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NASSCO Delivers USNS Soderman to U.S. Navy
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, delivered USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317) to the U.S. Navy. The Soderman is the eighth and final new construction ship completed by NASSCO under the U.S. Navy's Strategic Sealift Program.
Reefership Within A Containership
Embodying a multi-tweendeck section for fresh farm produce in a hull otherwise given over to containers, a new generation of vessels for the Israeli fruit and vegetable trade could help shape the future of the palletized reefer sector. Highlighting
Stone Manganese Fuel Saving Propellers Discussed At N.Y. Reception
Stone Manganese Marine Limited held a reception and film show recently at the Whitehall Club, N.Y., to an invited audience of shipowners and other marine interests from the metropolitan New York area. The film and the discussion which followed
Ocean Orders Five More Ships
Following on Ocean's announcement of an order for three 20,000-dwt cargoliners to be built at Scott Lithgow's yard on the Clyde, Ocean Transport & Trading Limited, India Buildings, Liverpool L2 ORB, England, recently announced further details of its retonnaging program for the liner trades.
Milestone Reference with MAN B&W
September saw the keel laying at Ulsan of the first of Hapag-Lloyd's nascent generation of 8,600 TEU containerships, embodying a beam some 30 percent greater than the maximum for Panama Canal transits, and installed with a colossal 93,360-bhp (68,640-kW) of propulsive power.
Promet Gets $60-Million Order For Drill Rig For Sedco Incorporated
Promet P r i v a t e Limited of Singapore, a leading rig and shipbuilder, recently signed a fourth order to build a $60-million semisubmersible rig for one of the largest American drilling companies. The rig is to be built for Sedco Incorporated,
NOAA Shows Distances Between 700 U.S. Ports And The Time It Takes
Do you know how far it is from Boston, Mass., to Anchorage, Alaska? As the crow flies, it's approximately 2,925 nautical miles. By ship, via the Panama Canal, the distance is 7,312 miles. The 1978 edition of "Distances between United States Ports" gives the nautical distances between 700 U.