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Robert Johnson Joins

Todd As Engineering

And Planning Director

Robert M. Johnson has joined

Todd Shipyards Corporation's Gal- veston Division as director, engi- neering and planning.

From 1957 to 1974 he was em- ployed at Ingalls Shipbuilding in

Pascagoula, Miss., where his po- sitions included two years as nu- clear shift engineer, two years as assistant nuclear superintendent, five years as submarine ship su- perintendent, five years as chief hull engineer, and two years as manager of naval architecture.

Mr. Johnson's most recent as- signment, from 1974 to 1980, has been as director of engineering at Alabama Dry Dock and Ship- building Company in Mobile, where he supervised a staff of about 35 engineers and drafts- men on a wide variety of both new construction and ship repair contracts. y ^ ... afreLJ...^

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A contract to construct six ice- breaking, multi-purpose cargo vessels of 20,000 dwt has been signed by Wartsila's Turku Ship- yard and V/O Sudoimport of the

U.S.S.R. Designed in cooperation with the Soviet Ministry of Ship- ping, their future operator, the ships will be capable of operating independently in difficult Arctic ice conditions.

The value of the order exceeds one billion Finnish marks (about $278 million) and is the biggest ever received by a single Finnish industrial enterprise. This latest contract increases Wartsila's to- tal orderbook to almost 5.5 billion marks ($1.5 billion), and books

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Both the engine room and deck house are located aft. The ship has individual cabins for the crew of 39, two cabins for pilots, and six double passenger cabins. Crew amenities include a gymnasium, swimming pool, sauna, movie theater, photographic laboratory, library, and hobby room. The ship also has a passenger saloon.

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The multi-purpose vessels are designed for operation in the So- viet Arctic areas. They can be used for transporting general car- goes, rolling cargoes, containers, 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News