March 1969

Table of Contents

1. Three Dimensional Enlargement Of Great Lakes Bulk Carriers — A Sound Investment

   A condensed SNAME paper arguing that existing Great Lakes bulk carriers can be economically enlarged in length, beam and depth now that the new Poe Lock has removed size restraints, raising trip capacity about 60 percent and yielding the best capital recovery factor of the alternatives examined.

   p. 22

2. Value Engineering — A Key To A More Economic Merchant Marine

   A condensed paper by the chief of MarAd's Value Engineering Branch describing the program's history, mandatory contract provisions and cumulative savings of more than $13-million since 1957, and arguing that far greater savings potential remains in the marine industry.

   p. 8

3. Marine Industries Limited — A Leading Canadian Shipyard Modernizes

   Marine Industries Limited of Sorel, Quebec has inaugurated new automated steel facilities as part of a modernization program begun in 1962, combining Arendal know-how from Gotaverken with its own developments including a one-side-welder.

   p. 49

4. New York Conference Tries To Solve "The Path Of The Container Hurricane"

   The Containerization Institute's Ninth Annual Conference on Containerization in New York heard John J. McMullen call for a truly integrated transportation system while panelists debated whether containerization is a total panacea.

   p. 30

5. Grafton Boat Delivers Joliet Harbor Towboat For Switching And Fleeting Service

   Grafton Boat Co. has delivered the 80-foot, 850-hp towboat John Alexa, with a retractable pilothouse, to Capt. Herbert V. Schreiner of the Joliet Harbor Tug Service for upper Illinois River work.

   p. 36

6. Mississippi River Ranks First In New Waterside Facilities

   AWO reports the Mississippi River led all waterways with 23 new or expanded industrial plants in the fourth quarter of 1968, out of 109 waterside facilities nationwide.

   p. 20

7. Lisnave Reports 1,060 Vessels Repaired During 1968

   Lisnave of Lisbon repaired 1,060 vessels in 1968 across its north and south yards, including the 207,000-dwt Macoma, and is studying a further drydock capable of handling ships up to 750,000 dwt.

   p. 45

8. George G. Sharp Inc. Realigns Corporate And Technical Staff

   The New York naval architectural firm George G. Sharp, Inc. has realigned its top management, naming Douglas C. MacMillan chairman and Robert P. Giblon president and chief executive officer.

   p. 15

9. High-Strength Ladder On New Bauer Dredge Made With Armco SSS 100 Steel Plate

   The new steam dredge Bill Bauer, now working at Pascagoula, uses 100,000-psi yield strength Armco SSS 100 steel for its 350-ton suction ladder and 40-ton spuds.

   p. 56

10. Conversion of R1-M-AV3 Ship To Deepwater Drilling Ship Set For Bethlehem-Beaumont

    Bethlehem's Beaumont yard has received a contract from Storm Drilling Company to jumboize and convert the 1945-built refrigerated cargo vessel Karin into a self-propelled deepwater drilling ship.

    p. 15