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Midland Insurance

Fills Vacancies

On Executive Board

At the latest meeting of the board of directors of the Midland Insur- ance 'Company, New York, N.Y.,

C. Felix Harvey and W. Mason

King Sr. were elected to fill two vacancies on the board, according to an announcement by Miles S.

Chenault, Midland chairman.

Mr. Harvey is president erf Har- vey Enterprises, Inc. of Kinston,

N.C., and is chairman of the board or an officer of 15 affiliated com- panies. He is also chairman of the board erf Georgia International Cor- poration, an Atlanta-based holding company for five insurance com- panies! and a finance company; and a member of the executive commit- tee ofi Katy Industries.

A graduate of the University of

North Carolina, Mr. Harvey is past president of the university's Busi- ness Foundation and a trustee of

High Point College. He is very ac- tive in civic and charitable affairs in North Carolina.

Mr. King is a well-known expert in the transportation industry. He was formerly vice president-traffic and a member of the board of direc- tors of the Southern Railway Sys- tem. He has been very active in in- dustry organizations, including 12 years as chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Freight

Steermaster is a new bow steering system designed to make operations on inland waterways safer, more efficient, and more profitable. In use by major transportation companies, including

Chotin Transportation, Radcliff Ma- terials, Thomas Marine, Dixie Carriers and Magnolia Marine, it has proved to be the "most important advance in waterway transportation in this century."

PERFORMANCE. The Steermaster is a maneuvering assist system for vessels operating in light and loaded conditions. It steers the vessel at low and high running speeds with precision maneuverability and steering control at all speeds, in all passing situations, and in crosswinds. It substantially reduces underway time for all types of tows and has created marked im- provement in the safety of operations.

THE JACKSON NOZZLE. We use a fluid reaction device in the Steer- master called the Jackson Nozzle to overcome the head of water built up at the bow of the vessel. It moves water through its tunnels at volumes up to 450,000 g.p.m., creating the necessary forces to turn the head of a tow in any direction immediately at high running speeds.

SAFETY IN CARRIER OPERA-

TIONS. Safety in operations on in- land waterways has improved tremen- dously because the Steermaster pro- vides complete control of a tow in passing, maneuvering, adverse current, and cross wind situations. Steer- master goes exactly where you point it. Most important, this capability will reduce inland waterway accidents —and resultant pollution problems— dramatically. (The safety records of those vessels using the Steermaster have been extraordinary.)

EFFICIENCY. The Steermaster has reduced underway time for carriers. It cancels the effect of winds on a tow, eliminating windbound conditions, cuts the time needed to navigate curves and bends, and gives you complete control over current when approaching bridges. The system is simple im- mediate-response control from the wheelhouse; there are no protruding skegs, propellers, or shafts, and tows can be docked in close quarters with the powerful side thrust of the steering vessel. All system components are backed up by duplicate equipment for continuous operation and are com- pletely interchangeable for easy main- tenance and service.

The Steermaster is a revolutionary bow steering system for river towboats.

Please write or call us for complete information and specifications. We'll be happy to arrange a demonstration.

TheVfetenvays Company 109 E. Scenic Dr.

Pass Christian, Miss. 39571 601/452-2454

Test drive a Steermaster. It's the only bow steering system in the world. It's the only way to handle a tow.

Steermaster. A bow steering system.

Association of Railroads. He also helped organize and later served as president and chairman of the

American Society of Traffic and

Safety.

With his son, Mr. King operates

King Transportation Consultants,

Washington, D.C., serving clients in railroading, paper, forestry and other industries.

Mr. Harvey and Mr. King re- place Donald Matthews and Robert

F. Matthews on the Midland board of directors. They resigned in order to devote their full time and efforts to new business ventures.

Florida Towing Names

W. Anthony Watt VP

Dr. W.T .Coppedge Jr., president of Florida Towing Company, Inc. of Jacksonville, has announced the appointment of W. Anthony Watt to join Joseph F. Carroll Jr. as a vice president of the company.

Both Mr. Watt and Mr. Carroll will be responsible for directing opera- tions development and all marine activities of the company.

In making the announcement of

Mr. Watt's appointment, Dr. Cop- pedge said, "Mr. Watt's duties will include overseeing all fleet main- tenance and repair, and he will be in charge of our new construction program."

Mr. Watt was formerly with

Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc. in the sales and estimating departments.

Prior to coming to Jacksonville, he was associated with Midland Ma- rine Brokerage, Inc. in New York, and earlier was port captain of

Spentonbush Fuel Transport Com- pany, also of New York.

Sperry Vickers Names

DOL-FIN Distributor

Sperry Vickers has announced the appointment of Custom Marine Ser- vices, Inc., Chicago, 111., as a sales and service distributor for its line of

DOL-FIN marine products in the

Great Lakes area.

Custom Marine will offer complete sales, service, and application support for the DOL-FIN roll stabilizing systems, power steering systems,

Powerpak alternator systems, and other marine hydraulic products.

Custom Marine Services is located at 4811 South Western Boulevard,

Chicago, illl. 60609.

Line Fast Completes

Deck Lashing System

For Zim Fleet

Line Fast Corporation, Holbrook,

N.Y., recently completed the outfit- ting of the Zim containership Hong

Kong with Line Fast's container lash- ing system. This was the sixth vessel in the fleet to be completely outfitted with on-deck container lashing under a contract awarded by Zim Lines.

Line Fast is a leading manufactur- er of container-securing systems and equipment with worldwide distribu- tion. For a free catalog describing this system, write to Line Fast Cor- poration, 805 Grundy Avenue, Hol- brook, N.Y. 11741. 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News