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World-Wide Executive Helmut Sohmen Elected Chairman Of IMIF
The full meeting of the International Maritime Industries Forum (IMIF) held in London recently has elected Dr. Helmut Sohmen as its new chairman. Dr.
Sohmen is chairman of Marine Navigation Company, the U.K. affiliate of Sir Yue-Kong Pao's World-Wide Shipping Group, the world's largest independent shipowner.
IMIF was founded in 1976 by a group of banks, shipyards, shipowners, and oil companies to develop and pursue a multi-sector approach to the tanker crisis. The organization now has 60 members representing major firms from all over the world, except the United States. IMIF is prominently involved in discussions with many national governments, the EEC Commission, the insurance markets, and the classification societies on questions of shipbuilding overcapacity, shipping credit policies, improved safety standards, and the enforcement of IMCO rules and regulations by port states, and the continuing tanker surplus. The Forum meeting decided to also review the bulk carrier markets regularly in the future, and to watch developments regarding the current UNCTAD proposals for cargo-sharing arrangements in the bulk trades.
Due to its unique membership structure, IMIF is well placed to assist governments with factual data and with balanced recommendations to help in the formulation of new policies affecting the shipping industry in its wideest sense. Dr. Sohmen and the members of IMIF's Steering Committee intend to continue the active program of government meetings, industry discussions, and topical studies in the year ahead.
Immediate visits are planned to Japan, Hong Kong, Greece, and Italy.
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Content
- "Marine Encyclopaedic Dictionary" By Eric Sullivan Just Published page: 4
- MarAd Bid Opening On Prepositioning Vessels Postponed To January 19 page: 4
- Brown Marine Requests Title XI For Two Barges To Cost $3.6 Million Total page: 4
- Reading & Bates Orders Two Jackup Drilling Rigs At Cost Of $80 Million page: 6
- Hunt Company Names Elmo Bergeron Sales Manager For Louisiana page: 6
- Pump Test Facility Described At Hampton Roads SNAME Meeting page: 6
- Ambroseno Elected New President Of Wild Goose Association page: 6
- Hunt And Watson Join Nashville Bridge Co. As Plant Engineers page: 8
- International Paint Seminar Stressed Importance Of Smooth Hull page: 10
- Graham Named New York Operations Manager for MacGregor Land & Sea page: 10
- Halter Introduces New Line Of Fire Utility Vessels page: 10
- Bethlehem-Beaumont Yard Commissions Jackup— Gets Order For Two More page: 10
- ASNE Northern New England Section Hears Gas Turbine Report page: 12
- Dravo SteelShip Delivers Pilot Boats For Panama Canal page: 12
- Senator Inouye Is Recipient Of 1980 AOTOS Award page: 13
- ASEA Offering Systems For Conserving Fuel- Literature Available page: 13
- A Look Ahead at the 88th ANNUAL MEETING of SNAME page: 14
- New Tank Gauging System Has Modular Components- Literature Available page: 14
- Wasacz Named Executive Vice President For Matson Navigation page: 14
- Si-Tex Enters VHF/FM Marine Field- Literature Available page: 16
- Red Fox Industries Names Flo-Systems As Agent In California page: 16
- Alaskan-Built Drilling Rig Unveiled By VANguard Industries page: 17
- Manual Gauging System Approved By USCG & ABS —Literature Available page: 19
- $4.7-Million Spanish Navy Contract Awarded To Stewart & Stevenson page: 19
- Traylor Named General Manager Of Halter's Chicasaw Division page: 20
- Lykes Expands Freight Stations To Improve Intermodal Service page: 20
- Campbell Industries Launches Superseiner For Mexican Owner page: 22
- Cummins-Powered Pusher Tug Is First Of Three For Archway page: 22
- Suez Canal And Egyptian Ports Specialist Opens New York Office page: 24
- Woven Glass Insulation Introduced By HITCO— Literature Available page: 24
- Dunford And Wilkins Get New Management Posts At CDI Marine Company page: 24
- Second License Agreement To Build B&W Diesels Approved By China page: 26
