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Great Lakes/Rivers Section

Hears Three Technical Papers

At Meeting In Cleveland

Authors participating in the meeting, left to right (stand- ing): Bengt M. Johansson, Oy Wartsila Ab. Helsinki Ship- yard; Paul B. Mentz, Office of Advanced Ship Operations,

U.S. /Maritime Administration; Eero Makinen, Oy Wartsila

Ab. Helsinki Shipyard; Anthony Atkins, department of me- chanical engineering, The University of Michigan; (seated)

Horst Nowacki and Harry Benford, department of naval ar- chitecture and marine engineering, University of Michigan.

The winter meeting of the Great Lakes and

Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Hollenden House, Cleveland, Ohio, on Jan- uary 25, 1973. About 150 members and guests were in attendance.

Following the usual morning business meet- ing, papers were presented as follows: "The

Maritime Administration's Commercial Ice

Transiting Marine Transportation Systems

Program," by Paul B. Mentz, Research and

Development Program Manager, Office of Ad- vanced Ship Operations, U.S. Maritime Admin- istration ; "Systematic Variation of Bow Lines and Main Dimensions of Hull Forms Suitable for the Great Lakes," by Bengt M. Johansson and Eero Makinen, Oy Wartsila Ab. Helsinki

Shipyard; and "Economics of Great Lakes

Shipping in an Extended Season," by Horst

Nowacki and Harry Benford, 'department of naval architecture and marine engineering, and

Anthony Atkins, department of mechanical en- gineering, The University of Michigan.

During the afternoon, the group toured the

U.S. Coast Guard Ninth District Ice Center and Information in the Federal Building. This was followed by a common reception for all attendees, and the dinner. Many interesting papers were presented, as noted above, and major decisions were made regarding the Great

Lakes and Great Rivers Section hosting the

Spring Meeting in 1974.

The next scheduled meeting of the Great

Lakes and Great Rivers Section will be held in Erie, Pa.

Towboat And 24 Hopper Barges

Ordered From St. Louis Ship

Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Line,

Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., has awarded a contract to St. Louis Ship, Division of Pott Industries

Inc., St. Louis, Mo., for one twin-screw 7,000- hp Hydrodyne towboat and 24 covered hopper box barges.

The new towboat will be 166 feet by 45 feet by 11 feet, with Kort nozzles, and be of the same class as several other recently delivered towboats.

The barges will be 200 feet by 35 feet by 12 feet, with a 4-foot coaming and corregated rolling steel covers.

Delivery of all equipment will be made dur- ing 1973.

Hot-Potable

Water System down with

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