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SOCCO Conference On 'Million Ton Carrier'

Set For New York City, January 16-18, 1974

A conference on the "Million

Ton Carrier," sponsored by the nonprofit industry association call- ed "SOC'CO-'Super Ocean Carrier

Conference," is firming up for Jan- uary 16-18, 1974, at the Americana

Hotel in New York City.

The board of advisors, represent- ing a cross-section of industry in- terested in the advancement of knowledge and technology toward the design of super carriers, is as follows : David O. Beim, vice presi- dent, First Boston Corp., New

York, N.Y.; John H. Chafee, chair- man of the board, General Mari- time Corp., New York, N.Y.; A.

Henry Chester, Lloyd's, London,

England; A.E. Cox, general mana- ger of Commercial Ship Division,

Newport News Shipbuilding, New- port News, Va.; W.M. Elmer, chairman of the board, Texas Gas

Transmission Corp., Owensboro,

Ky.; Bernard Frankel, president,

Imodco,'International, Los Angeles,

Calif.; Harold Futtrup, technical di- rector, Ralph M. Parsons 'Co., Los

Angeles, Calif.; Edwin M. Hood, president, Shipbuilders Council of

America, Washington, D.C.; Barry

Hunsaker, vice president, El Paso

Natural Gas Co., Houston, Texas;

M.L. Ingwersen, president, Lock- heed Shipbuilding & Construction

Co., Seattle, Wash.; Rear Adm.

D.H. Jackson, USN, president,

American Society of Naval Engi- neers, Washington, D.C.; Keith C.

McKinney, vice president and gen- eral manager, Pacific Alaska LNG

Co., Los Angeles, Calif.; Hirotaro

Nemoto, director and general man- ager, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, and Marvin Pitkin, Assistant Ad- ministrator for Commercial Devel- opment, Maritime Administration,

Department of Commerce, Wash- ington, D.C.

The Technical Paper Program is practically filled, and contains some of the leading authorities from around the world on the sub- jects of design, construction, op- eration, and financing and econom- ics of the super ocean carrier.

The tentative Technical Paper

Program is as follows:

January 16, 1974

Morning — Registration and opening remarks; "Insurance As- pects of the Million Ton Tanker,"

A. Henry Chester, Lloyd's, Lime

Street, London; "Discharging Su- pertankers Without Hazard to the

Environment," Robert Taggart,

R.T.I., Fairfax, Va.; "Financing

Methods for Super Tankers," Da- vid O. Beim, vice president, The

First Boston 'Corp., New York,

N.Y.; "The Million Ton Tanker

Crude 'Oil Terminal," Christian

Guary, manager, Port of LeHavre

Authority.

Luncheon — Speaker : E.M.

Hood, president, Shipbuilders

Council of America, Washington,

D.C.

Afternoon — "Nuclear Powered

Ocean Carriers—Engineering Stat- us and Economics," R.W. Dickin- son, manager, Maritime Reactors,

Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg,

Va.; "Offshore Tanker Terminals:

Study in Depth," Bernard Frankel, president, Imodco International,

Los Angeles, Calif.; "Automation

Systems & Control," Bill Bringier,

Tano Corp., New Orleans, La.; "Measurement of Gaseous Oxygen

Concentrations Aboard Ship," D.A.

Willett, Analytical Inst. Div., Tay- lor Servomex, 'Sybron Corp., Ro- chester, 'N.Y.; "New Dimensions in 'Supership Construction' and

Trade Routes," Dr. W.R. Stanley,

Assoc. Prof., University of South

Carolina; "Industrial Gas Turbine

Propulsion Systems," A.D. Tra- valy, manager, marine sales, Gen- eral Electric, N.Y.

January 17, 1974

Morning—"Million Ton Tanker

Fleets," A.G. Spyrou, technical di- rector, Olympic Maritime, S.A. (Onassis Group), Monaco; "LNG

Container Systems," Stan White- head, contracting engineer, Pitts- burgh Des Moines Steel Co., Pitts- burgh. Pa.; "Low Speed Diesel for

VLOC," Per V. Meulengracht, president, Burmeister & Wain

Amer. Corp., New York, N.Y.; "Louisiana 'Superport Terminal

System," J.G. Baird, manager,

Pipeline & Marine, Union 76 Divi- sion, Eastern Region, Union Oil

Co. of California.

