November 1978 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Bourceau And Blackwell Speak At Bureau Veritas 150th Anniversary Dinner page: 4
• Approve Procedures Necessary To Implement Change In CDS Rate page: 4
• Port Of Portland's Drydock —Largest On West Coast— Arrives At Swan Island Yard page: 6
• American Atlantic Shipping Launches First Ship — The M/V America page: 7
• Levingston Awarded $200 Million To Build Five Bulk Cargo Ships page: 8
• $156 Million To Avondale To Construct Catugs For Service To Soviet Union page: 8
• Griffiths Receives Title XI To Build Tug And Barge page: 8
• Title XI Approved For Manatee Integrated Tug-Barge Units page: 10
• General Electric Credit Appoints James Kuklinski page: 11
• MarAd Awards Five Research Contracts page: 11
• SNAME Annual Meeting page: 12
• Baker Marine Enters License Agreement With Argentine Corporation page: 12
• John T. Gilbride Named Whitehall Club President page: 12
• SNAME San Diego Section Discusses Heavy Lift Ship Design And Costs page: 14
• First Kelvin-Powered Shrimp Boat Built In U.S. page: 14
• Interocean Management Elects Steele President page: 14
• USMMA Alumni Honored At Kings Point Dinner page: 15
• ExecuSearch Moves To New Modern Quarters page: 15
• Title XI Amendment Approved By Mar Ad For Drilling Barges page: 16
• Edward Robertson Named Engineering Director At ORBA Corporation page: 16
• Marine Diesel Engineering— A Continuing Education Program page: 16
• Second Of Four Triple-Deck TMT Barges Placed In Service page: 16
• Hillman Barge And Construction Names Ira Singleton VP page: 18
• Bethlehem Beaumont Shipyard Delivers Fourth Offshore Rig To Teledyne Movible Offshore page: 18
• Halter Delivers Oceangoing Tug To Jackson Marine Corp. page: 18
• Clyde Iron Develops New Crane For Ports And Shipbuilding page: 18
• H.M. Tiedemann & Company Completes Vibration Analysis Survey For Canadian DOT page: 18
• Nilsen Named President Bailey Refrigeration And Affiliated Companies page: 20
• Ted Ellis Joins Crowley Maritime page: 20
• Mon River Towing Buys Fleet Of Coal Barges page: 20
• Offshore Logistics Buys Six Theriot Towing/Supply Vessels page: 22
• Chemical Tanker Demand Subject Of MarAd Study page: 22
• United States Navigation Names William Kelly VP page: 22
• Proform Announces New SFRP Corrugated Lift-Off Barge Covers page: 23
• Gladding-Hearn To Construct Boat For Pilots Association page: 23
• Yards Requested To Bid On 320-Foot Ferry For Cape May-Lewes Service page: 24
• Anthony McAllister Honored By Stevens Tech page: 25
• IMODCO Receives $6-Million Contract From Argentine Firm page: 25
• 188,500-DWT Tanker For Transport Of Alaskan Oil Christened At National Steel And Shipbuilding page: 25
• Mobil Oil Installs MVI Entertainment System On Nine Ships page: 26
• Iran Orders Floating Dock —First Such Contract For Kawasaki Heavy Industries page: 26
• SNAME New England Section Hears Two Technical Papers page: 27
• Gulf-Tampa Drydock Names Marvin DeBerry page: 27
• Murdoch Opens Office In Portland, Oregon page: 27
• New Radiotelephone Available From Apelco page: 27
• 'U.S. Oil Imports, Policies And Tanker Shipping' page: 28
• Sembawang's Latest Facility— A New $9-Million Finger Pier page: 28
• Carrington Slipways Launches Three Vessels In One Week page: 28
• Three R Trusts Requests Title XI To Construct Tug/Supply Vessel page: 29
• American Bureau Of Shipping Announces Elections Of Officers And Appointment page: 30
• Needed — A Long-Range National Shipbuilding Policy page: 30
• Moran Shipping Elects Philip Moran President page: 32
