May 1981 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Guidelines For Tanker Requirements Available From U.S. Coast Guard page: 4
• PORTEX '81 page: 6
• Megasystems To Supply Monitoring Equipment For 8 Oceangoing Tugs page: 6
• MarAd Study Predicts Big Fuel Savings For Sail Assisted Ships page: 6
• Dr. P.W. Murrill Elected To Tidewater Board page: 7
• Hitachi Zosen Delivers Products Carrier To Panamanian Owner page: 8
• Matson Orders Econics Fuel Optimizers—Reports 3.5% Savings In Fuel page: 8
• Sun Ship Jumboizing 'Lurline' Using Unique "Reverse Launch" page: 8
• Vander Laan Promoted To Vice President Of Soros Associates page: 9
• BSC Lays Keel For Bulk Barge page: 10
• New Hercules Brochure Describes Advantages Of Chlorinated Rubber page: 10
• Johnson Named Manager Of Shipyard Systems For Hydranautics Hydraulic page: 10
• Wronowski Fleet Adds First Boat With Cummins KTA-3067M Engines page: 10
• Promet Launches Offshore Supply Vessel For Jackson Marine page: 10
• Bell-Halter Delivers First Commercial SES To Command Marine page: 12
• Port Engineers/SUNY Forum Discussed Fuels-Present And Future page: 12
• Big IOT Petroleum Barge Launched At Galveston Shipbuilding page: 12
• SNAME Northern California Section Hears Paper On "Dejumboizing page: 12
• Mobil Orders Sperry Advanced Navigation System For The 'Mobile Search' page: 13
• Gearmatic Announces New Hydraulic Hoist —Literature Available page: 14
• New Oily Water Separator Exceeds USCG Standards —Literature Available page: 14
• B&W Delivers Second Panamax Bulker-14 More On Order page: 14
• Howson Elected President And COO Of McDermott's Marine Construction Unit page: 15
• Twin Disc Introduces New Torque Converters —Literature Available page: 15
• Shaver Transportation Acquires Big Towboat "Cascades' page: 16
• Promet W i l l Build The First Of Its Kind Of Rig For Elf page: 16
• G l o b a l M a r i n e Oil A n d Gas Unit Names Hatcher President page: 16
• First Saudi-Owned Shipping Company Gets First Vessel page: 18
• Anastasio Elected President Of Marine Concrete Structures page: 18
• C.T. Palo Appointed Marine Superintendent For McAllister-Philadelphia page: 18
• New Catalog Available From WABCO Describes Marine Control Valves page: 18
• Kurzenhauser Named Vice President-Production At St. Louis Ship page: 19
• New Spicer Universal Joint Couplings Described In New Catalog page: 19
• McDermott Unit Renamed —Earles And Foster Appointed Senior VPs page: 19
• SNAME Los Angeles Section Discusses Lineshaft Alignment page: 20
• New On-Site Generator Produces On-Demand Oxygen From Ambient Air page: 20
• Electric Propulsion Systems Discussed At SNAME Chesapeake Section page: 20
• New Lifting Technique Lowers Costs In Construction Of Drilling Rigs page: 20
• Title XI Approved For Seven Rio Marine Barges Costing $8.7 Million page: 21
• Kiyotaka Furuno Wins Award Presented By NMEA page: 21
• Westfalia Oil Purifiers Improve Performance- Literature Available page: 21
• Far East-Levingston To Build Drillship For Global Marine page: 21
• Wardwell Named Chairman And Lesch Elected Vice Chairman Of NOIA page: 22
• PROPELLERS '81 page: 22
• Larry Anderson Named Marketing Manager For Raytheon Marine page: 23
• New Technical Reports Now Available From Ship Structure Committee page: 23
• T A N O A w a r d e d $1.9-Million Contract By B I W Yard For A u t o m a t i o n Systems page: 24
• Texaco Names Dubuisson To N e w Offshore Post page: 24
• Gerald Carson Joins APL As North America Director Of Operations page: 25
• New Liquid Cargo System Introduced By Vu-Gage— Literature Available page: 25
• NICOR Expands Offshore Fleet With Acquisition Of Two Additional Companies page: 26
• Grant Hagen Joins Designers & Planners page: 26
• NCAA Chapter Awards Honorary Membership To Captain Barnaby page: 27
• SNAME To Sponsor Exhibition At 90th Annual Meeting In 1982 page: 27
• B.F. Jensen Merges With Norwegian-Owned Marine Consultant Firm page: 27
• Higbee And Marchiando Get New Responsibilities At National Supply Company page: 28
• Delaval Gets $14.5-Million Contract For Diesel Engines To Power Falcon I Tankers page: 28
• ASNE Delaware Valley Chapter Holds Meeting At Philadelphia Naval Base page: 28
• Admiral D.G. Iselin Joins Raymond Unit page: 28
• Big Testing Basin In Norway Built At Cost Of $25 Million page: 29
• ABS Signs Cooperation Agreement With Chinese Classification Society page: 30
• Polypropylene Netting Protects Marine Cargo —Literature Available page: 30
• Dwight Toney Appointed Sales And Operations Manager At American Aero page: 30
• Hitachi Completes Combination Cargo Carrier For Galleon Shipping page: 30
