November 1991 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Marine Society Of N.Y. To Hold Annual Dinner April 6, 1992, In NYC page: 6
• Carnival Cruise Lines Contracts For New Ship page: 6
• Barge Industry Says USCG Proposal Could Paralyze Oil Transport page: 7
• Litton Awarded Contract To Develop Hull-Mounted Fiberoptic Sub Sonars page: 8
• John Deere Enters Marine Engine Market page: 8
• Caterpillar-Powered Fishing Vessel Delivered By Rodriguez Boat Builders page: 9
• AT&T Signs $49.5-Million U.S. Navy Contract For EMSP Modifications page: 9
• FELS Completes Galaxy I, $100 Million Jackup Rig page: 10
• Marinette Marine Delivers Third MCM To U.S. Navy page: 10
• 180-Foot Supply Boat Converted To Standby/Rescue Vessel By Steiner Shipyard page: 11
• Navy Awards Initial Design Contracts For Sealift Ships page: 11
• Washington State Ferry Delivered In 168 Days By Hydraulic Fishing Supply page: 13
• Bauer Industries Completes Excursion Boat Interior Design page: 13
• Galveston Ship Consolidates Yard, Will Sell 35 Acres page: 15
• Volvo Penta Offers Broader Commercial Marine Range—New Engine Suitable For Japan page: 16
• AWO Safety Seminar Set For New Orleans, La., December 4-5, 1991 page: 18
• Underwater 92 Will Focus On Advanced Technology, January 13-15 In Houston page: 18
• Waterways Conference Delegates Urge Maritime Industry To Lobby For Repeal Of Shipping Taxes page: 19
• Finnish Yard Delivers Hamilton Jet-Powered Helsinki Police Craft page: 20
• Unique Spillstop— Advanced Oil Spill Avoidance System page: 20
• A Word From The President page: 21
• SNAME 1991 Annual Meeting & 1 Oth Annual Internation al Maritime Exposition page: 22
• JBF-Designed 'Shearwater' Launched At Goudy And Stevens Shipyard page: 32
• Coast Guard Contracts To Buy 32 Search-And-Rescue Helicopters For Maritime Defense Zone page: 34
• Theme Of MTS '91 In New Orleans To Be 'An Ocean Cooperative— Industry, Government, Academia' page: 34
• MHI Wins Awards, Order For VLCC Installed With CRP Propulsion System page: 35
• NY&NJ Port Authority Links Electronic Data Exchange To Hamburg, Germany page: 35
• MHI Develops New Low-Speed Diesel; First Unit Destined For VLCC page: 37
• Westinghouse Pursues Diesel Propulsion Markets In U.S. page: 38
• Appropriations Conference Approves Use Of Foreign Ships For Ready Reserve Force page: 39
• SNAME NY Metropolitan Discusses Training Of Deck Officers At 'Past Chairman's Night' Session page: 40
• Erie Basin Bargeport, New Facility, To Open For Ship Repair, Marine Services page: 41
• Concurrent Systems Releases New NAPOL Hydrostatics Package page: 41
• McDermott Sets Production Deck No. 1 For Freeport McMoRan Sulfur Project page: 42
• Keppel Adds 20,000-DWT Dock At Philippines Yard page: 42
• Oil Spill Equipment Purchased By Coast Guard Must Avoid Private Sector Duplication page: 43
• North Florida Shipyard Reactivates/Refurbishes RO/RO Trailer Vessel page: 44
• New Chevron Tanker Christened In Brazil page: 44
• Semisubmersible Begins Scheduled Liner Service Transporting Yachts page: 44
• OUTSTANDING WORKBOATS OF 1991 page: 46
• Tippet Marine Rebuilds Fishing Vessel Designed For 1990's Challenges page: 54
• $4.7 Million Navy Contract Awarded SPD Technologies page: 54
• New York Shipyard Receives Second Navy Drydocking Contract page: 54
• Hall-Buck Yard Gets New Name, Adds Drydock page: 55
