February 1974 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Shipyard Marketing Conference Planned page: 4
• Cordon International To Supply Equipment For Three LNG Ships page: 6
• Sixth VLCC Delivered By Kockums To Salen Features Roller Bearing Design For Shaft page: 7
• Admiral Payne To Succeed Admiral Brockett At Webb page: 7
• NASSCO Launches Largest Vessel Ever Built On West Coast page: 7
• Walter Thorsen, Inc. Named Exclusive Rep For Eleusis Shipyards page: 8
• Ogden Marine, Inc. Buys Two Tankers page: 10
• Oceans International Announces Merger And Expansion Plans page: 10
• Aluminum Tanks And LNG Ship Steel Hulls To Be Joined By Using Du Pont Detacouple Explosion Bonded Welding Transition Joints page: 11
• McAllister Orders Three 4,290-Hp Tugs page: 11
• Delta SS Awards Contract To Equitable For 50 LASH Barges page: 12
• Bethlehem Begins Construction On 265,000-Dwt Tanker —Largest Vessel Built In The United States page: 12
• Arthur Levy Boat Service Announces New Appointments For Thomas And LeBlanc page: 12
• Greek Committee Established By Det norske Veritas page: 13
• Esso Norway Test Of Hull Structure Proves Design And Good Workmanship page: 14
• Todd President Sees U.S. Shipbuilders Improving Competitive Position page: 14
• Society Of Marine Port Engineers N.Y. Discuss Care Of Turbine And Hydraulic Oil Systems page: 14
• Harwich Tonnage, Inc. Formed In California page: 15
• K.W. Waldorf Named To New Zapata Post page: 15
• Bigger, Bigger . . . Bigger page: 18
• USMMA At Kings Point To Admit Women page: 19
• Storm Awards Contract To Bethlehem Beaumont Shipyard For Offshore Drilling Rig page: 20
• NASSCO Expanding Facilities To Build 150,000-Ton Tankers page: 20
• NASSCO Delivers S/S Coronado— First Of Three For Margate Shipping page: 21
• SNAME N.Y. Metropolitan Section Hears Technical Paper On 'New Approach To The Ship Hull Characteristics Problem' page: 21
• ASNE Annual Meeting Set For May 2-3 In Washington, D.C. page: 21
• Experimental LNG Carrier Will Evaluate Two Tank Systems Under Operating Conditions page: 24
• International Ship Suppliers To Meet In Washington, D.C. September 22-26 page: 24
• Thomas B. Crowley Elected President At Western Shipbuilding Ass'n Annual Meeting page: 24
• Whitehouse To Head ABStech Regional Office In Houston page: 25
• Colt Industries Names Nidenberg page: 25
• FMD Appoints Sanchez To Direct Field Operations page: 25
• Alco Engines Names Comeng Holdings Ltd. Australian Licensee page: 25
• Magnavox Announces New Integrated Navigation System page: 28
• Friede & Goldman Inc. Design Zapata Rigs Building At Avondale page: 28
• Sea Trials And Launching Ceremonies Held For AMOCO Tankers At Astilleros Espanoles page: 28
• Halter Delivers New York Pilot Boat page: 29
• Ametco Shipping Elects J.E. Hundt President page: 29
• World Dredging Ass'n New Midwest Chapter To Meet February 28 page: 29
• Wiley And Clyde Iron Now Division Of AMCA Int'l —AMCA Sales $100 Million page: 30
• Kaiser To Build LNG Tanks For Oceangoing Ships On Pinto Island In Mobile Bay page: 30
• Eleusis Shipyards Launches Largest Vessel Built In Greece page: 31
• Paclines To Carry Cargo California To Hawaii Using Tug And Superbarge page: 31
• L. Arthur Strenkert Named Sales Manager Smit Nymegen Corp. page: 31
• Magnavox Announces Offshore Drill Rig Positioning System page: 31
• Paul J. Evanson Appointed Controller Moore And McCormack page: 32
• Paper On Water jet Propulsion Discussed During SNAME Philadelphia Section Meeting page: 32
• Mainland China Places Order Worth $2 Million For Rucker Petroleum Drilling Equipment page: 33
• Pittsburgh-Des Moines Orders Large Quantity Of Aluminum For LNG Ship And Land Use page: 33
• Worthington Service Corp. Names Budrick And lennings page: 33
• Zapata Corporation Reports Record Results page: 33
• Drew Chemical Names Rogers Managing Director New So. Africa Subsidiary page: 33
• Luckenbach To Build New Tampa Terminal page: 33
• SNAME Players Perform At Pacific Northwest Section's 27th Annual Fall Meeting page: 33
• Japanese Firm Buys Lawson Products Corp. —John Gaydos Named page: 34
• David O'Neil To Head New Firm Of Marine Propulsion Consultants page: 34
• Liberian Services —Consulting Firm Elects Wiswall Pres. page: 35
• Diamond M Orders Two Jackup Rigs And A Semisubmersible page: 35
• New Marine Systems Brochure From Waukesha Motor page: 36
• Management Changes At Dearborn-Storm page: 36
• Tanker Management Firm Promotes Nichols page: 36
• DOD Management Of Energy Resources Highlights Naval Engineers Meeting page: 37
• Raytheon Company Submarine Signal Div. Appoints R.G. Popovici page: 38
• Berwind Lines Names Bericochea Exec. VP page: 38
• Selective Calling System Saves Time For Oceangoing Tankers And River Vessels page: 40
• Storehouse Of Information Readily Available From ABS Using Computerized Retrieval page: 42