October 1977 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Ocean Orders Three Cargo Liners From British Shipyard page: 4
• $11-Million Award To Raymond Int'l For Dock Work In Nigeria page: 4
• Shipyards Will Bid On Matzer-Designed Ro/Ro Containership page: 6
• James A. Farrell Jr. Receives Admiral Of The Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award page: 6
• Bethlehem Beaumont To Build Teledyne Drilling Platform page: 6
• Newport News Lays Keel For First ULCC In $418-Million Contract page: 6
• Chesapeake Corporation Names Elmer Curfman Marine Superintendent page: 7
• LNG Shipping— What Prospects Now? page: 8
• Newport News Delivers Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower page: 10
• American Bureau Of Shipping Elects Johnston President page: 10
• DeLong Corporation Appoints Ogden Chief Engineer page: 10
• Dockside To Represent Burmeister & Wain In Southern California page: 11
• Sun Company Names Maling Vice President page: 11
• Atlantic Sandblasting Receives Fourteen-Ship Mexican Contract page: 12
• Bethlehem Steel Names Thomas Robinson To Central Technical Post page: 14
• Paul Atkinson Retires, Peter Hepp Elected Sun Ship President page: 14
• Todd To Build Santa Fe Pipelaying Vessel page: 15
• OCEANS '77 Conference Set For October 17-18-19 page: 16
• Hitachi Delivers 508,731-DWT Esso Atlantic —Largest Ship Ever Built In Japan page: 18
• Alco Power Southwest Headquarters In New And Larger Houston Location page: 18
• Zapata Names Four Senior Executives To New Posts page: 18
• Booklet Describes Vinyl Coatings For Corrosion Control page: 18
• Crowley Subsidiary Awarded $39-Million Cool Barge Contract page: 20
• ABS President Foresees Trend Toward Nuclear Merchant Ships By 1990 page: 21
• Oosterhuis Industries Supplies American Brons Diesel Engines To Five New Offshore Tugs Ship Buying Spree page: 22
• Carrington Launches Self-Unloading Cement Carrier page: 22
• Bird-Johnson Appoints National And Regional Sales Managers page: 23
• Ro/Ro Shipping-An Appraisal Of Its Role In Dry Cargo Trade page: 24
• Leif Hoegh Orders Two Multipurpose Ships From Japanese Yard page: 25
• Hyundai Shipbuilding Licensed To Build B&W Diesel Engines page: 25
• Chinese On Worldwide Ship Buying Spree page: 26
• Senior USCG Advisor Robert Lakey Joins Helge Ringdal, Inc. page: 26
• Five Companies Form Technology Group To Build Canadian Ships page: 27
• Intermarine Brochure Fully Describes New Marine Radar page: 28
• Shipowners Seek To Enjoin Alaska State Tanker Law page: 28
• Avondale Launches 165,000-DWT Tanker For Standard Oil (Ohio) Alaskan Service page: 29
• R.E. Derecktor Delivers Tug To Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. page: 30
• Northeast Marine Terminal Announces Start Of Affiliate Operation In Savannah, Ga. page: 31
• American President Lines Names Capt. E.J. McClafferty page: 31
• Maine Maritime Academy Shipping Management Seminar Labeled Outstanding Success page: 32
• Nuclear Merchant Ship Environmental Impact Analysis Published page: 34
• Paper On Drydock Designs Presented At San Diego Meeting page: 34
• Schneider And Moody Named To New Posts At Moore-McCormack Lines page: 34
• Burmeister & Wain Opens Marine Service Center In Hong Kong page: 34
• Packet Offered On Hiring Filipino Seamen page: 35
• Prudential Lines Names Captain George Evans page: 35
• Brochure Describes Removal Of Smoke From Air Vents page: 35
• Maritime Industry Metric Conversion Study Is Available page: 36
• Interocean Conducts Inert Gas Course page: 36
• Gotaverken Delivers Third Tanker For Iraq page: 36
• Crossocean Shipping Names Thomas Giardino page: 36
• Johnston Vertical Pumps Names Hoffert Marine page: 36
• MarAd To Study Liner Segment Of U.S. Merchant Fleet page: 37
• United States Lines Names Capt. Yarborough Assistant Marine Supt. page: 39
• Varo Names Johnson Marine Coordinator page: 39
• American Club Triples Tonnage In Five Years page: 39
• Device Prevents Cable From Becoming Tangled With Buoy Lines page: 42
• Sea Power Symposium Set For Los Angeles November 4, 1977 page: 42
• MarAd Releases 15 Technical Reports On Gas Turbines page: 42
• Bath Iron Works Appoints Igo Jekkals page: 43
• Webb Institute Receives Grant For Research Facilities page: 43
• Mechling States All Modes Necessary For Sound System page: 44
• Gonsoulin Industries New Mother Company For LeBeouf Towing page: 44
• ABS Reports Increase In Classifications page: 44
• APL Team To Analyze Systems Controlling Steam Plants On Ships page: 45
• Campbell Delivers Second Offshore Vessel To Biehl page: 46
• Stow Introduces New Remote Valve Control Flexible Shaft page: 46
• U.S. Navy Officers Assigned To Kings Point page: 46
• Owners Strongly Oppose Federal Financing Bank Control Of Title XI page: 47
• World's First Naval Exposition Set For Netherlands June '78 page: 48
• Eleven New Members Elected To American Bureau Of Shipping page: 48
• CCL Shipcare Limited New Marine Service page: 48
• Camar Develops Blowers Designed For Shipboard Inlet Gas Systems page: 50
• New Maritime Firm Port Fabricators, Inc. Active In Louisiana page: 50
• Report Shows 101 Plants Locate Waterside In First Quarter Of 1977 page: 51
• Edwin G.B. Terry Joins Tidewater Marine Service page: 53
• Waterproofed Engines On Self-Righting Lifeboat Restart Following Capsize page: 53
• Port Of St. Louis Propeller Club Elects Robert Patrick page: 54
• Lloyd's Register Announces Major Changes For 1978 page: 54
• Maxon Marine Industries Delivers Specially Designed Towboat To J.L. Shiely Company page: 55
• SNAME Publishes 'Gas Trials Guide For LNG Vessels' page: 55
• DeLong Jack Systems Described In Brochure page: 55
• James J. Bolton Elected President Jered Industries page: 56
• North American Philips Offers New Radio Telex System For Shipboard Communications page: 58
• Mangone Delivers 185-Foot Supply Vessel To Briley page: 58
• Britain's P&O Group Designs New Type Naval Vessel To Be Built In Private Yards page: 60
• Equitable Lays Keel For First Of Three Breakbulk Vessels For American Atlantic Shipping page: 60
• Study Of Superports And SBMs For Tankers Published page: 63
• Blue Water Marine Forms New Division —George Gray Named page: 64
• Buenos Aires And Manila Added To ABS Network Of Technical Offices page: 64
• American Heavy Lift Shipping Company Names Two Top Executives page: 64
• W.L. Bull Jr. Named Marine Transportation Director For NLFI page: 65
• Marco's 25th Crabber Readied For King Crab Season Opening page: 66