• Alaska Moves To Buy Acreage For Proposed Port of Anchorage page: 55
• Alabama Shipyard In Talks With Danish Shipbuilder page: 56
• NASSCO Launches Second AOE Ship page: 56
• The International WORK BOAT SHOW page: 58
• Report Says Tanker Supply-Demand Gap Will Narrow By 1994 page: 60
• Trinity Adds Huge Floating Dock At Texas Yard page: 60
• Newpark Resources Announces Barge Fleet Expansion page: 60
• MSC Solicits Proposals To Charter Cruise Ship page: 60
• IMPROVING CURRENT STRATEGIC SEALIFT CAPABILITIES page: 64
• A/S Vesta Incinerators Help Shipowners Meet Waste Regulations page: 65
• Bird-Johnson Appoints Lapp Gulf Coast Manager, Expands Sales Force page: 65
• Bush Administration Backs Senate Approval Of Two Environmental Treaties page: 66
• RHG-Houston Enters U.S. Survey Market page: 66
• Commodore Awards Bailey Contract For Chiller Pack For S/S Enchanted Seas page: 66
• Future Of Marine Emergency Services Now Under Scrutiny page: 68
• Chantier Naval Matane Delivers Two Paul-Andre White-Designed Day-Operating Tourist Vessels page: 69
• Eleventh In Series Of 16 Fleet Oilers Under Construction At Avondale Christened USNS Guadalupe page: 71
• Wartsila Delivers 16 Vasa 32 Engines For Norwegian Supply Vessels page: 72
• HMVG Awarded Second U.S. Navy Contract In Two Months page: 72
• Kvichak Marine Delivers Fourth Of Nine 32-Foot Fast Response Vessels page: 73
• McDermott Names Jamestown Metal Supplier Of The Year page: 73
• Paxman Delivers First Of Total Of 32 Valenta Engines To U.S. Navy page: 75
• EC And 14 Nations Protest Dredging Restrictions In 1992 MarAd Budget page: 75
• ACL Launches New U.K. Agencies Firm page: 77
• Hempel Relocates USA Headquarters To Houston, Texas page: 77
• Oil Industry Wary About Buying New Leases Off California page: 81
• House-Senate Panel Agrees On Funding For MarAd, FMC And NOAA page: 81
• Wartsila-Powered Multi-Role Research Ship Delivered By Swan Hunter Shipbuilders page: 83
• Effort To Scrap Mothballed Defense Ships Advanced By Compromise Plan page: 85
• OPA 90 Could Scare Carriers Into Discontinuing Service To U.S. page: 86
• Japan Lobbies To Defeat Bills Calling For End To Drift-Net Fishing page: 86
• Barge Service Start-Up Gives Shot In Arm To Red Hook Terminal page: 86
• French Develop VLCC Design With Intermediate Deck page: 87
• Global Maritime Distress, Safety System Set For Implementation Next Year page: 87
• Yard Anti-Subsidy Bill Advanced By House Panel page: 87
• Maryland Yard Wins Major Steel Tunnel Fabrication Job page: 88
• MacGregor-Navire, Transmarine Awarded Stateside Business page: 88
• Crewless Cargo Ships Looked Upon By Owners As Wave Of Future page: 88
• Raytheon's R70 Series Radars Provide High Level Of Performance page: 88
• Trimble Navigation Selects Tru-Chart Electronic Charts On CD-ROM page: 90
• Corrosion Control Seminar To Be Held Next Month page: 91
• New Double Hull Retrofit Design From Stuart Marine page: 91
• Alexander Industries Now Exclusive Representative For Welin Lambie Products page: 93
• Scale Reproductions Installs Auto CAD System To Design Ship Models page: 93
• Maritime Services Moves To Expanded Facilities page: 95
• Crowley Withdraws MarAd Application For Ship Financing Guarantees page: 97
• NAS Reports Double Hulls Will Save 5,000 Tons In Spillage page: 99
