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Strater Promoted To

Northeast Sales Manager

At EPSCO Marine

Minshall G. Strater has been appointed Northeast sales man- ager, Commercial Products, of

EPSCO Marine, Division of EPS-

CO, Inc. He succeeds George E.

Lariviere, who now holds the po- sition of general manager of

EPSCO's new Gulf Coast office in

New Orleans, La.

In his new position, Mr. Strater will be responsible for all sales activities in the New England,

Mid-Atlantic, and Great Lakes re- gion. EPSCO's commercial marine products include Loran-C receiv- ers, track plotter, medium and heavy-duty radar, recorders, net monitor, autopilots, A.D.F., and the new color video sounders—all sold through a network of EPSCO

Marine dealers.

Mr. Strater's prior experience with EPSCO as Mid-Atlantic sales representative has established him as very knowledgeable in the commercial fishing industry and a person well respected by the dealer network. Mr. Strater joined

EPSCO with considerable sales experience, having held various sales responsibilities with ADT in Bridgeport, Conn., and GBC

CCTV New England Corporation in Boston, Mass.

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A subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corporation 1977 Inland Waterborne

Commerce Statistics

Available From AWO

The 1977 edition of AWO's In- land Waterborne Commerce Sta- tistics is now being mailed to all designated representatives, as well as other interested parties.

Copies of the publication, which provides information on the in- dustry's operating fleet as well as commodity movements on major rivers, are available from Ameri- can Waterways Operators, Inc., 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1101, Arlington, Va. 22209.

E. Shaprut To Head

Voith Schneider America

The Marine Division of J.M.

Voith GmbH recently elected E.

Shaprut to head their Voith

Schneider America branch. The establishment of this branch is designed to further enhance and improve direct services to the

American market.

E. Shaprut

Mr. Shaprut is a graduate na- val architect and marine engineer from the shipbuilding faculty of the Technical University of Vien- na, with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. He is also a graduate of the Marine

Academy, with seven years' sea time as deck officer and a license of first mate. His experience in- cludes the development and con- struction of fiberglass craft, en- gineering, construction, construc- tion supervision, contract man- agement, operation, marketing, and service for VLCCs, LNG/

LPG tankers, terminals, and die- sel engines. He is a member of

SNAME, ASME and The Propel- ler Club of the United States.

Mr. Shaprut believes that the

Voith Schneider Propulsion sys- tem can contribute to the im- provement of safety in harbors and waterways throughout the

USA. The VSP enables a vessel to make precise and quick col- lision-preventing maneuvers un- der adverse conditions, and to ex- ercise soft steepless berthing. The

VSP tractor is a simple, safe and efficient tug, able to steer and stop a large vessel in distress with a greatly reduced risk of capsizing. Mr. Shaprut feels this increased safety factor can con- tribute to the prevention of acci- dents and resulting problems such as pollution, etc. 30 ZIDELL Maritime Reporter/Engineering News