June 1981 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• SPC Coatings Combat Rising Fuel Costs- Literature Available page: 5
• Ryan-Walsh Bulk Terminal In New Orleans Resumes Coal-Handling Operations page: 5
• Brochure Available On Gilkes Self-Priming Pumps For Marine Market page: 6
• Henschel Changes Name Of Its Oklahoma Unit To Tulsa Division page: 6
• Atlantic Marine To Build Cat-Powered Drill Barge For Mecom Company page: 6
• National Marine Service Adds Sixth Drydock At Its Harvey Shipyard page: 6
• General Ship Expands Its Facilities In South Boston page: 6
• Floating Doughnut Crane Shown At Shugart Crane Conference page: 7
• EMD-Powered 'Gulf Condor' Delivered By Quality Shipyards page: 8
• RCA Opens Marine Services Office In Morgan City, La. page: 8
• Hans Schaefer Succeeds Arthur Stout As President Of Todd Shipyards page: 8
• FELS To Construct Semisubmersible Rig For Western Company page: 9
• David Parrot To Head New Aldenships Division Of John G. Alden Firm page: 9
• Edward Walsh Named Asst VP And Controller At J.J. Henry Company page: 9
• Oosterhuis Talk Describes Decline In Fuel Q u a l i t y - Free Copies Available page: 10
• Second Occidental Tug/Barge Unit Christened At Avondale Yard page: 10
• Megasystems To Provide Automation Package For Southern-Built Dredge page: 10
• Interlake's 'De Lancey' Christened- Longest Vessel On The Great Lakes page: 12
• Dravo Negotiating To Buy Operating Assets Of Nilo Barge Line From Olin page: 14
• Brochure Available On Foster Wheeler Boilers And Auxiliary Equipment page: 14
• A TIME OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS, ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT page: 15
• Vincent Ferraro Named Estimating VP For Savannah Shipyard page: 15
• Paceco Container Crane Arrives At Massport's Castle Island Terminal page: 15
• NASSCO Lays Keel Of First In Series Of Product Carriers For American Tankships page: 16
• Bay Shipbuilding Completes EMD-Powered Columbia Star page: 16
• Bryant Named Manager Of McGraw-Edison's New Marine Marketing Dept. page: 17
• Three New Technical Reports Available From Ship Structure Committee page: 17
• Penske Offers Brochure On Diesels/Gas Turbines For Marine/Offshore Power page: 18
• Subsidy Approved On USL Conversion Job To Cost $5.3 Million page: 18
• Consolidated Inland Opens East Division Office— R.R. Simms Named Manager page: 18
• El Paso Promotes Three- Harry Ray Named VP Of El Paso Marine page: 18
• MOBILE JACKUP PLATFORMSPAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE page: 19
• Serrie Joins Levingston As VP Of Operations page: 19
• lotron Conducts ARPA Demonstration In New York City page: 20
• First Of Five Hydrofoil Combatants Launched By Boeing Marine Systems page: 20
• ALL INDICATORS POINT TO DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR BARGE CAPACITY page: 22
• Levingston Reorganized— Barrios, Covington And Wise To Head Three Units page: 22
• B IW Awarded $247-Million Navy Contract To Build Three Missile Frigates page: 24
• North Florida Shipyards Appoints Three—White Named Production Manager page: 25
• Captain Barry Roberts Named CO Of USCG's Curtis Bay Shipyard page: 25
• James Retert Joins Waukesha Engine As Director Of Marketing page: 27
• New U.S. Built Coal-Fired Ship To Be Powered By G.E. Steam Turbine page: 27
• Wasacz Succeeds Gray As President Of Matson Navigation page: 28
• Bel-Aire Yard To Build Two Tuna Seiners At Total Cost Of $20 Million page: 29
