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Three Australian Terminals First To Use PACECO Twin-Container Systems Aerial view of Port of Melbourne, one of the world's first ports to use Twin-Container Terminal Systems. Containers are handled in pairs by Twin-Lift Portainer cranes and Twin-Lift Transtainers or terminal cranes. The world's first twin-container systems are now in operation in the Ports of Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Containers are handled in pairs throughout the terminal from the unloading of the ship by a Paceco Twin-Lift Portainer crane to the handling in the in-transit storage area by a Paceco Twin-Lift Transtainer or terminal crane. Transfer of twin-containers between cranes is handled by twin capacity yard trucks. Cargo is handled at a rate of approximately 1,000 tons per hour and the terminals are ex-pected to begin handling between 40,000 and 80,000 containers a year. To avoid excessive use of the valuable waterfront land, the ter-minals are stacking containers five high in the storage area. U.S. port terminals are stacking containers two and three high. The three terminals are operated by Sea-tainer Terminals Limited to service the large 1,300 container capacity ships of Overseas Con-tainers Limited and Associated Container Transportation as well as the Coastal Feeder Service of Associated Steamship Pty. Limited. The Twin-Lift Portainer cranes and the Transtainer terminal cranes comprising the twin system were built in Australia by Vickers Hoskins Pty. Limited, the Australian licensee of Paceco, Alameda, Calif. Sun Ship Is Low Bidder For Two Large Containerships Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, Pa., submitted the lower of two bids for the building of two 22,000-dwt containerships for United States Lines' South Atlantic-European continent subsidized service. The bid was $17,-588,000 for each of the two ships. Bath Iron Works was the only other bidder. U.S. Lines had asked for subsidy to build six containerships, but the Maritime Adminis-tration warned potential bidders that there was no assurance subsidy funds would be available for more than two. Neither of the bidders sub-mitted proposals for the construction of six ships. Subsequently, potential bidders were also advised that should U.S. Lines decide to go ahead with one, the line would have the option to order a second one within 120 days of the signing of the contract. The 700-foot-long ships, with drafts of 31 feet 11 inches, will be capable of speeds of 22.5 knots. Netumar Int'l. Appoints Swanton Vice-President Charles T. Mattman, president of Netumar International, Inc., has announced the appoint-ment of Gerald F. Swanton, as vice-president. Netumar International, Inc., represents Companhia Navagacao de Maritima Netumar of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the United States and Canada. Netumar, formed in 1958, entered into the international trade in 1967, after serving solely the Brazilian coastwise trade. As an interna-tional carrier, Netumar has experienced rapid growth. They presently serve ports in Brazil from and to the East Coast of the United States, Canada and Great Lakes ports with their privately-owned Brazilian-flag vessels, supplemented with some chartered tonnage. Mr. Swanton, formerly a director and vice-president of Moore-McCormack, Inc., will as-sist Mr. Mattman in the coordination of Netu-mar's activities in the United States and Canada. He is also vice-president and a direc-tor of the Emmett J. McCormack Foundation, a charitable foundation. Mr. Swanton attended St. Jonn's University and the Harvard Business School, joining Moore-McCormack Lines in 1956. He has served in various capacities in both the United States and abroad, including South America, Europe and South Africa. He was a resident of Rio de Janeiro for two years, and has ex-tensive experience in the South American steamship trade. T. J. Stevenson & Co. Inc., act as general agents for Netumar's service to Brazil from U.S. North Atlantic and Great Lakes ports. 0. A. R. N. OFFICINE ALLESTIMENTO E. RIPARAZIONI NAVI LTD. SHIP REPAIRS - GENOA, ITALY On the oil route Genoa awaits tankers returning from discharging. Overhauls and repairs of any kind and size of main and auxiliary engines (steam turbine, diesel and electric). Hull Repairs and Conversions. O.A.R.N. USA- CORRESPONDENT P.O. BOX N. 1395 GENOA, ITALY 16100 JAMES R. PORTER CABLE MOLOGIANO GENOA 17 Battery Place, N. Y., N. Y. 10004 Telex 27090 OARN Tel. Code 212 WH 3-8795 Telephone 292541 Telex 421474 PORTER Fincantieri Group Affiliated with Ansaldo, Ltd. July 1, 1969 11