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RO-RO '81

A Preview (continued from page 39) ers from the Port of Gothenburg and from the first fully equipped

RO/RO terminal in West Africa, at Apapa, will contribute their experiences for discussion.

An international gathering of some 600-700 participants from all sectors of shipping, shipbuild- ing, and port industries is ex- pected to attend RO-RO 81. Dele- gates will also have the oppor- tunity to view some of the RO/

RO technologies firsthand in the associated RO-RO Exhibition that will take place adjacent to the conference hall.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 2:00 pm Opening address: Dr. Karl

Ludwig Monkemeier, director general of the Port of Hamburg Authority (repre- senting the Free and Hanseatic City of

Hamburg). 2:15 pm Session 1: The Operational

Dilemma—Competition or Closed Con- ference?: session chairman Sidney Gil- man, director, Marine Transport Centre,

University of Liverpool. 2:30 pm The Saudi National Shipping

Company's View of Deepsea RO/RO: Dr.

Abdulaziz M. Al-Turki, managing direc- tor, Saudi National Shipping Company,

Riyadh. 3:00 pm Operating a High-speed RO/

RO Service and Port Handling between

Seattle/Tacoma and Alaska: Robert B.

McMillen, president, Totem Ocean Trailer

Express (TOTE), Seattle. 4:10 pm Flats and Platforms — Their

Increasing Importance Not Only in Con- tainer but also in RO/RO Services: Wolf- gang Graaff, managing director, Graaff

KG, West Germany. 4:50 pm A Lessor's Views of the Use of Flatracks and Platforms for Through

Transport: Peter S. Glass, manager- specialized equipment, Sea Containers,

London. 5:30 pm RO/RO or LO/LO for Medi- terranean Traffic?: Roger Caillol, head of commercial service studies and traffic,

Port of Marseilles. (This paper will open the debate for comment by leading Med- iterranean ship operators.)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 9:00 am Session 2: RO/RO Ship and

Trailer Design. 9:15 am Forest Products RO/RO in the 1980s: Timo K. Siirila, head of de- velopment, Rauma-Repola Shipyard, Fin- land. 9:55 am Special Design Features for

RO/RO Trailers: James L. Davies, vice president-technical services, Transamer- ica Interway Inc., New York. 10:30 am Recent Third Generation RO/

ROs from Polish Builders for Norwegian

Owners: Wojciech Zychski, chief design- er, Gdynia Shipyard, Poland, and Erik

Andersen, chief superintendent, Leif

Hoegh and Company A/S, Oslo. 11:40 am Combined Stabilization/Anti- heeling Systems and their Influence on

RO/RO Vessels and Ferry Design: Horst

A. Halden, director, Intering GmbH, Ham- burg. 12:10 pm Session 3: RO/RO Ferries and Short-Sea Routes. Advanced Ice- breaking Design Canadian Ferries: Ken- neth E. Wood, assistant general man- ager (technical), CN Marine, New Bruns- wick, Canada. 2:30 pm The Super-Jumbo Ferries: A

MacGregor-invited panel of operators will discuss the concepts, utilization, and service experiences of some of the lat- est jumbo ferries. Panelists: A.J. Rogan, principal naval architect, Sealink UK Ltd.;

Cdte. A. Ouassel, chief captain, Com- pagnie Nationale Algerienne de Naviga- tion (CNAN); and speakers from Gotland

Rederi A/S and Anders Jahre Line. 4:30 pm The Behavior and Prospects of NW European RO/RO Ferry and Short-

Sea Operators: Michael G. Garratt, Ma- rine Transport Centre, University of Liv- erpool. 5:10 pm Session 4: Diesel Propulsion for Ferries and RO/RO Cargoships. Pan- elists: H. Klintorp, manager, Installation

Department, B & W Diesels A/S; U. Viets, head of sales-marine diesels, M.A.N.;

J. Gallois, technical director, S.E.M.T.-

Pielstick; and J.H. Wesselo, director of research and development, Stork-Werks- poor BV.

THURSDAY, JULY 2 10:00 am Session 5: RO/RO Safety and

Securing. Chairman: S.E. Felding, IMCO secretary of the Sub-committee on Con- tainers and Cargoes. 10:10 am Det norske Veritas — Pre- pared Casualty Statistics of RO/RO Ves- sel Accidents 1965-1981 and Discussion of the Findings: B.O. Jansson, research engineer, Det norske Veritas, Oslo. 10:50 am RO/ROs — the Problem

Areas: Alex Galloway, deputy chief sur- veyor, The Salvage Association, London. 11:25 am Tank Containers and Un- accompanied Road Tankers: H. Engels, prokurist, combined traffic, road, rail, sea, Hoyer KG, Hamburg. 12:05 pm Lashing of Freight on Trail- ers — Experiences and Recommenda- tions: Nils-Yngve Danielsson, managing director, Atlantica Insurance Company

Ltd., Gothenburg, and Sten-Ake Ulin, chief surveyor, Swedish Association of

Marine Underwriters, Gothenburg. 2:10 pm Cargo Securing on Board RO/

RO Ships: Jan V. Stenberg, Trans-Con- sultants, Gothenburg. 2:50 pm The AFNOR Proposals for

Minimum Requirements for the Stowage of Combination Vehicles and the Lashing

Points Thereon: Loic Henry, head of

Transports Division, Association Fran- caise de Normalisation (AFNOR), Cour- bevoie, France. 3:20 pm Safety Aspects in Transport- ing Dangerous Goods by RO/RO: 0.

Busch, Ministry of Transport, Bonn. 3:45 pm Session 6: RO/RO Port Op- erations. West Africa—RO/RO Came To

Stay: Capt. K. Lundberg, general man- ager, The Ro-Ro Terminal Company (Nigeria) Ltd., Apapa. 4:20 pm Productivity in a RO/RO Port:

Per Bjurstrom, managing director, Goth- enburg Stevedoring Company. 5:00 pm Conference closes.

First Of Three Waterman

Combination Carriers Features

Largest MacGregor Stern Ramp

The 23,500-dwt combination container-roll-on/roll-off ship

John B. Waterman (shown above) was christened recently at the

Sun Ship yard in Chester, Pa.

Sponsor of the vessel was Mrs.

George B. Moran, wife of a direc- tor of Waterman Industries, dur- ing a brief ceremony.

The 692-foot Waterman is be- ing constructed for Waterman

Steamship Corporation of New

York. She has a beam of 105 feet 6 inches and draft of 33 feet. A 32,000-shp General Electric steam turbine will propel the ship at a cruising speed of 20.9 knots.

With a capacity of 762 forty- foot containers, the ship will also be capable of carrying trailers and other wheeled vehicles, and unitized or palletized cargo. The forward section is for container- ized cargo, but the main deck and hatch covers are capable of RO/

RO operations. Aft the ship is 100 percent RO/RO.

For ease in loading and unload- ing, the ship will have a full slew- ing ramp at the stern, a self-sus-

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