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New Naval Architecture

Firm Of Guarino & Cox

Formed In New Orleans

The formation of Guarino & Cox, Inc., a consulting naval architectural marine design firm, was announced recently in New Orleans by its two principals, Salvadore J. Guarino and Gregory Cox, both formerly with Halter

Marine, Inc.

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Salvadore J. Guarino Gregory Cox

Mr. Guarino, president of the new com- pany, said the firm has the engineering ca- pabilities for all types of marine equipment but that they intend to concentrate on the design and engineering of vessels for the workboat and fishing industries, including high-speed vessels such as crewboats, naval vessels and yachts. Although both Mr. Guar- ino and Mr. Cox have been involved exten- sively in advanced marine technology pro- grams in the past, vice president Cox said that they would focus on practical, cost- effective designs for the vessel owner and builder.

Mr. Guarino, until recently vice president of engineering at Halter, served in various capacities during his 20 years with the com- pany, including sales, marketing, and esti- mating. Mr. Cox had held the positions of chief naval architect and head of the hull structure group at Halter Marine.

The two naval architects bring with them more than 29 years of experience in the small vessel design field, and have been in- strumental in the design of many Halter

Marine vessels, some of which have set the standards for modern workboats in the off- shore oil and gas support industry.

Guarino & Cox, Inc. has offices at 4445

San Marco Road, New Orleans, La. 70129; telephone number is (504) 254-1277.

Quincy Yard Christens Its

Tenth Liquefied Gas Ship

The Louisiana (shown above), the 10th liquefied natural gas tanker to be built by

General Dynamics in the past three years, was christened recently in ceremonies at the corporation's Quincy shipyard.

Mrs. Dwight H. Seely Jr. of Houston, wife of the chairman and chief executive officer of Trunkline LNG Company, Houston, chris- tened the 936-foot ship that will transport

LNG from Algeria to the United States. The vessel's five spherical cargo tanks have a to- tal capacity of 125,000 cubic meters of LNG at minus 265 F.

The Louisiana will have a crew of 80. She has a design speed of 20 knots and can load and unload her cargo in 12 hours. She will fly the American flag and will be manned by American crews.

She was built for Lachmar, a partnership of subsidiaries representing Panhandle East- ern Pipe Line Company, Houston; Moore

McCormack Bulk Transport Company, Stam- ford, Conn., and General Dynamics, St. Louis.

Trunkline Gas, a subsidiary of Panhandle, has a purchase contract for the gas with

Sonatrach, the national oil and gas company of Algeria.

Eight LNG tankers previously built at

Quincy have made a total of 274 round trips and have delivered over 33 million cubic me- ters of liquefied natural gas from Indonesia to Japan. The Louisiana and her sister ship, the Lake Charles, which was completed ear- lier this year for Lachmar, will transport gas to the U.S. Gulf Coast. They are the last of the fleet of 10 LNGs under construc- tion at Quincy.

Participants in the christening ceremonies included David S. Lewis, chairman and chief executive officer of General Dynamics, and

P. Takis Veliotis, executive vice president of

General Dynamics for marine operations.

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