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had been imposed by the N&W and C&O railroads on coal for export. On this traffic, the rail rates were anywhere from 50 cents a ton to over $5 a ton higher than rates on coal for domestic consumption. According to Mr. Bobzien these higher rates were based on the railroads' de- sire to see the traffic move through Atlantic tidewater ports rather than Gulf ports. He claimed that this showed the railroads' monopoly leverage when it provides the only service to the mine was thus being used to prevent or discourage a com- petitive rail-water alternative via the Gulf.
On the above defined case, he stated that: "The water carriers, backed by the Eastern Coal
Transportation Conference and the ports of Baton Rouge and
New Orleans, filed a complaint with the ICC charging that the two railroads were 'undermining competition.' We were preparing our facts to present to the ICC when N&W asked for a settle- ment. The N&W offered to drop its export rates to the domestic level. Since in some important cases this would mean that the rate to the river would be com- parable, cost considered, to the all-rail alternative to tidewater, we agreed to the settlement with the N&W and subsequently, on similar terms, with the C&O."
In conclusion, Mr. Bobzien stated: "Whether it is permit- ting monopoly pricing in coal transportation by rail, or for- feiting the efficiency advantages of deepwater ports and modern- ized inland waterways, we are clearly allowing our export op- portunities for coal to slip away.
No one believes our country is unable to perform, that our tech- nology is lacking, or that our institutions are inadequate."
Navy Secretary Says '83
Budget Permits Fleet
To Reach 600 Ships
The Administration's budget for fiscal year 1983 will allow the
Navy to reach a 600-ship fleet,
Navy Undersecretary James
Goodrich told the Western Ship- building Association.
Speaking before the group's recent annual meeting, Mr. Good- rich said the Navy currently has 514 ships, up from 460 two years ago. Another 110 are under con- tract.
Despite cuts in previous budg- ets, the Navy has been able to stay ahead of its schedule for a 600-ship fleet, he said, attribut- ing this to new procurement and management policies.
Awarding two nuclear carrier contracts this year, in one year instead of in two, will save more than $750 million, Mr. Goodrich cited as an example. The Navy has said it would offer fewer con- tracts on an invitation to bid, fixed-price basis, and that it would award more multi-ship contracts. Such contracts give shipbuilders more time to buy materials and to plan, which lowers costs.
Noting that multiyear procure- ment is "a key ingredient to stability," he said that the Navy is also writing more "equitable" contracts that divide the risk be- tween contractors and the Navy as fairly as possible.
The main goal of the Navy's battle current development work is to quired extend the life and maximize the fleers, effect of existing weapons, the need o naval official said. 26 offide "Warriors, not systems, win The wars," and only a small fraction clined of what is technologically feasi- in 196£ ble is economical or strategically the 1,0 desirable, he said. include
Technological improvements clear have lowered certain costs, said space
Mr. Goodrich. He noted that a tems, fly ruiser 20 years ago re- 1,300 sailors and 326 of-
Today the Aegis cruisers 300 enlisted men and rs to operate.
U.S. fleet, which has de- |rom a force of 1,000 ships is about half the size of 30-ship Soviet fleet, which aircraft carriers, nu- uisers, submarines, and nd oceanic electronic sys-
Goodrich emphasized. cr
CONFERENCE
SVENSKA MASSAN GOTHENBURG - 1 7-1 8-19 MAY 1983
Session 1: World Ro-Ro Trades
Opening Address
Chairman: S. H. Salen, President, Salen Group,
Stockholm and former Chairman, Swedish
Shipowners' Association
Ro-Ro on the North Atlantic — the future years
Speaker: B. Koch, Managing Director, Atlantic
Container Line Services Ltd, Southampton
Liner Shipping — Commercial and
Technical Trends
Speaker: P. Carlsson, President-Elect, Rederi
AB Transatlantic, Gothenburg
New ships for new routes
Speaker: Dr. A. M. Al-Turki, Managing
Director, The National Shipping Company of
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Ocean transport of cars and vehicles world- wide
Speaker: A. Koch, Managing Director, Wallenius
Lines, Stockholm
Ro-Ro Developments in South America
Speaker: R. Klien, Managing Director, Transrol
Navegacao S/A, Rio de Janeiro
Semi-bulk cargoes in the Ro-Ro trades —
North Sea/Baltic/ Mediterranean/Carib- bean
Speaker: B. Aberg, Cargo Traffic Director,
EFFOA, The Finland Steamship Co. Ltd.,
Helsinki
Deployment of the Deepsea Container —
Carrying Ro-Ro's
Speaker: Dr. R. Pearson, Marine Transport
Centre, University of Liverpool
Session 2: Future Ro-Ro Ports and
Terminals (parallel with Session 3)
Chairman: S. Gilman, Director, Marine
Transport Centre, The University of Liverpool
Linkspans in the future
Speaker: J. Rose, Managing Director, Marine
Development (Glasgow) Ltd., Glasgow
Totally mechanised handling of road trailers for coastal Ro-Ro traffic — tomorrow's system?
