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Miami Car/Passenger Ferries

Designed By Nickum & Spaulding

Nickum & Spaulding Associ- ates, Seattle naval architects, re- cently completed the design for two 22-car ferries for service be- tween Miami Beach and Fisher

Island, Fla. William B. Rebozo, president of Island Developers,

Ltd., operators of the ferries, said the Seattle naval architecture firm has produced the preliminary de- sign and contract drawings (out- board profile shown above) for the construction of the vessels. He plans to put the boats in service in 1981.

The ferries will be double-ended with a capacity of 22 cars and in- side seating for 32 persons in two air-conditioned lounges. The su- perstructure is arranged on one side of the vessel to facilitate easy, straight-through loading and unloading of vehicles. Com- plete steering and engine controls are located in two identical con- trol consoles, one at each end of the wheelhouse.

The vessels will have overall

Thomas G. Healey Joins

Galveston Division Of

Todd Shipyards Corp.

Thomas G. Healey has been named assistant secretary and as- sistant treasurer of the Galveston

Division of Todd Shipyards Cor- poration. The announcement was made by John Meghrian, vice president-East/Gulf Coast Re- gions of the company.

Thomas G. Healey

Mr. Healey has 22 years' expe- rience in the accounting field. Pri- or to joining Todd, he was con- troller and treasurer of Ocean

Systems Inc. of Houston since 1969. He was previously associ- ated with Union Carbide Corpora- tion and Columbia Broadcasting

System in New York City.

Mr. Healey succeeds Thomas

A. Garland, who is retiring after 45 years with Todd's Galveston

Division where he had been as- sistant secretary and assistant treasurer since 1967.

New Orleans Site Of

Ferry Association

Meeting November 5-7

The 5th Annual International

Waterborne Transit Conference will be held in New Orleans at the

Fairmont Hotel, November 5-7, 1980. Sponsored by the Interna- tional Marine Transit Association, this conference will bring togeth- er many ferry operators from throughout the world. Further, it will be the first opportunity for many of those associated with the movement of personnel for the offshore industry to meet and exchange information with com- mercial ferry operators, with whom they have much in com- mon.

Some of the program discus- length of 120 feet, beam over guards of 46 feet, and design draft of 7 feet. Displacement at design draft is 298 tons. The de- sign calls for the hull to be fitted with six transverse watertight bulkheads. To make the boats both rugged and easy to main- tain, the entire hull and super- structure are constructed of steel.

Propulsion is provided by two

Caterpillar model D-353TA diesel engines with Twin Disc reduction gears, driving 4-foot 8-inch pro- pellers, one at each end of the vessel. sion areas to be covered are: wa- ter transit in developing nations; passenger movement in support of the offshore energy industry; new craft in service—an update; legislative and regulatory issues; and financial aspects of passen- ger ferry operation.

For additional information write to John J. Kelly, president,

International Marine Transit As- sociation, P.O. Box 29307, New

Orleans, La. 70189.

J.W. Siemer Elected

President Of Bay And

River Navigation

John W. Siemer, vice president and director, has been elected president of Bay and River Navi- gation Company, Richmond, Calif.

He will succeed Capt. C.C. Ras- mussen, who retired May 1.

J. Mandino Will Manage

Service Facility For

ITT Decca Marine

Joseph Mandino

ITT Decca Marine has recently appointed Joseph Mandino to head its Harborside, N.J., service facil- ity. ITT Decca maintains this fa- cility to provide sales and service to its commercial customers based in the New York port area. Mr.

Mandino will coordinate all the sales and service activities of the facility while actively promoting customer relations.

Director of Engineering Serv- ices George Woods reports that

Mr. Mandino brings over 21 years of service to IDM. He has served as a technician, as well as a branch manager of several ITT Decca dealerships.

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ITT Mackay and R.H. Wager Company are now shipmates:

ITT Mackay has been commissioned exclusive U.S.

Distributor and Sales Representative for Wager Smoke

Indicator Systems, both visual/photoelectric and photoelectric, as well as comPustion control instrumentation.

This tie-up means better sales and service to our customers through the reputation of Wager quality products, and the distribution of ITT Mackay, a division of

ITT, with 23 Sales/Service Offices-and over 50 years' experience in the Marine Industry.

Just call your local ITT Mackay sales office for information on these Wager products, or contact ITT Mackay 2912

Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27611, 919-829-3134.

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