Sun Ship Lays Keel For Matson Containership
Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., recently laid the keel for the 720-foot containership S/S Kauai (Sun Hull No.
678) it is building for Matson Navigation Company.
The full-width inner bottom section weighing 225 tons was lowered onto the shipyard's shipbuilding slab in a brief ceremony by senior vice president Arthur Haskell of Matson Navigation.
The keel-laying ceremony was attended by members of Sun Ship and Matson management, Lodge No. 802 of the Boilermakers & Iron Ship Builders Union, the American Bureau of Shipping, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Sun Hull No. 678 is being built from an advanced design of Matson's three previous containerships and will be capable of carrying 1,121 containers, including 302 refrigerated containers.
The containership will be powered by a geared steam turbine rated at 32,000 shaft horsepower, with a speed of more than 22 knots.
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- 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