• Three Papers And Tour Of Caterpillar Plant Features SNAME Section Meeting In Peoria page: 32
• Hewitt-Robins Publishes Tri-Language Brochure On Cargoveyor Systems page: 34
• U.S. Shipyards Receive Contracts For 25 Ships- January To October '78 page: 35
• Apache Awarded First Contract To Lay Pipe page: 36
• Sembawang Appoints David Chen Yard Manager page: 36
• Coastal Towing, Inc. Building Two Towboats, Nine Tank Barges page: 37
• Guralnick Organization Relocates To Enlarged Facilities In San Francisco page: 37
• SNAME Los Angeles Hears Paper On Calculation Of Curves With A Hand Held Calculator page: 37
• Guralnick Associates Receives DOE Contract page: 38
• Arno Dimmling Rejoins Crowley Maritime Corp. page: 38
• Sun Ship Lays Keel For Matson Containership page: 38
• SNAME Gulf Section Holds Fall Meeting page: 38
• BSRA Receives Support For Research Into Quieter Ships page: 40
• Halter Crewboats Delivered For Indonesian Operations page: 40
• Twin-Screw Bridge Maintenance Tug & Firefighter page: 42
• Kawasaki Converts Semi-Passenger Into Full-Passenger Ship page: 42
• MarAd Releases 58-Page Publication On U.S. Port Industry page: 42
• Kvaerner-Moss, Inc. Appoints James Victory page: 43
• Union Mechling Corp. Appoints David Gladwell page: 43
• Containership S/S Argonaut Launched For Farreil Lines By Bath Iron Works page: 43
• Maritime College Earns Further Accreditation page: 44
• Waukesha Engine Names C.E. Lee President page: 44
• Goodway Introduces New Heavy-Duty Tube Cleaner page: 45
• American Bureau Classes 55 Vessels In September page: 45
• Irish Citizens To Train At Deepsea Diving School In U.S. page: 48
• Chevron U.S.A. To Start Drilling Test Well Offshore California page: 49
• National Safety Council Marine Section Elects Capt. S. Fraser Sammis page: 49
• American-Flag Ship Operators Call For Policy That Works page: 50
• Change Of Shareholding At A & P Appledore International page: 52
• Schoolship Reunion Hears Peter Stanford On National Ship Trust page: 54
• National Supply Names Kelley Sales Engineer For Offshore Platforms page: 54
• Marine Insurance Seminar To Be Held In Jacksonville, Florida page: 57
• Gregor G. Peterson Named President Genstar Pacific Corp. page: 58
• Butterworth Systems Names Paul Paraskevas Technology Advisor page: 58
• Hawaii, Lockheed, Dillingham Announce They Will Build, Operate Ocean-Fueled Energy Pilot Plant page: 60
• N. Dwain Wheeler Heads New Ship Repair Yard —Port Houston Marine page: 62
• Jones Oregon Stevedoring Elects Earl F. Weiss Chairman Of The Board page: 62
• S.S. United States Sold To Seattle Firm As-Is For $5 Million page: 64
• General Instrument Announces Improved Design Pressure Gauge page: 65
• Congressman John M. Murphy Presented With Maritime Industry's 'AOTOS' Award page: 66
• Marland Appoints Peter Gast GmbH Sales Agency In Germany page: 67
• ASNE Establishes Scholarship Program For College Students page: 68
• Lloyd Anderson Elected Chairman National Waterways Conference page: 68
• Sperry Division Designs Steering Gear Failure Alarm And Flash System page: 69
• ICHCA Cargo Conference To Hear 22 Speakers Nov. 13-15 In New York page: 70
• Northeast Marine Terminal Names Johnson Top Financial Officer page: 71
• Officials Cited For Safety Presentations page: 72
• Quality Assurance Program Offered To Steel Mills By American Bureau Of Shipping page: 75
• Gibbs & Cox Receives OTEC Design Contract page: 75
• National Cargo Bureau Promotes H.R. Rosengren page: 75
• Star Lines Names Ansari Vice Pres./lranian Sales page: 76
• Irish Firm To Offer New Boeing Jetfoil Service page: 77