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MTS Offers Short Course

On Planning For Offshore Ports

In conjunction with the Marine Technology

Society's Ninth Annual Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., the week of September 10, 1973, a short course will be offered on Plan- ning for Offshore Ports. The Oceanography

Department at Texas A&M University, and the College of Marine Studies at the Univer- sity of Delaware will co-sponsor the course. A series of guest lecturers from Government, in- dustry and academia will provide an integrated program of study concerning offshore port fa- cilities.

Sessions will cover the following aspects erf deepwater port planning: (1) Oceanographic and Environmental Factors, (2) Engineering,

Construction and Design Criteria, (3) Eco- nomic Aspects, (4) Political, Legal and Socio- logical Factors, and (5) Case Studies: Upper

East Coast, Gulf Coast, Bantry Bay, Mobile

Ocean Basing, etc.

The course will provide anyone interested in future offshore port development a compre- hensive 'look at the technical, political and legal problems involved. The question of offshore port development is likely to be one of the most controversial issues of the next few years, involving as it does energy supply questions, environmental considerations, technical prob- lems and political-legal debates. The course is a unique opportunity to become quickly acquainted with the range of issues and to ex- amine some of the questions in-depth with leaders in the field.

Lecturers will come from organizations such as the following: Army Corps of Engineers,

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Administration, University of Miami, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.

Navy, Soros Associates, Sun Oil Corporation, and Texas A&M University.

This course will extend over a five-day pe- riod and will be integrated with appropri- ate technical sessions of the conference. At- tendance at the course will be limited to 50 people, and therefore, early enrollment is ad- vised. The course will cost $225 for MTS mem- bers, $250 for nonmembers, which includes course materials and conference preprints.

The Office of Naval Research has accredited the course for members of the Research Re- serve. A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants in the course.

Further information can be obtained by writ- ing to MTS Headquarters, 1730 M Street,

N.W., Suite 412, Washington, D.C. 20036.

Shortt And Karfs Promoted

At Bethlehem San Pedro Yard

David L. Shortt Carl B. Karfs 32

Two promotions in the general manager's office at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's San

Pedro, Calif., shipyard, were announced by

A.J. Maloney, general manager.

David L. Shortt, formerly sales engineer, was promoted to assistant general manager and Carl B. Karfs, also a former sales engi- neer, was advanced to the position of assistant to general manager.

A nafive of San Diego, Calif., Mr. Shortt is a graduate of San Diego high school, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings

Point, N.Y., where he majored in marine en- gineering.

From 1947 to 1954, he served with the U.S.

Navy in the Western Pacific-Korean Theater.

His rank upon discharge was lieutenant com- mander, U.S. Naval Reserve. He was employed at the San Pedro yard in 1954 as a coordinator in the production department, and in 1963 was promoted to sales engineer, the position held prior to his present promotion.

Mr. Shortt is a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and

The Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach.

Mr. Karfs was born in East St. Louis, 111.

He attended high school in Illinois and is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Acade- my at Kings Point, where he majored in ma- rine engineering.

He received his chief engineer's license in 1966, and retired from the United States Naval

Reserve as a lieutenant in 1966. That same year, be was employed as an estimator at the

San Pedro yard. A year later, he was promoted to sales engineer, the position held at the time of his present advancement.

Mr. Karfs is a member and past president of

The Society of Port Engineers, Los Angeles-

Long Beach ; The Propeller Club of the United

States, Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach, and

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers.

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