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Bel-Aire Yard To Build

Two Tuna Seiners At

Total Cost Of $20 Million

Bel-Aire Shipyard Ltd. of

North Vancouver, British Colum- bia, Canada, has received a $20- million contract from Atunera

Coinseco S.P.A. de C.V. of Mexico

City, Mexico, to build two tuna seiners. The vessels are Canadian- designed by naval architects

Cleaver & Walkingshaw Ltd. of

Vancouver.

Designed for commercial deep- sea tuna fishing, each 1,300-ton vessel is large enough to accom- modate a helicopter landing pad on her bridge deck. These seiners will be 225 feet long with 43-foot beam, and powered by a 3,600- bhp diesel engine. Refrigerated fish wells are designed to hold a total of 52,000 cubic feet of tuna.

Accommodations for a crew of 20 persons will be provided.

According to George Forbes, president and general manager of Bel-Aire, "Production will be- gin immediately on this contract, which will employ approximately 150 people over its 15-month du- ration."

Joseph Derra Promoted

To Program Manager At

Waukesha Engine Division

Joseph Derra

Waukesha Engine Division,

Dresser Industries, Inc., an- nounced the promotion of Joseph

Derra to the position of program manager. His major responsibil- ity will be the technical coordina- tion of the new Sulzer diesel en- gine product line, which was re- cently announced by Waukesha.

Prior to joining Waukesha in 1975, he had design engine expe- rience in diesel engines, gas tur- bines, and compressors at Rex- nord and Allis-Chalmers.

Waukesha Engine Division is a manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel and gas engines for the petroleum, marine, off-highway vehicles, and power generation markets.

Del Crook Joins Beker

Industries As Manager

At Louisiana Plant

Louis J. Kupfer Jr., vice presi- dent of the Louisiana Region and the Marseilles, 111., plant, and B.H.

Farrow, Taft, La., plant manager, both of Beker Industries Corpo- ration, announced that D.L. (Del)

Crook has recently accepted the position of manager, material

June 15, 1981 control and marine operations at

Beker's Taft plant.

Mr. Crook brings more than 20 years' senior management and supervisory experience to this po- sition. He has held positions with the Marine Engineering Division of Amoco Marine Transportation

Company, Kure Shipyard Divi- sion of National Bulk Carriers,

Commercial Development Office of the Maritime Administration, and

SUPSHIPS Design Division of the

U.S. Navy Department.

Robert Wilson Elected

To Board Of Directors

At Anixter Bros.

Anixter Bros., Inc.'s board of directors has elected Robert J.

Wilson a director of the company.

Mr. Wilson, group vice president for wire and cable, joined the specialized international distribu- tion and manufacturing firm in 1964 as a sales representative. He was promoted to industrial sales

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME manager in 1966 and became gen- eral manager in 1968.

In 1972 he was named group vice president for the domestic wire and cable division. Three other divisions were added to his responsibilities during 1980 and 1981, including Europe and United

Kingdom; Anixter-Ohm Interna- tional, the overseas distribution arm for Cable TV, telephone and power products; and the mine and industrial division. ^^^TECH g-J The 8fh International LNG/LPG Conference and Exhibition

Congress Centrum Hamburg, 20-23 October 1981

Session 1 WORI.I) GAS SUPPLIES

Chairman: Aman H. Khan, President, GI)C Inc.. Chicago

Natural Gas for Europe — a personal viewpoint

Dr. Christoph Brecht, Director, Ruhrgas AG and

Deutseher Verein des Gas-und Wasserfachs

The USSR Gas Industry development and Soviet

Natural Gas exports to Western Europe

Sojugazexport. Moscow (speaker to be announced)

Algeria's natural gas export policy

Dr. M. Belguedj, Director for Gas Exports, Sonatrach,

Algiers

International trade in LNG: Present projects and future outlook

Edward K. Faridany. Edward K. Faridany Associates.

London

Natural gas policies for the developing countries

George D. Carameros .Jr.. Chairman. International Gas

Development Corp., Houston

Session 2 LPG PRODUCTION AND TRADE

As at previous Gastech meetings, the LPG Session will hring together the world's leading LPG producers, marketers and traders. Fuller details will be published nearer the date of the meeting. The session will occupy the whole of the day; International LPG affairs will he discussed in the morning and North Sea LPG matters in the afternoon

Session 3 OEESHOKE GAS AND GAS

PRODUCTION -

Technical Workshop Session

Utilisation of a marginal gas field with major NGL content by natural gas liquefaction and offshore loading

I). Mever-I let ring, Prcussag AG and authors from

Bilfinger + Berger, Blohm + Voss, Dyckerhoff & Widmann and I.inde.

Control of dynamic bodies moored in an open seaway

T. Hillberg, Delta Marine. Calif.

Barge-mounted gas processing plants for onshore application -I. Bakke and P. G. Andersen, Moss Rosenberg Verft a.s..

