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Mathers Controls

Names Warner Gilbert

Mathers Controls, Inc., 902 N.W.

Ballard Way, Seattle, Wash. 98107, has announced the recent appoint- ment of Warner E. Gilbert as man- ager of domestic and international sales. Mr. Gilbert succeeds Donald

N. Healy in this position.

Recognized specialists in marine propulsion control systems, Ma- thers Controls, Inc. is now doing business worldwide, providing con- trol systems to meet the require- ments of reverse-reduction gears, controllable pitch propellers (Auto.

Load Control), direct reversible, compound engines (Load Balance), and a recently introduced compact

Bow Thruster Control package.

Moving up from the field engi- neering sales staff, Mr. Gilbert brings years of direct application experience to his new position, and invites direct inquiries regarding the company's products.

Ivory Coast Republic

Honors Thomas Smith

Thomas J. Smith, president of

Farrell Lines Incorporated, has been awarded a decoration as a

Member of the National Order of the 'Ivory Coast Republic. The award is made to Americans who have contributed to the progress of the Ivory Coast and to the good relations between the United States and the Ivory Coast.

The Honorable Felix Houphouet-

Boigny, President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, made the pre- sentation on October 16 at the

Waldorf - Astoria Hotel in New

York City.

Mr. Smith, a resident of Oradell,

N.J., was a member of the Advisory

Council of African Affairs, U.S.

Department of State. He received the 1973 "Man of the Year" award from the Foreign Commerce Club and has been decorated by the

President of Liberia with the Grand

Band, the highest rank of the Order of the Star of Africa.

New System For

Barge Transportation

Holland America Line has an- nounced that it has been appointed general agents for Western Europe by the Rudkobing Company, a Da- nish shipping concern with which it has been cooperating in the de- velopment of a new transportation system called Bacat (barge aboard catamaran) for short trips between northern England and Europe.

This new service will be main- tained by the world's first bacat- ship, Bacat I, a semi-catamaran vessel which was built by the Da- nish shipyard of Frederikshavn

Vaerft and Turdok, A.S. Plans call for this unique vessel to make 130 round-trip voyages annually, begin- ning in 1974, between Hull and

Middlesbrough in England, and

Rotterdam.

The new vessel has two hulls which are joined together at the bow. It has an overall length of 339.5 feet, a width of 67.9 feet and a depth of 34.4 feet. The ship's twin propellers are powered by two 18- cylinder Burmeister & Wain Alpha engines with a capacity of 2,250 horsepower each. These engines give the ship a service speed of \2y2 knots. There are accommoda- tions on board for 14 crew mem- bers.

Bacat I will carry 10 Bacat bar- ges on its deck. The barges are 55.8 feet long, 15.1 feet wide, and have an outside height of 10.7 feet. Each barge can hold 140 tons of cargo.

Loading and unloading of these barges will be done by a crane with a 400-ton capacity. A total of 63 of these barges have been ordered from the Yorkshire Drydock Company in

Hull, England, with delivery sched- uled for early next year. In addi- tion, in the space between the ship's two hulls three LASH-type barges will be carried, each of which has a cargo capacity of 370 tons.

As general agents, Holland Amer- ica will represent the Bacat service in the Benelux countries, West Ger- many, Switzerland and the French ports along the Rhine River.

With the introduction of this new service, raw materials and partially finished products will now be able to flow in short trips between nor- thern England and Rotterdam as well as the industrial area of the

Rhine River Delta. It is expected that the system will also extend to

Antwerp and the Ruhr industrial complex of West Germany.

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