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Lloyd's Sets Up Special

Ocean Engineering Group

Lloyd's Register of Shipping has established a special Ocean Engineering Group, which will coordinate all the Society's present work in the ocean engineering and ancillary fields and will also develop new aspects. The group forms part of the research and technical advisory services department and is headed by T.A.

Lamplough, B.Sc., C.Eng., formerly principal surveyor in charge of the Rule Development

Section.

The intensification of interest in offshore oil prospecting is leading to exploration in more exposed sea areas and in greater depths of water. Lloyd's Register recognizes that its al- ready large commitments in the ocean engi- neering field will inevitably increase as it is called upon to deal with the additional prob- lems that are already arising in the more haz- ardous environment. The Society feels that it can make the most effective use of its wid-e en- gineering background and more than a dozen years of experience in the ocean engineering field through a specialized group.

Ocean Engineering is seen as embracing a wide range of equipment, including drill rigs, crane barges, supply boats, tugs, workover and production platforms, submersibles, underwa- ter habitats, sea bed wellhead equipment, pipe- lines, single point mooring systems, sand car- riers, dredgers and hopper barges. The new

Ocean Engineering Group will be concerned with all of these, offering design appraisal, con- sultancy, classification, supervision of construc- tion and/or specification requirements and technical inspection.

Lloyd's Register already has wide experi- ence, dating from 1958, of classing drill rigs, including semisubmersible rigs such as Staflo,

Sea Quest, Sedneth 1 and Pentagone 81, as

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H • well as self-elevating types, fixed platform tenders, etc.

Structural feasibility studies for new rig de- signs are being carried out on a consulting basis and design appraisals are being made of manned and unmanned submersibles.

Several crane barges, including the Santa Fe

International Corporation's Choctaw, have been classed (with structural appraisal of the cranes) and numerous dredgers, hopper barges, sand carriers and service and supply boats have been built under survey.

The growing activity in all aspects of ocean engineering is reflected in the changes that have been made in the Society's Rules. Rules for dredgers, hopper dredgers, sand carriers, reclamation craft and hopper barges have al- ready been completely revised. The technical committee of Lloyd's Register is currently dealing with provisional rules for the Con- struction and Classification of Mobile Offshore

Units and similar rules for submersible craft are being drafted, while a working party is formulating draft specifications for underwa- ter routine surveys and damage surveys.

Universal Terminal Promotes

J.J. Dickman To Chairman —J.G. Barkan Named President

Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corp.,

New York, N.Y., has announced the promo- tion of James J. Dickman to chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and the ap- pointment of J.G. Barkan as president.

Mr. Dickman had been president of Uni- versal Terminal since 1968. He was recently elected president of the New York Shipping

Association, Inc., and president of the Council of North Atlantic Shipping Associations. Prior to that, Mr. Dickman held various operating positions in the terminal company dating back to 1955.

Prior to joining U T & S, Mr. Barkan was

Regional Director for the Department of La- bor. He was formerly president of American

Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., executive vice president of Prudential Lines, and Comptroller of the Atlantic Coast District for the Maritime

Administration.

GULF OIL GRANT TO USMMA, KINGS POINT: The Uni- ted States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L.I.,

N.Y., has received a $1,500 Assistance Grant from Gulf

Oil Foundation. Rear Adm. Arthur B. Engel, USCG, (ret.),

Superintendent of the Academy that is operated by the

Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, is shown receiving the Gulf Oil gift from Donald G.

Brown, manager, U.S. fleet, Gulf Oil Corporation, and a 1949 graduate of the Academy. The Gulf Oil Foundation grant will be given to the Kings Point Fund for the wel- fare and extracurricular activities of the midshipmen.

The Kings Point Fund supports such activities and pro- grams as the Midshipman Loan Program, varsity ath- letics, sail training, extracurricular activities and improve- ment of campus, buildings and equipment. These are all in areas not completely funded by the Government. The

Kings Point gift is part of the $3 million that Gulf will distribute to students and institutions of higher learning this year. The Gulf Oil funds will provide for undergradu- ate scholarships, graduate fellowships, employee gift matching, capital grants and other educational projects. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News