Luncheon—('Speaker to be an- nounced)

Afternoon—"Economic Aspects of Super Ocean Carriers," David

Gorman, Harbridge House Inc.,

New York, N.Y.; "Unique Design

Problems," J.J. Henry Co., Inc.,

New York, N.Y.; "Maneuvering

Characteristics of Large Tankers,"

Haruzo Eda, senior research engi- neer, Stevens Institute of Technol- ogy, Hoboken, N.J.; "LNG Car- riers Marine Gas Turbine Plant,"

Carl Merz, Marine Marketing, Tur- bo Power & Marine Systems, Far- mington, Conn.; "Peak Shaving in

Transportation," Fendall Marbury

Jr., Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mary- land; "Shallow Draft VLCCs,"

Frank Nichols, Rohr, Inc., San Di- ego, Calif.

January 18, 1974

Morning—^Classification of Su- per Carriers," Charles J.L. Schoe- fer, executive vice president, Amer- ican Bureau of Shipping, New

York, N.Y.; "Steam Propulsion for

Super Carriers," Ray Walsh, Ma- rine Turbine & Gear Department,

General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass.; "Optimum Shaft Alignment for

VLCCs," Roy Bradshaw, Marine

Vibration Associates, Cambridge,

Mass.; "Port Facilities," Harold A.

Futtrup, Ralph M. Parsons Co.,

Los Angeles, Calif.

Luncheon—Informal

Afternoon — "Cue Theory for

Loading & Discharging," Dr. S.M.

Fersht, Tetra Tech Inc., Pasadena,

Calif.; "Common Aspects for the

Demand for Super Tankers," Mi- chael Gaffen, economist, Lionel D.

Edie & Co., New York, N.Y.; "Fi- nancial Engineering of a Success- ful Mammoth: An Essential Chal- lenge," Peter Nevitt, president,

First Chicago Leasing Corp., Rich- ard Stranger, Division G, First Na- tional Bank of Chicago, Donald

Caldera, Qualpeco Financial Serv- ices, Inc. "The Incidence of the

Savings Associated with Supercar- riers and Superports," J.W. Devan- ney III, Assoc. Prof, of Marine

Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, department of

Richard M. Johnston

Marathon Manufacturing Com- pany has announced the appoint- ment of Richard M. Johnston of

Houston as president of the Gulf

Marine Division of Marathon Le-

Tourneau Company, a Marathon subsidiary.

Marathon's Gulf Marine Divi- sion, a shipyard which builds mo- bile offshore drilling rigs, is located at the Port of Brownsville, Texas.

Prior to his present assignment,

Mr. Johnston had been a vice presi- dent of Marathon LeTourneau Off- shore Company, Houston, another

Marathon subsidiary.

Mr. Johnston is a graduate engi- neer of Texas A & M University,

College Station. He is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the Na- tional and Texas Societies of Reg- istered Professional Engineers.

In a related announcement, Mr.

Johnston named D.B. Waller vice president, and Robert L. Crow manufacturing manager of the Gulf

Marine Division. "Mr. Waller will ocean engineering, Cambridge,

Mass.; "Strength Problems/De- sign Loads in VLOC Construc- tion," Huynh due Bau., assistant general representative, M. Hutter,

Department of Research & Regu- lations, Bureau Veritas, Paris,

France.

For further information, contact:

SOCCO, P.O. Box 269, San Pedro,

Calif. 90733.

Robert L. Crow direct our engineering activities, and Mr. Crow will handle manufac- turing at our Brownsville yard," said Mr. Johnston.

Mr. Waller was formerly mana- ger of naval architecture and ma- rine engineering for Marathon Le-

Tourneau Offshore Company. Mr.

Crow previously served for three years as manufacturing manager at

Marathon LeTourneau Offshore

Pte. Ltd., a Marathon subsidiary shipyard in the Republic of Singa- pore.

Mr. Waller is a graduate of

King's College, the University of

Durham in Great Britain, where he was awarded a science degree in naval architecture and shipbuild- ing.

Mr. Crow has been associated with Marathon and predecessor companies for 27 years. He began by attending the training course for welders, and has progressed over the years to the position he now holds.

Three Key Appointments Announced At

Gulf Marine Division Of Marathon LeTourneau

D.B. Waller 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News