Moss, Norway

Cryogenic flexible pipes for offshore LNG production

R. Reynard, Coflexip. Paris

Session 1 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY &

OPERATIONS

Chairmen: R. C. Efooks, Consultant. London and R. -I.

Lake.v, Vice President, Helge Ringdal Inc., Houston

A submarine LNG tanker concept for the Arctic

P. Takis Veliotis, Executive Vice President — Marine

General Manager. Electric Boat General Dynamics ('orporation

Energy-saving LNG carriers

R. Kvamsdal and S. Koren, Moss Rosenberg Verft a s..

Moss, Norway

On the studv of the tank svstem of 125000 cu m.

MKV type LNG carrier

Dr. R. Nagomoto and others, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Ltd., Nagasaki

Response of spherical cargo tanks for liquefied gas to large support deformation

Dr. ,J. L. Armand, Department of Naval Architecture,

University of California, Berkeley

A comparison of the collision resistance of membrane tank-type and spherical tank-type LNG tankers

P. R. Van Mater, I). L. Edinberg, Giannotti & Associates and P. Orsero, Institut de Recherches de la Construction

Naval, Paris

Some notes on the practical application of the IMCO

Gas Carrier Code to pressure vessel type cargo tanks

M. Bockenhauer, Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg

Prediction of sloshing loads in LNG ships

Dr. .J. ('. Peck. McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company.

Calif, and P. Jean, (!az Transport, Paris

LNG transfer ship-to-ship following "LNG Libra" tailshaft failure

G. .1. Masaitis and E. G. Tornay, Energy Transportation

Corp., New York

The control of the movements of gas carriers in ports

Dr. S. Mankabady, University of Liverpool, UK

Port planning and management aspects of the safe shipment of LNG and LPG

Capt. P. R. Lyon, Eagle Lyon Pope Associates, Dr. I). 11.

Slater and Dr. M. A. F. Pyman, Technica Ltd., I^ondon

Session 5 SAFETY AND TRAINING

Chairman: R. C. Gray, British Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon-Tyne, U.K.

A team approach to systems integrity on LPG carriers

I). W. F. Gosden, M. Smith and P. Elkington, Bibhv Bros & Co.. Liverpool, U.K.

Assessment of consequences from accidental release of liquefied gases 1). M. Solberg, Det norske Veritas, Oslo

Training of LNG carrier personnel

C. I). Kuehl, Marine Liquidgas Service Company, Scituate.

MA. I SA

LNG safety research overview

S. Atallah, Gas Research Institute. Chicago

Simulation and its role in liquefied gas carrier personnel training

G. Angas, College of Nautical Studies, Warsash,

Southampton, and Kedifon Simulation Ltd., Crawley. U.K.

Alternative fire protection systems for LPG vessels .1, M. Wright, Blevex Ltd., Borehamwood, Herts, I'.K.

Poison-resistant flammable gas sensors for

LNG/offshore installations •J. M. Sonlev, International Gas Detectors Ltd., Wetherbv.

W. Yorks.. U.K.

Safety of liquefied gases containment systems on land and at sea

M. Kotcharian and J. M. Simon, Technigaz, Maurepas,

France

Session Ci LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE

Chairman: Robert E. Petsinger, LNG Services Inc.,

Pittsburgh. USA

State-of-the-art assessment of refrigerated liquefied fas storage systems P. Zick and I. V. 1 „t Fave, Chicago Bridge & Iron

Company. Oak Brook. III., USA

Test tank programme for liquefied gas storage using the GT/MDC containment system

T. M. Yamakawa, Toyo Kanetsu K. K., Tokyo and co- author from McDonnell Douglas Astronautics, Calif.

Unloading of large LPG carriers into salt and rock caverns

W. Brumshagen, LGA Gastechnik GmbH, Remagen-

Rolandseck, Germany

Commissioning of the 120000 cu m and 95000 cu m storage tanks of the Gaz de France and Tokyo Gas

LNG terminals

C. Riou and C. Xermanti. Technigaz. Maurepas, France

Foundation failure and its remedy for a liquefied gas storage tank

W. C. van Hoof, Ra.vchem Corp., Menlo Park, Calif. USA and J. P. Ofrenchuck, Cvanamid of Canada Ltd., Niagara

Falls, Ontario

Operation of the world's largest LPG plant

S. Shtavieh, Kuwait Oil Co., C. A. Durr and J. C.

McMillan, M. W. Kellogg, Houston and C. Collins, M. W.

Kellogg, London

Session 7 DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD GAS

CARRIER FLEET - Technical Workshop Session

Chairman: Dr. Ing. H. Backhaus, I.GA Gastechnik GmbH,

Remagen-Rolandseck. Germany

This will be a small workshop with a panel of experts from

Classification Societies, IMCO, shipyards, shipowners, etc.

Fuller details will be published nearer the date of the meeting.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM

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Rickmansworth. Herts WD.'! 1QP t'K

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