Speaker: G. tfraimsson, Managing Director,
MariTerm AB, Gothenburg
The Ro-Ro multi-purpose terminal of tomorrow
Speaker: F. E. Verkade, Managing Director,
Seaport Terminals BV, Rotterdam
Session 3: Ship Design (Part I) (parallel with Session 2)
The contribution of Fin stabilisers to safety and economy in Ro-Ro operation
Speaker: W. L. S. Wallace, Sperry Marine
Systems, UK
The control of air pollution in Ro-Ro cargo spaces — experiences and recommendations
Speaker: A. Adielson, Director, Swedish
Shipbuilding Standard Centre, Gothenburg
The future development of Ro-Ro traffic — aspects and problems
Speaker: Prof. R. Schonknecht, Wilhelm-Pieck-
Universitat, Rostock, G.D.R.
Session 4: Defence Considerations of Ro-Ro Design
The deployment of Ro-Ro's and merchant vessels for defence needs — experiences in the South Atlantic
Speaker: Colonel J. R. Pitt, OBE, Ministry of
Defence, UK
Considerations for a Ro-Ro/Lo-Lo containership with mobilisation capacity
Speaker: J. G. Brown, Managing Director,
Seaform Design, Scotland
Defence features for Ro-Ro vessels
Military Sealift Command, Washington DC {speaker to be announced)
Session 5: Safety Considerations of
Ro-Ro Design (parallel with Session 6)
Chairman: E. J. B. Pawsey, Director, Hart,
Fenton & Co. Ltd., Consulting Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers, London
Investigation into the survival capability of
Ro-Ro vessels
Speakers: I. O. Endresen and B. O. Jansson,
Research Engineers and P. O. Brett, Senior
Research Engineer, Det norske Veritas, Norway
Damage Survivability of Ro-Ro Vessels
Speaker: R. D. Tagg, Naval Architect, Herbert
Engineering Corp., San Francisco and
Department of Naval Architecture, The
University of Glasgow
Session 3: Ship Design (Part II) {parallel with Session 6)
Development of Hull Forms for Ro-Ro
Ships and Ferries
Speaker: A. Williams, Head of Ship Projects
Department, Swedish Maritime Research
Centre, SSPA, Gothenburg
Session 6: Ferries and Ferry Ports (parallel with Sessions 5 and 3 (Part II)
Chairman: C. S. Paterson, Asst. General
Manager, North Sea Ferries, Hull, UK
Operation of the 10-terminal ferry port
Liibeck/Travemiinde for both passenger and freight traffic
Speaker: U. von der Lippe, Managing Director,
Ltibecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH
Measures to make ferry trailer traffic more efficient — comparisons between trailer only/aacompanied trailer/barges
Speaker': G. Schrewelius, TFK (Transport
Research Commission), Stockholm
Railroad Barge Operations on the West
Coast of North America
Speaker: G. C. Snyder, Chief of Consulting
Services, Nickum & Spaulding Associates Inc.,
Seattle, USA
Evacuation of high density passenger ferries — new concepts and their application
Speaker: A. Flising, Chief Naval Architect, Stena
Line AB, Gothenburg
Escape slides for Ro-Ro's and Ferries: regulatory recommendations mean different economics for either type of ship
Speaker: D. V. Edwards, Technical Director,
RFD Ltd., Godalming, UK
Session 7: Ro-Ro Cargo Safety (parallel with Session 8)
Introduction by Chairman: International
Safety Aspects
Chairman: S. Felding, Maritime Safety Division,
Cargoes Section of IMO, London
Lashing of Ro-Ro trailers in a Ro-Ro ship — the latest findings and recommendations
Speaker: P. Andersson, Project Manager,
MariTerm AB, Gothenburg
Ro-Ro Transport Problems in the North
Sea and Mediterranean
Speaker: Dr. Bauer, Officer in Charge of Ro-Ro
Problems, Bundesverband des Deutschen
Giiterfernverkehrs (BDF), Frankfurt and
Member of Ad Hoc Group Trailer Ferry Traffic
I.R.U. (Int. Transport Union), Switzerland
The practicalities of securing cargo for door-to-door transport
Speaker: D. W. B. Carr, SpanSet Marine Ltd.,
London
Damag<
Cargoes liabilities
Speakers
Atlanticj
S-A. Ulir of Marir e
Sessio I (parallel
Chairman.
