Maritime Reporter, April 1976

<BODY> <div> BETHLEHEM STEEL'S NEW DRYDOCK —Bethlehem Steel Corporation is prepared to accommodate the large ships that call at the New York Harbor. The huge drydock at the Bayonne (N.J.) Military Ocean Ter- minal has been leased by the corporation. The drydock is about 1,100 feet long from head to outer sill, 140 feet wide with width at top of abutments of 152 feet, and depth at mean low water of 38y2 feet. Bethlehem's Hoboken, N.J., yard will have charge of the operations at the Bayonne facility. Canadian Yards Building For Export From offshore rigs to bulk carriers and special vessels such as oceangoing self- unloaders, Canada's yards are currently busy filling worldwide orders. Halifax Shipyard is building a $30-million self-righting drill rig for a consortium of oil companies for use in the North Sea, to be delivered this summer. Construction is to follow of a $40-million dynamically position- ing drillship for a similar group scheduled for delivery by mid-1977. Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. is at present outfitting a $4-million 140-foot seagoing tug for Seaspan Overseas Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda, for delivery the end of May. In addition, the yard is filling an order from Guatemala for two general purpose barges and a further $1.5-million contract from Seaspan International for two 4,000-ton- capacity barges for delivery this summer. One East Coast yard with a solid work- load ahead of it is Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Ltd. of Saint John, New Brunswick. Its third of four 37,500-ton prod- uct carriers it is building for Esso Tankers Inc. of New York was christened in Febru- ary, and work is well along on the fourth. The yard will build another similar carrier for Swann Oil Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., before starting construction of six 31,000-ton tank- ers for Shell (Bermuda) Ltd. for delivery completion by the end of 1978. Marine Industries Ltd., at its Sorel, Quebec, plant, is completing the last four of six 17,000 Marindus cargo vessels for Societe Navale Chargeurs Delmas-Vieljeux of France. The yard has started construction on the first of two 17,000-ton cargo carriers it is building for the Algerian National Ship- ping Corp. for November delivery. It also has on the books orders for 10 of the 17,000- ton cargo liners for Greek owner Karageorgis SA of Piraeus, and three 10,000-ton tankers for Cuba. "Canadian yards have always got orders on a combination of price, delivery and credit," says William White, vice president-shipbuilding of Marine Industries. He added that MIL will be taking a good look at the company's 17,000-ton general cargo ship design with the idea of going to market with updated or revised versions in 1977. Bel-Air Shipyard Ltd. of North Vancouver has just delivered the last of four offshore service vessels of a $15-million contract from Zapata Marine Services Inc. of Houston, Texas. The second of two $13.5-million, 17,000- ton oceangoing self-unloaders for United States Gypsum Co. is nearing completion at the Collingwood Shipyard Division of Cana- dian Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Altogether, aside from these and other export orders, Canada's yards are currently building a substantial number of vessels of various types, from an Arctic type 28,000- ton bulk carrier for the Federal Government, to coastal ferries, self-unloaders for the West Coast lumber industry as well as for Great Lakes use and others, both on account of Canadian/owners and Federal or Provincial Government agencies. Furthering promotion of its capabilities to fill foreign orders, Canada's shipbuilding, repairing and marine components industry, sponsored by the Canadian Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce, will be rep- resented with exhibits at "Posidonia '76," the international marine trade exhibition being held June 7-12 in Piraeus, Greece. 2nd International Symposium On Ship Operation Automation Set For Washington In August Washington, D.C. has been selected as the world site for the 2nd International Sym- posium on Ship Operation Automation. It is expected that representatives of over 30 na- tions will attend the meeting to discuss advanced marine technology. Scheduled for August 30 through September 2, 1976, the conference will take place during the United States capital city's Bicentennial celebration. It follows the first Symposium held in Oslo in 1973, to keep pace with this rapidly changing field of ship automation and com- puterized operations. Headquarters for the Symposium will be the Shoreham Americana Hotel, one of Washington's most gracious accommodations. The past 10 years have been a technical revolution in the field of sea transport. The traditional freighters and tankers of the type that dominated world trade for the past century are disappearing. Their place is be- ing taken by giant, highly-powered, highly- automated ships operating as elements of major international transportation systems. The typical 16,000-ton tanker of 15 years ago has given away to supertankers of 500,000 dwt and beyond. Similarly, the road-rail-ships transportation container has led to fast efficient, container-laden cargo ships with propulsion extending over 120,000 horsepower. It is the intent of the Symposium to pro- mote an exchange of information and expe- rience among the world's shipping people to keep abreast of the many technological changes taking place worldwide in the field of ship automation. Among the 82 presenta- tions to be made by outstanding speakers from 15 nations are a broad range of ship- board control including bridge and engine- room systems, cargo handling, and ship op- erations management. Speakers will be at- tending from Australia, Canada, Canal Zone, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Swit- zerland, U.S.A., and U.S.S.R. Advance registration for the Symposium can be accomplished by addressing your request in English to Ship Operation Auto- mation Symposium, P.O. Box 1771, Prince Georges Plaza, Hyattsville, Md. 20788, U.S.A. An early registration fee of $80 entitles the registrant to a full set of preprints, en- trance to all sessions, as well as admission to the Symposium reception. Sponsors for the three-day meeting are the United States Maritime Administration, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the International Federation of Automatic Control, and the International Federation for Information Processing. For additional details, contact Richard L. Bu- chanan, General Electric Company, 777 14th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20005, U.S.A. ASNE Flagship Section Reviews 200 Years Of Navy Technology Taking part in ASNE Flagship Section meeting were, (left to right): Rear Adm. Randolf W. King, USN (ret.); Vice Adm. Edwin B. Hooper, USN (ret.); Capt. Payson D. Sierer Jr., USN, and Capt. Roger Pineau, USN. Approximately 90 American Society of Naval Engineers Flagship Section members and guests met recently at the Washington Navy Yard for a museum tour, followed by dinner and technical session at the Officer's Mess. The chairman, Capt. Payson D. Sierer Jr., USN, introduced Capt. Roger Pineau, USN, the museum director and host for the event, who started off the tour with an ori- entation talk. The speaker for the technical session was Vice Adm. Edwin B. Hooper, USN (ret.), who presented his paper "Over a Span of Two Hundred Years — Technology in the U.S. Navy." In this paper, Vice Admiral Hooper hit some of the high spots in tech- nological innovations within the U.S. Navy, which have helped to maintain it as our first line of defense since our nation's founding. Captain Sierer presented the Flagship Certificate of Appreciation to Vice Admiral Hooper for his fine presentation. April 1, 1976 37 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>