April 1980 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• U.S., Canada To Conduct Marine Transport Study page: 4
• TMP Retained By Carnival Cruise Lines To Supervise Liner Construction Project page: 6
• French Group Receives $110-Million Offshore Rig Order From Soviet Union page: 6
• Hillman Launches 400th Barge For Crounse Corporation page: 6
• Todd Delivers Its First FFG-Class Guided Missile Frigate To The U.S. Navy page: 9
• 122-Foot Trawler/Catcher Built By MARCO For Swasand-Mannes page: 9
• Philadelphia Section Discusses Design & Construction Of 2,000-Ton Cargo Vessel page: 11
• Gus Ruetenik Promoted To Environmental Products Manager At Seaward page: 11
• Information Is Available On Three New Doppler Speed Logs By Raytheon page: 11
• OTC-8O page: 12
• Newport News Launches Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier 'Carl Vinson' page: 12
• Top Officers Named At Bird-Johnson Company page: 12
• Halter Delivers 180-Foot Offshore Supply Boat To Pelham Marine page: 14
• New England Section SNAME Hosts Student Section Guests page: 14
• Wm. B. Morgan To Head Ship Performance Dept., Taylor Research Center page: 15
• Joint North Sea Service Operation Formed By Brostrom And Tor Line page: 16
• Zidell Receives Army Dredge Repair Contract page: 16
• Swiftships, Inc. Receives Contract For Two Additional MTU-Powered Ferries page: 18
• ASNE So. New England Section Meeting Features Discussion Of Polar-Class Icebreakers page: 18
• Kutzleb Forms New Company—Steadfast Marine Consulting, Inc. page: 18
• Low Pressure Tubeaxial Fan Bulletin Available From Industrial Air, Inc. page: 20
• Bell-Halter Delivers Surface Effect Ship To Corps Of Engineers page: 20
• Admiral C.R. Bryan To Head Webb Institute page: 23
• PHB Receives Contract For Offshore Bulk Unloading Terminal In Argentina page: 23
• Levingston To Build A $28.6-Million Jackup Rig For Dixilyn-Field page: 23
• Wartsila Receives Order For 45,200-Ton Product Tanker page: 23
• PEMEX Signs Contract For IMODCO Terminal page: 24
• Danish C.G. To Use Seaward Fenders In Oil Pollution Control System page: 24
• T.J. Farrell Heads Ottawa Office Of Newport News Shipbuilding page: 25
• Brooksby And Tavrow Elected Senior Vice Presidents Of APL page: 25
• Ship Operations Symposium Set For Sept. 23-25 In NYC page: 25
• Mjellem & Karlsen Of Norway To Build Two Oceanographic Vessels page: 26
• Northwest Towboat Association Elects Board Of Directors page: 26
• Literature Available On Master Clock System page: 26
• USCG Cutter Contract Spurs $4-Million Expansion At Tacoma Boatbuilding page: 28
• Gulf Fleet Marine Completes First Phase Of $61-Million Expansion page: 28
• Posidonia 80—International Shipping Exhibition To Be Held In Greece June 2-7 page: 29
• NABRICO Names 2 New Stocking Distributors page: 29
• Strater Promoted To Northeast Sales Manager At EPSCO Marine page: 30
• E. Shaprut To Head Voith Schneider America page: 30
• Free Bulletin Gives Data On Heavy Duty Heating Coils page: 30
• New Brochure Describes Free Fall Lifeboat System page: 30
• Wager Offers Free 46 Page Equipment Catalog page: 31
• New Orleans Traffic & Transportation Bureau Elects Officers page: 31
• McDermott And Protexa Form Joint Venture- Buy Three Large Barges page: 31
• $3.3-Million Bridge Demolition Contract Awarded XPLO Corp. page: 32
• B e l g i um Firm Buys T w o Jetfoils From Boeing M a r i n e Systems page: 32
• N e w M A R C O Oil Recovery System Used In Gulf page: 32
• ABS Appointed Verification Agent In The U.S. For Offshore Fixed Structures page: 33
• Executive Changes At Energy Transportation Corp. page: 33
• COMSAT General Offers Free Color Brochure On Marisat Terminal page: 33
• SNAME Announces Committee Chairmen For 1980 page: 36
• SNAME Chesapeake Section Hears Paper On U.S. Coast Guard R&D Program page: 36
• Capital Expenditure Survey For U.S. Ports Published page: 36
