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Port Of Galveston

Opens Sales Office

In San Francisco

The Port of Galveston now has sales coverage of the West Coast from a San Francisco office, Gal- veston Port Director C.S. Devoy announced recently. J. Murray Fox of the firm of Muller, Fox & Pen- nington, port consultants, will handle West Coast solicitation for the Port of Galveston. The San

Francisco office is located at 465

California Street, San Francisco,

Calif. 94104.

Galveston already has sales of- fices in Houston, New York, and

Dallas. The addition of the San

Francisco outlet will give the port coast-to-coast sales coverage on a daily basis.

Special account solicitation of the West Coast for Galveston by

William L. Brewster, Western sales manager with offices in Hous- ton, and by Charles M. Ferguson,

Eastern sales manager in New

York, will continue on a quarterly basis as in the past.

Mr. Fox has just returned from an extensive trip to the Far East, including lengthy stays in Korea and Japan. He was graduated from

Georgetown University, School of

Foreign Service, in 1942. He has held responsible positions in the transportation field, most recently with Sea-Land Service, Inc. and

Matson Navigation Co. in the de- velopment of their container mar- keting programs. Mr. Fox has served as consultant to the Port of Norfolk, the U.S. Maritime Ad- ministration, and the States Steam- ship Co. of San Francisco.

J. Murray Fox

Mr. Devoy termed the San Fran- cisco office vital to Galveston's fu- ture, particularly in view of the port's present building of contain- er, SEABEE, and LASH termi- nals. Mr. Fox's solicitation work will be closely oriented to the growth of land-bridge shipments moving direct to and from West

Coast origins under the Galveston ocean gateway and then by water to foreign destinations under a single bill of lading.

Flexitallic Gasket

Names Paul Nucholls

To Houston Plant

Paul M. Nucholls has been named sales manager of the Hous- ton, Texas, plant of Flexitallic

Gasket Company Inc., Camden,

N.J. The plant, in suburban Deer

Park, was purchased from Ander- son Gaskets & Washers, Inc. It is being equipped for the manufac- ture of Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets and will continue the manufacture of metal-clad gaskets, asbestos gaskets, and washers.

Mr. Nucholls has been involved with the sale of mechanical pack- ing and gasket materials dating back to 1947. He continues as the owner of Tubes, Inc., a Houston distributor of heat exchanger and condenser tubes. He is a graduate of Auburn University with a de- gree in chemical engineering.

New Towboat Bulletin

Available From Dravo "Tovvboats," a new bulletin from

Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., describes the diversified company's complete line of towboat designs, ranging from 1,500 horsepower to 7,000 horsepower.

The eight-page brochure details aspects of Dravo's patented steering system, engine room, pilothouse and propulsion system design. The com- pany a-lso designs and builds a com- plete line of barges—hopper, tank, deck and special purpose—as well as derrick barges and other floating equipment.

The bulletin, No. 71MAR01, is available from Marine Sales Depart-

I ment, Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,

Pa. 15225.

TWO

BIG DOCKS

To cope with the increased demand for super-mammoth tankers, SASEBO is expanding its present No.4 shipbuild- ing dock to 380,000 dwt. capacity without hindering the progress of the 15th of the total of twenty-one 210,000 dwt. standard type tankers under construction.

The huge ultra-modern No.3 repair dock of 400,000 dwt. in capacity is in full operation, day and night, to provide quick, reliable and efficient repair services.

With these two super-large docks, located side by side, and with the modernized large scale production facilities,

SASEBO's shipbuilding and repair efficiencies are tripled.

The laying of the keel for 250,000 dwt. tanker is sched- uled to begin early in 1972 followed by 270,000 dwt. class.

SASEBO is continuously moving ahead to maintain its po- sition as one of the leading shipbuilders in the world in this super-mammoth tanker era.

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