April 1984 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Ames And O'Donnell Named Regional Directors For Maritime Administration page: 4
• Saint John Shipbuilding Upgrades Its CAD/CAM For Big Frigate Program page: 5
• C h e v r o n Selects Elinca System For 5 Ships — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 5
• Transamerica Delaval Ends Its Technical Assistance Agreement With IMO AB page: 6
• Lykes Sign Letters O f Intent To Build Six C o n t a i n e r s h i ps page: 6
• B r o g a n A n d Sundaresan P r o m o t e d At MTL page: 6
• Bestobell Mobrey Promotes Houba And Bowerman To Sales Executive Posts page: 7
• Successful T r a n s p o r t Of Biggest-Ever D e c k Structure C o m p l e t e d By N e p t u n / NC page: 7
• N a v y Seeks Comments On I m p r o v i n g Pump Specifications page: 7
• Tokyo Marine Services Is Active Worldwide — Color Brochure Available page: 8
• Richard Faber Promoted To Marine/Military Sales Manager At Aeroquip page: 8
• N a v y Awards $822 M i l l i o n To Ingalls For Construction O f LHD-1 Assault Ship page: 8
• Washburn & Doughty Announces Signing Of Three Vessel Contracts page: 9
• N e w Division Formed At G e n e r a l Electric H e a d ed By W . J . C i m o n e t ti page: 9
• Board Approves Spin-off Of Sea-Land Service To Reynolds Shareholders page: 10
• Thomas Patterson Named President-General Manager Of Coastal Iron Works page: 10
• Desco M a r i n e Delivers Its First Boats Built O f Steel page: 10
• C y b e r n e t I n t r o d u c e s N ew V H F - F M R a d i o t e l e p h o ne — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 10
• NKK Super Semi-Submersible Rig Designed For D e e p Sea O p e r a t i o ns page: 10
• St. Augustine Trawlers Delivers 600-Passenger Ferry For Mexico page: 11
• Joint S N A M E / C I M E M e e t i n g Discusses Heavy Lifts And Drydock O p e r a t i o ns page: 11
• Caterpillar Announces New Marine Diesel Engine Application Guidelines page: 12
• Transfer Vessel Coal M o n i t o r One Christened In N e w Orleans page: 12
• T a m p a S h i p y a r d s A w a r ds B a b c o c k & W i l c ox $ 1 . 4 - M i l l i o n C o n t r a ct page: 12
• Los Angeles S N A M E Meeting Discusses Floating Breakwater page: 12
• NKS Heavy Forging And Facility Nears Completion Casting In Mexico page: 13
• N e l s o n N a m e d President O f M . R o s e n b l a t t & Son page: 13
• Fishing Vessel C o n f e r e n ce T o Be H e l d M a y 1 0 - 1 2 In M e l b o u r n e , F l o r i da page: 13
• Product Planning Manager Named At American Standard/Heat Transfer page: 14
• First Vessel Enters N e w Floating Drydock At H a l i f a x Shipyard page: 14
• John H a s t i e S t e e r i n g G e ar P a r t s / S e r v i c e A v a i l a b le In U.S. F r om J e r e d Brown page: 14
• Bell Aerospace A w a r d e d $ 1 0 2 M i l l i on To Build Six M o r e LCACs For U.S. N a v y page: 14
• Kienitz And Flahaut Promoted At Pott's Inland Waterways Division page: 15
• A.P.I. TANKER CONFERENCE page: 16
• French Named Chairman And C EO At NASSCO—Vortmann Is President page: 18
• DoD Implements Initiative For Cost Effectiveness Of Contract Requirements page: 18
• N a v y A w a r d s E-Systems $ 4 . 7 - M i l l i o n C o n t r a ct page: 18
• I o w a M a r i n e Delivers Towboat Betty Edwards To M o r r i s H a r b o r Service page: 18
• MTL Announces Promotions page: 18
• M . A . N . - B & W Diesel Introduces N e w Engine page: 19
