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WORLD SERIES prime movers.

The RF 100 SS is a 100,000 lb. line pull, two drum, side by side type powerhouse.

Yet, the key word at Red Fox is custom.

The winch can be manufactured to any specific line pull.

All Red Fox custom winches have the following built-in prerequisites. 1. Simplicity in design. 2. Balance equipment including power train and 3. Superior Craftsmanship which will allow the balanced equipment to run its full expected life.

Write, wire or call for more information

Authorized Marine distributor for Westinghouse Turbine

Renewal Parts, Port Electric maintains a complete stock of replacement parts in its own warehouse for immediate delivery.

Authorized Marine Distributors tor:

Westinghouse: Turbine, Controller and Motor Renewal Parts

Cutler-Hammer: Controller Parts

Clark: Controller Parts

Also available: Replacement Parts for Monitor. Reliance,

Crocker Wheeler, and others.

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Paceco Division To Build $9 Million Gulf Facility

For Cranes And Barges

The Fruehauf Corporation has announced plans for a new $9 million production facility to be constructed at Gulfport, Miss, for the firm's Paceco Division. In making the an- nouncement, William E. Grace, president, said that the plant will manufacture container han- dling cranes and barges, and will be operational next year.

The plant will be constructed on 100 acres of land in the Bernard Bayou industrial area of the Biloxi-Gulfport region. It will be fi- nanced by a $7,905,000 industrial revenue bond issue. The Economic Development Administra- tion of the United States Department of Com- merce is providing $6,045,000, and 11 Jackson,

Miss, and Gulf Coast financial institutions an- other $1,860,000 for purchase of the industrial revenue bonds.

C. Dean Ramsden, president and general manager of the Paceco Division, said that ap- proximately 700 people will be employed as rapidly as the facility can be completed and the personnel trained. Employment will begin this fall. Sales are expected to reach a level of $25 million annually.

At the same time, Mr. Ramsden announced the appointment of Jack I. Joyner as general manager of the Gulfport facility. Mr. Joyner, a native of Mobile, Ala., was most recently vice-president and general manager of City

Iron Works, Division of Goslin Birmingham in Connecticut.

An international leader in the container han- dling field, Fruehauf's Division makes special- ized container handling cranes called Portain- ers, Transtainers, and Shipstainers. They also manufacture dredges, barges, and tugboats, as well as gates, hoists, and cranes for hydro- electric power dams.

The Division's main offices and plant are in

Alameda, Calif. Its products are also manu- factured through licensees and subsidiaries in

England, Australia, Japan, Italy, and India.

Fruehauf Corporation, headquartered in De- troit, designs, builds, and markets diversified transportation equipment and systems through- out the world for all modes of transportation —road, rail, sea, and air.

LeTourneau To Build $4-Million Drilling Rig

A new oil-well drilling unit and workover rig, to be built at a total cost of more than $4-million, will be constructed by R.G. Le-

Tourneau, Inc., Vicksburg, Miss., for The

Western Company, Houston, Texas.

Designed to work in water depths up to 120 feet, the new mat-supported rig will be capable of drilling to depths of 15,000 feet with 4^- inch drill pipe.

This rig, the second in Western's fleet, will have an electrically positioned cantilever de- sign. Plans call for the rig to be propulsion- assisted, thereby permitting the rig to be moved into position with one tug.

The Western Star, the company's first rig, is capable of working in 80 feet of water and drilling to depths of 12,000 feet.

Dow Chemical Orders Two

Supply Boats From Zigler

Zigler Shipyards. Inc., Jennings, La., has re- ceived an order for the construction of two 1,700-total-bhp diesel powered offshore, oil- well supply boats from the Dowell Division of Dow Chemical Company.

Designated Hull Nos. 212 and 213, each ves- sel will have a length of 149 feet 11 inches, beam of 36 feet and depth of 15 feet. 32

Captains O'Byrne And Hudson

Promoted By AEIL To

Senior Marine Executive Posts

Capt. Francis X. O'Byrne Capt. Joseph Hudson

Capt. Francis X. O'Byrne has been named assistant vice-president, operations, it was an- nounced by Manuel Diaz, president of the

American Export Isbrandtsen Lines. Capt.

Joseph Hudson will succeed Captain O'Byrne as marine superintendent.

Captain O'Byrne joined AEIL in 1951 after 12 years with the United Fruit Company. He served as master of cargo and container ves- sels and was at one time staff captain of S/S

Independence, the 30,000-ton luxury liner for- merly operated by the company. In addition, he has been associated with the trucking in- dustry for a period of 20 years as owner-oper- ator of an intrastate motor carrier. Since being assigned to shore duties in 1968, he has served as port captain, manager of operations, and marine superintendent. He is a member of the

New York Marine Society.

Captain Hudson, who joined AEIL in 1950, is also a former master of freighters and con- tainerships. He was the first master of CV Sea

Witch, AEIL's first major modern container vessel which was built in Bath, Maine, in 1968.

He was transferred ashore in February 1969 as port captain for the line, a position he held until his promotion to marine superintendent.

Beth-Beaumont To Build 384-Foot Oil Tank Barge

From T-2 Tanker Midbody

Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont,

Texas yard has been awarded a contract by

Tidewater Morgan City, Inc., New Orleans,

La., to create an oil tank barge out of the dis- carded midbody and bow of the former T-2 tanker Abiqua that recently was jumboized.

The barge, to be named Tide Mar (XIX), will be 384 feet l0l/> inches long, have a beam of 68 feet, and a depth of 39 feet 3 inches.

VI1 y y t D

MPE EXPANDS FACILITIES: Marine Propulsion Engi- neering, Inc., has moved into a new and larger facility (shown above) at 22 B Street, Burlington, Mass. 01803.

This centralized location will permit the consolidation of marketing, engineering, production and warehousing ac- tivities. With additional engineering and manufacturing space available, the company plans to announce new production models of the Wilkinson Controllable Pitch

Propeller which will join the present Model 180 (60-70 inch) and Model 130 (42-52 inch) in the product line.

The new telephone number is (617) 272-8088.

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