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McAllister Inaugurates Jacksonville Service With The New 'Brooks K. McAllister' (Page 4) NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING-100th ANNIVERSARY MAY 1986 ISSUE Posidonia^ IIoo£i5cdvia The International Shipping Exhibition From 2-7 June 1986 the key executives of the world-wide shipping community will be in Greece for Posidonia, the International Shipping Exhibition. "the regular meeting point Posidonia is sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, The Municipality of Piraeus, the for the leading decision Union of Greek Shipowners, the Greek Chamber of Shipping, makers in the shipping the Association of Shipowners of Greek Passenger Ships and * of the world" the Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee. For full details contact: Posidonia Exhibitions Ltd. 180 Syngrou Avenue. 176 71 Athens, Greece Tel. (01) 95.94.603, 95.94.625, 95.94.647 Telex: 21 9075 EXPO GR. v of Z^ef9 It Gre ; ATtxtiAUini IMlU'CCMIVfUU The biggest call on McAllister Circle 250 on Reader Service Card McAllister Brothers Inc. Towing and Transportation. 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 (212) 269-3200 Baltimore (301) 547-8678 • Norfolk (804) 627-3651 Philadelphia (215) 922-6200 • San Juan (809) 721-8888 Jacksonville (904) 743-9226 McAllister^ MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News ON THE Editorial and Executive Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 COVER (212) 477-6700 • ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI McAllister Inaugurates Jackson* ille Sen ice With Publishers: JOHN E. O'MALLEY Brooks K McAllister CHARLES P. O'MALLEY PAGE 24 Editorial Director: CHARLES P. O'MALLEY Editor: ROBERT WARE S.N.A.M.E. Spring Meeting/ Senior Editor: THOMAS H. PHILLIPS STAR Symposium Preview Associate Editor: JOHN SNYDER We don't think you should change to another PAGE 8 shaft bearing just because it's new. Editorial Coordinator: LILIAN IRVINE ROBIN F. BURNETT, MRINA, We think you should change because it's International Editor: Newport News Shipbuilding— MNI, London, England better. 100th Anniversary JOHN C. O'MALLEY Over ten years of trials have proven Thordon Advertising Sales Director: —Supplement— LISA WILLIAMS better than conventional materials — so much Regional Sales Managers: PAGE 29 SHARI L. LINKER better that you can't afford to overlook it on your Production Manager: MARGE SULLIVAN next refit. Posidonia "86 Preview Circulation Manager: M. SOTTILE Better than rubber, because Thordon has its PAGE 38 own built-in-lubricants — it runs quietly at low speeds and can even run dry for short periods Yugoslav Shipbuilding without damage. Report Advertising Circulation and Sales Offices Better than phenolic, because thordon is PAGE 42 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 abrasion-resistant and doesn't need kid-glove Telephone (212) 477-6700 handling during installation or operation. It literally absorbs pounding and keeps on running. Smoothly. Penn Ship Yard Awarded Better than wood in every way. And Thordon $4-Million Navy Contract raw stock is available for machining to size in over REPRESENTATIVES For Work On Frigate 50 countries around the world. Holland MR. TONY KENTER Get all the facts on Thordon before you make Kenter & Co. any decision on shaft bearing refits. Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Com- P.O. Box 130, 7470 AC Goor, Holland Telephone: 05470-5005 Not because it's the most modern bearing pany of Chester, Pa., has been Telex: 72028 material available. awarded a contract by the Navy to But because it's the best. perform repairs and modifications Italy MR. VITTORIO F. NEGRONE to the guided missile frigate Oliver Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Hazard Perry (FFG-7) during a Se- Telephone: (010) 543.659-268.334-268.513 lected Restricted Availability. Val- Telex: 211197 EDINT I ued at more than $4 million, this contract will require the addition of Scandinavia MR. STEPHAN R. G. ORN AB Stephan R. G. Orn about 150 people to the Penn Ship Box 184, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden work force. The work is to be com- Telephone 0411-184 00 pleted over a four-month period. Telex: 33335 Orn S West Germany MR. WOLF O. STORCK Schiffahrtswerbung Karl-Otto Storck Stahlwiete 7, 2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone 040/850 0071 Newport News Receives United MR. MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Kingdom Euromedia, Ltd. $10.4-Million Contract P.O. Box 122, Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1YF, England For Submarine Work Telephone: 0444-416845 Hiorflnri Korea MR. CHRIS MAENG Newport News Shipbuilding, IPR Int'l PR, INC. IT UIORKS HARD. VOU RE5T EASY. Newport News, Va., is being Yongsan awarded a $10,370,000 firm-fixed- P.O. Box 100 Seoul, Korea price contract for the post shake- Telephone: 273-7765 WRITE FOR COMPLETE PERFORMANCE DETAILS TO: down availability of USS Honolulu Telex: MOCNDM K23231 (SSN-718). Work will be performed 3225 Mainway, Burlington in Newport News, and is expected to Japan MR. TOSHIO EGUSA THOMSON Ontario, Canada L7M 1A6 be completed in August 