• Compact 100-Watt SSB Offered By ITT Mackay —Literature Available page: 37
• RORO80 page: 38
• Halter Delivers First U.S. Survey Boat With Z-Drives page: 40
• Tracor, Inc. Receives $5-Million Navy Contract page: 40
• Laborde And Wardwell Elected To Lead NOIA page: 42
• Steve Scalzo Promoted To General Manager- Marine Operations At Fo page: 43
• Halter Marine Delivers Supply Boat 'Tara Alyene' To Briley Marine page: 44
• Satellite Communications Cost Benefit Study Offered By Maritel page: 44
• J a p a n ' s NKK Building Two 6 0 , 0 0 0 - D W T Tankers For Chief Shipping Co. page: 45
• Three Key Promotions A n n o u n c e d At Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. page: 45
• American Hydromath Receives Contract For Cargo Planning Computers page: 46
• Port Houston Marine Offers Services And Facilities Brochure page: 46
• Keel Laid At NASSCO For First Of Three 37,500-Ton Product Carriers page: 46
• Maritime Radio Technical Commission To Meet April 28-May 1 page: 46
• Graduate Student Paper Presented To SNAME L.A. Metropolitan Section page: 46
• Three Appointed To Engineering Department Posts At Trus Joist Corp. page: 47
• Literature Available On New Motorola 100-Watt Marine SSB Transceiver page: 47
• R.C. Kaminska And S.A. Wenk Join Bultema Dock & Dredge page: 48
• Submarine Tender McKee (AS-41) Launched At Lockheed-Seattle page: 49
• J.M. Donnelly Elected AWO Board Chairman page: 50
• Contract Awarded For Oil Loading Column With Concrete Shaft And Base page: 50
• Improved Marine Boiler Reliability — Phase II page: 50
• Big Savings Claimed For Bruce Anchor Retrieval System page: 54
• Robert Summerville To Head Electro-Nav Service Department page: 54
• Richard Jones Promoted To Sales Manager At Bethlehem Steel page: 55
• Robert H. Osmer Appointed Director Of Engineering For Bulkfleet Marine page: 55
• Solar To Design Advanced Cruise Propulsion System For U.S. Navy page: 56
• J.T. Johnson Elected President-Association Of Diving Contractors page: 56
• Privately Owned Deepsea Port Planned For Canada page: 58
• Water Resources Congress Reports Annual Meeting page: 61
• Sun Ship Lays Keel For The First Of Three Specialized Vessels For Waterman Steamship page: 62
• New MARCO Combination Boat Columbia To Fish The North Pacific page: 62
• Bath Iron Works Launches Navy Frigate Ahead Of Schedule page: 64
• First Of 4 MaK Diesels For Bulkfleet Marine page: 67
• G & W Industries Builds The #Vito C II7 —First New Construction For 30-Year Repair Firm page: 68
• Arthur G. Berndt Joins El Paso Marine As Vice President-Operations page: 69
• Chevron Transport Orders Four 35,000-Ton Tankers From Mitsubishi page: 69
• $50-Million Order For World's Largest Ore Carrier page: 70
• New Line Blind Introduced By Marland Environmental Systems—Literature Offered page: 70
• Western Shipbuilding Association Elects Officers page: 71
• NABRICO Completes 3 Barges For Binion page: 72
• ESCO Offers Brochure On Shellmold Casting page: 72
• Thorpe Named Committee Chairman By Shipbuilders Council Of America page: 73
• Japan's NKK Delivers World's Largest Class Chemical Carrier To Norwegian Owner page: 74
• S/S Resolute Delivered 13 Weeks Ahead Of Schedule page: 74
• National Supply Names Four Officials To Key Drilling Equipment Posts page: 75
• Geological Survey And USCG Plan Joint Study Of Offshore Issues page: 76
• Kvaerner Offers Literature On Ro/Ro Equipment Line page: 76
• 398,000-Ton Tanker Pacific Joins General Electric Credit Corp. Fleet page: 77
• Japan's NKK Designs Wave Energy Power Generation System page: 77
• $23-Million Subcontract To Oceanic Contractors, Inc. For North Sea Modules page: 80
• Navire Receives Order From Chinese Owners For Angled Stern Ramps page: 80
• Joe Pertofsky Heads New Henschel/Nelson Div. page: 81
• Marathon Utilizes Computer Graphics For First Computer-Designed Offshore Rig page: 82