• AWO'S AMERICAN WATERWAYS SHIPYARD CONFERENCE IS SHAPING POLICY FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH page: 33
• Washburn & Doughty Delivers Combination Scalloper-Dragger page: 34
• GE-Powered Product Carrier For Union Oil Christened At NASSCO page: 34
• South Jersey Port Orders Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Crane From Kocks page: 35
• U.S. NAVY - A MORE POWERFUL FUTURE page: 39
• RORO81 PREVIEW page: 39
• First Of Three Waterman Combination Carriers Features Largest MacGregor Stern Ramp page: 40
• OFFSHORE DRILLING RIGS, SUPPORT VESSELS, NAVY SHIPS, INLAND BARGES, AND REPAIR WORK BRIGHTEN THE U.S. PICTURE page: 41
• Canadian Yards And Government Speed Up Shipbuilding Training page: 41
• EDO Gets $3.9-Million Navy Award To Improve Existing ASW System page: 42
• Barber Steamship Lines Names Steven Roberts Assistant Vice President page: 43
• Navy Awards $276-Million Contract To Todd For Three Additional FFGs page: 43
• Promet Gets $60-Million Order For Drill Rig For Sedco Incorporated page: 44
• A VIEW OF WORLDWIDE SHIPBUILDING REVEALS SIGNS OF REVIVAL IN SOME SECTORS page: 45
• CANADIAN EAST COAST OFFSHORE SERVICE VESSELS-EXPERIENCES AND PROBABLE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS page: 50
• CANADA'S EAST COAST OFFSHORE OIL POTENTIALOPPORTUNITIES FOR SHIPBUILDING page: 52
• First Aegis Missile Cruiser Christened At Ingalls Yard page: 58
• Blount Delivers Commuter Boat To Fire Island Ferries page: 58
• Promet Private Limited Completes Jackup Service Barge For Sun Contractors page: 60
• Cornelsen Named Manager- Technical Operations For Well Control Systems page: 60
• Northern New England ASNE Holds Joint Meeting With NCAA & NANTS page: 64
• 'Griffin-Alexander I' Now In Service- First Of Eight Costing $280 Million page: 66
• SNAME Philadelphia Section Hears Report On Stack Performance page: 66
• Captain Sandberg Honored At New York Section SNAME Meeting page: 66
• Smit International Performs Tow Of Huge Production Platform page: 70
• Jackup For Houston Offshore Commissioned At Bethlehem Yard page: 70
• Joe B. Foster Named An Executive Vice President Of Tenneco Inc. page: 71
• New Booklet Lists Oil Spill Prevention And Cleanup Organizations page: 74
• New Brochure Describes Goodway's Full Line Of Tube Cleaning Equipment page: 74
• New Armco Weld Wire Accepted By U.S. Navy —Literature Available page: 77
• New Brochure Describes Sewage Treatment Plants From Weir Pumps Limited page: 78
• J.D. Cain Appointed A Division Manager For Racal-Decca Survey page: 79
• Wilson Walton Develops New Marine Incinerator —Literature Available page: 79
• DCC Orders Satellite Ground Equipment From Scientific-Atlanta page: 80
• Charles Orem, President Of Bird-Johnson, Named Chief Executive Officer page: 80
• J.P. Elverdin Appointed Vice President-Shipping For United States Steel page: 81
• Uniroyal Collapsible Rubber Drums Are Rugged —Literature Available page: 81
• Student Paper Presented At SNAME Northern California page: 82
• Catalog Detailing Its Full Line Of Products Available From Kraissl page: 82
• Ordering Brisk At Dravo, Including Four Towboats At Cost Of $16 Million page: 84
• N.A. DiRenzo To Head New Philadelphia Office Of Designers & Planners page: 84
• Western Gear Awarded $1.5-Million Contract For Six Drilling Rig Drives page: 84
• Jan van Lier Named A Vice President Of Moore McCormack Resources page: 85
• Student Papers Presented At Los Angeles SNAME page: 85
• Sedco Jackup Drilling Rig Christened At Promet Yard page: 86