1986. The Publinetwork, Inc. Telephone (416) 335-1440 Room No. 206 Pegasus Mansion GORDON Naval Sea Systems Command, 21-7, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 Japan Telex Number Washington, D.C., is the contracting Telephone: 03 (812) 2406 LIMITED 061-8705 Telex: 02722469 EVERAD J activity (N00024-82-G-2123). Circle 260 on Reader Service Card 118 EAST 25th STREET Maritime Reporter Engineering News is published monthly, Member MARITIME NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 except twice a month in January, by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Mailed at Second Class Postage Rates at Waterbury, CT 06701 and additional mailing offices. REPORTER (212) 477-6700 AND Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable VBPA Telex: MARINTI 424768 magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 118 East 25th ENGINEERING NEWS Street, New York, NY 10010. Business Publications ESTABLISHED 1939 Audit of Circulation, Inc. ISSN-0025-3448 No. 6 Volume 48 ALL MATERIAL FOR EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ROBERT WARE, EDITOR. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Texaco Signs Globtik Ignitor (NPBI). The hand-held unit and pressed until the ignitor is lit. able in three standard lengths—36 is used to ignite burners in boilers The unit is also inexpensive. The inches, 48 inches, and 60 inches. Ship Management Contract and process furnaces and is the new- total cost of the unit is less than NAO is an internationally known —Information Available est development from NAO. $200, plus $2 to $3, the cost of a dis- manufacturer of combustion and Safe, easy and inexpensive are posable propane cylinder. pollution control equipment since William R. Cumming, presi- features of the NPBI. The unit is Other advantages of the portable 1912 and maintains offices in Hous- dent of Texaco Marine Services, safe to operate since direct contact ignitor include durability, long life, ton, Texas; Tokyo, Japan; Milan, Inc., recently announced that TMSI with the flame is avoided. The igni- lightness, and assorted ignitor Italy; and London, England, and has signed a ship management tor is controlled by the operating lengths. Areas exposed to heat are has agents around the world. agreement with Globtik Tankers push button. It is easy to operate. A made of stainless steel for extended For free literature containing London Limited to manage the small disposable propane cylinder is life, without affecting the light- more information about the NAO tankers M/V Brazil Pride and M/V attached to the ignitor handle, then weight design. The ignitor weighs Portable Burner Ignitor, the ignition switch is flipped "on" less than two pounds, and is avail- Brazil Glory. Circle 70 on Reader Service Card TMSI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texaco Inc., is a full-service ship management company located in When in Nordic Waters come to Port Arthur, Texas. The M/V Brazil Pride and M/V Brazil Glory are both 80,000-dwt tankers built in Brazil in 1983 and 1981, respective- REPAIR COUNTRY ly, and registered in the Bahamas. In addition to the new operating agreements, TMSI also operates U.S. and international fleets of oceangoing tankers and coastwise units for Texaco and its subsidiar- ies, as well as vessels for American Petrofina Incorporated, Saudi In- ternational Petroleum Carriers Ltd. and the Nigerian National Petro- leum Corporation. Staffed with a highly professional multinational group of operating and engineering personnel, TMSI is actively seeking additional operat- ing agreements to fully manage ad- ditional vessels, both foreign and domestic. TMSI offers shipowners many special services ranging from planned maintenance and inventory control systems to computerized en- ergy conservation programs. For a free brochure and addition- al information on Texaco Marine Services, Inc., Circle 59 on Reader Service Card Norsk Pacific And Ocean Marine Services Form Charter Venture A new vessel chartering venture has been formed on the U.S. West Coast to serve dry bulk and neo- bulk shippers and brokers. Norsk Pacific Steamship Company Ltd. of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Ocean Marine Services of San Pedro have pooled their expertise and now offer shippers and brokers the economy Ships only make money for their owners when work just as soon as the ship arrives. And we of time- or trip-chartered vessels for they are at sea. So time out for necessary visits to work according to a strict schedule. their shipping needs. the shipyard has got to be kept to a minimum. Everyone knows exactly what to do. We use the This naturally places great demands on the yard latest techniques and the most advanced proce- Ocean Marine will function as an and the yard's ability to plan ahead. At Citvvarvet dures. We are a team and we are proud ofit — and agent for Norsk Pacific, and will be we've got our own tactics. our team approach has made us famous too! responsible for developing new Even before the ship arrives at the yard we get to We have docks in three different Swedish ports trades to and from the West Coast work finding out exactly what has to be done.