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Two Dravo-Built 5,000-HP River Towboats Christened By The Ohio River Company _N.PHIUPS MV J.N. Philips, above, and a sister vessel, the MV A.P. Boxley are the latest additions to the river fleet of The Ohio River Company. Both tow-boats were christened in dual ceremonies held recently in Cincinnati. The new vessels are the most powerful in the company's river fleet. The 5,000-hp towboats were placed in service push towing bulk cargoes. They will be operated by Orgulf Transport Company. The MV J.N. Philips was named in honor of John N. Philips, executive vice-presi-dent of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Shown above are, Mr. Philips with his wife, Mrs. John N. Philips, sponsor (cen-ter), and his daughter, Miss Janice Philips. The most powerful towboats in The Ohio River Company's river fleet entered service re-cently following christening ceremonies in Cin-cinnati. The new 5,000-hp vessels are named in honor of J. N. Philips, executive vice-president and trustee of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Boston, parent organization of The Ohio River Company, and A. P. Boxley, president. Eastern Associated Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, the coal operating subsidiary of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, of which he is a senior vice-presi-dent and trustee. Their wives served as spon-sors and broke the traditional bottle of cham-pagne across the capstans of the vessels. The MV A.P. Boxley was named in honor of A. P. Box-ley, president of Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Christen-ing party included, left to right: Mr. Boxley, Mrs. A. P. Boxley, sponsor, and his sons Robert, and wife Brenda, Benjamin W., and wife Carole, and A. P. Boxley III. The twin-screw vessels were built at the Neville Island Shipyard of Dravo Corporation near Pittsburgh. The towboats have an overall length of 166 feet, a beam of 42 feet, and an 11^-foot operating draft. They are powered by two, General Motors, 16-cylinder, turbo-charged, aftercooled diesel engines with re-verse-reduction gears and clutches. They have Dravo kort nozzles, propellers, hull form and steering and flanking rudders all specially shaped and arranged in accordance with extensive model tank studies to assure high efficiency propulsion and maneuverability. The new vessels are operated by The Ohio River Company's Orgulf Transport Co. affili-ate for push towing of coal, bauxite and grain on the lower Mississippi River. The Cincinnati-based Ohio River Company and its affiliated companies operate 25 towboats and 1,000 barges moving tonnage on the inland and coastal waterways of the U.S., particularly on the Ohio River, more than any other water carrier. The entire fleet will move approximately 30-million tons of cargo in 1969. Speaking at the ceremonies, L. R. Fiore, president, The Ohio River Company, said: "These new towboats represent another phase of our continuing building program to meet the future needs of barging on the inland and coastal waters. With the continuing develop-ment of more efficient and modern equipment, such as our new towboats, barging has estab-lished itself as the prime low-cost method for the movement of bulk materials in many areas, and we are proud of the many contributions The Ohio River Company has made to the progress of the barging industry." Also speaking at the ceremony was L. P. Struble, executive vice-president, Dravo Cor-poration. who presented the sponsors with silver trays commemorating the event. 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Containers in ocean transportation are a rela-tively new mode of cargo handling with the result that many unnecessary damage and in-surance-claim problems are being encountered. While new knowledge and experience in the loading of these units are still being accumu-lated, the Swedish ICHCA brochure is the best information and guide that is available to date. The brochure provides helpful guidelines in dealing with container-cargo stowage, pointing out that a container is a ship in miniature and that the goods stowed in it are subject to the accumulated stresses of three forms of trans-portation?trucking, railway, and oceangoing vessels. The U.S. National Committee of ICHCA is sponsoring a seminar, in conjunction with a container exhibition at the Coliseum Septem-ber 15-17 that will deal specifically with the need for greater attention to the contents of containers in ocean transportation. The 72-page illustrated brochure can be ob-tained from the U.S. National Committee of ICHCA, P.O. 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