April 1981 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• A d d i t i o n s To T i d e w a t er Fleet V a l u e d At M o re T h a n $ 5 0 M i l l i on page: 4
• United States Cruises Acquires Title To SS 'United States' page: 4
• Improved Controllability Topic At Chesapeake Section Meeting page: 5
• 1981 RTCM ASSEMBLY page: 6
• Donald Caldera Named Senior VP-Marketing For Midland Affiliated page: 7
• ASNE Day 1981 Scheduled For April 30-May 1 In Washington page: 8
• MarAd Study Details 'Multiplier Effect' Of U.S.-Flag Merchant Fleet page: 9
• Long Beach Terminal Orders Two Additional Transtainer Cranes page: 9
• New Scanning Pyrometer For Diesel Temperatures —Literature Available page: 10
• Pisani Named Head Of MarAd's Port And Intermodal Office page: 10
• Delta Line Appoints World Shipping As Midwest Agents page: 10
• Gulf Fleet Marine Will Add 19 New Vessels At Total Cost Of $50 Million page: 11
• Marine Industries Corp. Will Market NABRICO Products In St. Louis page: 12
• American Aero To Build New Facility That Will Double Current Capacity page: 12
• Twin EMD Diesels Power Newest Turecamo Tug Built By Matton page: 12
• New Cruise Line Features Yacht-Like Luxury Ships page: 12
• Naikai Zosen Delivers Versatile Cargo Ship For Philippines page: 14
• Chesapeake Shipbuilding Constructing Third Vessel For American Cruise Lines page: 14
• Watts Named President And Chief Operating Officer Of Solus Ocean Systems page: 14
• Levingston Launches Jackup Drilling Rig For Dixilyn-Field page: 14
• Hampton Roads SNAME Hears Paper On Shipboard Piping page: 14
• Halter Delivers Tug/Supply Boat To D.F. Levy Marine page: 15
• Consortium To Offer New Container Service Between Canada And Europe page: 16
• District Engineer James Ton Gets Philadelphia SAME Award page: 16
• Ship Structure Committee Offers Three Free Technical Reports page: 16
• New Drydock Doubles Capacity At Newport News Shipbuilding page: 16
• Fuel Utilization Seminar And Exposition Scheduled For Baltimore Sept. 1-4 page: 17
• Enclosed Lifeboats Serve As Escape Craft For Offshore Oil Platforms page: 17
• New Tube-Cleaning Unit Announced By Goodway —Literature Available page: 18
• William Turner Named Vice President For Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring page: 18
• IHI Delivers Suction Dredge And Tug To Mexican Government page: 18
• Los Angeles SNAME Discusses Liquid Level Gauging By Radar page: 18
• New Cummins Brochure Describes K Series Of Marine Diesel Engines page: 19
• American President Lines To Test Feasibility Of 45-Foot Cargo Containers page: 19
• NOR-SHIPPING '81 page: 20
• New Supply/Fire-Fighting Vessel Delivered To Gulf Fleet Marine page: 20
• NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT A Review page: 22
• Liquefied Gas Minicarrier Delivered By Moss Verft page: 23
• Hayward Offers New Line Of Valve Operating Stands —Literature Available page: 24
• Automatic Logging System Developed By NMS— Literature Available page: 24
• Neorion Yard Expands Its Gritblasting And Coating Facilities page: 25
• $5-Million Contract Awarded By South Jersey Port Corporation page: 26
• J.J. McCarthy Appointed Director Of Sales At Waukesha Engine Division page: 27
• Curry Named VP And Ritch Secretary Of Ogden Corporation page: 27
• Fraser Shipyard Will Convert Three U.S. Steel Ore Boats To Self-Unloaders page: 28
• Tracor Introduces New Satellite Navigator —Literature Available page: 29
• Gems Offers Explosion- Proof Junction Boxes —Literature Available page: 30
• B&W-Powered Bulk Carrier Delivered By Hitachi Zosen page: 32
• Barges Carried Some 40 Percent Of U.S. Grain Exported In 1980 page: 33
• Floating Desalination Plant Ordered From Krupp By Abu Dhabi page: 34
• Tacoma Boat Had Record Year In 1980—Backlog Is More Than $300 Million page: 34
• S N A M E N e w E n g l a nd S e c t i o n Hears Paper On Thrust B e a r i n gs page: 38
• & K To B u i l d Split H u l l H o p p e r Dredge For H e i n r i c h Hirdes page: 38
