July 1980 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• New Loran C Unit Introduced By SI-TEX —Literature Available page: 6
• McDermott To Build Second Offshore Platform For Union Oil Company page: 6
• Blair M. Kerr Named VP For Business Development At IMODCO page: 7
• Versatile Semi-Trailers Are Handled By Fork Lifts —Literature Available page: 7
• Hitachi Receives First U.S. Order For Two Jackup Drilling Rigs page: 7
• Bender Delivers Scalloper 'Westport' To Tradewind Fishing page: 8
• Oceangoing Tank Barge Built By Zidell For Pacific Northern page: 8
• Mangone Delivers Advanced Offshore Research Vessel page: 8
• GL/GR Section Of SNAME Held Spring Meeting In Dearborn page: 10
• Australian Design Called Breakthrough In Dredges page: 10
• Fireboat Gulf Fleet No. 40— 100th Vessel Joins A Growing Fleet page: 10
• O&K Will Build Hopper Dredge For Indonesia page: 10
• $ 3 . 2 - M i l l i o n Expansion Of Facilities Planned By N a t i o n a l Supply page: 12
• Promotions M a d e In J. Ray McDermott's S h i p y a r d Group page: 12
• ITT M a c k a y To Market Wager A n d C o n o f l ow Engine Room Products page: 12
• New Primary Battery Introduced By SAFT —Literature Available page: 12
• Two New Contracts For Drill Barge And Jackup Won By Promet Private page: 12
• Three Rigs To Cost $ 9 0 . 3 M i l l i o n A p p r o v ed By M a r A d For T i t l e XI page: 13
• Coast G u a r d Rules On S t e e r i n g F a i l u r e A l a r ms To Be E n f o r c e d Soon page: 13
• Halter Completes Three-Crewboat Contract With Offshore Express page: 14
• Fincantieri Group Meets With New York Maritime Leaders page: 14
• W.L. Rose Jr. Named President Of Williams-McWilliams page: 15
• Samson Offers New Shear Pin Shackle- Literature Available page: 15
• Gotaverken Arendal Delivers Offshore Rig To Consafe Offshore page: 16
• Canada's Arctic Pilot Project page: 16
• Bethlehem Steel's Third 1,000-Foot Bulker Christened At Bay Shipbuilding Yard page: 18
• Two Naval Architects Join Waller & Assoc. page: 18
• Bill Cleary Honored By AWO Board, Moynihan page: 18
• Dragger/Scalloper "Settler7 Delivered By Gamage Shipyard page: 21
• Three Executive Promotions Announced By Newport News Shipbuilding page: 21
• Brochure Available On Norshipco's Three Expanded Shipyards page: 22
• Cliff Drown Named New President Of State Boat page: 22
• Steam Engine Literature Available From Skinner page: 22
• Frank McGrath Named Chief Engineer At Peterson Builders page: 23
• Towboat 'Elizabeth D# Christened By Dravo page: 24
• Butterworth Introduces Marine Liqua-Blaster —Literature Available page: 24
• Firm Changes Name To Houston Marine Services page: 24
• Jurgen Manske Named Representative For Hapag-Lloyd Service page: 24
• Leggett, Lowen And Singman Named To NMC Board Of Governors page: 25
• Zuccaro Appointed To Marketing Manager At General Electric E& page: 26
• Two Promotions In Moran's Construction & Repair Department page: 27
• $3.4-Million LCAC Design Contract Awarded By Navy To Rohr Marine page: 27
• French And Campbell Named To Head NMC Shipyard Council page: 27
• Coastal States Trading Appoints Three New Vice Presidents page: 28
• Perry Nelson Named Executive VP At M. Rosenblatt & Son page: 28
• Lockheed Places $8.6-Million Order For Colt/Pielstick Diesel Engines page: 28
• Marathon Offers Free 32" X 48" Full Color Wall Poster Of Drill Rig page: 29
• $3.9-Million Contract Awarded To HITCO By Sea Systems Command page: 30
• Hagglunds/ASEA Gets $5.5-Million Order From Baker Marine page: 30
• Ocean Salvors Names Robert M. Loftus As Its New President page: 30
