September 1980 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• MMS Forms Subsidiary To Serve Clients In United Kingdom/Europe page: 4
• J.M. Colonell Appointed Senior Project Engineer For Woodward-Clyde page: 4
• Wheelock Will Head New Houston Office Of Dock Express Shipping page: 6
• John J. O'Malley Founder And Publisher Of MARITIME REPORTER And Engineering News page: 6
• Third Navy Destroyer Tender Launched At NASSCO Yard page: 6
• SSI Introduces Emergency Anchor Windlass System- Literature Available page: 6
• F. Shepherd Promoted At Designers & Planners— Pramud Rawat Joins Firm page: 7
• New Crowley Salvage Vessel page: 10
• First Inshore Supply Vessels To Serve Oil And Gas Industry Certified By Coast Guard page: 10
• Canonie Forms New Subsidiary- Appoints Three New Executives page: 10
• Armco Restructures Western Steel Division Into Three Groups page: 10
• Toronto Firm Proposes Truck/Trailer RO/RO Run Across Lake Ontario page: 11
• Avondale Lays Keel For Fourth Navy Fleet Oiler page: 12
• TBW Industries Gets $5-Million Order For SMATCO Deck Equipment page: 12
• Split-Hull Hopper Dredge Launched At Avondale Yard page: 13
• Thomas Ternes Joins Guralnick Associates As Supervisory Engineer page: 13
• HUD Moves Head Office To Tsing Yi Island— Kowloon Yard Closed page: 13
• SMM 80 page: 14
• Multi-Purpose Mobilization Ship page: 14
• S/S 'United States'— A Second Life For World's Fastest Passenger Liner? page: 14
• Dixie Dredge Delivers Four Vessels To Egyptian Dredging page: 18
• Twin Disc Forms New Task Force To Market Marine Transmissions page: 18
• Quality Delivers Towing/Supply Vessel To Gulf Fleet Marine page: 18
• New Company Will Offer Underwater Vehicle Inspection Services page: 22
• Ferrous Has Proportioning Pump For Fuel Additive- Literature Available page: 22
• Joseph Quinn Named President Of Reorganized Devoe Marine Coatings page: 23
• Furuno Radar Simulator Installed At California Maritime Academy page: 23
• Boeing Jetfoil Sold To Argentine Owner—Christened Montevideo Jet page: 24
• National Supply Patents Subsea Template System —Literature Available page: 25
• Maine Maritime Given $16,000 Kummerman Grant page: 26
• R. Wilkes And J. Wylde Announce Formation Of New Shipping Agency page: 26
• Hitachi Gets Jackup Rig Orders From Danish And Netherlands Owners page: 26
• E.H. Barron Joins Overseas Enterprises As Director Of Chartering page: 26
• New Brochure On Gears And Gear Units Now Available From Farrel page: 26
• Promet Gets Repeat Orders From Two U.S. Companies page: 28
• Europort '80 Exhibition And Conferences Set For November 18-22 page: 30
• Fact Sheet Describes And Illustrates New Multiple-Size Rams page: 30
• New Jackup Drilling Rig page: 30
• AWO's Shipyard Conference Honors Renshaw For Leadership page: 30
• New Early-Warning Device Protects Electric Motors- Literature Available page: 32
• Wichita Has PTOs For Large Diesel Engines- Literature Available page: 32
• Big Turecamo Barge Launched At Bay Shipbuilding Yard page: 35
• New UPSCO Shipyard Begins Production page: 36
• Gilbert Associates Will Design Tug/Barge Unit For Sun Transport page: 37
• NKK To Build $56-Million Offshore Platform Jacket Off Australia page: 38
• Bath Saves Time-Money With New Ship Insulation —Literature Available page: 38
• Lance Melik Appointed Director Of Marketing For Twin Disc, Inc. page: 38
• Stewart & Stevenson Gets Navy Contracts Totaling $23.7 Million page: 40
• Armco Announces New Submerged Arc Weld Wire —Literature Available page: 40
• MTC '80 page: 40
• J.J. Henry And Seadrec Form Joint Venture To Serve Dredging Clients page: 41
• Furuno Offers Two New Sonars- Literature Available page: 42
• T. Yakushijin Named General Manager For NYK In San Francisco page: 42
• Rockwell Publishes New Cast Steel Valve Catalog page: 42
• MarAd Awards CDS For Mormac Conversions To Cost $4.4 Million Total page: 42
• New Brochure Explaining Combustion Catalysts Available From Ferrous page: 42
• MarAd Study Reports $9.8 Billion Needed To Expand U.S. Ports page: 43
