February 1981 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Irv H. Dennen Named President Of Fairbanks Morse Engine Division page: 4
• Sale Of IOT To Southern Natural Resources Closed —Executives Announced page: 5
• Two New River Terminals Added By Alter—Third To Be Constructed page: 6
• Dockery Succeeds Warden As President Of Raytheon Marine page: 6
• Omnithruster Awarded INMA Tuna Fleet Contract page: 6
• Gulf Fleet's 102nd Vessel Is Powered By EMD Diesels page: 6
• Newport News Acquires Plant In North Carolina For Sub Support Work page: 6
• Conference Papers On Coal-Fired Ships Available From Polytech page: 6
• Kongsberg Relocates To New Facilities page: 6
• Alvin Goodspeed Named General Sales Manager At GM-Detroit Diesel page: 7
• Bath Iron Works To Build $25-Million Training Simulator For U.S. Navy page: 7
• Port Of Galveston Announces Four Management Promotions page: 7
• Electro-Nav's New Watch Receiver Meets I M C O Requirements page: 7
• Avondale Lays Keel For Largest U.S.-Built Diesel-Powered Containership page: 8
• Cargo Ship For Philippines Owner Delivered By Hitachi page: 8
• Vemar Shipyard Delivers Its First Offshore Rig To Glendell Drilling page: 8
• Report On Domestic Offshore Oil Published page: 8
• Crane Manufacturers Friedrich Kocks And Peiner Have Merged page: 9
• Baxter Named President And Board Member Of The Foxboro Company page: 9
• MARINE DECK MACHINERY A REVIEW page: 10
• Swiftships Delivers GM-Powered Utility Boat To CO-MAR page: 10
• James Thompsen Heads Marketing Of Woolsey Commercial Products page: 10
• Sun Ship To Focus On Ship Repair Work page: 10
• Robert Scott Named Assistant Vice President Of Gibbs & Cox, Inc. page: 10
• SUNY Maritime College Gets $2,000 Grant From Gulf Oil Foundation page: 10
• SAME's Philadelphia Post Elects Officers — Pistilli Named President page: 12
• Waukesha Engine Will Manufacture Sulzer Diesels Under License page: 13
• Halter Delivers Large Pilot Boat For Middle East Service page: 14
• $142-Million Contract For Two Tankers Awarded To Bath Iron Works page: 14
• FMC Coffin Pump Will Produce And Distribute TCU Turbochargers In U.S. page: 14
• New National Officers Elected By Marine Technology Society page: 14
• Blancke Marine Awarded Design Contact For Inter-Island Combo Vessel page: 16
• Shipboard Habitability Conference Sponsored By SNAME April 7-9 page: 16
• Swiftships Takes Over Mangone Shipbuilding From Stewart And Stevenson page: 16
• Petersen And O'Hara Elected Vice Presidents For Todd's L.A. Division page: 17
• Stanwick Corporation Appointed Exclusive Agents For Fredriksstad page: 17
• Hitachi Zosen Gets Orders For Two More Semisubmersible Rigs page: 18
• Bethlehem Boston Yard 1980 Workload Of 80 Ships Equaled 1979 page: 18
• NASSCO Launches Products Carrier For Union Oil Company page: 18
• New Satellite Navigator Receiver Announced By Racal-Decca Navigator page: 18
• T.J. Lamb Named Systems Department Sales Manager At Engelhard Industries page: 18
• Navy Honors Sperry Contribution On 25th Anniversary Of FBM Program page: 19
• Jumboized 'Seawise Giant7 Is Now World's Biggest Tanker page: 19
• Haig And Hayward Honored At Navy League Annual Dinner page: 20
• Bethlehem's Beaumont Yard Had Outstanding 1980—Booked Into '82 page: 20
• China Shipbuilding Will Build Third Jackup For Santa Fe International page: 22
• Thomas Moran Named Chairman Of The Board For Moran Towing Corp. page: 22
• B&W Yard To Continue Technical Assistance To Samsung Shipbuilding page: 24
• Robert McCarthy Joins DEBEG Marine As Sales Manager page: 24
• Halter Marine Delivered 64 Commercial Vessels In 1980 page: 25
