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STOLT-NIELSEN TAKES DELIVERY OF 29,999-DWT M/T STOLT VESTLAND With the delivery of the M/T Stolt Vestland, Greenwich, Ct.-based Stolt-Nielsen, Inc., has com- pleted a three-year building program with Kvaerner Kleven Floro A/S Shipbuilding, Nor- way, of four 29,999-dwt parcel tankers for inter- continental service. These new parcel tankers are specially designed to handle multi-grades of chemicals, or single-grade cargoes such as sulphuric and phosphoric acid. The four vessels each have 41 fully segregated cargo tanks and are built to the highest IMO safety standards with double bottoms and transverse cofferdams. The M/T Stolt Vestland was named at a formal ceremony in Norway by Maria Fecher, wife of Stolt-Nielsen, Inc.'s senior vice president and chartering manager, Philip Fecher. Nordic Prince In N.Y. For Repairs PORT ROYAL (CG 73) CHRISTENED AT INGALLS The U.S. Navy's newest Aegis guided-missile cruiser, Port Royal, was recently christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton, in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship's sponsor was Mrs. Susan G. Baker, wife of senior counselor and chief of staff to the President, James A. Baker, III, who delivered the principal address. CG 73's keel was laid at Ingalls on October 18, 1991, and the cruiser was launched on November 20. The 9,500-ton Port Royal is the 19th Aegis cruiser to be built for the Navy at the shipyard, and the second U.S. warship named to commemorate one of the sea islands in Beaufort County, South Carolina, where major battles were fought during both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Royal Caribbean's M/V Nordic Prince, which sails from New York to Bermuda during the summer, made a call at New York Shipyard, Red Hook, Brooklyn, before repositioning to the Car- ibbean for her winter schedule. Work included: hull coatings, stabilizer seals, ground tackle, sea valves, and propeller and shaft refurbishing. The shipyard also supported more than 300 sub- contractors who performed alterations to public areas and lounges. Due to the extent of the work, N.Y. Shipyard provided on-shore berthing for 300 personnel in its Navy berthing area. N.Y. Metropolitan SNAME Section Celebrates 50th Anniversary The New York Metropolitan section of the Soci- ety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers opened its 1992/93 season at the Downtown Ath- letic Club in Manhattan with a gala celebration of its 50th Anniversary and Past Chairman's Night. The evening started with an extended social hour sponsored by the employers of the Section's Executive Committee, including: C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc.; Francis A. Martin & Ottaway, Inc.; John J. McMullen Associates, Inc.; M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc.; George G. Sharp, Inc.; and Wheeler Associates, Inc. New section chairman Philip B. Kimball be- gan his tenure by thanking outgoing chairman, Richard Gilmore, for his work during the past season. Mr. Gilmore was presented with a plaque signed by Executive Committee members, a dia- mond chairman's pin and a plaque from SNAME headquarters. The highlight of the evening was a paper and slide show presented by John Higginbotham On board diesel engine maintenance at top level More than 9000 machines in use today