• Marathon To Build $30-Million Jackup Rig For Chiles Offshore page: 44
• O'Boyle Firm Named U.S. Representative For Italian CNOMV page: 44
• Brons Licensed To Build And Sell M.A.N. Four-Stroke Diesels page: 45
• David Johnson Appointed A Group Manager At Michigan Wheel Division page: 45
• Three Appointments Announced By Gulf Fleet Marine Corp. page: 45
• Omnithruster Expands Into New Office And Manufacturing Facility page: 46
• Halter Completes Supply Boat Contract With Command Marine page: 48
• Coal-Burning Bulkers Ordered From Yards In Italy And Japan page: 48
• CDI Marine Awarded Navy Design Contracts Totaling $3.2 Million page: 48
• Dreco Forms Subsidiary For Drilling Equipment- Three Executives Named page: 49
• Tacoma Boat To Build Nine USCG Cutters At Cost Of $646 Million page: 50
• Michigan Wheel Will Market Bow Thrusters —Literature Available page: 51
• U.S. Yards Invited To Bid On First Maritime Prepositioning Ships page: 51
• Dravo Lays Keel For Towboat Ordered By People's Republic Of China page: 52
• Jeffboat-Built 'Conti-Karla7 Christened At Chicago's Navy Pier page: 53
• Mid-Coast Marine Delivers Second Trawler And Tugboat page: 54
• Crowley Relocates New York Office To World Trade Center page: 57
• Jeffboat-Built Towboat 'Volunteer State' Christened page: 58
• Promet Launches First Of Kind Vessel For National Marine page: 60
• Levingston Launches Jackup Rig For Argentine Owners page: 60
• Unique Utility Vessel Delivered By HUDSHIP page: 60
• NL Rig Equipment Offers Shaffer Drilling Choke System Brochure page: 61
• James Oliver Promoted To Executive VP At Levingston Shipbuilding page: 63
• Standard Communications Has New Desalinator— Literature Available page: 63
• Latest Lloyd's Register Published In New Three-Volume Format page: 63
• ASNE Ship Systems Technical Symposium page: 64
• Two More Jackup Rigs Costing $70 Million Ordered From Bethlehem page: 68
• HNG Corporation Has Acquired Alamo Barge Group Of Companies page: 68
• Laumeister, Kroll And Arkens Appointed VPs At The Ansul Company page: 70
• Bobzien Named Chairman, Greene President At Jeffboat, Incorporated page: 70
• New Brochure Details Stainless Steel And Specialty Alloys page: 70
• Zidell Launches Another Big Grain Barge For Shaver Transportation page: 71
• David Linde Named To Head Coast Guard's N.Y. Marine Safety Division page: 71
• Navidyne Satellite Navigators Ordered By French Owner page: 71
• $3.5-Million Navy Contract Awarded To Uniflite For Special Warfare Craft page: 72
• Steve Vorenkamp Returns To Halter Marine, Inc. As Director Of Services page: 72
• GE Turbines Will Power Two Coal-Fired Ships In Australian Trade page: 73
• New Bulletin Available On Racal Airstream's Supplied-Air Systems page: 73
• MECO Has New Line Of Water Desalinators— Literature Available page: 73
• Racor Introduces In-Line Diesel Fuel Heater —Literature Available page: 75
• O'Boyle Firm Appointed Sales Representative For Esgard Of Louisiana page: 75
• Schottel Gets Contracts For Six Tractor Tugs page: 76
• Frazier Appointed Senior Vice President-Sales And Marketing At ACBL page: 77
• Halter Launches Its First Giant Catamaran Tug page: 78
• New Climax Band Saw Cuts Compound Angles- Literature Available page: 79
• Energy-Conserving Flow Meter To Be Marketed By Gems Sensors page: 79
• PSI To Furnish Steering Gear For Ogden Product Carriers At Avondale page: 80
• New Joint Venture Firm Formed By Sub-Sea Systems And John Brown page: 80
• Sea Cushion Fenders Installed At Blount Island Terminal page: 80
• Campbell Launches Another GM-Powered Superseiner page: 84
• Four Key Marketing Executives Promoted At Bath Iron Works page: 85
• Keel Laid At Sun Ship For Second Waterman RO/RO Ship page: 86
• Hargrove-Designee! Tour Boat Delivered By Hike Metal Products page: 86
• ASNE To Publish Index For Naval Engineers Journal page: 87
• Belcher Oil's Spill Control Conference To Begin September 30 page: 88
• Maxon Marine Delivers Custom-Built River Barges page: 88
• TBW Licensed To Manufacture IHI Deck Machinery page: 89