September 1977 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Lloyd's To Class Two Large Crane Barges To Be Built By Mitsui page: 4
• Estimated Foreign Cost Of Two LNG Carriers $115.5 Million Each page: 6
• McAllister Brothers Name Robert Lounsbery Chief Operating Officer page: 7
• Lockheed Wins Contract To Evaluate Ocean Platform Candidates page: 7
• Bethlehem Steel Names G.Y. Marriner Manager San Francisco Yard page: 7
• AMPAC To Build Four Container Feeder Ships At Cost Of $92 Million page: 7
• MarAd Approves Title XI For Five Moran Tugboats page: 8
• SNAME New York Section Announces Program For 1977/1978 Season page: 8
• Willamette Awarded $15 Million To Modernize Alaska State Ferry page: 9
• Marathon Manufacturing Adds $61 Million To Drilling Rig Backlog page: 9
• NASSCO Building 188,500-DWT Tankers For Alaskan Oil Trade page: 10
• Exxon Begins Operating Remote Sea-Floor Production System page: 10
• Propeller Club Convention Includes Shipyard Panel page: 11
• MacMillctn Bloedel Orders Log Carrier At Cost Of $14 Million page: 12
• C-E Names Matthews Manager Of Contracts, Marine Power Systems page: 12
• Role Of Ro/Ro Shipping In Dry Cargo Trade page: 12
• Port Of New Orleans Presents Key To City To Egyptian Official page: 13
• Representatives Meet For First Time In Bahrain page: 14
• Marystown Shipyard Reports On Progress Of $23-Million Norwegian Tugboat Contract page: 14
• Dravo Awarded Two Contracts Totaling $7 Million page: 14
• Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. Name Hubert E. Russell page: 14
• Canada's Newest Great Lakes Bulk Carrier Launched page: 16
• Todd Seattle Division Lays Keel For Royal Australian Navy Frigate page: 18
• Title XI Approval For Two IOT Subsidiaries page: 18
• Jerry D. Icenhower Named President Glitsch Cryogenics page: 18
• Hillman-Designed New Class Towboat Delivered To Exxon At Baton Rouge page: 19
• BP Invests $50 Million In Stolt-Nielsen page: 20
• Speakers Named For Weather Conference September 14-15-16 page: 22
• $45-Million Subsidy Repayment Approved page: 23
• Study Shows Worldwide LNG Production Increase —60 Carriers Needed page: 24
• Bethlehem Steel Subsidiaries Name Collins And Coulahan page: 25
• Gotaverken Converts Cargo Ship To Carry 32,000 Live Sheep page: 25
• Halter Marine Delivers Large Supply Boat To George Engine Co. page: 26
• Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Names Roland V. Danielson —Hollinshead De Luce Retires page: 26
• Perspectives On Third World Port Development page: 30
• APL Names Hubbard Senior VP Operations page: 31
• New National Supply Anchoring Windlass page: 31
• Shallow Water Maneuvering Trials Completed In Gulf page: 32
• Farrell Sale And Leaseback Agreement Approved By MarAd page: 32
• Delta Steamship Names Badger And Collins page: 32
• Gross Tonnage In ABS Classification Exceeds 100-Million Mark page: 33
• Airfilco Appoints Kevin McPherson page: 33
• CCN Of Brazil Launches New Type Bulk Carrier page: 33
• 51st Annual Propeller Club Convention And 1977 American Merchant Marine Conference Set For Galveston, Texas, Oct. 10, 11, 12, 13 And 14 page: 34
• Bulletin Describes Heavy-Duty Oil Filtration Systems page: 35
• Eight-Page Brochure Describes National's Fully Hydraulic Cranes page: 35
• Joseph Hurley Named President ITT Decca Marine page: 36
• Oceangoing Split Hull Self-Propelled Dredge Completes Trials In Gulf page: 37
• ITT Decca Marine Introduces 'Clearscan' New Radar Technique To Reduce Interference page: 38
• Todd Shipyards Los Angeles Division Lays Keel For First Of Six U.S. Navy Frigates page: 38
• MacGregor Slewing Ramps Successfully Tested page: 39
• Skagit Corporation Announces European Dealership Agreement page: 40
• FMC Marine & Rail Lays Keel For Ro/Ro Barge To Carry 374 Forty-Foot Truck Trailers page: 40
• Egyptian Shipyard Receives License To Build Willard Boats page: 42
• Bergeron Industries Names Captain Tatman page: 42
• Port Authorities (AAPA) 66th Annual Convention Set For Mexico City page: 43
• Lloyd's Register Completely Revises Rules For Marine Refrigerated Cargo Installations page: 44
• Tanker Design Change Approved By MSB page: 44
• Navy Contracts For Additional Years Of MARISAT Satellite Service page: 46
• Mitsubishi Receives Tug Barge Systems' License To Build page: 46
• Petro-Marine Names Murray Burns Manager Process Engineering page: 47
• Norshipco Dedicates New $5-Million Repair Pier page: 47
• COMSAT General Expands MARISAT Services To Entire Indian Ocean page: 48
• U.S. Lines Names Three In Operations page: 48
• Fetzner Named President Sun Trading & Marine page: 48
• Philippine Center Exhibit Highlights Filipino Seaman page: 49
• Henschel Announces New Steering-Failure Alarm page: 49
• Tulsa Port Of Catoosa Sets Tonnage Record page: 49
• Jane's Fighting Ships 1977-78 Revised Edition page: 49
• Stanford Research Awarded $271,000 For Firefighting Study page: 50
• Gulf Oil Trading & Transportation Announces Management Changes page: 51
• Renegotiation Board Erred In Computing Lockheed Steel Usage page: 51
• Pott Industries Names Miller VP Offshore Marine Services Div. page: 54
• Joseph R. Burgess To Head Central Pacific Shipping Agency page: 56
• Capt. James F. McNulty New Dean At Maine Maritime Academy page: 56
• Richard Daschbach Named Federal Maritime Commission Chairman page: 57
• Keene Brochure Describes Marine Discharge Control System page: 57
• Heavy Weather Ship Operation Subject Of Webb Seminar page: 58