- Hyde/Henschel Steering Failure Alarm Meets USCG And IMCO Rules page: 26
- Robert W. Maceluch Named Controller At Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring page: 26
- Self-Unloader For ACR Launched At Collingwood Yard page: 28
- Blume Worldwide Named Sales Representative For Selco Group Of Singapore page: 28
- New Valves Announced By Watts Regulator- Literature Available page: 28
- World-Wide Executive Helmut Sohmen Elected Chairman Of IMIF page: 28
- Trctnsway Orders Second $22-Million Trailership From Jos. L. Meyer Yard page: 29
- Combustion Gas Testers Check Boiler Efficiency —Literature Available page: 29
- Two Dredges For Private Industry Christened In New Orleans page: 30
- Lykes President Amoss To Get American Legion Merchant Marine Award page: 31
- Hensley Named President, Fernandez Vice Chairman Of Service Machine page: 32
- Partek Offers Versatile Water Jetting System- Literature Available page: 32
- Partek Offers Versatile Water Jetting System- Literature Available page: 32
- Dravo SteelShip To Build Two Cat-Powered Towboats For A&G Transportation page: 32
- Mexican Shipyard Orders ESAB Mechanized Panel Line page: 32
- Far East-Levingston To Build Semisubmersible For Consafe Offshore page: 33
- MESCO Awarded Three Contracts To Build Offshore Equipment page: 33
- APM Offers Literature On Contamination Control In Shipboard Fluid Systems page: 34
- 500th Dodwell Fuel Oil Blender Installed In Ogden Products Carrier page: 34
- B&W Will Construct Four Bulk Carriers For China Ocean Shipping page: 36
- Hallett Named Vice President-Finance And Treasurer At NASSCO page: 37
- SMS To Represent Two Scandinavian Co.'s In U.S. —Brochure Available page: 37
- Polish-Built RO/RO Features Navire Cargo Access Gear page: 38
- SNAME Lakes/Rivers Section Fall Meeting Held In Minnesota page: 38
- Delaware Marine's Latest Delivery Is Stern Trawler "American Eagle7 page: 38
- ABS Publishes 1980 Rules On Building And Classing Offshore Drilling Rigs page: 39
- Jotun Hosts Technical Seminar For New York-Based Shipowners page: 40
- Belcher Spill Conference Featured Prevention, Control, And Cleanup page: 40
- $280-Million Expansion At CNR Palermo Yard Nears Completion page: 41
- Cartner, Gaffney Named Director And Associate At ADI Transportation page: 41
- Long Beach-L.A. ASNE Meeting Hears Talk On Diego Garcia page: 42
- Lofton And Kennerson Named Division Managers At The Offshore Company page: 43
- Berman Of NRL Recipient Of 'Distinguished Executive' Award page: 44
- $7-Million Contract For Offshore Fire Pumps Awarded To Worthington page: 44
- Philadelphia Section Of SNAME Hears Update On Coatings page: 44
- Newport News Shipbuilding Delivers U.S. Navy Nuclear-Powered Cruiser page: 44
- Linane Renamed General Chairman-Marine Section Of NSC page: 44
- Bird-Johnson Building New $5-Million Facility To Machine Blades page: 45
- EUROPORT '80 page: 46
- China Shipbuilding Delivers Self-Unloading Cement Carrier page: 47
- Don Welch Succeeds Clifford O'Hara As President Of AAPA page: 47
- Huge Jacket Launching Barge For McDermott Delivered By Hitachi page: 48
- Navy's Fleet Oiler Design Described At Chesapeake SNAME page: 48
- China Licensed To Build And Install MacGregor Cargo Access Equipment page: 49
- Coastal Towing Seeks Title XI On Eight Vessels To Cost $11.7 Million Total page: 50
- Holland America Orders $135-Million Luxury Liner From French Shipyard page: 50
- HUDSHIP Reenters Towboat Market With Delivery Of 'Belgian' page: 51
- MarAd Approves Title XI For Vessels Costing $12.4 Million page: 51
- Nagi Named Hawaii Area Sales Manager For General Cable page: 54
- Charles Truzinski Elected President Of Amhoist's Crosby Group page: 54
- Bath Iron Works Gets Navy Contracts Worth About $15.4 Million page: 56
- Trevor Smith Appointed Vice President Of CTI page: 56
- McAllister Addresses SNAME Conference On Energy Conservation page: 59
- Phillips Named Principal Surveyor-Western Europe For American Bureau page: 60
- Goff Power Blast Cleans Horizontal Surfaces- Literature Available page: 60
- $3.2-Million Contract Awarded By Avondale To Collins Division page: 61
