The congress will cover three morning ses- sions and one afternoon session, and will cover many topics of vital importance to the mari- time industry. Each day will highlight a sepa- rate theme.

The program

April 5—Opening of congress — 9:30-10,

Keynote speakers. 10:20-12:20, "Shipbuilding

Productivity and Implementation" of the Mer- chant Marine Act of 1970. Chairman: Marvin

Pitkin, Asst. Administrator for Research &

Development, MarAd. Panel members: Roy

Bowman, Deputy Administrator for Program

Implementation, MarAd; Robert Galloway, vice president, Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock

Co.; Daniel Mack-Forlist, contracts manager and assistant to vice president, Shipbuilding

Division, Bethlehem Steel Corp.; Richard J.

Baumler, member, president's staff, Newport

News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.

April 6—Ports, Terminals and Shipping Op- erations—Moderator: Gregory Halpin, deputy director, Maryland Port Authority. 9:30-10, "The Port and Changes in Maritime Technol- ogy." Speaker: W. Gregory Halpin, deputy director, Maryland Port Authority. 10:20-11, "Computerization of Container Control and

Cargo Documentation." Speaker: Vincent

Barba, general manager, container operations,

United States Lines. 11-11:30, "A Harbor Ad- visory System to Maximize Ship Safety and

Minimize Traffic Delays in the Terminal

Area." Speaker: Tom Mara, vice president,

Marine Digital Systems, Inc. 11:30-12, "Ship-

Based Housing Factories for Ports and Urban

Areas." Speaker: William Davis, The Stanley

Works.

April 7—Advances in Maritime Technology —-Moderator: Frank Kesterman, Manager,

Science and Technology Research, U.S. Mari- time Administration. 9:15-9:45, "Advances in

Heavy Duty Marine Gas Turbines." Speaker:

William Hefner, research engineer, General

Electric Corp. 10-10:50, "Maritime Research

Information Service—What Is It and How

To Use It," Frank Kesterman, Manager Sci- ence & Technology, U.S. Maritime Adminis- tration. 10:20-10:50, "A New System for Col- lision Avoidance at Sea." Speakers: R. Riggs, research engineer, Sperry Marine Systems Di- vision ; J.R. Grymes, head, department of con- trol engineering, Sperry Marine Systems Di- vision. 10:50-11:30, "Satellite Systems in Navi- gation, Communications and Traffic Control

Applications." Speakers: J. Chernof, director, space navigation and tracking laboratory,

I.T.T. Aerospace Laboratories; Roy Anderson, research scientist, General Electric Corpora- tion ; Comdr. A. Fiore, USMS, Asst. Head,

Dept. of Nautical Science, U.S. Merchant Ma- rine Academy. 11:30-12, "The Effects of

Technological Change on the Merchant Sea- man." Speaker: Bertram Gottlieb, director of research, Transportation Institute.

An afternoon session with international speakers will be presented. Moderator: Don

Ewart, editor, Fairplay (London).

Admission to the congress is $25 per day, or $50 for the three days. Companies sending 10 or more delegates to one or more days will be allowed a 20 percent discount on the total amount. For additional details, contact

Mariport Congress Bureau, 1601 West Lafa- yette Blvd., Detroit, Mich. 48216, telephone (313) 961-9044.

IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY: Members of the Colbry family, all skilled sheet metal craftsmen at Lockheed

Shipbuilding and Construction Company in Seattle,

Wash., get some apt pointers from the head of the clan.

From left to right are: Don Jr., journeyman; Doron, who recently graduated from a three-year apprenticeship; Don

Colbry Sr., a 30-year sheet metal man, and Donovon, an apprentice.

Ishikawajima-Harima Delivers 50th Freedom Ship 'Acritas'

Approximate measurements of the Acritas are: 440 feet in length, 65 feet in breadth, 40 feet in depth, and a draft of 30 feet. Her main engine is a 5,130-bhp IHI-

S.E.M.T. Pielstick diesel engine and provides a service speed of ] 3.6 knots.

The Acritas, a 14,800-dwt Freedom vessel, was delivered February 3 to the Pegasus

Ocean Service group, Greece, by the Tokyo

Shipyard of IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd.), Japan.

The new ship is the 50th of 81 Freedom vessels so far ordered from IHI by shipowners in many countries, including the United States, the U.K., Greece, Hong Kong, the Republic of China, Italy, Switzerland and Kuwait.

The Freedom vessels, jointly designed by

IHI and G.T.R. Campbell, a Canadian ship- building consultant, are multipurpose cargo ships built to carry various cargo such as ore, coal, grain, containers, automobiles, lumber and steel materials.

The first Freedom ship, the Khian Captain, was completed in 1967 and since then, Free- doms have been launched at the Tokyo Ship- yard at intervals of 23 days under a mass- production system. With the increasing de- mand for Freedoms, IHI's Nagoya Shipyard also began construction of this type of ship.

Of 50 vessels, 45 ships have been delivered by the Tokyo Shipyard and five by the Nagoya

Shipyard.

On the other hand, Astilleros de Cadiz S.A. in Spain has completed six Freedoms since 1967, when it concluded a technical agreement for building Freedoms with IHI. Jurong Ship- builders Private Ltd., a joint venture between

IHI, the Singapore Government and Jurong

Shipyard, will also commence construction of

Freedoms in July this year.

Mechanical Marine Company

Brochure Describes Liquid

Cargo Handling Equipment

Mechanical Marine Company, Inc., Eliza- beth, N.J., suppliers of liquid cargo handling equipment for 44 years, has published a new product brochure on its line of marine valves and fittings. Included are "Y," plate and bas- ket strainers, suction bellmouths, ullage plates, valve operating stands, and a variety of deck drains and plugs.

Mechanical Marine Company is primarily known for their VAC-REL and MEMARCO products. The VAC-REL pressure vacuum relief valves were developed in 1927 for a specific need and since then, have been a standard in the marine industry. Also in- cluded are the VAC-REL inverted vent check valves and the MEMARCO high lift angle cargo valves.

All products are illustrated with descriptive text on four pages. To obtain your free copy, write for Bulletin MC-1, Mechanical Marine

Company, 900 Fairmount Avenue, Elizabeth,

N.J. 07207.

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