• Detroit-Powered Towboat Delivered To FOSTI By Orange Shipbuilding page: 86
• W.L. Kwitchoff Named VP-General Superintendent At Savannah Shipyard page: 87
• Lunceford Elected Board Chairman And President Of National River Academy page: 87
• Vu-Gctge Systems Ordered By NASSCO For Tankers page: 88
• Wood Elected President Of Northwest Towboat Association, Seattle page: 88
• R.E. Fisher Appointed VP-Marine Services At SeaTec International page: 88
• DEBEG Marine Opens New U.S. Headquarters page: 89
• Hampton Roads SNAME Meeting Featured Sailing Film-Narration page: 91
• Puget Sound ASNE Hears Firsthand Account Of 'Prinzendam' Incident page: 92
• Rivtow Straits Orders EMD-Powered Tugboat From John Manly Yard page: 92
• Fred Shumaker Joins McClure Associates As Vice President page: 92
• Sun Transport's Latest Carrier Has Many Advanced Features page: 93
• Albert Termo Named VP-Marketing And Planning At Universal Maritime page: 94
• Norshipco Names New Officers—Wesley Payne Promoted To Senior VP page: 94
• Yugoslav Shipyards Licensed To Build Rigs Designed By Levingston page: 95
• Walter Beam Named Vice President-Research And Development At Sperry page: 95
• Brochure Available On O i l / W a t e r Emulsifier From Cleanodan A/S page: 97
• Levingston To Build Rig For Mexican Owner At its Port Arthur Division page: 97
• $1.2-Million In Marisat Terminal Contracts Goes To Scientific-Atlanta page: 98
• Madeo Appointed Vice President-Operations For Ocean Salvors page: 98
• Riva Schwartz Promoted To Sales Manager For Simrad, Inc. page: 100
• $622,500 Contract For Atlantic Marine Yard Authorized By MSB page: 100
• New Brochure Describes High-Level Tanker Alarm With Automatic Shutdown page: 100
• Marinette Marine Awarded $1-Million Navy Contract For MCM Evaluation page: 102
• Forthofer And Reardon Named Vice Presidents For Perry Oceanographies page: 102
• Hitachi To Supply Four B&W Type Marine Diesels To People's Republic page: 103
• Hermann Helms Named VP-International For Lykes Bros. Steamship page: 103
• Reception Honors Wheeler's Appointment As Exclusive Agent For Schelde Yard page: 104
• New Kawasaki Stern Bulb System Provided Impressive Fuel Savings On Trial Run page: 104
• Marine Moisture's Tank Gauging Meets IMCO Rules —Literature Available page: 105
• Orders For Vessels Built To American Bureau Class Surged In 1980 page: 107
• Matson Promotes Three- John Couch Appointed Senior Vice President page: 107
• Macawber To Prepare Coal-Handling Manual Under MarAd Contract page: 108
• Hartzell Marine Blowers Meet Federal Specs- Literature Available page: 108
• Rick Comoglio Appointed Sales Engineer For EG&G Sea-Link Systems page: 108
• Ingalls To Build Second Jackup For Bonito Offshore page: 109
• Drew Promotes Three In Ameroid Marine D i v i s i o n - Kay Named Vice President page: 109
• Big Living Quarters Module For North Sea Production Rig Delivered By Blohm + Voss Yard page: 110
• N a t i o n a l Supply Promotes Three In Sales—Petersen Named VP-Marketing page: 112
• Boston VLCC Companies Ask For Title XI Aid On Tanker Retrofits page: 115
• New Gems Flow Switches Designed For Heavy D u t y - Literature Available page: 115
• Selfbulk Vessel Provides Versatile Cargo-Handling System page: 116
• Bender Yard Awarded Contract To Re-power Towboat 'Great America' With S.E.M.T. Pielstick Engines page: 117
• Bayou Black Shipyard Delivers Crewboat And Pusher To Sundance page: 134
• Admiral John M. W i l l - Navy And Merchant Marine Leader-1900-1981 page: 134