• Santa Fe Drilling's Seven Offshore Rigs To Cost $350 Million page: 40
• Brent Christens Cummins-Powered Towboat 'Melinda Brent# page: 42
• Corpus Christi Gets Its First Floating Drydock page: 44
• GM-Powered Towboat 'Trotter' Delivered By Hudson Shipbuilders page: 46
• Marinette Launches Another Berthing Barge For U.S. Navy page: 46
• Mare Island Naval Shipyard Elects New NCAA Officers page: 46
• Hellenic Lines To Convert Four Cargo Ships To Container Vessels page: 48
• Standard 35,000-dwt Bulk Carrier Developed By Japan's Nippon Kokan page: 48
• Choctaw Asks Title XI For Rig Reconstruction To Cost $86 Million page: 48
• OTC 81 page: 49
• VPA Draws Plans For 25-Million-Ton Coal Exporting Facility page: 51
• ASNE Delaware Valley Chapter Hears Report On Delaware River page: 51
• Holland-America Selects Sulzer Diesel Engines For Its Two Cruise Ships page: 51
• Promet Private Launches Jackup Drilling Rig For Sedco page: 52
• SNAME New York Section Honors William J. Dormari page: 52
• Marathon LeTourneau, C-E And Sea Tank Form New Company page: 53
• Broughton Rig Commissioned At Bethlehem's Beaumont Yard page: 54
• Mangone Swiftships Delivers Pocket Tanker To Sun Transport page: 54
• Long Beach-Los Angeles ASNE Elects New Officers page: 54
• New Catalog Describes Coppus Engineering's Turbine Generator Sets page: 55
• Big Car Carrier 'Glorious Ace' Completed By Hitachi Zosen page: 56
• HUDSHIP Delivers Twin Supply Vessels To Gray Mackenzie page: 56
• Lykes President W.J. Amoss Receives American Legion Merchant Marine Award page: 70
• IME Eastern U.S.A. Branch Hears Paper On Fuel Treatment page: 70
• Ridgon And Almerico Named Managers At Gulf Fleet Marine page: 86
• Bailey Delivers Two 60-Ton Water Chilling Units To Navy page: 86
• Canadian Pacific To Buy One-Third Share In Dart Containerline page: 86
• New Brochure On Arc Welding Available From Westinghouse Electric page: 88
• Brown And Symon Named To Board Of Liberian Shipowners' Council page: 89
• Honeywell ELAC Introduces Survey/Sediment Sounder —Literature Available page: 89
• HUDSHIP's First 85-Foot Towboat Delivered To Energy Transport page: 90
• Advanced Marine Enterprises Announces Corporate Changes And Move To New Facilities page: 92
• Zapata Marine Service Announces Assignments In Its Marketing Group page: 95
• New Brochure Describes History And Products Of Sulzer Bros., Inc. page: 95
• Denyer Succeeds Nelson As Managing Director Of Butterworth Systems (UK) page: 96
• Advanced Studies Center Dedicated At Maine Maritime Academy page: 96
• Literature Available On Pourable Resin Chocking For Stern Tube Assembly page: 96
• New Customer Support Organization Implemented By Honeywell Marine page: 97
• Paul Hall Named First Posthumous Recipient Of AOTOS Award page: 98
• American Commercial Asks Title XI On Towboats And Barges To Cost $84 Million page: 98
• Wheeler Named U.S. Agent For Royal Schelde's Repair Yard At Vlissingen page: 99
• Promet Private Launches Jackup r For The Offshore Comrp an7y page: 100
• Hitachi Zosen Delivers Bulk Carrier For Norwegian Owner page: 100
• New Protective Fender For Offshore Structures Developed By Seaward page: 101
• Proceedings Of 1980 REAPS Symposium Now Available page: 101
• David Porter Elected Vice President Of Childs Engineering page: 103
• Institute Marks 25 Years Of Containerized Shipping page: 103
• New Pipe Freezing Kit Saves Time And Money —Literature Available page: 103
• Soviet Union Orders Nine ACVs From Wartsila Helsinki Yard page: 106
• Richard Davis Named Director Of Service At Waukesha Engine page: 107
• Dome Will Employ Japanese Technology In New Shipyard page: 110
• Wayne Harper Named Sales Engineer For Delta Shipyard page: 110
• Isdahl And Sotir Named Senior Vice Presidents At Royal Viking Line page: 111
• Port Of Los Angeles Approves Major Coal Terminal Concept page: 112
• Webb Institute Receives $25,000 Grant From The Teagle Foundation page: 112