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• GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Full Line Marine & Master Renewal Parts Distributor) • CUTLER HAMMER • WARD LEONARD ELECTRIC CO. • WEKSLER INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION • FOSTER REFRIGERATION CORPORATION and other leading manufacturers of Power Transmission Equipment • Circuit Protective Devices • Specialty Switches Lamps and Ballasts Accessory Items •VI BROWN AND ROSS |£R OF NEW JERSEY INCORPORATED 370 Paterson . Plank Road, Carlstadt, N. J. 07072 N.Y. (212) 962-7917 TELEX 138-777 N.J. (201J 933-2944 Your ship can come in... When it does, you've got it made, because we can repair anything from tugs to tankers— ferries to freighters — refrigerator ships to icebreakers. And whatever the damage, Lockheed puts it all back together for you. Fast, but good. Speed is our specialty, quality our criteria. Service is our total goal, so everything at Lockheed — our people, procedures and fa- cilities— is geared to get your ship up, out and back in business efficiently, on a 24-hour 'round-the-clock basis. You will appreciate our competitive prices. And our work. Plus our service. So when your ship needs to come in for repairs, ask our ship repair manager (Ext. 631) for a date and quote. He'll keep both. LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 98134 PHONE 206-623-2072 • CABLE L0CKSHIP IN NEW YORK: LOCKHEED, 420 Chrysler Bldg., 405 Lexington Ave., N.Y., N.Y., 10017 • Phone 212-697-7170 10th MTS Conference To Be Held Sept. 23 In Washington, D.C. The 10th annual Marine Technol- ogy Society conference and exposi- tion will be held September 23-25, 1974 in Washington, D.C. The pro- gram theme is "National Needs and Ocean Solutions." Deadline for sub- mitting abstracts of proposed papers is March 8. The conference headquarters will be the Sheraton-Park Hotel. Events planned in addition to the three-day technical program and exposition in- clude a film festival, annual MTS awards and a university-sponsored short course. A possible one-day briefing on the June-to-August law of the sea conference is being dis- cussed for Thursday, September 26. Wisconsin Barge Seeks CDS For 80 Barges Costing $9.9 Million Aid is being sought by Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc., Cassville, Wis., to help in the construction of 50 rake- style barges and 30 box-style barges, estimated to cost a total of $9.9 mil- lion. Twenty of the rake-type barges, measuring 195 feet long, with a 35- foot beam, a draft of 9 feet, and a deadweight of 1,500 short tons, will be built by Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. Jeffboat Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., will build the remaining 30 rake-type barges, which will have the same measurements as those built by Dra- vo. Jeffboat will also build the thirty 200-foot-long box-style barges, which will have a beam of 35 feet, a draft of 9 feet,'and a deadweight of 1,635 short tons. The barges are to be operated on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. McDermott To Build 4 Oceangoing Tugs For Henjen Corp. J. Ray McDermott Co., Morgan City, La., plans to build four ocean- going tugs for Henjen Corp., San Francisco, Calif., a subsidiary of GATX Aircraft Corp., at a total cost estimated at $6.8 million. The vessels will be 126 feet long, weigh 200 gross tons, and have a speed of 14 knots. Each will be equipped with 4,800-horsepower en- gines. -They will be used in offshore oil exploration and production world- wide, and chartered to the Robin Towing Corp. Authorized Stocking Distributor for •me *• «»*»•• >1 When you need QUALITY MARINE ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES you need BROWN AND ROSS OF NEW JERSEY INCORPORATED 3 floating drydocks to 18,000 tons Shipways to 100 x 700 feet • Piers to 1,100 feet MARITIME REPORTER ENGINEERING NEWS 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 MUrray Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 1 5th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Controlled Circulation postage paid at Hoboken, N.J. 07030. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding un- deliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member BPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 4 Volume 36 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