- Trond Ulven Will Head Simrad's New West Coast Office In Seattle page: 64
- New Container Terminal Has Most Modern Paceco Gantry Crane In Alaska page: 65
- Northern California SNAME Hears Paper On Energy Conservation page: 66
- Matson Cuts Fuel Consumption page: 66
- St. Louis Ship Lays Keel For First Peavey Towboat page: 71
- Friedmann Will Head New Eclectech Office In Virginia Beach page: 72
- R.L. Lanier Elected Vice President At Martin Logicon Energy page: 72
- Masonite Introduces Lighter Joiner Panel- Literature Available page: 73
- Two Belgian Yards Merge —Jackson And Marepcon Are U.S. Representatives page: 74
- R.L. Stone To Head Maritime Affairs At Port Of San Francisco page: 74
- D.R. Enroth Named Vice President For Alaska Maritime Agencies page: 76
- Tracor To Develop Japanese Tactical Support Center page: 76
- D.J. Duffy Appointed Midwest Region Manager For Port Of Oakland page: 77
- Ballast Monitor Meets IMCO And USCG Rules- Literature Available page: 77
- Si-Tex Introduces New Line Of Marine Radars —Literature Available page: 78
- Jaeger Named Gulf Coast Marine Marketing Rep For Mobil Oil Corp. page: 78
- LOOP Awards Training Contract To Marine- Safety International page: 79
- Past Section Chairmen Honored At New York SNAME Meeting page: 80
- Olof J. Wadehn Enterprises Appointed Karl Senner, Inc. Sales Agent For East Coast —Literature Available page: 81
- Cast Acquires Seatrain Facilities In Europe And North America page: 81
- Frick Company Offers Brochure On MCM Refrigeration Compressor page: 82
- J.N. Wood Replaces F.A. Lawrence As President Of Deepsea Ventures page: 82
- J.R. Stadelman Will Head Morgan Unit Of AMCA International page: 83
- Rockwell International Gets $4-Million Contract For Navy ASW Program page: 83
- New York Port Engineers Discuss Shipbuilding Standards page: 86
- Webb Alumni Banquet November 13th Will Honor Edward Renshaw page: 86
- Ron Zeller Appointed President Of Miami-Based Norwegian Caribbean Lines page: 87
- Pressure Sensor Indicates Engine Cylinder Load- Literature Available page: 88
- Hudson Named President, Heaton And Green Senior VPs Of Arthur-Smith page: 88
- California Maritime Academy Receives Delaval Training Engine page: 90
- Ultrasonic Thickness Gage Available With LCD Readout —Literature Available page: 91
- New Systems Monitor Fuel Efficiency- Literature Available page: 95
- Allegro Ltd. Named Butterworth Systems Sales Rep In Taiwan page: 96
- New Brochure Describes PMH Maintenance System —Free Copies Available page: 96
- Antworth Named Master Of American Hawaii's Oceanic Independence page: 96
- Farmer And Breyer Named Program General Managers At GE-Daytona Beach page: 97
- Floating Drydock Topic At Fall Meeting Of SNAME Gulf Section page: 97
- Dynamics Of Moored Vessel:; Topic At Los Angeles SNAMIE page: 98
- China Shipbuilding Gets Order To Build Jackup Rig For Santa Fe page: 99
- Wink Named Sales Manager-Control Products At Denison Division page: 99
- Two Orders For Six LNG Ships At GD-Quincy Yard Will Exceed $1 Billion page: 100
- Management Changes At Devoe Marine Coatings For G. Moran And M. Sloan page: 100
- Morrow Adds Two New Chart Depth Recorders- Literature Available page: 101
- Rosenblatt Expands West Coast Operations—Gets $7.2-Million Navy Contract page: 101
- Wartsila Turku Yard Will Build Cruise Ship For Iraq page: 102
- Kings Point Fund Gets $20,000 From Dreyfus Foundation page: 102
- Todd Pacific Announces Two Management Changes At Seattle Shipyard page: 103
- lotron Gets $4-Million Shell Order For Some 70 Digiplot Radar Plotters page: 104
- Heim Named Development Engineering Manager At Rockwell International page: 104
- Burns Named Manager Of Waterman Steamship's New Office In Baltimore page: 104
- Impact Of Climatology On Ship Design Discussed At Chesapeake SNAME page: 105
- Crescent Towing And T. Smith & Son Sold To New Owners page: 106
- Newport News Shipbuilding Launches Nuclear Submarine page: 106
- Miller And Coss Join Tampa Shipyards As Vice Presidents page: 107
- Miklos And DesRochers Promoted At Systems Engineering Associates page: 107
- Halter Completes Five-Boat Contract For Pelham Marine page: 110