• S i g m a A w a r d e d M SC C o n t r a c t For 4 0 Bilge O i l y W a t e r S e p a r a t o rs page: 19
• Hampton Roads S N A M E Reports O n Ship Production Committee page: 19
• Incinerator Ship Apollo One Launched At Tacoma Boatbuilding page: 20
• M o r r i s G u r a l n i ck Elects R i c h a r d s on V i c e President page: 20
• W e l d e d B e a m A d ds C u s t o m T e e S h a p es T o P r o d u c t Line page: 21
• Marathon-Built Rowan Gorilla I Now Drilling Offshore Nova Scotia page: 22
• SURVIVAL AT SEA page: 22
• Bay-Houston Appoints Four Executives page: 24
• Alden Introduces New Whip Antenna For Radiofax — Literature Available page: 24
• Marine Travelift Introduces Another New Model In Its Boat Hoist Line page: 25
• Norwinch And MTT Unveil New Shipboard Crane — Literature Available page: 25
• Tanker Owners Federation Will Study Oil Spill Clean-Up For U.S. Navy page: 27
• TeleSystems Opens Maritime Sales Offices In New York And Los Angeles page: 28
• Amot Controls Introduces New Sensing Switches — Literature Available page: 28
• Sonat Exploration Names Executive Vice President page: 29
• Drew Ameroid Unveils New Fuel Additive — Literature Available page: 29
• Thornton Named President Of Martime Capital, Inc. page: 30
• Raymond International Expands Offshore Services To U.S. West Coast page: 30
• Airco Introduces New Pulsed Welding Systems — Literature Available page: 31
• C l o w / G r e e n b e r g O f f e rs B r o c h u r e O n Bronze V a l v e s A n d Fittings page: 31
• U n i r o y a l D e l t a Fender Systems P r o t e c t Pier A n d Ships A t N O R S H I P CO page: 31
• Wynholds Company Will Provide Computer Systems For Maersk Line Ships page: 32
• Parkway Adds Improved Features To Its Ocean Jacket Buoyancy System page: 32
• Three Navy Patrol Boats Delivered By Swiftships page: 32
• T r a i l e r M a r i n e T r a n s p o rt A w a r d e d $ 7 . 7 - M i l l i on M S C C o n t r a ct page: 33
• WABCO To Market New High-Torque Air Motor — Literature Available page: 34
• Hempel's Introduces New Antifoulings — Literature Available page: 34
• RORO84 Nice, Frace _ May 9 -11 page: 34
• Navy Repair And Overhaul Market page: 36
• Burness C o r l e t t / S e a w o r t hy O f f e r Unique R O / R O / T a n k e r Design page: 36
• S e m i n a r M a r k s O p e n i ng O f W a r t s i l a O f f i c e In V a n c o u v e r , B.C., C a n a da page: 36
• X a n t h o s N a m e d Sales M a n a g e r For Renk's B e a r i n g s D i v i s i on page: 37
• Puget S o u n d S e c t i o n / A S NE H e a r s P r e s e n t a t i o n O n E x p l o s i v e B o n d i ng page: 37
• Big 1 9 8 4 M R O C a t a l og N o w A v a i l a b l e F r om R e l i a n c e Electric page: 37
• K o c h - E l l i s C o m p l e t es N e w R O / R O F a c i l i ty — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 37
• A S E A STAL A n n o u n c es C o r p o r a t e N a m e C h a n ge page: 37
• I M E M e e t i n g Discusses Use Of Epoxy Resins In Ship M &R page: 38
• B u l k f l e e t I n c o r p o r a t ed C o n s o l i d a t e s Under N e w N a me page: 38
• L a r i m e r N a m e d Chief E n g i n e e r i n g P l a n n i n g/ C o n t r o l M a r i n e t t e M a r i ne page: 38
• S N A M E S t a n d a r ds A n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n Panel To M e e t M a y 1 7 - 18 page: 38
• Ba l d t I n t r o d u c e s N ew W o r k b o a t C o n n e c t i n g Link — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 39
