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J.J. McMullen Receives

Design Contract From

Ingalls Shipbuilding

John J. McMullen Associates,

Inc. (JJMA) recently received a contract from Ingalls Shipbuild- ing Division of Litton Industries,

Pascagoula, Miss., to provide com- plete detail design and engineer- ing services for the construction of two offshore drilling rigs for

Keyes Offshore, Inc. of Houston,

Texas. This work will be carried out by JJMA's Hampton Roads

Operation, located at Newport

News, Va.

This office, established in 1978, offers the services of a full capa- bility staff of about 130 persons, providing an average shipyard- oriented design experience of 16 years. In addition to the Litton contract, JJMA is currently pro- viding major detail ship design services to Sun Ship, Inc. and

Avondale Shipyards.

Dravo Receives $3-Million

Barge Unloader Contract

Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,

Pa., has been awarded a contract in excess of $3 million by Ala- bama's State Docks Department, for the engineering, supply and erection of a continuous barge unloader.

The new bucket elevator barge unloader will be installed at the

McDuffie Terminal, Mobile, Ala., to supplement existing facilities.

Designed to unload 5,000 tons of coal per hour, the project is sched- uled for completion in mid-1981.

Dravo, with more than 50 years' experience, is one of the world's major designers and builders of bulk materials handling systems. $5.8-Million Navy

Overhaul Contract

Awarded Lockheed-Seattle

Lockheed Shipbuilding and

Construction Company, Seattle,

Wash., is being awarded a $5,- 822,936 formally advertised firm fixed price contract for the reg- ularly scheduled overhaul of the

USS Sacramento (AOE-1). The

Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Con- version and Repair, USN, Se- attle, is the contracting activity. (N62799-70-C-0009)

Ship Systems Symposium

Announced For Oct. 2-3

A Ship Systems Symposium jointly sponsored by The Dela- ware Valley Chapter of The Amer- can Society of Naval Engineers,

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and the Naval Ship System Engineer- ing Station will be held October 2- 3, 1980, at the Cherry Hill Inn,

Cherry Hill, N.J. Technical ses- sions on Ship Systems Life Cycle

Improvement and related topics will be presented on both days.

The symposium is designed to bring together the operator and engineer in open forum for the purpose of identifying and pro- posing solutions to current and future problems relative to the life cycle, operation, maintenance, and effectiveness of hull, propul- sion, and auxiliary systems. For further information, contact

Paulette Bonivich, Code 190 Build- ing 7, Philadelphia Naval Ship- yard, Philadelphia, Pa. 19112.

N. Bachko To Head N.Y.

Office Of IMA

International Maritime Associ- ates, Inc. (IMA) has established a branch office in New York City.

It is located in the American Bu- reau of Shipping Building at 65

Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006.

The firm, based in Washington,

D.C. since 1974, offers a complete range of management and tech- nical consulting services in the

U.S. and other countries.

Nicholas Bachko, formerly sen- ior vice president for planning of

United States Lines, is now asso- ciated with IMA, and will manage the new office. He can be reached in New York at (212) 943-2770, or in Washington at (202) 296- 4615.

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