Kvaerner Offers Literature On Ro/Ro Equipment Line
One of the leading manufacturers of hatch covers, Kvaerner Brug A/S, is now offering literature on their full range of ro/ro equipment, including bow and stern ramps, slewing and angled ramps, bulkhead d o o r s , elevators, and hoistable cardecks with built-in ramps.
Kvaerner offers their standard version of the Flexible Slewing Ramp with a ramp length of 40 meters (about 131 feet), providing clear driveway width of 7 meters (23 feet), with a ramp/door weight of approximately 185 tons, and a maximum axle load of 60 tons.
Free literature on Kvaerner's Flexible Slewing Ramp and other ro/ro equipment can be obtained by writing K. Mogedal, Design S e c t i o n Manager-Shipbuilding Group, Kvaerner Brug A / S, Kvaernerveien 10, Oslo 1, Norway.
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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
 
