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Clarence French Named President Of NASSCO

Clarence L. French Stephen A. Girard Roland A. Kjelland

Falcon Cargo Ships, Inc.

Plan To Construct Five

Dry-Bulk Cargo Ships

Falcon Cargo Ships, Inc., 277

Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., has revised its January 23, 1976, application for operating-differen- tial subsidy (ODS) and construc- tion-differential subsidy (CDS), and has submitted a new appli- cation for a Title XI guarantee, all to aid in the construction and operation of dry-bulk cargo ships of approximately 37,000 dead- weight tons. The revisions in- crease the number of vessels from three to five.

The ships will have the fol- lowing characteristics: 613-foot length, 93-foot width, 32-foot draft, 9,225 bhp, and service speed of 15 knots. Of modified IHI "Futuro-32" design, the ships will have six holds and cargo gear at all hatches. They will require crews of 26 men. Falcon estimates the cost of the ships to be $30 million each, and seeks CDS of 50 percent.

Falcon proposes to charter the five vessels to two shipping com- panies located in Taiwan — Char

Ching Marine Company, Ltd., and

Good Harvest Marine Company— for the carriage of various dry- bulk cargoes between U.S. ports and the Far East. The principal countries will be Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thai- land, India, and Pakistan.

Marco Receives Orders

For Four Crab Boats

Marine Construction and De- sign Co. (MARCO), 2300 West

Commodore Way, Seattle, Wash. 98199, has announced that orders have been received for four new crab boats. The vessels, of which two are 108 feet in length and two 97 feet, are similar in design to 26 other all-steel crabbers and crabber/trawlers constructed by

Marco since 1968.

These four recent orders bring to six the total number of crab- bers ordered from Marco this year.

National Steel and Shipbuild- ing Company, San Diego, Calif., has announced that Clarence L. (Larry) French has been named president and chief operating of- ficer. Stephen A. Girard, head- quartered at Kaiser Center in

Oakland, Calif., was named the shipbuilder's chief executive offi- cer in addition to his current post as chairman.

Roland A. Kjelland, former

NASSCO president and chief ex- ecutive officer, has resigned to assume broadened responsibilities with Kaiser Steel Corporation as its executive vice president. He continues as a member of the

NASSCO board of directors.

Mr. French has served as

NASSCO's executive vice presi- dent and general manager since

May 1976 and as executive vice

Storm Marine Drilling

Applies For Title XI

Storm Marine Drilling Com- pany (Storm), Corpus Christi,

Texas, has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a jackup drilling platform, the J Storm VI.

Estimated actual cost of the vessel is $16.2 million. It is a 275-foot bottom-to-bottom mobile platform under construction at

Bethlehem Steel Corporation's

Beaumont, Texas, shipyard.

Marine Drilling Company, par- ent of Storm, will operate the platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Marine Drilling currently oper- ates five other jackup drilling platforms.

Delaware Valley

Council Elects

Robert L. Pettegrew

Robert L. Pettegrew, executive director of the South Jersey Port

Corporation, Broadway and Mor- gan Boulevard, Camden, N.J. 08104, has been elected to a two- year term on the board of the

Delaware Valley Council, an or- ganization formed in 1971 to pro- mote the economy of the region.

Since Mr. Pettegrew became di- rector of the South Jersey oper- ation at Camden, its cargo volume has almost doubled, and now ex- ceeds 1.1-million tons a year. president, operations, since Jan- uary 1976. He joined the company in 1967, and has served as direc- tor of engineering and vice presi- dent of engineering between De- cember 1974 and January 1976.

Mr. French earned B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and na- val science at Tufts University.

Before joining NASSCO, he served as a supervising engineer with a multinational engineering firm, and in engineering capacities with several of the nation's largest steelmakers.

Mr. French is a member of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, The

American Society of Naval Engi- neers, and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He is also a state-registered profes- sional engineer.

Moore-McCormack

Appoints Kevin Burke

Kevin J. Burke has been ap- pointed traffic-operations manager of Moore-McCormack, Inc., the company has announced. He suc- ceeds Robert L. Mickens, who has retired.

Mr. Burke joined the company in 1955 and has held various traf- fic and terminal positions, most recently as an administrative as- sistant to the assistant vice presi- dent-operations.

Heavy Duty Hoists

Catalog Available

From Skagit Corporation

All six models of heavy duty construction hoists for marine ap- plications are described in detail in a new color catalog from the

Skagit Corporation. These rugged hoists are now used throughout the commercial marine offshore market for all types of heavy lift, construction and mooring opera- tions. Each one of the six models is illustrated, and complete speci- fications are provided along with pictures of the various marine applications for each unit. Skagit will also custom design and en- gineer a unit to suit your specific requirements.

For your free copy of the new hoists brochure, write Fred W.

Holder, Skagit Corporation, P.O.

Box 151, Sedro-Woolley, Wash. 98284.

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