• Donald Chrisco Named Director Of Materials At St. Louis Ship page: 26
• Giant Belcher Barge Launched In Galveston page: 26
• NASSCO To Retrofit Three Tankers At Total Cost Of $19.8 Million page: 26
• Zigler Yard Launches 80,000-Barrel Tank Barge For Louisiana Marine page: 26
• Advanced Vessel To Join Fleet Of Tidewater Marine Joint Venture page: 27
• Zidell Awarded Big Repair Job On Army Dredge 'Pacific' page: 27
• Jackup Rig For Foramer Completed By Hitachi page: 28
• Wall Shipyard Completed $11.5 Million In Vessel Repair Work And Service In 1980 page: 28
• ASNE Flagship Section Hears Report On Craft's Aerodynamic Enhancement page: 29
• Dock Express Transports Offshore Modules To Bahrain page: 29
• Bond And Houston Get New Posts In Texaco's Marine Sales Department page: 29
• Caterpillar-Powered Trawler Completed By G&W Industries page: 32
• Cadiz Yard Of AESA Delivers Three Containership Conversions page: 32
• Saint John Yard Selects Sperry, And Gibbs & Cox For Frigate Design Team page: 32
• NICOR Inc. Acquires Acadian Marine Service page: 33
• Subsidy Board Approves CDS For $1.7-Million Delta Line Retrofits page: 33
• Guralnick Associates Awarded Study Contract By State Of Alaska page: 33
• Two Big Bulkfleet Barges Christened At Quincy Yard page: 34
• Dravo SteelShip Delivers Three Towboats To Radcliff page: 34
• Wesmar's Scanning Sonar Has Long Range For Greater Efficiency page: 34
• C.G. Caras Rejoins Ogden Corporation As Vice President page: 34
• GE Reorganizes Its Installation & Service Engineering Division page: 36
• Gulf Oil Opens New Service Facility In Staten Island, N.Y. page: 36
• Students Present Papers At Meeting Of SNAME New England Section page: 36
• Brochure Describing New Diesel Lube Oil Available From Mobil page: 36
• Captain McVay Named Vice President Of Moran Towing & Transportation page: 37
• Mynaugh Appointed Engineering Manager At Interocean Management page: 37
• Robert Nystrom Named Division Chief At Anderson Associates page: 37
• Todd Gets $32 Million In Commercial Contracts- Earnings Up For Quarter page: 37
• Allis-Chalmers Named U.S. Licensee For B&W Slow-Speed Diesels page: 39
• Newport News Completes Jumboizing Of Two Tankers page: 40
• Marine Industries Hosts Reception For NYC Shipowners page: 40
• Gulf Fleet To Provide Five Vessels For India's Offshore Operations page: 40
• NKK Delivers Its First Car/Bulk Carrier With Hoistable Decks page: 41
• Naval Civilian Administrators Establish New Chapter page: 41
• IOT Announces Two Management Appointments page: 41
• Burmeister & Wain Delivers First Panamax Bulk Carrier page: 42
• Floating Weir Skimmer Collects Oil Spills In Harbors Or Offshore page: 42
• Todd-Seattle Yard Promotes Five—McDonnell Appointed Assistant General Manager page: 43
• Future Ship Designs Topic At ASNE Northern New England Section Meeting page: 43
• Hitachi Completes Jackup Drilling Rig For India page: 43
• $2.5-Million Order For SPM Inventory Buoy Awarded To IMODCO page: 43
• Executive Appointments Announced By Crowley Caribbean Division page: 43
• VHF Automatic Digital Direction Finders Announced By Simrad page: 43
• Blount Marine Delivers Deutz-Powered Cruise Vessel page: 43
• Chesapeake SNAME Discusses World Shipbuilding Practices page: 44
• Roland Malins-Smith Joins Concorde Line As Vice President page: 45
• New Brochure Describes Repair Facilities At Norfolk Shipbuilding page: 45
• F.A. Martin & Ottaway Expands Operation To United Kingdom page: 45
• Benson Named Manager Of Peterson's Hazardous Materials Division page: 58
• Derrick/Supply Vessel Now In Gulf Service For Tidewater page: 58
• Two Detroit-Powered Tugboats Completed By Manly Shipyards page: 58