December 1978 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Agreement In Principle Announced On U.S.-U.S.S.R. Marine Insurance page: 4
• Veritas Guide Shows Docking Facilities For 200,000-DWT Ships page: 4
• M/S Yulius Fuchik, First Of Two Valmet-Built Lykes SEABEE-Type Barge Carriers For USSR page: 7
• Davie Shipbuilding Signs License Agreement For Gaz-Transport LNG Containment System page: 7
• Vaporphase To Supply Systems For Four New USCG Cutters page: 7
• J.J. Henry Co., Inc. Promotes Victor Chen page: 7
• Genstar And British Shipbuilders To Bid For CAF Patrol Frigates page: 7
• Bethlehem Steel Corp. Elects Anthony St. John page: 8
• USCG Contract For Oil Spill Pumps To Offshore Devices, Inc. page: 8
• Artemis Marine Amends Application For Catug Title XI Guarantee page: 9
• Livanos Elected To ABS Management Committee page: 9
• 1978 SNAME Annual Meeting Cites Role In Maritime Industry Progress page: 9
• Theriot And Mitsui Form THERIOT-MODEC Enterprises, Inc. page: 10
• Adams & Porter Associates Names Glotfelty And Currie page: 10
• Jardine Offshore Promet To Construct Paceco Equipment Under License In Singapore page: 10
• American Bureau Of Shipping Moves Its Headquarters To 65 Broadway In New York City page: 11
• MarAd Amends Two Research Contracts page: 12
• George E. Chronakis Joins Electro-Nav page: 12
• Ship Structure Committee Publishes Two Reports On Strength Of Materials page: 12
• Kenneth M. Jones Elected President Offshore Logistics, Inc. page: 12
• J. Ray McDermott & Co. Elects Eight Officers page: 13
• L N G - L P G Conference Set For Houston, Texas November 13-16, 1979 page: 13
• A g r i - T r a n s Elects Paul J. Staadeker VP Transportation page: 14
• Arnessen Corporation A p p o i n t s Stephen Keller page: 14
• Sun Ship Awarded $137.5 Million To Build Two Ships For Waterman page: 14
• Delaval Turbine Wins $20-Million Contract To Power New Cargo Fleet page: 15
• Farboil Introduces STA-CLEAN Coating page: 15
• Congressional Coalition To Seek Solutions To Shipyard Problems page: 16
• Halter Marine Delivers Supply Boat To Brazil page: 16
• Port Weller Awarded $10-Million Conversion page: 16
• IMODCO Establishes Far East Marketing Office page: 16
• G.A. Watkins To Head Global Transport's International Division page: 17
• General Dynamics7 Innovative Method Of Launching Submarines page: 17
• Mobil Oil Corporation Names Harmon Hoffmann And Walter C. Mink Jr. page: 18
• Bird-Johnson Opens Washington, D.C. Office page: 18
• Seaward, Inc. Promotes Michael K. Kutzleb page: 18
• Union Mechling Corp. Names Ronald Olander page: 18
• Selby, Battersby & Co.'s N e w Flooring C o m b i n e s U n i q u e S a f e t y Features page: 19
• The M/S Boogabilla page: 20
• Amerada Hess To Build Five Catug Units At Cost Of $283,800,000 page: 20
• J.J. Henry Co., Inc. Names Gerald Jones Manager Portsmouth, Va. Office page: 20
• Dredge Technology Announces Contracts page: 22
• Worthington Compressors Names Hands President page: 22
• Savannah Machine And Shipyard Awarded $2.6-Million Contract page: 22
• Reno Spiteri Opens O f f i c e In M a l t a page: 23
• A r g o N a m e s Nietsch To Pollution Control Post page: 23
• GE Credit Buys 188,500-DWT Tanker For $84.9 Million page: 24
• Patrick J. Marcello Elected Vice President Moran Shipping Agencies page: 25
• Extensive Line Of Industrial Tachometers Described In New Catalog page: 25
• ITT Mackay Marine Hosts Product Display And Discussion On Key Marine Communication And Navigation Issues page: 25
