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Shipboard Life in Style
new concept in luxury living and travel has been brought to realization with the completion of the much-vaunted ResidenSea ship. The World, which made its service debut at European ports during April. The unique vessel, home to a resort community continuously circumnavigating the globe,
Marine Executives Visit University To Review Class Project On Construction Of Towboats
With the Spring Class of Mississippi State University, well over 50 graduates of the Marine Engineering Technology Curriculum will enter the growing shipbuilding industry in the South. Each year, thus far, the senior class has worked on a project
Keppel Shipyard Converting Ships To Livestock Carriers
The last few years have seen growing interest shown by shipowners in livestock carriers. Also, shipowners have found it more economical to convert an old ship rather than to order a newbuilding for the carriage of cattle or sheep. Keppel Shipyard
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.
$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
Bath Iron Works To Build $25-Million Training Simulator For U.S. Navy
Maine Congressman David F. Emery announced recently that a contract for approximately $25 million has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Bath Iron Works to construct a unique training simulator at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center to teach future crewmen of guided-missile frigates.
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
Kavanagh Named Vice President At Dock Express
Roger P. Kavanagh has joined the Dock Express organization as vice president, it was announced recently by Warren R. Wheelock, president. Mr. Kavanagh brings to this new position broad experience in the international shipment of specialized cargoes,
Owners Strongly Oppose Federal Financing Bank Control Of Title XI
For 39 years, the Title XI Federal Ship Mortgage Guarantee Insurance program has run smoothly and effectively. To bring it under control of the Federal Financing Bank, as now proposed, would only add another "layer of bureaucracy," cause interminable delays,
Sperry MCS2B SatCom INMARSAT Type Approved
—Literature Available Sperry Corporation, Charlottesville, Va., recently received full type approval of its INMARSAT MCS2B satellite communicator by INMARSAT. "The MCS2B represents a major new direction in shipboard communications, as it features