• N e w York S N A M E Hears Paper On Computer-Based Preliminary Design page: 39
• Unique Lobster Boat Miss Julie D e l i v e r e d By G l a d d i n g - H e a rn page: 40
• o d d S e a t t l e To Refit T w o C o n t a i n e r s h i ps For Lykes Bros. page: 40
• John C r a n e O f f e rs F r e e Brochure On End F a c e Shaft Seals page: 40
• Furuno Unveils Low-Cost Color Video Plotter — Literature Available page: 42
• MarAd To Host Fleet Management Conference April 25-27 In Chicago page: 42
• a c k u p S a b i n e V A r r i v es A b o a r d D a n Lifter page: 42
• G e n s t a r Uses N o v e l T e c h n i q ue T o Launch P e t r o b r a s D r i l l i n g Rig page: 42
• Spring Meeting Of Great Lakes/Great Rivers SNAME Scheduled For May 17 page: 43
• Magnetrol Offers Brochure On Electronic Liquid Level Transmitters page: 43
• Sperry Awards Sanders $10-Million Contract page: 46
• T e x a s Instruments Unveils N e w Loran C N a v i g a t or — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 46
• Lord M a r i n e Fenders A re M a n u f a c t u r e d In 2 2 Sizes — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 46
• Joint SNAME/ASNE/MTS Meeting Hears Paper On Offshore Platforms page: 47
• ASNE Day '84 page: 48
• T r i m b l e N a v i g a t i o n I n t r o d u c es The M o d e l 3 0 0 L O R A N C o m p u t er — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 51
• V a l m e t ' s N e w A u t o m a t i on System O r d e r e d For T wo Product C a r r i e r s At H y u n d ai page: 51
• Propellers '84 Scheduled For May 15-16 At Cavalier Hotel In Virginia Beach page: 64
• AWO A New Look At ADVOCACY AND INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON page: 67
• Lingaas Named Senior VP For Cruise Operations At Holland America Line page: 69
• AIMS Endorses New Marine Firefighting Training Program page: 70
• Promotions Announced At Marine Transport Lines page: 70
• Worthington Offers New Cast Iron Pump Line — Literature Available page: 71
• Management Appointments Announced By Crowley's Caribbean Division page: 71
• OTC 84 page: 72
• Elinca Systems To Be Installed On Five Tankers Of Chevron Shipping Fleet page: 81
• Philadelphia Resins Offers New Bulletin On Its Wire Rope Socketing System page: 81
• New Lighting Systems Catalog Now Available From Rig-A-Lite Company page: 82
• FMC Introduces Two New Crawler Cranes And Heavy Lift Attachments page: 82
• NATIONAL MARITIME SHOW page: 84
• Free Bulletin Describes Complete Line Of Kohlenberg Airhorns page: 87
• McDermott Delivers Two Caterpillar-Powered Supply Vessels To Tidewater page: 88
• New Anti-Corrosion Paint Pigments Unveiled By BP page: 89
• Westinghouse Secures U.S. Patent On Self-Protecting Sensing Cell Electrodes — Literature Available page: 89
• Tuneable Hull Plate Reduces Propeller-Induced Noise/Vibration page: 93
• Tracor Marine Awarded $6-Million Contract To Convert AT&T Cable Ship page: 94
• Nationwide Boiler Awarded $1.8-Million Navy Contract To Upgrade Steam Plants page: 95
• Full-Color Worthington Brochure Covers Specs Of Redesigned Pumps page: 95
• MSC Awards Biospherics Contract For 40 Oilarms — Option For 40 More page: 96
• Meeting Of SNAME Great Lakes/ Great Rivers Section Discusses Fuel Additives And Hull Springing page: 98
• Drew Ameroid5 Marine Introduces Four Additions To Product Line page: 98
• Chugoku Introduces New Antifouling Hull Coatings — Literature Available page: 107