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Grant Johnson Named

Exec. Vice President

International Paint

Grant Johnson

Thomas M. Reinhardt, president of International Paint Company,

Inc., has announced the appoint- ment of Grant Johnson to the office of executive vice president and a member of the board of directors of the parent company, with head- quarters in New York City.

Mr. Johnson joined the Interna- tional organization in 1965 as West

Coast sales manager for the sub- sidiary, International Paint Co., (California) Inc. He was elected to the (board of directors of that com- pany shortly thereafter and was appointed vice president of that firm in 1967. Mr. Johnson brings with him 21 years of experience in the shipping industry, having been vice president of Columbia

Steamship Co.., Inc. before he joined International.

Astilleros Espanoles

Launches Oil Tanker

Of Advanced Design

Astilleros Espanoles, S.A., re- cently launched the advanced-de- sign oil tanker Conoco Britannia at its Cadiz, Spain shipyard.

The 115,000-dwt tanker, whose keel was laid the day after the launching of her sister ship, the

Conoco Espana, was christened by

Mrs. John E. Kircher, wife of the president of Eastern Hemisphere

Petroleum Division of Continental

Oil Company. Both vessels will be used primarily to transport crude oil from North Africa to Conoco's

Humfoer refinery in Lincolnshire,

U.K.

Commissioned by Worldwide

Transport Inc., Continental's ship- ping affiliate, both ships incorpo- rate significant advances in tanker technology, including several de- sign "firsts." They are the first tankers afloat whose diesel engines are capalble of burning the same crude oil as carried in their cargo tanks. Both are the first of their size fitted with variable pitch main propellers, and both have bow thrusters operating on each side of the bows, providing greatly increased maneuverability. Auto- mated control devices allow the master to control the engines en- tirely from the bridge during ma- neuvering.

The ships feature advanced pol- lution control and safety equip- ment, including special reclaimed oil settling tanks and separate plants for obtaining nitrogen from the atmosphere for inerting the cargo tanks for greater safety. All cargo tanks are coated with corro- sion resistant epoxy paint. Design of the cargo system utilizes Cono- co's free-flow system of loading and discharging and permits a dis- charge rate of up to 10,000 tons per hour. The tankers will carry ap- proximately 896,000 barrels of crude oil (31,360,000 gallons) and will cruise at 16 knots.

In their principal trade on the eight-day voyage between Libya and the United Kingdom, they will be loaded and discharged offshore through single point mooring buoys and will not normally go alongside any docks.

The Conoco Britannia and the

Conoco Espana are also the first oil tankers built for bow loading and unloading of their cargoes.

Special facilities enable them to pickup and connect hoses from the mono-buoys at the bows, instead of through normal midships mani- folds. Helicopter pads on the tank- ers will permit embarkation and disembarkation of personnel, docu- ments, provisions and equipment when sea conditions prevent launches from operating to the mono-(buoys.

The Conoco Britannia will go in- to service early in 1972 under the command of Capt. Carmelo Ar- regui and will carry a Spanish crew of 10 officers and 23 men. The

Conoco Espana will go on her maiden voyage this month.

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