Port Engi 8: Ro-Ro Handling with Session 7) : U. Cramer, Chairman of the German ineers' Association's Committee on
Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment
A new s: de loader concept for container handlin » aboard and in dockside Ro-Ro
Operati >ns
Speaker: C. J. Mencel, President, RayGo Wagner
Inc., Por land, Oregon
The Evolution of Front-lift truck design for
Container Handling and Ro-Ro Operations
Speaker: G. N. Bowman-Shaw, Chairman,
LancerBj)ss Ltd, UK
New Ap )i
Enviroi
Handling
Speakers.
Penta, ~
Marketidg and, Trai s< roaches to Safety and
Omental Demands with FLT Ro-Ro / olf — main round lay
Speakers.
Installati
Departm
O. Grant
S.E.M.T announce /)
Session
Demor
Technolf
Gothenl (Arrange 1
Coaches
Demons handlin; termina. trailers.
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Conference fee of£250 (Skr 3200) per person includes conference documentation, lunches, coffee breaks and in\| given by the City of Gothenburg and the official buffet evening by the Port of Gothenburg.
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Ro-Ro
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PROGRAMME and Loss Prevention of Ro-Ro — methods, equipment and
N-Y. Danielsson, Managing Director,
Insurance Co. Ltd., Gothenburg and i, Chief Surveyor, Swedish Association
Underwriters, Gothenburg
L. Lindberg, Product Manager, Volvo henburg, and, O. Oesterlund,
Director, Kalmar LMV, Ljungby, iconsultants AB, Gothenburg (speaker to be an n junced)
Ro-Ro s lipboard equipment to maximise space ut ilisation and productivity — trailer and flat *ack designs
Speaker: U. Cramer, Managing Director,
Martec, ] Iremen
Sessio 19: Propulsion and Fuel
Econony
Three le; ding engine designers will discuss propulsit n systems for Ro-Ro ships and give their vie\'s on three areas of interest - mom fuel Ro-Ro ships — their problems and advantages — the o >eration of multi-engined ships at parti tl loads aining ferry machinery on a year- ' basis with only a limited annual
P. Schneider, Head of Projects and )n, Diesel Engine and Marine nt, Sulzer Bros., Winterthur,
M.A.N. — B & W Diesel, Copenhagen,
Pielstick, France (Speaker to be
A new concept of computerised control for total shi pboard machinery
Speaker: f. K. Siirila, Head of Development,
Rauma-Ifepola Oy, Finland 10: Full Scale stration of Ro-Ro ogies at the Port of burg by Gothenburg Stevedoring Co. Ltd) the Skandia and Alvsborg Terminals rations of the latest equipment for containers, flats and paper: tractors with roll trailers and
The LUF system in action
The Organ sers reserve the right to amend this programme if circumstances so require.
Exhibi
Comph compreht services, adjoining access for menting the Conference will be a nsive display of Ro-Ro technology and
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