September 1984 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Symon Appointed New Director Of Tankers At Stolt-Nielsen page: 5
• SOFEC Awarded NavSea Contract For Offshore Mooring Terminal page: 5
• Metric Constructors Win $3.3-Million Contract page: 6
• Western Gear To Build And Sell Rademakers Epicyclic Transmissions page: 6
• I MO AB Of Sweden Offers New Products Literature page: 6
• Sperry Gets $62.8-Million Navy Contract For Frigate Combat Systems Work page: 6
• New HEET Fuel Additive Saves Time And Money By Preventive Maintenance page: 6
• Fairbanks Morse Taking Major Steps To Improve All Aspects Of Customer Services Worldwide page: 7
• Two Key Appointments Announced By Halifax Industries page: 7
• A.J. McAllister Sr. page: 8
• S.S. United States To Auction Contents Prior To Total Renovation page: 8
• Imi-Tech Offers Catalog Of Insulating Products For Marine Applications page: 8
• High-Speed Ferry For Hong Kong Owner Launched At Vosper Thornycroft Yard page: 9
• Marinette Marine Lays Keel For Second Mine Countermeasure Vessel page: 9
• Maritime Innovation — Practical Approaches '84 International Symposium page: 10
• NKK Completes World's First Offshore Steel/Concrete Drilling Platform page: 12
• Manson Construction Builds Pacific Northwest's Heftiest Floating Crane page: 12
• Krupp Shipyard In Duisburg Delivers Two Harbor Tugs To Guinea page: 14
• NKK To Build Floating Offshore Production Unit For Norwegian Consortium page: 14
• Van Houten To Head New Parsons Brickershoff Marine Facilities Unit page: 14
• Lykes Gets Title XI Guarantee To Upgrade Fleet Operations page: 15
• USP&I Home Office To New York Area— Other Changes Announced page: 15
• American Marine Gets $390,000 Contract For Two Cutterhead Dredges page: 15
• MARINE SALVAGE page: 16
• Crowley Named President Of Newly Organized States Africa Line page: 18
• Simplex Gets $5.7-Million MarAd Contract To Supply Petroleum Transfer System page: 18
• General Dynamics Quincy Yard Will Build Four Containerships For USL At Cost of $341 Million page: 18
• Scripps Institution Acquires Another Research Vessel page: 18
• RDI's Satcom I Communications System Approved By INMARSAT page: 18
• American Transport Asks Title XI On $17-Million Barge Conversion Work page: 19
• Canter Named President Of At-Sea Incineration page: 19
• Coast Guard Orders Schottel Jet Thruster page: 19
• SMM '84 International Ship, Machinery, and Marine Technology Trade Fair page: 20
• Tenn-Tom Waterway Project Nearing Early Completion page: 20
• BP And Harland And Wolff Forming Joint Venture For $145-Million SWOPS Project page: 21
• Naval Ship Maintenance & Modernization/Affordability page: 22
• The "Ultimate" Compact SSB page: 23
• IBM Appoints Marine Management Systems As Authorized Dealer page: 25
• Twin City Shipyard Lays Keel For Gulf Coast Trailing Dredge page: 26
• Pearlson Begins Construction Of World's Largest Ship Transfer System page: 26
• Screw Compressors Improve Air Conditioning Reliability page: 27
• NASSCO Receives Exxon Contract For Two Alaska-Class Tankers page: 28
• Tacoma Boat Division Gets $210,000 Contract To Build Propeller Hub Assembly page: 28
• AMMCO Licensed To Market O&K Dredging Bucket And Cutting Wheels page: 32
• Westinghouse Electric Awarded $2-Million Navy Contract For Frigate Study page: 32
• John Cave Appointed Vice President For Boland & Cornelius page: 33
• Norwegian Caribbean Acquires Royal Viking Line For $240 Million page: 33
• Marinette Marine Corporation Gets $24~Million Navy Contract To Build Six Yard Patrol Craft page: 34
• New Drydock At Halifax Shipyard Operating At Close To Capacity page: 34
• Stephens-Adamson Wins Ship Unloading System Orders Worth $12 Million page: 35
• Ice-Strengthened Ship Chartered By Navy's MSC From Central Gulf Lines page: 35
• Penn Ship Awarded Navy Contract For Overhaul And Maintenance Of Frigate page: 35
• John Deere Developing Family Of Rotary Engines page: 35
• Unique High-Speed Catamaran Delivered By Nichols Brothers page: 36
• Specialized Support Vessel 'Anfitrite' Acquired By O.D.S. Italia S.P.A. page: 36
• Moss Point Awarded $3.6-Million To Build 15 Barges For U.S. Navy page: 36
• WEST GERMAN SHIPBUILDING page: 38
• CORE Canadian Offshore Resources Exposition page: 38
• Meyer Named Assistant Vice President-River Area Of National Marine Service page: 43
• New Harbor Navigation System Designed To Increase Operating Revenue And Safety page: 44
• Murdock And Hunt/Leslie Use Computer To Design 'Compliant' TLP Coupling page: 45
• Samsung Wins $45-Million Contract To Build Huge Bulker For Australian Firm page: 46
• WABCO Fluid Power Adopts Worldwide Sales And Marketing Strategy page: 46
• $79-Million Coast Guard Contract Awarded to Bollinger Shipyard page: 46
• New Busiship™ System Brochure Available From Nav-Com page: 46
• Rose Named Vice President Of Mechanical Equipment's Marine Products Group page: 47
• MSC Forms New Unit To Oversee Operations Of Fast Sealift Ships page: 47
• Independent Tests Show Drew Ameroid's Amergize® Cuts Fuel Consumption page: 47
• Sulzer RTA Engines Will Power Two Containerships Building In Germany page: 48
• MonArk Delivers Fire Boat To Memphis Fire Department page: 48
• Penn Ship Provides Emergency Repairs For Two Foreign Ships page: 48
• Smith Berger Marine Names Two East Coast Distributors page: 48
• Sperry Opens New Facility In Panama City Beach, Fla. page: 51
• AMPS Appointed As Service Facility For MaK Diesels page: 52
• Halifax Shipyard Completes Major Damage Repair Contract page: 52
• Big Towing/Supply Vessel Launched At Moss Point Marine page: 52
• Serck Evaporators Installed In USSR Fish Factory Ships page: 53
• Third USN Rescue/Salvage Ship Launched At Peterson Builders page: 54
• USS Seamless Pressure Vessels Detailed In New Catalog page: 57
• ASRY Completes $3-Mlllion Overhaul Of Mobile Offshore Jackup Drilling Rig Dana page: 57
• Todd Awarded $10-Million In Contracts By Australia For Technology Transfer page: 58
• First Oceangoing Sail-Assisted Bulker Delivered By NKK page: 63