May 15, 1981 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• 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
• Wronowski Fleet Adds First Boat With Cummins KTA-3067M Engines page: 10
• Promet Launches Offshore Supply Vessel For Jackson Marine page: 10
• 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
• B&W Delivers Second Panamax Bulker-14 More On Order page: 14
• 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
• McDermott Unit Renamed —Earles And Foster Appointed Senior VPs page: 19
• Electric Propulsion Systems Discussed At SNAME Chesapeake Section page: 20
• New Lifting Technique Lowers Costs In Construction Of Drilling Rigs page: 20
• Far East-Levingston To Build Drillship For Global Marine page: 21
• PROPELLERS '81 page: 22
• 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
• NICOR Expands Offshore Fleet With Acquisition Of Two Additional Companies page: 26
• Grant Hagen Joins Designers & Planners page: 26
• ASNE Delaware Valley Chapter Holds Meeting At Philadelphia Naval Base page: 28
• Admiral D.G. Iselin Joins Raymond Unit page: 28
• 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
• IHI Delivers Japan's Biggest Helicopter Destroyer page: 33
• Sail Systems For Commercial Ships Could Cut Fuel Costs 30% —Literature Available page: 33
• 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
• Two Power Plant Barges For The Philippines Completed By Hitachi page: 47
• 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
• Levingston Lays Keel For First Jackup Rig For Noble Drilling page: 49
• W.R. Laws Elected To Executive VP At Geosource page: 49
• Sause Bros. Barge-Building Facility In Coos Bay Nearing Completion page: 50
• 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
• N&SA Names Stumbo And Hagemann Vice Presidents page: 53
• Braden Offers New Series Of Improved Winches- Literature Available page: 53
• Two Double-Hull Bunkering Barges Delivered By Nashville Bridge page: 66
• Cummins-Powered 110-Foot 'Comet7 Delivered To Shippen Marine page: 66