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U.S. Tanker Building Should Be Doubled To Meet Fuel Needs To provide vessels to transport Alaskan North Slope crude oil and percentages of oil imports envision- ed by legislation now pending be- fore the 'Congress, "the present U.S. shipyard order book for tank- ers should be swiftly doubled if sequential deliveries are to be 'on stream' as needed." This is the judgment of the board of directors of the Shipbuild- ers Council of America, composed of major shipbuilders and allied suppliers in all sections of the coun- try, conveyed in nearly identical letters to Chairman Leonor K. Sul- livan of the House Merchant Ma- rine and Fisheries Committee and Chairman Warren G. Magnuson of the Senate Commerce Committee. These letters were signed by Ed- win M. Hood, Council president and 'board chairman. In urging prompt enactment of legislation to reserve certain per- centages of oil imports for U.S.- flag U.S.-'built tankers, Mr. Hood wrote: "Shipbuilding capabilities and tanker requirements are inexorably related. Usual tenets of supply and demand are, and wi'll be, control- ling. Measured against current forecasts of demand, the annual 88 SHIPYARDS IN 37 COUNTRIES NOW BUILDING, REPAIRING AND LAUNCHING ALL TYPES OF VESSELS UP TO 60,000 TONS D.W.T. WITH SUI1CRDLIFT DRYDOCKS AND TRANSFER SYSTEMS Of * * •* )0 r * • 1 ¥ I END & SIDE TRANSFER TO ASSIST YOU IN PLANNING A NEW DRYDOCK INSTALLATION, WE WILL VISIT YOUR SITE ANY- WHERE IN THE WORLD AT NO COST OR OBLIGATION. WRITE TO: PEARLSON ENGINEERING CO. P.O. Box 8 (8970 S.W. 87th Ct.) Miami, Fla. 33156 U.S.A. Phone (305) 271-5721 Telex 051-9340 Cable SYNCROLIFT BUILDING A NEW BOAT ? call MfitthU first... 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The correct code sequence at the required speed will then be transmitted. The transmitter is turned off at the completion of the sequence. Operates from 117 Volts AC, 50/60 cycles or 13.6 Volts DC. •Patent No. 3716790 LORAIN SD-VI SELECTIVE DECODER* SILENTLY SCANS 6 CHANNELS IN 2 SECONDS When the called party's 5-digit code is received and recog- nized, the channel is indicated and an au- dible signal sounds. The channel indicator lamp remains on until reset. The Lorain SD-VI Decoder is designed to register a call on board a selected vessel, or at a shore station or fixed site, originating from a calling station utilizing an SSB transmitter. It can receive and store up to six calls, and the call may be received on any of six fre- quencies. A calling code consists of five sequential tones sent in two seconds. A typical code is 24536. The Lorain SD-VI consists of the Decoder, in which all com- ponents are housed, and a Call Indicator. An auxiliary alarm capability is standard with every unit. Operates from 117 Volts AC, 50/60 cycles, or 13.6 Volts DC. ELECTRONICS Decoder Call Indicator CORPORATION 2307 LEAVITT ROAD — LORAIN, OHIO 44052 Area Code 216 —Telephone 282-6116 AONO.S aggregate U.S. tanker building ca- pacity is expected to increase from the present level of 1.5-million dwt to more than 2-million dwt by 1976-77, and then to expand to more than 3-million dwt by 1978 and thereafter. "But, these expectations presup- pose that additional shipyard con- tracts will be quickly placed so as to enable tanker construction and deliveries in an orderly man- ner. Placement of contracts for tankers, now or in the immediate future, will, in the ultimate sense, determine the near-term and long- term characteristics of the Ameri- can-flag tanker fleet. Our prelimi- nary estimate is that the present U.S. shipyard order book for tank- ers should be swiftly doubled if sequential deliveries are to be 'on stream' as needed to transport both Alaskan and import oil." As of August 1, 1973, U.S. ship- yards held orders for 49 tankers totaling 4.5-million dwt ranging in sizes from 25,000 to 265,000 dwt. Deliveries are presently scheduled at the rate of five in 1973, eigh- teen in 1974, ten each in 1975 and 1976, and six in 1977. Hydronautics, Inc. Names Dr. Wechsler Chief Mech. Engineer Dr. Laskar Wechsler Phillip Eisenberg, president of Hydronautics, Incorporated, 7210 Pindell School Road, Laurel, Md. 20810, has announced the appoint- ment of Dr. Laskar Wechsler to the position of chief mechanical engineer. Dr. Wechsler brings a strong 'background in ships ma- chinery design and maintenance, accumulated during 33 yeafs with the Naval Ship Systems Command and its predecessor, the Bureau of Ships. He recently retired from the position of technical director of the Machinery Division of the Naval Ship Engineering 'Center. Philadelphia Resins Names Golten Marine Golten Marine Co., Inc., 330 Broad Avenue, Wilmington, Calif., has been named California dis- tributor for Philadelphia Resins Corp., Moritgomeryville, Pa. Gol- ten will be responsible for the sale of Chockfast pourable resin chock- ing systems to shipyards and ship- owners, primarily in port cities, in- cluding San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The appoint- ment was announced by David P. Kollock, company vice president. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
