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Ocean Engineering Under

Arctic Conditions Is

Subject Of Conference

The Canadian province of St.

John's, Newfoundland, will be the site of the 4th International Con- ference on Port and Ocean Engi- neering Under Arctic Conditions, to be held September 26-30.

The POAC 77 Conference will cover latest developments on op- erating in Arctic waters, includ- ing oceanography, hydrocarbon exploration and development, sea- bed and subbottom science, sea ice, marine transport and logis- tics, harbors and terminals, off- shore structures, and harvesting and management fisheries.

Distinguished international sci- entists to present papers include

Japan's Dr. Kiyoshi Horikawa from the University of Tokyo;

West Germany's Dr. J. Schwarz,

Hamburg Shipbuilding Research

Institute; the Netherland's Ing.

J.G. de Witt, Deputy Director of the Netherlands Institute for

Fishery Investigations; Canada's

K.R. Croasdale, Imperial Oil; and

America's Dr. W.D. Hibler III,

Cold Regions Research and En- gineering Laboratory, Hanover,

N.H.

Commenting on the POAC 77

Conference, John Lundrigan, New- foundland's Minister of Industrial

Development, said: "With con- servative estimates that potential reserves of 40 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 3.5 billion bar- rels of oil may lie off our coasts and the increasing stature of our

Centre for Cold Ocean Resources

Engineering and Newfoundland

Oceans Research and Develop- ment Corporation, we are de- lighted indeed that St. John's has been selected as the site for this very important conference."

The registration fee of $150 (Canadian funds) should be made payable to POAC 77 Memorial

University and should be mailed to Secretary, POAC 77, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sci- ence, Memorial University of New- foundland, St. John's, Newfound- land, Canada A1C 5S7.

Lake Shore, Inc. Opens

Houston, Texas Office—

G. Curtis Gibby Named

Lake Shore, Inc., Iron Moun- tain/Kingsford, Mich., prominent manufacturer of marine cranes, winches, windlasses and mooring systems, has opened a Gulf Coast sales office to expand its services to the offshore oil industry. The facility is located at Lake View of Cypress Station, 400 FM 1960

West, Houston, Texas 77090, ac- cording to an announcement made by E,F. Coughlin, vice president,

Marine.

In his announcement, Mr.

Coughlin stated: "The continuing search for oil and other mineral resources under the sea presents a broadening market for Lake

Shore marine products. Today, there is an increasing need for

Lake Shore cranes, winches, wind- lasses, and mooring systems in the offshore industry. By locating an office in Houston, we are endeav- oring to develop and expand our services to the offshore industry in the Gulf Coast area."

G. Curtis Gibby, who has been named manager-offshore sales, will be in charge of the Gulf

Coast operation, according to Mr.

Coughlin, and will be transferred to Houston from the company's headquarters office at Kingsford,

Mich.

A native of Winthrop, Mass., and a graduate of the U.S. Naval

Academy, Annapolis, Md., Mr.

Gibby joined Lake Shore in 1974 as a technical sales coordinator in the Marine Division. For the past several years, he has been active in the marine application engineering effort in the Great

Lakes area and has had extensive experience in mooring applica- tions. Recently, Mr. Gibby has been involved in the development of a traction towing machine for

U.S. Navy tugs.

Mr. Gibby, who served in the

Navy for 10 years, saw combat duty in Vietnam, where he com- manded an underwater demoli-

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