July 1977 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Rules For Floating Dry Dock Construction Published By ABS page: 4
• Proposal Calls For Ship's Spare Parts To Be Based Ashore page: 4
• Two Arabian Projects Totaling $80 Million To Great Lakes Dredge page: 6
• Raytheon Marine Opens New York Office page: 6
• The LNG Aquarius Is The First Of Twelve LNG Tankers Being Built By General Dynamics page: 7
• G.E. Marine Gas Turbines To Power German Frigate Ships page: 7
• ABS To Consolidate Headquarter Operations page: 8
• Western Union Int'l To Market New MARISAT System page: 8
• Skagit Corporation Appoints F.K. Weimann page: 8
• National Supply Builds 15,000-Psi Subsea BOP And Wellhead System page: 9
• Carrington Slipways Receive Order To Build Offshore Supply Vessel page: 10
• MarAd Approves Loan To Finance Bulk Carrier page: 10
• Gulf Trading Names Kenneth L. Hawthorne page: 10
• Mamo II Joins Dillingham Fleet In Hawaii page: 10
• Lantana Boatyard To Build 134-Foot Alaskan Landing Craft Of Krogen Design page: 10
• New Zealand Awards Multimillion-Dollar Contract To Sembawang page: 12
• Seven Seas Towing Names Capt. Cleveland Operations Manager page: 12
• Clay Chiles Awards Marathon LeTourneau 150-44-C Rig Contract page: 12
• Multipurpose/Container Ships Ordered From Korea Shipbuilding page: 14
• Propulsion Systems, Inc. Expands Thruster Line page: 14
• San Francisco Hosts SNAME Spring Meeting And STAR Symposium page: 14
• Hillman Transportation Names Kenny President page: 16
• Harland And Wolff Belfast Yard Building 333,000-Ton Tankers page: 16
• 'Tina' Is A Happy Blend Of Innovations And Proven Designs page: 17
• General Dynamics Awarded $354-Million Sub Contract —Option For Two More page: 17
• Thunderbolt Marine Industries Launches Twin 96-Foot Tugs For Panama Canal Services page: 17
• Moore McCormack And Aeron Marine Apply To Transport Oil For SPR page: 17
• Scottish Offshore Opens Texas Office page: 18
• New Vessel Joins Circle Line Fleet page: 18
• Electro-Nav Now Sole U.S. Distributor Of BEN Speed Logs page: 18
• Jeffboat Starts Work On A Second Ferry For The Mississippi River Bridge Authority page: 20
• Robert L. Hague Post To Honor Admiral Rea page: 22
• New 75-Foot Marine Lubricants Supply Vessel page: 23
• International Paint Names Donald S. Otto page: 23
• Anixter-Mark Announces Five-Way Ratchet Mount page: 23
• SNAME Pacific Northwest Section Holds Joint Meeting With ASNE page: 24
• President Carter Presents $25,000 Prize For Energy-Saving Device page: 24
• MacGregor Publishes Ro-Ro Encyclopaedia page: 25
• Avondale Launches First Of Four Tankers To Carry Alaskan Oil For Sohio page: 26
• New Shipyard Operating North Of Arctic Circle page: 26
• Farrell Lines And General Electric Credit Create A Maritime First page: 28
• Dravo SteelShip Expands Facilities page: 28
• USCG Certified No-Discharge Oxidizing Toilet Now Available page: 28
• Worthington Compressors Announces New Marine And Navy Sales Force page: 34
• Carrington Slipways Building Cement Carrier page: 34
• Tragosa Charters Seven Tidewater Vessels For Offshore Mexico page: 34
• De Laval Separator Issues Marine Brochure page: 34
• Dutch And American Firms To Jointly Build Hopper Dredge In U.S.A. page: 35
• R.J. Reynolds Industries Elects McEvoy To Board page: 35
• American Abrasive Metals Announces New Non-Slip Roll-On Safety Coating page: 35
• Marine Surveyors To Hold 19th Marine Conference In New York In October page: 36
• Boiler And Engine Room Controls page: 37
• Magnavox Introduces Marisat Shipboard Communications Terminal page: 38
• ASNE Charleston Section Reports Activities page: 38
• Pacific NW Section Hears Two Papers At Annual Spring Meeting page: 39
• Omnithruster Describes Maneuvering System In New Brochure page: 40
• Port Of New York Maritime Association Elects Officers page: 40
• Cargo Preference Measure Vital To U.S. Shipbuilding page: 41
• Delta Shipyard Delivers 120-Foot Seismic/Utility Vessel To Shell Oil page: 41
• Donald Staples Named Comptroller Of GM's Electro-Motive Division page: 42
• Peterson Maritime Services Open Office In Houston page: 42
• Zapata Marine Realigns Marketing Group Posts page: 42
• Over 1,500 Attend ASNE Annual Meeting page: 42
• Raytheon Introduces New Radiotelephone page: 43
• Seaworthy Engine Systems Appoints Jack E. Horner page: 43
• New Luxury Hotel Barge Begins Thames Cruises page: 43
• NDTA New York Chapter Elects Captain Fritzke page: 44
• National Maritime Council Elects Barker Chairman page: 44
• Stow Manual Contains Information On Solving Valve Problems page: 45
• General Regulator Opens East And West Coast Sales/Service Offices page: 45
• Lincoln Warren Named ODECO Vice President Oil & Gas Exploration page: 45
• Naval Engineers Announce Combat Systems Symposium Set For Oct. 12-13 In Maryland page: 46
• Papers On Navy C-P Propeller Program And Spray Patterns Of Jet Thrusters Discussed At Joint SNAME Chesapeake/ASNE Meeting page: 46
• Mississippi Marine Towboat Delivers Harbor Boat To Union RR page: 47
• Northwest Marine Iron Works Names Grider And Hiller page: 47
• Marine Electric RPD Markets Steering Gear Power Failure Alarm page: 47
• Halter Delivers New 185-Foot Ship To Offshore Services Ships, Inc. page: 48
• Equitable Delivers Ferry To State Of No. Carolina page: 48
• Crowley Maritime Appoints Richard Simpson And Alan Cavis To Caribbean Division Posts page: 49
• SNAME Chesapeake Section Elects Officers- Hears Paper On Domestic LNG Vessel Construction page: 49
• SNAME Los Angeles Section Honors Past Chairmen —Discusses Paper On Slow-Speed Marine Diesels page: 50
• M / V Gulf W h a l e Christened At Q u a l i t y Equipment Y a r d For O p e r a t i o n By Seven Seas T o w i n g page: 51
• General Cargo Ships Becoming Obsolete page: 52
• Kevin Patrick Smith Forms Supplier's Marine page: 52
• Trus Joist Brochure Describes Revolutionary Scaffold Plank page: 53
• Mar A d Awards Contract To Study Perishable Commodities page: 54