• Braswell To Operate Panamanian Yard page: 99
• Service Marine Industries Elects New Officers page: 100
• McDermott To Participate In Azeri Field Development page: 100
• Corn Island Shipyard Offers New Construction, Major Repairs, Services page: 100
• COMSAT Announces Personnel Changes page: 102
• Deutz MWM Introduces New Engine Model page: 102
• Regal Princess Delivered By Fincantieri To P&O page: 104
• SMC Joint Symposium Examines Lessons Of Desert Storm page: 107
• Massachusetts Considers Building Prison Ship To Ease Overcrowding page: 108
• Markey Completes Delivery Of Winches For Three Vessels page: 108
• Westport Shipyard Delivers Detroit Diesel-Powered Patrol Boat To California State Fish & Game page: 112
• Hall-Buck To Provide Cargo Dock Handling Services At Indiana Port page: 113
• Smith Berger Offers Free Literature On Chain Stoppers page: 114
• New Fuel Economy Control System From KaMeWa page: 115
• Fredeman Shipyard Names John W. Sansing Manager page: 115
• Sea-Fab Converts Offshore Supply Vessel To Oil Spill Recovery Boat page: 117
• Upcoming Events page: 118
• Marco Delivers Caterpillar-Powered North Pacific Freezer Longliner page: 119
• Versatile Pacific Delivers Canadian Coast Guard Type '500' Search And Rescue Cutters page: 121
• New Joint Venture Firm Formed For Marine Pollution Control Services page: 123
• New Service Offered To Develop Oil Spill Response Plans page: 123
• Deutsch Pyplok Fittings Continue To Join Critical Piping Systems At Jacksonville Shipyards page: 125
• Navy Christens Third SWATH T-AGOS At McDermott Yard page: 126
• Tano Acquires Valcon, Opens New Facility In Virgina page: 126
• Loan Guarantees Totaling $82 Million Approved By MarAd For Shipbuilding page: 127
• Ingalls Begins Construction Of First SA'AR 5 Corvette page: 127
• Detroit Diesel Donates Auxiliary Propulsion For Tall Ship 'Discovery' page: 128
• Navy Delivers Strategic Sealift Plan To Congress page: 129
• 'Stretched7 Version Of Nimitz Recommended For Future Navy Carriers page: 131
• 'Stretched' Version Of Nimitz Recommended For Future Navy Carriers page: 131
• New Port Cost Guide From INTERTANKO page: 131
• Growth In Seaborne Iron Ore Trade Forecast In New Report page: 132
• Advanced Bow Thruster Efficiency Aided By Stator Screen From Shipwrights page: 132
• Trinity Shipyard Delivers Detroit Diesel-Powered Crewboat For Use in Indonesia page: 135
• Port Of South Louisiana Leads Grain Industry Economic Impact page: 135
• First National Monument Honoring Merchant Marine Unveiled In New York City page: 136
• Port Of Seattle Releases Ambitious Expansion Plan page: 136
• SCI Gets Go-Ahead To Build Nine Ships In South Korea page: 137
• Barge Rates Surge As Demand Rises, Water Levels Fall page: 138
• USCG Developing Rules Requiring Vessels To Respond To Oil Spills page: 138
• SCI Gets Go-Ahead To Build Nine Ships In South Korea page: 138
• MSRC To Be Fully Operational In 18 Months page: 140
• Garvin To Receive API's Highest Award At Annual Meeting In Houston page: 140
• Energy Policies Will Determine Future Petroleum Imports page: 140
• Aker And Kiewit Form Partnership To Serve Offshore Industry page: 143
• Zebra Mussel Infestation Spreads Beyond Great Lakes page: 143
• MSC Charters Four Barge-Carrying Vessels page: 143
• Justice Department Softens Opposition To Gaming Bill page: 144