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R.S. Wilson Appointed

Curtis Bay Towing Vice

President In New York

Robert S. Wilson

Robert S. Wilson has been elected a vice president of Curtis

Bay Towing Company, according to an announcement by Malcolm

W. MacLeod, president. Mr. Wil- son will continue to operate from

Curtis Bay's New York office, where he has been sales manager since 1962. During World War II he served as a U.S. Navy dive bomber pilot. Stationed aboard the USS Enterprise in the Pacific, he was awarded numerous deco- rations. In the Korean War he was attached to a Navy fighter squadron.

Curtis Bay operates a large modern fleet of 27 tugs in the

Delaware River, Chesapeake Bay, and Hampton Roads areas.

Universal American Asks

Title XI On Cargo Barge

To Cost $18.5 Million

Universal American Barge Cor- poration, a subsidiary of Univer- sal American Shipping Corpora- tion, Dover, Del., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a dry-bulk cargo barge.

Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon

Bay, Wis., is the proposed ship- builder, with deliverv expected in

August 1981. The *550-foot-long barge will be operated in coastal waters between Chesapeake Bay and Brayton Point, Mass. If ap- proved, the Title XI guarantee will cover $16,194,000, or 87% percent of the vessel's $18,508,000 estimated cost.

Waukesha Engine Will

Manufacture Sulzer

Diesels Under License

Waukesha Engine Division,

Dresser Industries, Waukesha,

Wis., will manufacture a new family of 1,500 to 4,800-bhp die- sel engines under a license from

Sulzer Brothers Limited of Win- terthur, Switzerland, officials an- nounced recently. Waukesha En- gine, a 75-year-old supplier of diesel and gas engines for the worldwide petroleum and indus- trial markets, currently markets three smaller diesel series that cover a range of 39 to 1,617 bhp. "The Sulzer diesel, designated as the AT25 Series, will triple our horsepower range, allowing us to increase sales to our cus- tomers who require higher horse- power diesel units," states C.E.

Lee, division president. "These include operators of large land- based drilling rigs, electric gen- erating plants, and marine ves- sels. Also, we intend to offer the

AT25 Series to the offshore drill- ing market, which is a new growth market during the 1980s.

P.C. Trombley, executive vice president-marketing and service, praised the Sulzer design for its reliability and exceptional fuel economy. "Tests run on dozens of these engine have documented the efficiency of the AT25 design in terms of gallons of No. 2 die- sel fuel saved in a daily operating cycle. With diesel fuel costs con- tinuing to rise, we envision siz- able interest in the AT25 engine family from all markets—petro- leum, marine, industrial and rail- road."

Mr. Trombley said Sulzer had also tested AT25 engines running on heavy fuel oils, products which are sold for 15 to 30 percent less than No. 2 diesel fuel. "The AT25

Series is specially designed to run on heavy fuels," he said.

For further information on the

Sulzer AT25 diesels,

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He's a good reason to get'blasted'in Savannah.

When Leon Martin sandblasts your ship he gets dynamite results.

Leon is a Leaderrman in our

Drydock Department. Which means he has two great qualifications.

He's experienced (27 years at

Savannah). And can be rougher than blasting grit about getting a job done right.

That's the kind of spirit you find at Savannah. It's why we're the best yard to do your major conversions, scheduled drydocking, and voyage repairs.

Sure, we're also competitively priced. And blessed with a climate that lets us run full-bore all year.

But without workers like Leon, our great prices and weather wouldn't mean doodly.

If you want a yard that'll really bust its hump on your job, pick up the phone and give us a blast.

The Savannah Yard.

Savannah Shipyard Co.

RO. Box 787

Savannah, Georgia 31402

Tel. (912) 233-6621 74 Trinity Place, Suite 1800

New York, New York 10006

Tel. (212) 432-0350 «* B • 1

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