• McDermott Scotland Gets $92-Million Contract From Marathon Oil U.K. page: 30
• Maintenance Guide For Shipboard Officers Offered By Chesterton page: 30
• 100,000-dwt Floating Dry Dock Increases HUD's Tsing Yi Capacity page: 33
• Literature Available On Foxboro's New On-Line Ferrograph page: 33
• $11-Million Contract For IGS Retrofits Signed By Esso Tankers page: 34
• Recent Orders For British Shipbuilders Total $125 Million page: 34
• Innovative Tugboat #Jekyll Isle7 Delivered By Gladding-Hearn page: 34
• Dixie Ships First Of 5 New Dredges To The Egyptian Dredging Co. page: 34
• Fuel Conservation Subject Of N.Y. SNAME Symposium Sept. 22-23 page: 35
• Three Promoted At Moorestown Office Of J.J. Henry Company page: 36
• NCAA Elects New Officers—Jack T. Day Becomes President page: 36
• British Shipbuilders And SSS Corporation Sign License Agreement page: 36
• Decca Marine To Market Sailor Radios In U.S. —Literature Available page: 36
• Electro-Nav Introduces New Watch Receiver —Literature Available page: 37
• New Brochure Describes Caterpillar's Worldwide Service Support System page: 38
• Metritape Gets Order For Gauging Retrofit Of Seven Niarchos VLCCs page: 38
• Bane And Ferriner Promoted In ITT Rayonier's T&D Dept. page: 38
• New Crew/Supply Vessel 'Audrey' Powered By Four MTU Diesels page: 40
• Rigging Barge Completed By Riverway Shipyard page: 41
• Hoglund And Farrell Are Promoted At ESAB-HEATH page: 41
• Caicos Petroleum Services Establishes Transfer Facility page: 41
• $95-Million Pipeline Contract Awarded To J . Ray McDermott & Co. page: 42
• Title XI Approval For Three Product Carriers To Cost $197 Million page: 42
• Title XI Sought For 20 Barges And 3 Towboats page: 42
• Ingram Exploration Names Thomas M. Ellis Jr. VP Of Exploration page: 43
• Atlantic Marine To Build Two NSF Research Ships At Cost Of $5.9 Million page: 43
• Hong Kong Tycoons See Buoyant Market For Bulk Carriers page: 44
• Gary E. Koecheler Named Manager Of Pricing For Matson Navigation page: 44
• Pielstick Diesels To Power French Navy And Yugoslavian Vessels page: 44
• Swanson Promoted To VP & General Manager Of Dillingham Shipyard page: 45
• Orders For Six Ships To Cost $180 Million Placed By Cast Group page: 45
• Diesel Engine Performance With Medium Viscosity Index Lube Oil page: 46
• Proposed Shipboard Maneuvering Data page: 46
• Satellite Communications Described At ASNE Los Angeles Section page: 47
• J.R. Mills Appointed At New Allis-Chalmers Marine Diesel Division page: 48
• Sartor And Jones Promoted To New Posts At Farrell Lines page: 49
• Electro-Nav Acquires Marine Division Of British Electronics Firm page: 49
• SNAME Chesapeake Section Hears Update Report On Design Of Multipurpose Mobilization Ship page: 50
• D.R. Stollmeyer Elected President Of American Hawaii Cruises page: 51
• AFO Shipyards Appoints Representative For U.S. And Canada page: 51
• Moore Named Executive VP, Hayo VP-Finance At Wisconsin Barge Line page: 52
• BilgeMaster Separators Approved By USCG page: 52
• NASSCO Lays Keel For Second Union Oil Product Carrier page: 52
• Royal Viking Line To Modify Three Ships— First Will Get $25-Million Face-Lift At AG "Weser" Yard page: 53
• $18-Million Rig Contract Awarded To Ingalls Yard page: 53
• Levingston To Build $37-Million Jackup Rig For Noble Drilling Corp. page: 54
• O&K Shipyard Delivers Offshore Crane Platform Designed By RSV Gusto page: 54
• Submersible Deck Cargo Barge Delivered To Nedbarges Sublift page: 58
• Mangone Launches Special Purpose Tanker For Sun Transport page: 58
• Offshore Construction For $50-Million Pipeline Goes To J. Ray McDermott page: 59