November 15, 1978 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Approve Procedures Necessary To Implement Change In CDS Rate page: 4
• American Atlantic Shipping Launches First Ship — The M/V America page: 7
• $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
• MarAd Awards Five Research Contracts page: 11
• Baker Marine Enters License Agreement With Argentine Corporation page: 12
• John T. Gilbride Named Whitehall Club President page: 12
• Interocean Management Elects Steele President page: 14
• USMMA Alumni Honored At Kings Point Dinner page: 15
• ExecuSearch Moves To New Modern Quarters page: 15
• Marine Diesel Engineering— A Continuing Education Program page: 16
• Second Of Four Triple-Deck TMT Barges Placed In Service page: 16
• 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
• Mon River Towing Buys Fleet Of Coal Barges page: 20
• 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
• Gulf-Tampa Drydock Names Marvin DeBerry page: 27
• Murdoch Opens Office In Portland, Oregon page: 27
• New Radiotelephone Available From Apelco page: 27
• Sembawang's Latest Facility— A New $9-Million Finger Pier page: 28
• Carrington Slipways Launches Three Vessels In One Week page: 28
• 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
• 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
• Sun Ship Lays Keel For Matson Containership page: 38
• SNAME Gulf Section Holds Fall Meeting page: 38
• Kawasaki Converts Semi-Passenger Into Full-Passenger Ship page: 42
• MarAd Releases 58-Page Publication On U.S. Port Industry page: 42
• 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