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Atlantic Lines Names Camardella Manager The appointment of R. Ross Camardella as general manager of Atlantic Lines, Ltd., has been an-nounced by A. P. Chester, presi-dent of Chester, Blackburn & Roder, Inc., New York, N. Y. the managing agents. Mr. Camardella, a graduate of the New York State Maritime Col-lege, served as an officer both in the American merchant marine and the U.S. Navy. After release from active duty in 1965, Mr. Camardella entered a training program with Chester, Blackburn & Roder. After serving first as a port captain in the Opera-tions Department he was transfer-red to the Traffic Department in 1967, rising to the position of line manager. In his new capacity as general manager of Atlantic Lines, Ltd., Mr. Camardella will direct and co-ordinate the overall activities of the line which operates 12 ships serving over 40 ports with agencies throughout the Caribbean area. Marcona Appoints Fraser And Measter To Chartering Posts The appointment of Thomas G. Fraser as assistant manager, com-mercial shipping-chartering, Mar-cona Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., was announced by F. J. Ewers, general manager-commer-cial shipping. Mr. Ewers also an-nounced the appointment of Charles L. Measter as manager, chartering, New York for Marcona Inc. Mr. Fraser previously had served as manager, traffic, for Chevron Shipping in San Francisco. After graduation from the Uni-versity of Oregon with a degree in business administration, Mr. Fraser served as a bomber pilot during the Korean war. Mr. Measter previously served as chartering broker for Wm. H. Mul-ler & Co. Inc. in New York City. He is a graduate of St. Francis College, Brooklyn, holding a BA degree in history and is a member of the Society of Maritime Arbitra-tors in New York. Wf HATCHES the Big Ones Rocky Mountain areas. The GE department, which has 69 service and repair facilities lo-cated in key U.S. industrial areas, specializes in the repair, modifica-tion and maintenance of a wide range of electrical, electronic and mechanical equipment produced by all manufacturers. Mr. Covin graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1956, earning a bachelor of science de-gree in electrical engineering. From 1948-51 he played center on Sooner football teams. Mr. Covin's education was inter-rupted by Army duty which in-cluded a 1952-53 tour in Korea, where he served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1946-47, he served in the Navy. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi-neers and the Society of Port Engi-neers. Twin-Screw Towboat Ordered From Houma Houma Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houma, La., will build a twin-screw towboat for Spanier Marine Corp., Harvey, La. The towboat is to be 60 feet by 22 feet by 9 feet and of about 100 gt. It will be equipped with 800-total-bhp diesels. Todd's Alameda Yard Tests New Dry Dock Sea-Land's containership Oakland is the fi heavy-lift floating dry dock. The new dock I The heaviest containership ever lifted in a San Francisco Bay Area floating dry dock, recently was raised out of the water at Todd Shipyards Corporation's Alameda yard. The vessel, Sea-Land's 684-foot Oakland, entered the Todd yard for "routine repairs," and was the first ship to test the capacity of the company's new 25,000-ton com-bination dry dock. According to a spokesman for Todd, the new dry dock is certified to lift weights up to 50-million pounds?comparable to the weight of the 22-story International Build-t vessel to test Todd-Alameda yard's new is a capacity of 25,000 tons. ing at Kearny and California Streets in San Francisco. The maiden lift at Todd's yard was witnessed by Mayor John Reading of Oakland, State Sen. Nicholas Petris, and Port Director Ben Nutter. The huge installation is part of a multi-million-dollar expansion and modernization program now being carried out at the company's Alameda yard designed to provide facilities for the supertankers ex-pected to be employed on the Pacific Coast for handling the vast output of newly found oil reserves in Alaska. OFFICE AND FACTORY: 400 Trabold Road, Rochester, N. Y. 14624 MARINE DIVISION: 20 Vesey St., New York, N. Y. 10007 ? 212/349-0079 Offices in NEW ORLEANS ? SAN FRANCISCO ? SAN PEDRO ? SEATTLE ? MONTREAL ? VANCOUVER Covin Named Manager Of GE's West Coast Service Shop's Sales Bill E. Covin Bill E. Covin has been named manager of marine and utility serv-ice sales for the General Electric Service Shop's Department with an office at 1650 34th Street, Oakland, Calif. The appointment was announced by James H. Sargent, manager of product and service planning for utility and marine industries for the GE Service Shops Department. Mr. Covin's responsibilities in-clude the service sales for marine customers of the Service Shops De-partment along the entire West Coast. He also services utility cus-tomers in the West Coast and Simulated Operational Shop Test ? Seventeen of these 11'-7" x 22'-1" hinged hatches are being supplied to Erie Marine, Division of Litton Industries, for a new 1,000' Bethle-hem Steel ore carrier. Specially designed for rapid loading, and pro-jecting only 20" above the deck, these push button operated hatches may be opened 180 degrees against the deck and closed in less than two minutes. In addition, W&K is furnishing four 10' watertight conveyor gate doors to seal around the conveyor belts which will unload the vessel at a 20,000 ton per hour rate. And, two 14'-9" x 23' watertight conveyor sideports at the stern to unload ore to shore side facilities. Big or small, we custom design, engineer and manufacture ships' closures for operation above and below water on any commercial, Naval or Coast Guard vessel. WALZ & KRENZER, INC. 44 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News