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API Tanker Conference

To Be Held May 10-12

Subjects ranging from safety, to new and novel types of vessels for carrying petroleum, will be discussed at the 16th Annual Tanker

Conference at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The conference, sponsored by the American Petro- leum Institute's Division of Transportation, will be held May 10-12 at the Ponte Vedra

Club. The schedule of events will be as fol- lows :

Monday, May 10—R.E. Howe, New York, manager of the Evironmental Protection Divi- sion of the Logistics Department, Standard

Oil Co. (N.J.) and chairman of the API's

Central Committee on Transportation by Wa- ter, will give the opening address and present

API Certificates of Appreciation to marine leaders. R.S. Little, vice president, and S.G.

Stiansen, research and development surveyor, both of the American Bureau of Shipping,

New York, will make a presentation on large tanker stress measurements. Wessel C,. Brod- head, vice president, Gulf Oil Corporation's marine department, New York, will discuss tanker safety. Adrian S. Hooper, president of the Interstate Oil Transport Company, Phila- delphia, Pa., will talk on deepsea barges.

Tuesday, May 11—Capt. A.F. Dickson, di- rector of Shell International Marine Limited,

London, will discuss the single buoy mooring system. A panel discussion on salvage will have as members Capt. E.B. Mitchell, USN,

Director of Diving, Salvage and Ocean Engi- neering, Washington, D.C.; Capt. F.D. Hey- ward, USCG, Chief of the Law Enforcement

Division of the Coast Guard, Washington,

D.C.; Capt. S.A. Madsden, nautical adviser to logistics, Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) New York, and Capt. H.J. Spicer, fleet operations coordi- nator, Mobil Tankers Co. (Liberia) Limited,

New York.

Wednesday, May 12—Adm. Chester R. Bend- er, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, will dis- cuss relations between the Coast Guard and industry. R.J. Wheeler, director of marine op- erations for Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartles- ville, Okla., and E.B. Emery II, manager,

Natural Gas Division of Marathon Oil Co.,

Findlay, Ohio, will address the group on oper- ation of LNG carriers. A.M. Lissenden, vice president, and P.C. Dahan, manager, project development and design, both of Mobil Tank- ers Co. (Liberia) Limited, and both of New

York, will present a paper on novel vessels for carrying petroleum. The final paper, which will be on the economic considerations concerned with preserving the environment, will be pre- sented by E.M. Hood, president of the Ship- builders Council of America, Washington, D.C.

Mangone Texas Yard Building

Tugs For Firm In Norway

The Sea Pearl, shown above on the ways at Mangone

Shipbuilding just prior to her launching, is scheduled for operation in the North Sea.

The first offshore tug and supply vessel built in this country for Bugge Supply Ship and Company A/S of Norway, was launched in March at Mangone Shipbuilding Company in Houston. The 185-foot vessel, named the

Sea Pearl, is the first of two tugs being built by

Mangone for the Norwegian firm. It is sched- uled for completion May 15. A second vessel, also 185 feet, will be completed in June.

Both vessels being constructed by Mangone are scheduled to operate in the North Sea.

Finn Bugge, who is a director of N.R. Bugge, said negotiations are also under way for ad- ditional vessels which will be used to serve off- shore petroleum operations in the Far East.

The Sea Pearl is powered by 4,000-hp GM-

EMD 645 E2 engines, which will give the ves- sel a speed in excess of 15 knots. The engines were supplied by Stewart and Stevenson Serv- ices, Inc. The Sea Pearl is capable of an ap- proximate 45-ton bollard pull. It is equipped with cement tanks, towing winch, bow thrust- er, and anchor handling equipment. Both ves- sels will have the most modern navigational equipment.

Capt. John Hesselberg, marine superinten- dent for Bugge, said the Sea Pearl is designed and constructed to operate in seas all over the world. "The construction and outfitting of the vessel will permit the Sea Pearl to work ef- fectively in the roughest waters in any offshore operation."

An unusual aspect of the design is the liv- ing quarters which have been constructed to meet Norwegian regulations. Cabins are single and double. Other requirements provide for additional mess hall, pantry, and laundry fa- cilities.

Bugge Supply Ship and Company A/S is a subsidiary of N.R. Bugge Skibs A/S, a well- known shipping firm in Norway. The Bugge family, originally in the whaling industry, has owned and operated vessels for more than 100 years.

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