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Smit International

Forms Houston Office

Smit International of Rotterdam has an- nounced the organization of a branch office of its United States subsidiary, Smit Inter- national (Americas) Inc. The new office is located at 600 World Trade Center, Suite 304, 1520 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, and is under the direction of Arthur Daussat as vice president. J.L. Sullivan, with offices in New York, is president.

In addition to overseeing many of the

Smit interests in this hemisphere, Smit

International (Americas) Inc. also repre- sents in the United States most of the Smit

Group of companies such as Smit Interna- tional Ocean Towage and Salvage Company,

Smit Tak International Salvage Company and Smit International Marine Services.

Smit is well-known throughout the world for their feats in ocean towing and salvage, with their tugs ranging in power up to 22,000 ihp.

Smit Tak International Salvage Company is renowned for its capability in marine salvage, wreck removal and heavy-lift op- erations.

In addition to their harbor fleets in Rot- terdam and Europoort, Smit also enjoys a substantial interest in one of the world's largest supply vessel fleets, Smit Lloyd.

Formerly, Smit International had been represented in Houston by Biehl & Company.

Kawasaki Assigns

Kitamura To New York

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. of Ja- pan, has announced the appointment of S.

Kitamura as manager of the firm's New

York office, 375 Park Avenue, New York,

N.Y. 10022. Mr. Kitamura replaces E. Ito, who is returning to Japan for reassignment.

CRUISE PRIZE — The Bicentennial flag that will be presented to the master of the

S/S Britanis just before she sails from San

Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 26, forms a backdrop as James C. Murphy, president,

Chandris New York, presents a guest ticket for a cruise aboard the vessel on that date to Miss Carrie Roman of ITT Mackay Ma- rine. Miss Roman won prize as Maritime

Princess in the annual contest sponsored by the Maritime Association of the Port of New

York and will present the flag to the ship's master, Capt. D. Kaliviotis, on behalf of the

Association.

ARCO Installs Unit

To Evaluate MARISAT

COMSAT General Corporation recently announced an agreement with Atlantic Rich- field Company (ARCO) for the installation of a terminal to operate with the MARISAT satellite system on the S/S Arco Prudhoe

Bay, a 70,000-ton, 525,000-barrel tanker commissioned at Bethlehem Shipyard in

Baltimore, Md., in 1971.

Atlantic Richfield plans to conduct a nine- month evaluation test of satellite communi- cations on this vessel. Additional ships of the Atlantic Richfield communications fleet could be similarly equipped in the future if the outcome of the evaluation proves this new communications medium to be as reli- able as expected.

Currently transporting crude oil from

Cook Inlet, Alaska, to U.S. West Coast ports, the vessel will also load North Slope crude oil at Valdez, Alaska, when the Trans-Alaska

Pipeline becomes operational.

Atlantic Richfield said it looks upon the use of this advanced communications sys- tem as a continuation of its investigation of possible ways of enhancing the safety of its vessels, their crews and cargoes.

Communications via the shipboard ter- minal and the MARISAT satellite system could be valuable during those periods when

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) makes it difficult to communicate on high frequen- cies.

To date, 15 commercial vessels have been equipped with COMSAT General terminal facilities. The Arco Prudhoe Bay will be the 16th ship. get the best

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