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Boeing Aerospace Gets $4-Million Contract

From Marianas Jetfoil

Marianas Jetfoil, Inc. of Guam has awarded the Boeing Aerospace Com- pany, Seattle, Wash., a contract of about $4 million for a high-speed waterjet-powered hydrofoil boat.

The 250-passenger 106-ton Jetfoil will travel at speeds over 45 knots in waves up to 12 feet. Beginning in late 1975, the vessel will be utilized for marine excursions and luxury tours around Guam.

MarAd Report Published

For Fiscal Year 1972

The Maritime Administration has announced that copies of its annual report for Fiscal Year 1972 have been published and are available from the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office, Wash- ington, D.C., at $1.25 a copy.

Titled "Marad 1972: A New Wave in American Shipping," the report can also be obtained from the Eastern

Region Director, Maritime Adminis- tration, 26 Federal Plaza, New York,

N.Y.

Bureau Veritas Offers 1973 Register Of

Liquefied Gas Carriers

First introduced last year, the 1973 edition of the Register of Liquefied

Gas Carriers classed with Bureau

Veritas is now available. There is no charge for this document, which is available from any of the Society's offices.

Details of over 100 methane and

LPG vessels are given, which cover more than a third of the world's fleet of this type of vessel.

The Society's pre-eminence in this field is reflected in the changes to be found in their 1973 Rules for the classification and construction of ships.

Chapter 22 of the Rules relating to the carriage of liquefied gases has been completely revised, and is re- lated to a new Chapter 10 where the structural requirements for liquid gas ships are defined. These sections em- brace detailed lists of the design loads which require to be considered for direct calculations and structural analyses.

New conditions are defined for an assessment of the extent and capa- bility of secondary barriers, and the

Society is prepared to consider the requirements for a secondary barrier in the light of results from the fol- lowing : (1) a complete analysis of stress due to actual static and dynamic loads; (2) a fatigue analysis; (3) a fracture mechanics analysis, and (4) a buckling analysis.

There are also revised requirements for tank materials and their welding.

The British central office of Bu- reau Veritas is located at Ocean

House, 24-25 Great Tower Street,

London EC3R 5AQ.

Keske To Supervise

Vessel Operations

For Cleveland-Cliffs

Carl D. Keske has been named supervisor-vessel operations for the marine department of The

Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company,

Cleveland, Ohio, according to

Richard P. Eide, manager.

Mr. Keske had been personnel administrator for Cliffs's marine de- partment since 1970, after having served 11 years with the United

States Navy. His new duties in- clude responsibility for day-to-day vessel operations and coordination of maintenance and repair pro- grams for Cliffs's 14-vessel fleet.

He will continue to supervise ves- sel personnel, labor relations, safe- ty, and medical programs for the department.

A member of The Society of Na- val Architects and Marine Engi- neers, and The Propeller Club, Mr.

Keske graduated from James F.

Rhodes High School in 1955 and from the United States Naval

Academy in 1959. He will obtain his master's degree in economics from Case-Western Reserve Uni- versity this month.

Seatrain Lines Names

Mrs. Patricia Hiller

Arthur C. Novacek, president of

Seatrain Lines Container Division,

Weehawken, N.J., has announced the appointment of Mrs. Patricia

Hiller to the position of adminis- trative assistant to the president.

A graduate of Sherwood Busi- ness College, Mrs. Hiller was pre- viously associated with the Bendix

Corporation, and the General Auto- motive Company. She joined Sea- train in 1969.

Seatrain Lines is an American company that has established itself as one of the world's leading and fastest-growing international con- tainerized shipping firms, and pro- vides regular, fast, computer-moni- tored door-to-door container serv- ice between almost all points in

Europe, the United States East,

West and Gulf Coasts, Canada, the

Caribbean, Hawaii, Guam, Kwaja- lein, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Federal Barge Lines

Appoints Blakeman

Federal Barge Lines, St. Louis,

Mo., a division of Pott Industries,

Inc., has announced the recent ap- pointment of Thomas C. Blakeman as assistant marine superintendent.

In this position, Mr. Blakeman will be involved with all phases of op- eration and maintenance of Fed- eral's barge and towboat fleet.

Mr. Blakeman came to Federal from Colt Industries, Power Sys- tems Division, where he served two years as a project engineer i .1 the design of -marine main propulsion diesel power plants. A Kings Point graduate, he has also sailed as an engineering officer aboard mer- chant ships.

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