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Marcona And Dravo Sign

To Develop Marconaflo

Slurry Handling System

Marcona Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., and the Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., have signed an agreement to develop and to market jointly the recently introduced Mar- conaflo slurry handling system.

The unique system for loading, transport- ing, unloading and handling ores and other bulk commodities in slurry, or partial liquid form, will be adapted to a wide range of new marine, land-based, and ship-to-shore applica- tions under the plan.

In a joint statement. C.W. Robinson, presi- dent of Marcona, and Robert Dickey III, presi- dent of Dravo, said that the combining of

Dravo's expertise in the engineering/construc- tion and marketing fields with Marcona's knowledge of slurry technology and experi- ence in existing applications, will serve to ad- vance acceptance of the system on a world- wide basis.

Marcona will be responsible for the technical development of the process and will continue to conduct research and development pro- grams at its Marconaflo Test Center. The com- pany is also establishing a Marconaflo Manu- facturing Center for production of Marcona- jets and accessories, the fundamental com- ponents of the Marconaflo system.

Dravo's Engineering Construction Division and the newly-formed Marconaflo Division of

Marcona will participate jointly in the com- mercial development and marketing of Mar- conaflo and related apparatus systems. Dravo will provide engineering and construction services for specific system applications and related facilities.

Respective activities of the two companies will be directed by W. Norman Sims, man- ager, Marconaflo Division, Marcona, and

Donald R. Rathburn, manager, Fluid Material

Handling & Transportation Systems, Dravo.

Krogen And Barbour Boat

Win Contract To Construct 230-Foot Esso Tanker

An artist's conception of the Esso InterAmerica tanker which will be powered by a pair of Caterpillar diesels.

Outbidding both domestic and foreign com- petition, the Miami-based naval architects

James S. Krogen & Co., and Barbour Boat

Works Inc. in New Bern, N.C., have won a contract to design and build a new 230-foot tanker for Esso InterAmerica.

Ultra modern in many of its concepts, the vessel, which is designed to the American Bu- reau of Shipping classifications, incorporates the latest antipollution equipment, such as tank cleaning slop, bilge slop, and sanitary holding tanks.

To be operated in the Caribbean by Esso

InterAmerica, the 1,600-ton ship's delivery date is early 1972, James Krogen, president of the designing firm said.

Range for the ship will be 2.500 miles, and it will have a cruising speed of 12 knots from its twin D-398 Caterpillar diesels with a 4.1 gear ratio, which are situated in an unmanned en- gine room. Load capacity is 13,800 barrels.

Other statistics, according to Krogen's office, include a draft of 16 feet and a beam of 39 feet.

Over the years, Krogen has emerged as one of the South's leading firms in the design of commercial vessels, such as fishing trawlers, tankers, work boats, landing craft, and custom cruising yachts.

Burmeister & Wain Announces

New Board And Management

At the annual general meeting of Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark, the members of the board all tendered their resignations, and the following were elected as new mem- bers of the board : Otto Petersen, Aksel Drejet,

Sv. Aa. Bertelsen, G. Halling-Andersen, Hj.

Kyrsting (reelected), Erik Nielsen, and Carl

E. Sorensen (reelected). The board subse- quently named Otto Petersen as chairman and

Aksel Drejet as deputy chairman.

Changes in the management were also an- nounced. Knud Moller, Jens Egelund, and K.

A. Rasmussen have left the service of the com- pany, and a new management has been ap- pointed, composed of the following: Torben

Bille, managing director; Olav Grue, director of finance; Per Schroder, director of sales,and

C.F. Sverdrup, technical director.

Olav Grue, who was recently appointed co- managing director of the subsidiary company,

Burmeister & Wain Engineering Company

Limited, will temporarily continue as director of finance until a new director can be appoint- ed to take over this post. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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