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American Maritime

Management Inc.

Opens Two Offices

American Maritime Management,

Inc. has opened offices in Stam- ford, Conn., and in New York to provide shipowners with United

States-flag shipping expertise in ship management and to partici- pate in all forms of marine consult- ing to the maritime industry. Ed- mund E. Davis, president and chief executive officer, is the founder.

Mr. Davis said that American

Maritime Management, Inc. will furnish prospective or existing shipowners a full range of services, including hut not limited to profes- sional consulting of a technical na- ture, act as owner's representative from planning through operation, including feasibility studies, cost analysis, control of construction, and expert services related to all phases of vessel management.

Services also include the entire spectrum of marine management for all modes of petroleum, chemi- cal and other specialized trans- portation requirements, including tankers and chemical carriers. Man- ning, contract negotiations, labor relations, maintenance and repair, coordination, cost control, reliable husbanding service, claims and in- ... nv ' . ?< ".V - - , / ,JK9 j^Ml j • ft ~'JH\ "*•*..• ' »> MS

Since the surface effect ships being developed for the U.S. Navy travel at high speeds and ride on a cushion of air, they require an integration of marine and aerospace technical disciplines. They must be seaworthy ships, must operate reliably, and must have built-in high performance. The team, headed by Aerojet Surface

Effect Ships Division, puts these disciplines together.

Aerojet, the prime ships' general contractor, brings the team experience in surface effect technology. It built and tested a 100 ton craft for the Navy.

Related craft—Amphibious

Assault Landing Craft (AALCs), as an example —are being developed and built, adding in

Aerojet's up-to-the-minute experience in the state of the art.

Todd Shipyards Corporation, builder of many Navy ships, now brings to bear recent and intensive experience in building aluminum superstructures for swift, lightweight ships. One of

Todd's greatest assets is its ability to build operationally effective and dependable ships within target costs. Todd's Seattle' yard is building the AALC now.

J. J. Henry Co. provides the team with naval architectural strength and versatility, repeatedly demonstrating its ability to de- velop advanced naval concepts into fully operational ships and systems. Their expertise has resulted in the design of many special-purpose ships such as patrol frigates, hydrofoils, sea control and surface effect ships.

Aerojet Todd Henry surance expertise, and supervision of independent support services in worldwide ports are among the many services expertly provided by this company.

Edmund E. Davis

As president of this firm, Mr.

Davis draws upon years of experi- ence in marine management. He was formerly vice president of

States Marine International, Inc., and vice president of Isthmian

Lines. A graduate of the Massa- chusetts Maritime Academy, he is a member of the board of advisors of the State of Massachusetts

Board of Education for that acade- my, a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers, has served as chairman of the ship technical operations com- mittee, formerly a member of the steering committee, a member of the Maritime Law Association, and on the board of directors, of several companies and industry associ- ations.

Complementing Mr. Davis's ex- pertise are other officers of Ameri- can Maritime Management, Inc., formerly of States Marine 'Interna- tional Inc. Philip J. Lamneck, treas- urer and vice president; Francis J.

Rhatigan, vice president, labor re- lations and marine personnel, and

John S. Bates, vice president, pur- chasing/commissary. Principal offi- ces for American Maritime Man- agement, Inc. are at High Ridge

Park, P.O. Box 7171, Stamford,

Conn. 06904, with a branch office at 90 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10004.

W.H. Williams Named

APL Vice President

William H. Williams has been named a vice president by the board of directors of American

President Lines, San Francisco,

Calif., Norman Scott, president, an- nounced.

Previously assistant to the vice president in APL's Washington,

D.C. office, Mr. Williams succeeds

E.T. Sommer, who recently retired after 26 years with the company and its American Mail Line Divi- sion.

Mr. Williams will represent APL in governmental affairs and act in a liaison capacity with Federal agencies and industry groups in the

Washington, D.C., area.

Mr. Williams has served in the company's Washington office for 24 years. He is a member of The Pro- peller Club, Traffic Club, and the

National Defense Transportation

Association.

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