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CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS International Marine Fuel Utilization Conference Sept. 1-4 Sponsored by Marine Energy Institute, Inc. Baltimore Convention Center, Balti- more, Md. Contact James Cunningham, Marine Energy Institute, 1410 Locust Street, Baltimore, Md. 21204; (301) 825-4238. 8th Annual Research and Engineering for Automation and Productivity in Shipbuilding (REAPS) Symposium Sept. 15-17 Sponsored by various U.S. shipyards and the Maritime Administration, and conducted by IIT Research Institute. Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, Md. Contact Marge Hernandez, REAPS Program Librarian, IITRI, 10 West 35th Street, Chicago, 111. 60616; (312) 567-4623. Offshore Europe 81 Sept. 15-18 Organized by Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd., Bridge of Don Showground, Ab- erdeen, Scotland. Contact Elizabeth Barker. Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd., Rowe House, 55/59 Fife Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1TA England; (01) 549 5831, Telex 928042. OCEANS 81 Sept. 16-18 Sponsored by the Marine Technology Society and the Council on Ocean En- gineering. Sheraton Hotel, Boston. Contact Jack McCarthy, OCEANS 81, P.O. Box 436, Cohasset, Mass. 02025; (617) 383-0720. Coal Ports West Sept. 16-18 A seminar sponsored by The American Association of Port Authorities. Holiday Inn Holidome, Sacramento, Calif. Contact Rexford B. Sherman, di- rector of research and publications, AAPA, 1612 K Street, N.W., Washing- ton, D.C. 20006; (202) 331-1263. Innovations for the '80s: A Shipbuilding & Repair Symposium Sept. 17-18 Sponsored by Puget Sound Naval Ship- yard; Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Se- attle; and Puget Sound Chapter of American Society of Naval Engineers. Edgewater Inn, Seattle, Wash., Contact Russell Carstensen, Chairman, c/o Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, C/270.3, Bremerton, Wash. 98314; (206) 478- 4176. Maritime Alaska '81: A Conference on Maritime Commerce and Port Development Sept. 21-24 Sponsored by U.S. Maritime Adminis- tration; U.S. Coast Guard, Seventeenth District; Alaska District, Corps of En- gineers; Alaska Department of Trans- portation and Public Facilities. Anchorage Sheraton Hotel, Anchorage, Ak. Contact Brenda Melteff, Alaska Sea Grant Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701. International Fishing Exhibition, Mexico 81 Sept. 21-25 Organized by the Industrial and Trade Fairs International Ltd. and Ferias y Expositiones Mexicanas. Acapulco Convention Center, Acapulco, Mexico. Contact Ms. Helena Durban, Industrial and Trade Fairs Interna- tional Ltd., Radeliffe House, Blenheim Court, Solihull, West Midlands B91 2BG United Kingdom; (021) 705 6707, Telex 337073. The Sixth International Waterborne Transit Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Organized by the International Marine Transit Association (IMTA). Hotel Scandinavia, Copenhagen, Den- mark, Contact Bryan C. Walker, pres- ident; or Lotte Oedegaard, press secre- tary, DDS A/S, Copenhagen K, Den- mark, Skt. Annae Plads 30, DK-1295; 01 15 6300. The Bunker Problem; How to Cope Sept. 30 Sponsored by U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Foundation. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. Contact Capt. Alfred Fiore, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. 11024; (212) 765-3304. SHIPASIA Exhibition and Conference Oct. 13-17 Sponsored by The Hong Kong Ship- owners association, the Hong Kong Joint Branch of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Institute of Marine Engineers, and the Ship- ping Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, in co- operation with the ShipAsia manage- ment. The conference will be organized by Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong. Contact Peter K. Johnson, director, ShipAsia '81, 6006 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 101, Houston, Texas 77081; (713) 666-5188, telex 910 881 5777. Extreme Loads Response Symposium Oct. 19-20 Presented by the Ship Structure Com- mittee and The Society of Naval Ar- chitects and Marine Engineers. Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Va. Contact Comdr. James A. Sanial, registration chairman, ELRS, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-DMT- 1/54), Washington, D.C. 20593. Gastech 81: 8th International LNG/LPG Conference & Exhibition Oct. 20-23 Organized by Business Meetings Lim- ited. Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Federal M/V Stewart J. Cort, built by Litton Industries' Erie Marine Division for Bethlehem Steel Corporation, employs four 120" W&K Conveyor Belt Doors. Other self unloaders equipped with W&K Conveyor Belt Doors include the motor vessels Roger Blough, W.F White. Edwin H. Goff. Edgar B. Speer and William J. Delancey. 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