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First Offshore LNG Deepwater Port Buoy Under Construction
ABS surveyors, onsite at Junoverken AB yard in Uddevalla, Sweden, monitor and inspect the fabrication of industry's first offshore LNG deepwater port buoy, designed by Advanced Production and Loading AS of Norway (APL). The port buoy will be ABS-classed as an XA1 Single-Point Mooring (SPM).
GL/GR Section Of SNAME Held Spring Meeting In Dearborn
The Spring Meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Dearborn, Mich. Total attendance of about 100 members and guests enjoyed the usual comeradery and business,
Paper On Real Time Monitoring Presented At Pacific Northwest SNAME
At the spring meeting in Vic- toria, British Columbia, Canada, the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers heard two papers. "Experience with Real Time Motion Monitoring on the Barge Foss 245," presented by Robert E.
Sixth Supply Boat Delivered To Marsea Marine By Halter
Halter Marine, Inc. recently completed contracts for a series of vessels with the Marsea Marine Companies, New Orleans, with the delivery of the supply boat Marsea Six (shown above). The companies have also signed contracts for 14 additional similar vessels.
Lloyd's Register Studies Deep Oil Technology's Tension Leg Platform
As offshore oil operators move into deeper waters, the cost of constructing and installing conventional steel jacket or concrete gravity platforms rises steeply. The Tension Leg Platform System (T.L.P.) design by Deep Oil Technology Inc. of Long Beach, Calif.
Laborde And Wardwell Elected To Lead NOIA
John P. Laborde of Tidewater, Inc. is the new chairman of the National Ocean Industries Association. He was elected by the b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s during the NOIA Eighth Annual Meeting, March 1980. Mr. Laborde, whose office is in New Orleans, La.
Onstream Project To Optimize FPSO Design
Noble Denton Europe Ltd. (NDE) was last month set to launch a new joint industry project aiming to improve FPSO design in order to optimize system safety and reliability, which will in turn lower operating costs and capital requirement. The study
Versatile Semi-Trailers Are Handled By Fork Lifts —Literature Available
Lift-Loaders are a unique family of fork-lift t r u c k operated semi-trailers. They are engaged by a fork lift in a matter of seconds and become very maneuverable truck-trailer combinations. Each Lift-Loader can be used as a conventional trailer or as a self-loading and unloading trailer.
Griff Lee, McDermott VP, Elected To National Academy Of Engineering
Griff C. Lee, vice president of r e s e a r c h and development and technical services, J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering role in the development of the offshore p l a t f o rm technology now used around the world.
$18.1 -Million Dredging Contract Awarded To T.L. James & Company
A contract to enlarge Bayou Chene and the Avoca Island Cutoff channel has been awarded to T.L. James & Company, Inc. of Ruston, La., by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Col. Thomas A. Sands, New Orleans District Engineer, noted in making the award