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Four More Rigs Ordered At General Dynamics' Charleston Facility General Dynamics' Charleston (S.C.) Facility will fabricate com- ponents for four offshore drilling rigs under a $33-million contract from Bailey & Shannon Drilling Company, Inc. of Stafford, Texas. The award involves construction of major portions of steel work on the rigs. The components will be used in jackup drilling rigs with a 16,000- foot drilling capability and in workover rigs capable of drilling to 25,000-foot depths. The rigs will be used off the Gulf Coast. This is the second contract that General Dynamics has received for major portions of steel work on offshore drilling rigs in four months. Last December, the firm was awarded a contract for com- ponents for two rigs for the same owner. The new contract work will begin late this year, with delivery of the components sched- uled in 1982. The work will provide jobs for approximately 250 employees at the Charleston Facility. The new contract, along with other awards, has boosted the backlog at the fa- cility from $8 million to $48 mil- lion since January. Hitco Awarded $9.6-Million Navy Contract For Sub Bow Domes & Accessories Hitco, Gardena, Calif., is being awarded a $9,585,305 firm fixed price contract for bow domes and attachment rings and spiders for SSN-688, SSN-594, SSN-637, and SSBN-726 class submarines. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity. (N00024- 81-C-4319) New Officers Elected For Marine Society Of City Of New York The 211-year-old Marine Soci- ety of the City of New York has announced the election of the fol- lowing officers: president, Capt. T.H. Pineault (American Bureau of Shipping) ; 1st vice president, Capt. Richard N. LePage (Farrell Lines Incorporated) ; 2nd vice president, Capt. Gilbert S. Schu- gart (National Cargo Bureau) ; secretary, Capt. Richard M. Perry (F.W. Hartmann & Company) ; and treasurer, Capt. Dino S. Sa- vastio (Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.). Symposium On Ship Operations To Be Held In New York November 17-19 An International Symposium on Ship Operations (ISOSO) will be sponsored in New York City November 17-19 by five major maritime industry organizations, each representing a separate dis- cipline within the industry. The Symposium will be held in the spacious Passenger Terminal on the Hudson River at the foot of West 55th Street. A major por- tion of the facility will be given over to exhibit space, and there will be two conference areas to provide for concurrent sessions. The five sponsoring groups are: The Hydrographic Society, Amer- ican Institute of Merchant Ship- ping, The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc., the Coun- cil of American Flag Ship Oper- ators, and the host of the orga- nization, the Maritime Associa- tion of the Port of New York. Exhibitors in the area of com- munications, weather, navigation, deck and engine equipment, ship maintenance, ship services, safe- ty, lighting, fuel and fuel quality control, and any other product or service affecting the economics and profitability of ship operation will find a responsive audience at ISOSO, according to N. Nick Cretan, Maritime Association ex- ecutive director. Details on conference sessions and exhibiting can be obtained from any of the sponsoring or- ganizations or from the Maritime Association ISOSO office, 34th Floor, 80 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10004; telephone (212) 425- 5704. U.S.C.G. Final Acceptance 72 COLREGS 12, 24, 36, 110 or 220M. Single or Double Units • 'yntemationa/ /eac/ers in marine //