• Penco To Market Showa's Fuel Mixing System page: 31
• Global And Japanese Firm Jointly Offer Offshore Production Systems page: 31
• Blohm + Voss Plans To Manufacture Its Joiner System On Gulf Coast page: 32
• HUDSHIP Announces Major Expansion Of Shipbuilding Operation page: 32
• V. Wayne Davis Elected President Of NCAA Norfolk Naval Shipyard Chapter page: 32
• IHI Delivers Japan's Biggest Helicopter Destroyer page: 33
• Sail Systems For Commercial Ships Could Cut Fuel Costs 30% —Literature Available page: 33
• Four More Rigs Ordered At General Dynamics' Charleston Facility page: 34
• Symposium On Ship Operations To Be Held In New York November 17-19 page: 34
• Armco's Nitronic 50 Ideal For Downhole Use —Literature Available page: 35
• Ice Tech 81 page: 36
• New Brochure On Hoists, Winches And Mooring Systems Offered By Skagit page: 38
• Nuclear-Powered Sub 'Houston' Launched At Newport News Yard page: 39
• Main Iron Works Delivers Alco-Powered 'Karen Ann' To Corpus Christi Marine Services page: 39
• Designers & Planners Completes Replacement Study On Alaska Ferry page: 40
• Fireboat Design Contract To Nickum & Spaulding page: 42
• GM-Powered Towboat 'Jeanie-K' Delivered By Riverway Shipyard page: 42
• Penco Appointed U.S. Agent For Bremer Vulcan page: 42
• DeJong & Associates To Design New Tug Series For Corps Of Engineers page: 44
• Bailey Reorganizes Miami Operations—Paul Gausted Appointed Vice President page: 44
• New Worldwide Service Company Formed By Racal-Decca Group page: 45
• Van Dawark Appointed President Of Dillingham Maritime Division page: 45
• Avondale Gets $300-Million Contract From Exxon For Three Products Carriers page: 46
• Brochure And Technical Data Sheets Describe ZF Marine Gears page: 46
• Admiral Fugaro Named Senior Vice President Of Great Lakes Towing page: 46
• Liberian Shipowners Refute UNCTAD Proposals In Two New Reports page: 47
• New Brochure Describes Jackups Available From Marathon LeTourneau page: 47
• Maintenance Repair And Overhaul Parts Catalog From Reliance Electric page: 47
• Two Power Plant Barges For The Philippines Completed By Hitachi page: 47
• Pacific Northwest SNAME Holds Annual Student Meeting page: 48
• Swiss Fabricating Provided Staging For New Drydocks At Newport News Ship page: 48
• Van der Naillen Named AWO Board Chairman page: 48
• Acadiana Shipbuilding Completes Yard Expansion page: 48
• MarAd Approves Title XI On Five Beker Vessels page: 48
• Racker And Vincent Named Assistant Vice Presidents At Lykes Bros. Steamship page: 48
• M a r A d Postpones Bidding On Five Obsolete Ships page: 49
• Simrad Loran C Receiver Is Fully A u t o m a t i c - Literature A v a i l a b le page: 49
• Hoffert Marine Adds Hundested Propellers To Its Product Line page: 49
• Levingston Lays Keel For First Jackup Rig For Noble Drilling page: 49
• W.R. Laws Elected To Executive VP At Geosource page: 49
• H.P. Drewry Offers 125- Page Study 'Governments And Dry Bulk Shipping' page: 50
• Hydranautics' Transfer System Now In Use At Rauma Repola Yard page: 50
• Sause Bros. Barge-Building Facility In Coos Bay Nearing Completion page: 50
• Martinez And Faass Join Waukesha Engine Division In International Sales Posts page: 51
• Biggest Stuelckenmast Floating Crane Delivered By Blohm + Voss page: 51
• Sixth Supply Boat Delivered To Marsea Marine By Halter page: 51
• Navy Awards Tracor $7.6-Million Contract page: 52
• MarAd Offers Canadian Transshipment Study page: 53
• Mid-Coast Marine To Build $1-Million Pusher Towboat For Mexican Owner page: 53
• N&SA Names Stumbo And Hagemann Vice Presidents page: 53
• Braden Offers New Series Of Improved Winches- Literature Available page: 53
• Omnithruster Appoints Manotherm Representative For Benelux Countries page: 54
• Dallas-Based Company To Open Coal-Exporting Facility At Port Of Albany page: 55
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard NCAA Presents Productivity Award page: 58
• Industrial Marine Achieved Rapid Turnaround Time In Repairing Drilling Rig page: 58
• Second Latex Carrier For Firestone Christened At Koyo Dock Yards page: 60
• New Ship/Shore Power Connectors From J o y - Literature Available page: 60
• AUM Appointed Exclusive Worldwide Marketer Of NRG Lube Treatments page: 60
• Conrad Industries Names McAdams And Bailey To New Management Posts page: 61
• Galatas And Graham Get Promotions At Southern Shipbuilding Corporation page: 62
• Amoco Foundation Contributes To Maine Maritime Academy page: 62
• Two Double-Hull Bunkering Barges Delivered By Nashville Bridge page: 66
• Cummins-Powered 110-Foot 'Comet7 Delivered To Shippen Marine page: 66