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Port Valdez. Tankers will then transport the oil to the various ports within the "Lower Forty-

Eight." This paper presents the original real-time simulation anal- ysis of the TAPS tankers within

Valdez Narrows, describes the be- havior of the man-controlled ship, and discusses simulation tech- niques.

Paper No. 13—"Reliability and

Safety of LNG Shipping: Lessons from Experience" by Bertrand De

Frondeville.

Synopsis—The LNG shipping ex- perience, available from almost 3,000 cargoes unloaded since 1964 in Europe, Japan, and the United

States, is reviewed from the standpoint of reliability and safe- ty. The record of upstream (lique- faction, loading ports) and down- stream (receiving terminals) components of the LNG transfer system is summarized. Factors contributing to a successful safe- ty record and improving relia- bility are analyzed, and citizen participation encouraged.

Paper No. 14 — "A Solution to the Series Production Manufac- ture of Aluminum LNG Spheres" by P. Takis Veliotis.

Synopsis — This paper describes an advanced manufacturing con- cept for the quantity production of large spherical aluminum LNG cargo tanks for use in the LNG shipbuilding program at General

Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding

Division. Extensive detail is giv- en on the series production man- ufacturing process, the use of au- tomated welding techniques and the testing, insulation and trans- portation of the spheres to the installing shipyard.

Request Approval To

Sell Fishing Vessels

To Foreign Companies

The Maritime Administration has received two applications for the approval of sale of fishing ves- sels to foreign companies and the transfer of the vessels' registries and flags to foreign countries.

One vessel is the Caribe, a 900- gross-ton, purse-seiner type tuna $320,000 Three-Party

Award From MarAd For

Propeller Research

The Maritime Administration has entered into contracts with three parties to conduct a joint research program to assess the technical and economic merits of a hydrodynamically coupled, contra-rotating propeller system.

The parties are Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa.,

Transmission Technology Com- pany, Fairfield, N.J., and the

David Taylor Naval Research and

Development Center, Carderock,

Md.

The benefits are expected to in- clude a significant improvement in propulsive efficiency that could save about 10 percent of the fuel consumed on a typical ship. This initial research, costing approxi- mately $320,000, will include the construction of a model hull and equipment for making detailed comparisons under simulated op- erating conditions between two contra-rotating propeller sets and a single propeller arrangement.

All work will be directed toward the possible future full-scale in- stallation on a stretched Ponce de

Leon-Class ship.

W. A. Whitney Structural Fabricating/

Material Handling Systems for offshore platform fabrication have the flexibility t

Modern fabricating equipment coupled with an efficient material handling system can and will increase productivity. The modular design of the material handling equipment developed by W.A. Whitney Corp. can be adapted to either large or small fabricating plants. Costly building expansion programs are not necessary in most cases!

N/C Multiple Punch

X-Y-Z Automated Beam Lin

Component parts and their functions are listed in operational sequence:

McAllister Brothers

Names Donald Hankin

VP-Engineering

Donald C. Hankin

Hnn'] Irl r U'jnL'in rvi ui'i nn cnnav building Corp. in Camden, N.J.

After serving in the U.S. Navy, he joined the Cramp Shipbuild- ing Company as sheet metal quarterman. Thereafter, he joined

R.T.C. Shipbuilding Corporation in its design and engineering de- partment, where he subsequently became chief engineer.

Mr. Hankin is holder of two

U.S. patents, the first for a single lever engine control system, and the second more recently for the elevating pilothouses now being used on McAllister tugs.

French Yards Receive $640 Million To Build

Five Ships For Malaysia

Improving Shipbuilding Productivity

The National Shipbuilding Research Program

Was Developed By The Maritime

Administration And The Society Of

Naval Architects And Marine Engineers

To Serve All U.S. Shipbuilders.

L.D. Chirillo *