July 1978 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Mar Ad Releases Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Report page: 4
• Increased Cost Of Tug/Supply Vessels Approved By Mar Ad page: 4
• Huthnance Awards Jackup Rig Contract To Bethlehem Beaumont page: 6
• American President Lines Appoints F.D. Finlayson To Newly Created Post page: 6
• Bethlehem Beaumont Yard Receives Drilling Rig Contract From Marlin page: 7
• Northwest Marine Gets $2.67-Million Drydock Contract From IHI page: 7
• Golten To Represent Akasaka Diesels Ltd. page: 8
• George Buntrock III Joins Oceaneering International page: 8
• J. Ray McDermott & Co. Building Four Offshore Vessels For Briley page: 8
• Mo ran Towing And Crowley Maritime Form Ocean Salvors page: 8
• Excess Insurance Appoints CMI, Inc. page: 8
• ICHCA Elects Murdoch To Succeed Holubowicz page: 9
• Fred W. Beltz Jr. Elected Vice President DeLaval Turbine Inc. page: 10
• Pouch To Succeed Shields As President Barber Steamship Lines page: 10
• Mar Ad Approves Offshore Logistics Title XI Guarantee page: 11
• Robert Hague Post Guard Of Honor Ball Set For Oct. 21 At Waldorf page: 11
• Newport News Shipbuilding Delivers Converted Tanker Exxon Galveston page: 11
• MarAd Approves Noble-National Title XI 'Guarantee page: 11
• Matton Shipyard Delivers The Michael Turecamo —Latest Addition To The Turecamo Fleet page: 11
• Shipyard President Named Maritime Man Of The Year page: 12
• COMSAT General Reduces MARISAT Telex Rate page: 14
• Blount Delivers Passenger/Vehicle Ferry For Run Between New London And Fisher's Island page: 14
• Corps Of Engineers Names Raymond Gabriel Chief Of Procurement page: 14
• Avco Lycoming Powers Hovercraft Carrying 400 People & 45 Cars page: 15
• 1978 Maritime Day Program In The Port Of New York — New Jersey page: 16
• ASNE And SNAME Pacific Northwest Section Hold Joint Meeting In Bremerton, Washington page: 16
• Tank Ship Fleet Analysis Released page: 16
• Halter Marine Delivers Two Of Four Supply Boats To Arthur Levy Enterprises page: 16
• Worthington Pump Appoints H.R. Lemcke page: 17
• Delta Line Combined Fleet Adds New Ports —Executives Named page: 17
• The Suez Canal And Its Impact On Tanker Trades And Economics page: 18
• Equitable Shipyards, Inc. Lays Keel For Third 2,000-DWT Breakbulk Vessel For American Atlantic page: 18
• Bailey Meter Is Now Bailey Controls Company page: 18
• Kobelt Introduces Single Lever Pneumatic Propulsion Control Head page: 19
• New Brochure Describes Alco Power Boss Diesels page: 19
• Cleveland-Cliffs Plans To Build 1,000-Ft. Self-Unloading Vessel At A Cost Of $40 Million page: 20
• Butterworth Systems Appoints C.J. Hendry Co. As Distributor page: 20
• Global Marine Awards Drilling Rig Contract To Davie Shipbuilding page: 20
• Grandson Of Founder Nominee For Todd Board page: 20
• Bath Iron Works Appoints Frank Kerr And Fred Kahrl page: 21
• Marine Services Division Buys Remaining Interest In GIMC page: 21
• Gulf Oil Announces Organization Changes At GT&T Division page: 22
• Dravo Corp. Names Hird And Farringer To Engineering Works Div. page: 22
• First Of Two Farrell Lines Containerships Christened At Bethlehem Sparrows Point Yard page: 23
• Mississippi Marine Launches Its First Offshore Supply Vessel page: 23
• SNAME 1978-79 Program For San Diego Section page: 23
• Bethlehem Beaumont Shipyard To Build Offshore Rig For Houston Offshore International page: 24
• Bethlehem Steel Awards Design Contract To Morris Guralnick Assoc. page: 24
• Robert H. Wager Co., Inc. Elects New Officers page: 24
• Natomas-Skaarup Offers Bunkering Services In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia page: 24
• Philadelphia Section Holds Annual Dinner-Dance page: 24
• Michael Marinaro Advanced By Worthington Compressors' Division page: 25
• Johnny's Propeller Shop Expands Houma Facility page: 25
• Norwegian Ship's Gear Exhibition Held In New York page: 26
