APL Plans New Ship Construction Program —Retains L.A. Hardlander
W.B. Seaton, president of American President Lines, Ltd., has announced that the marine consulting firm of L.A. Harlander & Associates has been retained to consult with and advise the company in regard to its new ship construction program.
Pursuant to the 20-year Operating- Differential Subsidy Agreement between American President Lines, Ltd. and the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the company has agreed to commit to the construction of a minimum of two new containerships by December 31, 1978. The company is presently studying the feasibility of constructing a number of ships in excess of the minimum number contracted for with MarAd.
In performing its consulting services, L.A. Harlander & Associates will play a major role in the design, engineering, contracting for, and construction of the new shins, along with the staff of American President Lines, Ltd.
and other outside consultants.
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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
