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Baker Marine Corp. Acquires

Corpus Christi Fabricators, Inc.

Larry A. Baker Sr., president of Baker

Marine Corporation, announced that his company has acquired the principal physical assets of Corpus Christi Fabricators, Inc., a heavy equipment machining and fabricat- ing company located in Ingleside, Texas. This new acquisition becomes a wholly owned sub- sidiary of Baker Marine Corporation, with the new name of Baker Manufacturing Com- pany. These facilities and their work force of highly skilled craftsmen add substantial capacity to the capability of Baker Marine

Corporation to respond to customers' needs for offshore components. Current projects at Baker Manufacturing Company involve manufacture of. gears and gear boxes for mobile offshore jackup drilling units.

BMC builds a variety of offshore equip- ment — construction barges, inland barges, submersibles, production facilities, packaged equipment, jackup drilling vessels, and pack- aged drilling rigs.

BMC's corporate headquarters, erection and erection site are located in Ingleside, about 20 miles north of Corpus Christi. The fabrication plant is at Cuddihy Field, about a mile from Corpus Christi International

Airport. BMC also maintains a sales office in Houston.

Further details may be obtained by writ- ing to P.M. Lovie, Houston Representative,

P.O. Box 19733, Houston, Texas 77024.

Heavy Weather Ship Operation

Subject Of Webb Seminar

A Seminar on Ship Operation in Heavy

Weather has been scheduled for Septem- ber 19-20 at Webb Institute of Naval Archi- tecture, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y. _

Recently, there has been increasing inter- est in technical developments toward more efficient operation of ships in heavy weather services. Storm seas cause delays for modern high-powered ships, and may result in dam- age—usually to local structure or hull fit- tings as a result of shipping water, bottom damage caused by slamming, or damage to cargo as a result of high accelerations. The pressure to conserve fuel has also indicated the need for guidance to the deck officer in the handling of his ship.

One recent approach to reducing such damage is the use of shipboard instrumen- tation that provides warning that the levels of bow motion, stresses or accelerations have reached dangerous levels. Some instrumen- tation also provides guidance to the deck officer in choosing the best combination of speed and course change to avoid damage.

Another approach that has been widely adopted is that of weather routing to avoid or minimize ships' encounter with rough seas. This technique has been successful in saving voyage time, avoiding serious damage and conserving fuel. However, there are new developments in long-range wave forecast- ing, ship response prediction, and optimiza- tion theory that should improve the quality of weather routing.

The purpose of this Seminar is to present the latest technical developments in ship- board instrumentation and weather routing techniques, with emphasis on results of re- search under the sponsorship of the National

Maritime Research Center (NMRC) of the

Maritime Administration, Kings Point, N.Y.

It will also provide an opportunity for the exchange of ideas among operating and re- search people as a means of assisting in the planning of further research and de- velopment.

Guest speakers include: Dr. Vincent Car- done, City University of New York; Norman

Cima, Ocean Routes, Inc.; Henry Chen,

M.I.T.; John Dalzell, Davidson Laboratory;

Robert Raguso, Bendix Field Engineering

Corp.; Robert Reid, Sperry Marine Systems, and Norman Stevenson, Navy Fleet Numer- ical Weather Central, Monterey, Calif. Speak- ers from the National Maritime Research

Center (Maritime Administration), Kings

Point, will be Dr. Walter Maclean and Virgil

Williams. Members of the staff of the Webb

Center for Maritime Studies lecturing in- clude Prof. Edward V. Lewis, director; Prof.

Dan Hoffman and Prof. Robert Zubaly (who is also on the faculty of the Maritime Col- lege, SUNY, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y.).

For additional information, contact Prof.

E.V. Lewis, Webb Institute of Naval Archi- tecture, Glen Cove, N.Y. 11542.

Simrad Moves To Larger

Facility In Armonk, N.Y.

Reflecting the proverb, "nothing succeeds like success," Simrad, Inc. has found it nec- essary to relocate their operations within the modern complex known as Norhus, in

Armonk, N.Y.

According to Bjorn Carlsen, president of

Simrad, Inc., the recently completed move became necessary mainly because of the rapidly increasing acceptance of Simrad products in this country. "This situation brings with it the obligation to provide prompt delivery to our more than 100 na- tionwide dealers, of an ever-expanding line of quality marine electronic products."

The attractive Norhus building, which means "Northern House" in Norwegian, is situated directly across Route 22 from the immense properties which comprise the world headquarters of the IBM Corporation.

The new accommodations more than dou- ble the warehousing area previously occu- pied. An additional benefit is the expanded square footage available for service and office work.

Simrad, which has an international repu- tation in depth recorder and sonar tech- nology, is also known as the world's largest supplier of Loran-C navigation receivers.

For a copy of the Simrad brochure, write to Gilbert N. Nelson, Vice President of Mar- keting, Simrad, Inc., One Labriola Court,

Armonk, N.Y. 10504. <;ioiiee©# rirMiwii i iivsiiiuvimm

RECRUITERS OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL FOR INDUSTRY

EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS

IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY

Professional Job Openings Include:

Marine Equipment Manager, (Corporate Staff), Naval Archi- tect or Marine Engineer. Growth Position, $15,000 — $17,000.

Shipyard Manager — East Coast. Degree not necessary for man experienced in small vessel construction, with executive capabilities.

Chief Engineer — Mechanical or structural. Experienced in drill rig design. Two or more years. To $30,000.

Desk Officer for fleet management. Degree, good executive capabilities.

Port Captain — Gulf Coast Port. Degree, 3-8 years experience.

To 22K.

Naval Architect. Advanced design and must have advanced engineering degree. Native U.S., (fluent in Koonass) To 30K.

Structural Engineer — Design of ports, loading and discharge facilities, docks, etc. Open. And many others. 2727 KIRBY, # 517 HOUSTON, TEX. 77098 713 / 526-3748

Shipyard

Opportunities

A dynamic, growing shipyard on NYSE, where labor and management work together, has the following outstanding opportunities: • Shipfitter Superintendents • Welding Superintendents • Pipefitter Superintendents • Electrical Superintendents • Program Managers (Administrators) • Contract Administrators • Director of Planning • Chief Engineer

These positions require shipbuilding ex- perience. Our company offers an ex- cellent fringe benefit program, salary and opportunity for advancement. For immediate confidential consideration, please forward your resume to: F.A.

Norwood, 1333 Lawrence Expressway,

Suite 401, Santa Clara, Ca 95051.

An Equal Opportunity Employer m/f

PLANNING

MANAGER

Excellent opportunity for qualified individual to plan, schedule and integrate all production work for multiship new construction of different class vessels and ship repair.

Shipyard experience is preferred with at least 5 years in planning operations and strong tech- nical background in naval architecture, marine or industrial engineering or related discipline.

Send resume including present or most re- cent salary to:

Personnel Department

BAY SHIPBUILDING CORP. 605 N. 3rd Avenue

Sturgeon Bay, Wi. 54235

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F

TUG PERSONNEL WANTED

Experienced, licensed, tug personnel; Great

Lakes towing preferred. All replies treated in strictest confidence. Send resume to P.O.

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