October 1980 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• U.S. Cruises Requests Title XI On $95-Million Conversion Of "Big U" page: 4
• Promet Awarded Contract For Jackup Drill Rig By Saudi Arabian Owner page: 4
• $80-Million Order For Bulk Carriers Signed By Alcoa And Hitachi page: 6
• McMullen Associates Opens Newest Office- Rouse Named Manager page: 6
• Expansion At Conrad Industries Triples Barge Production Capacity page: 6
• C.L. Taylor Appointed M a n a g i n g Director For Offshore M a r i n e Limited page: 7
• N e w Catalog A v a i l a b le On Full Line Of Wichita Clutches And Brakes page: 7
• RSV Group Reorganized— M i d l a n d Marine Will Now Represent Verolme In U.S. page: 7
• ARCTEC Acquires Majority Interest In Offshore Technology Corporation page: 8
• Howard Casey Named Deputy Superintendent Of USMMA page: 8
• St. Louis Ship Delivers The 'John M. Donnelly7 To Ingram Barge Company page: 10
• Kockums Christens Two Chemical Tankers For Swedish Owner page: 10
• Skinner Named Board Chairman Of National Waterways Conference page: 10
• Surge In Requests For ABS Classification Reported At Mid-Year page: 10
• EUROPEC II page: 14
• DIESEL POWER REVIEW page: 14
• $2.5-Million Facilities Expansion Under Way At Wiley Manufacturing page: 21
• Tracor And MBAssociates Executives Announce Completion Of Merger page: 21
• MECO Offers New Heat Recovery Evaporators —Literature Available page: 22
• Dome Petroleum Signs Exploration Agreement With Japanese National page: 22
• Four New Bay-Houston Tugs Are $9.2-Million Addition To Fleet page: 25
• Hiroshi Ito Named President Of Kubota America Corp. page: 26
• Huthnance Seeks Title XI On Two Jackup Barges To Cost $59.6 Million Total page: 27
• McMullen's Newport News Office Installs Inter- Active Graphics System page: 27
• McDermott Orders Rig Systems For Hutton Field From Hydranautics page: 27
• MARICHEM 80 page: 28
• A.R. Schultz Appointed Manager Of Offshore Terminals For RJBA page: 31
• Houston Leads Nation With 65 Million Tons Of Foreign Trade page: 32
• VU-GAGE Safeguards Crew From Chemical And Petroleum Fumes page: 32
• S. Shapiro Appointed Manager-Bulk Services Of Federal Barge Lines page: 33
• New Technique Measures Power Plant Performance —Bulletin Available page: 33
• Dravo SteelShip Delivers Two Pushboats To Louisiana Owners page: 34
• Hitachi-Built Tanker Has Many Advanced Features page: 34
• Misener Reaches Milestone With Delivery Of 'El Coqui7 page: 36
• Shearson Seeks Title XI On $17.5-Million Order For 65 Hopper Barges page: 38
• Dean Willard Named President Of Products Research & Chemical page: 38
• Dravo SteelShip Delivers M/V Boone To Cincinnati Gas And Electric page: 41
• Keel-Laying At NASSCO Held For Third Union Oil Product Carrier page: 41
• RYSCO Delivers First Of Two Cementing Vessels To Halliburton page: 42
• Biggest Maxim Engine Silencer From Riley-Beaird For Allis-Chalmers page: 42
• Martin Rubin Named Division Vice President At RCA Service Company page: 44
• E.W. Hahn Elected Vice President-Treasurer For Moore McCormack Lines page: 44
• John Smith Appointed Regional Manager Of Krupp International page: 45
• Brochure On Underwater Treatment Of Hulls Available From Jotun page: 45
• 54th Annual Convention Of The Propeller Club Of The U.S. page: 46
• New Weather Satellite Unit Introduced By GPI —Literature Available page: 46
• J.B. Travis & Company Named Gulf Sales Rep For Adrick Cooling page: 46
• New Spare Parts Firm- Scandinavian Marine- Formed By Ray Cole page: 48
• NABRICO Delivers Two Asphalt Barges To National Marine Service page: 48
• Updated Marine Survey Practice Compendium Now Available page: 48
• Three Executive Changes Announced By General Dynamics page: 50
• West German Yard To Build Split-Hull Oil Recovery Vessel page: 50
• New MTU-ZF Propulsion Powers Swiftships-Built CO-MAR Crew/Supply Vessel page: 52
• Saltech Floating Cement Terminal Ordered For Saudi Arabian Port page: 52
• Zidell Repairing Three Coast Guard Vessels At Total Cost Of $1 Million page: 53
• New Shipyard Opened In Moss Point, Miss page: 54
• Maritel Commissions Its First Marisat Terminal —Literature Available page: 54
• Southwest Marine Gets NavShips Contracts—Yard Undergoing Renovations page: 55
• Synthetic Packing Developed By Garlock —Literature Available page: 55
• Norris Butterfly Valve Features Positive Shutoff —Literature Available page: 55
• The Sea-Shed System page: 56
• Norfolk Naval Yard NCAA Honors Captain Kurzenhauser page: 58
• First American Asks Title XI On Two Bulk/Containerships page: 58
• Marine Efficiency Opens New Seattle Office To Serve Fishing Industry page: 58
• New Naval Architecture Firm Of Guarino & Cox Formed In New Orleans page: 59
• Quincy Yard Christens Its Tenth Liquefied Gas Ship page: 59
• J.C. Kiersted Appointed Public Relations Manager For Texaco U.S.A. page: 59
• Clarke Chapman Licensed To Build And Market Paceco Cranes In The U.K. page: 60
• Marland Acquires Allied Water page: 61
• Combination Aluminum Seiner Delivered By Progressive Marine page: 63
• Grain Transfer Facility Hull Launched At Bergeron Yard page: 63
• Joe Christopher Joins Schnitzer-Levin Marine As Engineering Manager page: 64
• New Small Probes Expand Use Of Thickness G a g e - Literature Available page: 64
• $14-Million Scrapping Facility To Be Built In Netherlands Antilles page: 64
• Jackup Rig For Marine Drilling Commissioned At Beth-Beaumont page: 66
• MacGregor Will Provide Two Service Stations In People's Republic page: 70
• H.Z. Shelton Appointed Vice President-Finance For Sun Ship, Inc. page: 71
• Marinette Marine Awarded Contract For 10 YRBM (L) Vessels page: 71
• Savage Named General Manager-Port Sales For NY&NJ Port Authority page: 71
• New Instrument Monitors Chlorine Residuals- Literature Available page: 72
• A.I. Levy Named Chairman, J.J. Alcina President Of Arthur Levy Enterprises page: 72
• Gulf Fleet Marine Announces Four Staff Appointments page: 73
• Sino-American Maritime Accord Announced By Commerce Department page: 74