View non-flash version
World-Wide Marine Orders Six Supertankers For $200 Million From Japanese Shipbuilders Y.K. Pao, internationally known shipping magnate and governing director of World- Wide (Shipping), Ltd., was honored on July 6 by the Deputy Mayor of Osaka City, Japan, Yashushi Oshima, in a specially arranged cere- mony at the city's Municipal Office during which he was presented with the key to the city. The occasion preceded the launching later on the same day of the 25,000-dwt bulk car- rier Eastern Wave for the Eastern Asia Navi- gation Company at the yard of the Osaka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Sponsor at the launching ceremony was Mrs. N.A.S. Mills, wife of the manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion's Hong Kong office. This is one of the 15 similar size bulk carriers so far ordered by the World-Wide Shipping Group from Osaka Shipbuilding Co., all of which are due for completion in the next three years, and the key award to Mr. Pao was in recognition of the Group's significant contribution to Osaka City's ship exports. Following the ceremony, Mr. Pao an- nounced that his Group has recently placed another huge block order with major Japanese shipbuilders for the construction of six more supertankers with a total deadweight of ap- proximately 1.5 million tons at an aggregate cost of close to $200 million. All are sched- uled for completion within the period between 1974 and 1975, and the following is a summing up of these mammoth ships: Type Approx. Dwt. Delivery Builder Tanker 260,000 1975 Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha Tanker 270,000 1974 Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Ltd. Tanker 270,000 1975 Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. Tanker 140,000 1974 Sumitomo Shipbuilding and Machinery Co. Ltd. Tanker 266,700 1974 Not disclosed Tanker 262,700 1975 Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. The World-Wide Group presently has in service a fleet of 65 vessels, including tankers, bulk carriers and combination carriers, total- ing around 3.5 million deadweight tons,-and when all the new buildings on order, includ- ing the six aforementioned, are delivered by 1975, the Group's whole tonnage figure is ex- pected to be nudging the 10-million-ton mark, comprising 120 vessels. "WebbperfectioN" Oil & "Akron" Electric Galley Ranges Also Professional JAMES E. BEST P.E. BEST & ASSOCIATES INC. 9870 S.W. 81 ST. MIAMI, FLA. 33143 Tel. (305) 271-3369 & 271-0365 CONSULTING ENGINEER • NAVAL ARCHITECT ASHORE & AFLOAT PROJECT COORDINATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATION DESIGN INSPECTION J. L. BLUDWORTH NAVAL ARCHITECT! TUGS BARGES 4030 Wyne St. Houston, Tex. 77017 . BOUCHER SHIP MODELS Since 1905 Ship Models—Show Case Plating, Test and Industrial Models Repairs and Parts BOUCHER-LEWIS PRECISION MODELS, Inc. 36 East 12th Street, New York 3, N.Y., GR 3-6073 BREIT ENGINEERING, INC. 441 GRAVIER ST. NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 504-524-3575 NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS MARINE SURVEYORS COAST ENGINEERING CO. & ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS MARINE SURVEYORS 711 West 21st Street Norfolk, Virginia 23517 Telephone 625-2744 CRANDALL DRY DOCK ENGINEERS, INC. Railway and Floating Dry Docks; Waterfront Structures Consulting • Design • Inspection Dry Dock Hardware and Equipment 238 Main Street Cambridge, Mass. 02142 CUSHING & NORDSTROM INC. NAVAL ARCHITECTS, MARINE ENGINEERS & TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS 50 TRINITY PLACE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10006 TEL: (212) 425-8095 CABLE: NAVARCHS I* ARTHUR D. DARDEN INCORPORATED 1040 International Trade Mart (504) 523-1661 NAVAL ARCHITECTS Cr MARINE ENGINEERS NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130 r®n§0@ff]@ MBGIB INCORPORATED / ARCHITECTS / MARINE JuC-^ / ENGINEERS 114 FIFTH AVENUE / P.O. BOX 1080 NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10011/ S UYE ST0 N, T E X . 7 7 5 5 0 ^ (211)111-7771 / (713)502-1002 J M. MACK EARLE, P. E. COMPLETE MARINE ARCHITECHNICAL SERVICE 103 Mellor Avenue 301/747-4744 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21228 FLOATING DRY DOCKS MARINE STRUCTURES GRAVING DOCKS SHIPTARD EXPANSIONS PORT FACILITIES OFFSHORE PLATFORMS OFFSHORE MOORINGS 10004 - Dlgby 4-0125 14 Vanderventer Ave., Port Washington, N.Y. 11050 - PO 7-7830 Cable Address "Cefosta" CHRISTOPHER J. FOSTER Consulting Engineers Nova/ Architects - Marine Engineers SURVEYS, CONSULTATIONS, DESIGNS & SUPERVISION 17 Battery Place, New York, N. Y FRIEDE AND GOLDMAN, INC. Naval Architects & Marine Engineers SUITE 1414, 225 BARONNE STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70112 523-4621 GIBBS &COX^ Naval Architects • Marine Engineers 21 West Street, New York, N.Y. 10006 JOHN W. GILBERT ASSOCIATES, INC. Naval Architects Marine Engineers Brokerage 58 COMMERCIAL WHARF. BOSTON, MASS. 02110 MORRIS GURALNICK ASSOCIATES, INC. Naval Architects and Engineers San Francisco, California •clJ-HEflRVcoine- nnvm ARCHITECTS • MRRINF ENGINEERS • mnRinE SURVEYORS 90 West St., New York, N.Y. 10006 - 943-2870 West Park Dr., Mt. Laurel Industrial Pk., Moorestown, N.J. 08057 609-234-3880 430 South Main St., Cohasset, Moss. 02025 — 617-383-9200 L K HOMYER MARINE ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING Box 408, Corona del Mar, California Dial (714) 673-6491 IT": ' puinn C. T. ILARIUCCI & ASSOCIATES MARINE SURVEYORS 8. CONSULTANTS "ANYWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN" Tourism Pier #3 San Juan, P.R. 00902 P.O. Box 4351 San Juan, P.R. 00905 Office: 724-7570 722-5508 Home: 723-4013 723-3635 Cable: MARISURV Telex: ITT 345 3020 IAAAFQ Q k'DO^FM Raytheon's New 83-Foot Research Vessel Sub Sig Launched At Blount Yard A seagoing electronic research laboratory was launched at the Blount Marine Corpora- tion, Warren, R.I., ways on June 26, following the traditional breaking of a champagne bottle across her bow by the widow of a renowned Raytheon Company scientist, engineer, and inventor. Christened the M/V Sub Sig by Mrs. Percy L. Spencer of Newton, Mass., the new 83- foot research vessel will serve Raytheon Com- non-ir'o QnKtnonno Qirrnil T^nncinti Vi o i rl n 111 r marine navigation and communications equip- ment. Senator John O. Pastore, principal speaker at the christening and launching ceremonies, stressed the importance of the emphasis by Raytheon's Submarine Signal Division on the application of its long-established expertise in marine technology to the growing fight against water pollution. Other speakers were Senator Claiborne Pell, Governor Frank Licht, Congressman Fernand J. St. Germain, and shipbuilder Luther Blount. D. Brainerd Holmes, executive vice presi- dent of Raytheon, characterized the M/V Sub prove and maintain the quality of our water environment. "May it serve not just as part of our industrial effort," he said, "but, in its small but real way, as a contributor to a stronger United States and to the growth of man's knowledge." According to Ralph A. Martin, Raytheon vice president and general manager of the Submarine Signal Division, among the first assignments of the new research vessel will be the test and evaluation of an advanced computer-controlled sonar system developed by the company.