• Pacific Northwest Section, SNAME, Holds Annual Meeting In Union, Washington page: 26
• First Heavy Lift Ships Built In U.S. page: 27
• Nickum & Spaulding Completes Design Of Crab Boat For Operation In Bering Sea page: 27
• SeaTec International Appoints Samuel Rugh page: 27
• London To Host Two-Day Conference On Ship Propulsion page: 27
• Stevedoring Companies Cited For Reducing Accidents On Piers page: 28
• MSC Seeks Bids To Operate Five Tankers page: 29
• Institute Of Marine Engineers Hears Guest Speaker From BP Tanker Company, Ltd. page: 30
• New $20-Million Jackup Built By Marathon LeTourneau Placed In Service By Fluor page: 30
• ASNE Long Beach-Greater Los Angeles Section Discusses Corrosion Protection And Control page: 30
• El Paso Savannah Christened At Avondale Shipyards In New Orleans Joins A Fleet Of Nine LNG Tankers page: 30
• Major Changes Prompted By Magnavox Division Growth page: 31
• AWO Spokesman Views User Tax Bill With Cautious Anticipation page: 32
• Moore McCormack Bulk Transport, Inc. Names William Crossman page: 32
• Sixth International LNG Conference Invites Proposals For Papers page: 32
• Crowley Environmental Services Appoints Operations Supervisor page: 32
• SNAME California Sections Hold Annual Joint Meeting page: 32
• Fourth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium Set For January 20 page: 34
• Avondale Shipyards' New Pipe Fabricating Facility page: 34
• American Steamship Company Elects Three Executives To Vice Presidential Posts page: 37
• Zapata Commissions Latest Of Workboats Supporting Atlantic Coast Exploration page: 37
• Bird-Johnson Appoints Green To Great Lakes, Nielson To Gulf Coast page: 38
• New 500-Ton Crandall Railway Drydock For Fairhaven, Massachusetts page: 38
• Allweiler Pump Opens Office In United States page: 39
• MarAd Report Forecasts Bunker Fuel Prices page: 39
• SNAME Scholarships For Graduate And Undergraduate Levels page: 39
• MarAd Awards Contracts To Study Port Needs In Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon page: 40
• lotron Corporation Merges With Varo, Inc. page: 40
• Tidewater Sending Ten Additional Vessels To Work Offshore Mexico page: 41
• New England Sections Of ASNE And MTS Discuss Submersibles page: 41
• Peterson To Build Ferry For Washington Island Ferry Line page: 41
• Texas Gas Transmission Executive Honored At Towboat Christening page: 42
• ASNE Southern New England Section Discusses Southeastern Connecticut's Stake In The Development Of Offshore Resources page: 42
• Joseph L. Waldvogel Joins Soros Associates page: 42
• De Laval Issues Comprehensive Brochure On Centrifugal Separators page: 42
• Foreign Nations Urged To Crack Down On Soviet Rate-Slashing page: 42
• Manlift For Hazardous Environment Announced page: 44
• New MIPCO Brochure Describes Full Line Of Reefer Power Systems page: 44
• SNAME Gulf Central Section Hears Paper On Underwater Welding At Annual Fall Meeting page: 47
• Louis L. Frierson Elected President George Engine Company page: 47
• Crowley Subsidiary TMT Orders 400 Specialized Truck Trailers page: 52
• John Kuchta Joins Gulf Mississippi Marine Corporation page: 53
• American Abrasive Metals Develops New Non-Slip Coating For Marine Use page: 53
• Krogen Designs Landing Craft Built By Lantana Boatyard For Alaskan Service page: 54
• New Appointments At Bailey Group page: 54
• John Cassedy Urges Congress To Stem Tide Of Soaring Liability Awards To Seamen page: 58
• The Inverto Marine Bilge And Ballast Water Separator page: 58