• Foster Wheeler Reprint Outlines Development Of Inert Gas Systems page: 28
• Red Fox Names Three Regional Managers In Sewage Treatment Div. page: 28
• 10-Year, $100-Billion Navy Shipbuilding Program Advocated page: 30
• Taywood-Santa Fe Awarded Management Project In North Sea page: 30
• Five Papers On 'Ship Maneuvering And Control' Presented At SNAME New York Section Meeting During All-Day Session At USMMA, Kings Point page: 31
• NAVSECPHILADIV Annual Awards Presented To Carlton And Bruner page: 31
• FMC Corporation Names Gill To Newly Created Post page: 31
• Hugh F. Munroe Elected President Morris Guralnick Assoc page: 32
• G.M. Electro-Motive Diesels Hit 100-Millionth Horsepower Mark page: 32
• Bird-Johnson Receives Bow Thruster Contract page: 32
• Sun Ship Tanker Christening Highlights Yard's Family Day page: 32
• No. California SNAME Discusses Ships And Terminals For Nodules Mined From Deep Pacific Ocean page: 33
• Mexican Ship Operator Employs British Company To Supervise Construction In Japanese Yard page: 33
• Zapata Corp. Forms New Fishing Group- Conrad Named President page: 34
• Port Everglades Authority Appoints Peter McChesney page: 35
• Butterworth Introduces Stainless-Steel Tank Cleaning Machine page: 35
• National Cargo Bureau Announces Appointments page: 36
• Stow Announces New Torque Limiting Clutch For Valve Operators page: 36
• George Fenton Joins Gibbs & Cox, Inc. Washington Division page: 36
• Puget Sound Press Assoc. Honors Sidney Campbell Foss Launch Chairman page: 36
• Engine Diagnostic System page: 37
• Caterpillar Appoints Williams And Thorstenson To Managerial Posts page: 38
• Most Loran-A Station Closings Postponed page: 38
• Bailey Refrigeration Installs Heating And Refrigeration Aboard Modified SEABEE Barge page: 38
• Bergeron Marine Begins Operations page: 38
• Gotaas-Larsen Forms New LNG Marketing Unit page: 38
• MMC Unveils A Versatile New Portable Sonic Tank Gauging Tape For Inventory Control page: 39
• Santa Fe To Establish Base In Amsterdam At Cost Of $6 Million page: 40
• Marine Services Div. Geosource Inc. Delivers Self-Propelled Barge page: 40
• Use Of Fuel Additive Shows Bunker Oil Savings Of Over 10% page: 40
• Strachan Shipping Co. Elects Mickey Lane To Board Of Directors page: 41
• APL Plans New Ship Construction Program —Retains L.A. Hardlander page: 41
• Bay-Houston Towing Announces $10.6-Million Expansion Program page: 41
• New Launch Vessel For San Francisco Area page: 41
• Chesapeake Section Members Visit Naval Academy —Paper On Floating Nuclear Power Plants Presented page: 42
• James L. Ketelsen Named To Top Post At Tenneco page: 43
• NOAA Shows Distances Between 700 U.S. Ports And The Time It Takes page: 44
• T.L. James & Co. Forms Joint Venture With Netherlands Dredging Firm page: 45
• New Coolidge Catalog Describes Propellers And Related Equipment page: 45
• AWO Reports 15,000 Jobs Created Along Waterways page: 46
• Simrad Offers Literature On NL Doppler Speed Log page: 46
• Port Weller Builds Icebreaking Cargo Vessel To Travel Through Ice Up To Two Feet Thick page: 48
• Butterworth Systems Announces Marketing Dept. Reorganization —Hatley And Grieb Appointed page: 49
• SNAME Pacific Northwest Section Spring Meeting In Victoria, B.C. page: 51
• Sun Shipbuilding Names Four Managers To Corporate Science & Technology Div. page: 52
• Ship Vibration Symposium Set For Oct. 16-17 In Arlington, Va. page: 53
• SNAME President Predicts Era Of Vitality Ahead For Maritime Industry page: 54
• SNAME Philadelphia Discusses Conceptual Design Of A Nuclear-Powered Icebreaking Transport System page: 55
• Frank Amason Joins Worthington Pump Inc. page: 55
• Use Of Collision Avoidance Equipment Being Taught At U.S. Merchant Marine Academy page: 56
• Great Lakes/Great Rivers Section Hears Three Technical Papers At Spring Meeting In Marinette page: 57
• Northwest Marine Iron Works Designs Unique Time Saving Propeller Lifting Carriage page: 57