October 1978 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Shipyards Support Marinfec Asia 79 page: 4
• New Firm To Buy Five Vessels For Service Great Lakes To Europe page: 4
• C.Y. Tung Group Enlarges Fleet To 118 Vessels page: 6
• Bath Iron Works Names Allan G. Anderson page: 6
• MarAd Approves Title XI Guarantee For Eagle Dredge page: 7
• Two New Parcel Tankers Added To Stolt-Nielsen Fleet page: 7
• Gibbs & Cox, Inc. Opens Newport News, Va. Office —R. Delia Rocca Named page: 7
• Abex Corporation Names Paul J. Powers President Of Denison Division page: 7
• Built By Main Iron Works, The 6,000-HP McAllister Tugboat Jabbar Will Work In Arabia page: 8
• El Paso Announces Proposed Offerings page: 8
• ITT Decca Marine Names Richard Muller page: 8
• Title XI Requested To Reconstruct Flat-Deck Oceangoing Barges page: 10
• Triangle Fleeting Corp. Names Jeffrey Kindl VP And General Manager page: 10
• Foster Wheeler To Supply Inert Gas Systems For LNG Tankers At Quincy page: 10
• C.F. Bean Corporation Names John Lescroart Executive Vice President page: 10
• National Marine Service Names Glennon Bequette Shipyard Division VP page: 11
• Royal Netherlands Orders Three New Freighters From Dutch Shipyards page: 11
• Gotaverken Plans To Build 37,000-DWT Icebreaking Bulker page: 12
• John J. Bajor Joins Midland Marine Corp page: 12
• Diamond Shamrock To Charter Chemical Tanker Building At Avondale page: 12
• Crowley Maritime Corp. Appoints Jay Brickman page: 15
• General Electric Credit Buys Its Eleventh Tanker page: 16
• Rear Adm. Westfall Addresses ASNE Charleston Section page: 16
• Continental Oil Announces Six Executive Promotions page: 16
• Hillman Barge & Construction Elects R.E. Kenny And B.T. Kelley page: 16
• Chairperson, Member Appointed To Kings Point Advisory Board page: 18
• Los Angeles-Long Beach Propeller Club Names Officers For 1978-79 Term page: 18
• U.S.-Flag Fleet To Double In The Last Quarter This Century page: 20
• U.S. Navy Awards Ingalls $287 Million Contract To Design And Build First Of A New Class Destroyer page: 20
• Exxon International Awards Maintenance Contract To Stanwick page: 21
• Crowley Maritime Names Jim Grissom Manager San Juan Operations page: 21
• ITC Completes 6,237-Mile Dry Tow To Argentina With Six Oil Barges And Two River Towboats page: 22
• NICOR, Inc. To Acquire National Marine Service page: 22
• Port Weller Dry Docks Plans Shipyard On Lake Erie To Build And Repair Large Ships page: 22
• Mobilization Ship Design To Be Unveiled November 6 At Conference In Arlington page: 22
• 27 New Members Elected To American Bureau Of Shipping page: 24
• George Lowman Elected Farrell Lines Chairman page: 26
• Furuno U.S.A. Formed In South San Francisco page: 26
• Gastech 78 To Focus On World Supply And Demand For LNG And LPG page: 27
• Butterworth Systems Receives IMCO Approval page: 30
• Atlantic Diving Forms SeaTec International, Ltd. page: 30
• Ruddie E. Irizarry Named President Of PRMMI— Carr, Calderon Also Named page: 30
• Evergreen Handt Corp. Names Three Executives page: 31
• AIMU Reports On Hull Insurance Market At Annual Conference page: 32
• Crowley To Provide Maintenance Services Worldwide For Navy page: 32
• Rutland Maritime Names Peter Gallagher page: 32
• Alario And Associates Named To Represent Shipyard In Greece page: 33
• Hofstra And Webb Jointly Announce New Relationship page: 34
• Reynolds Announces $580-Million Upgrading For Sea-Land Service page: 34
• Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Dedicates New $23-Million 900-Foot Graving Dock page: 35
• Singapore Marine Conference Set For February 1979 page: 40
• St. Louis Ship Delivers Second Of Four Supply Vessels To Gulf Mississippi Marine Corp. page: 40
• Hitachi Zosen Asaka Works (Sakai) Delivers Ro/Ro Carrier Dana Maxima page: 40
• Sperry Division Names Blumberg Marketing Communications Manager page: 42
• J.J. Scott Of Sea-Land Named Director Of Mideast Por page: 42
• Floyd Mechling Retires From Union Mechling page: 42
• Jacques B. Hadler To Direct Research Activities At Webb page: 43
• Admiral Benkert Elected President Of AIMS page: 44
• AWO Elects James Potter —Industry Issues Examined At Board Meeting In Tulsa page: 44
• Tidewater To Acquire Insurance Firm In Texas page: 46
• Steam Turbine Operating Guide Now Available page: 46
• Shipping Executives To Review Maritime Policy At Oakland Conference page: 46
• Kubota To Stockpile Anti-Corrosive Pipe In Texas Facility page: 48
• Kawaski Delivers Cargo Ship Equipped With Derrick Capable Of Lifting 600 Tons page: 50
• Investment In Tankers: The Case For Optimism page: 50
• International Firms Plan Large-Scale Operations In The Beaufort Sea page: 52
• USCG Removes All Personnel Restrictions Based On Sex page: 53
• Hawaii Site Selected For Testing Nodules Gathered From Ocean Floor page: 53
• Hawaii Site Selected For Testing Nodules Gathered From Ocean Floor page: 53
• New Starlite Is Second 122-Foot Combination Boat From MARCO Yard page: 53
• New Abex/Denison Bulletin Describes Pressure Valves page: 54
• Booklet Published On Bulk Liquids And Solids In Standard Freight Containers page: 54
• President Signs Murphy Energy Bill page: 54
• General Electric Credit Names Joseph Heimerl page: 54
• FMC Launches Another World's Largest Barge page: 55
• Passenger Liner's Fast Repair At Northwest Marine Iron Works page: 55
• MacGregor's Novel Solution To Quay Height Variation page: 56
• Oceanology International For Offshore Industry Set For March 3-7, 1980 page: 56
• Hawaii Firm Announces Plans To Construct A Stable Semi-Submerged Fishing Vessel (SSFV) page: 57
• SNAME New York Section Reports Meeting Program For 1978-1979 Season page: 57
• Newfoundland Makes Bid For $.75-Billion Investment In Fishery page: 57
• Modules Towed To Site For Construction Of Offshore Plants page: 58
• New York Metropolitan Section Begins New Season With Past Chairman's Night And Third Generation Ro/Ro Paper page: 58
• Shipbuilding Experts Meet To Discuss Ways To Increase Automation And Productivity page: 58
• Halter Delivers Second Supply Boat To Gonsoulin Enterprises page: 59
• Ship Structure Committee Publishes Two New Reports page: 59
• Texas Gas Transmission Inland Waterways Division Announces Personnel Changes page: 60
• A.L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. Announces Election Of Officers —Celebrates 50th Anniversary page: 61
• Maritime Data Network Announces Computerized Charter Fixtures Library page: 62
• Sperry Computerized Positioning System Permits Pipelaying In 2,000-Ft. Waters page: 62
• American Bureau Of Shipping Classes 53 Vessels In August page: 62
• Hatch & Kirk Inc. Acquires Cleveland Diesel Engine Assets page: 64