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OCEANIC ELECTRIC PRODUCTS Robert Mayer 1968 President Golden Gate Marine Exchange With San Francisco Bay as a background and framing a ship's telescope, Robert E. Mayer (left), new president of the Golden Gate Marine Exchange, receives the con-gratulations of other new officers of the 1 18-year-old maritime service and development agency: Chr. Blom (second from left), president of Overseas Shipping Co.? 1 st vice-president; E. L. Bargones, president of Trans-pacific Transportation Co.?3rd vice-president, and Peter N. Teige, vice-president and general counsel, Amer-ican President Lines?2nd vice-president. Not shown are Rae F. Watts, San Francisco port director, who was elected at the recent World Trade Club meeting of the Exchange's board as treasurer, and Robert H. Langner, secretary-manager. Robert E. Mayer has been elected president of the 118-year-old Marine Exchange, San Francisco. Pacific Coast sales manager of Todd Shipyards Corporation, Mr. Mayer is a veteran of 25 years in the transportation industry. Also selected to serve were Chr. Blom, president, Overseas Shipping Co.?1st vice-president ; Peter N. Teige, vice-president and general counsel, American President Lines? 2nd vice-president; E. L. Bargones, president, Transpacific Transportation Co.?3rd vice-president ; Rae F. Watts, San Francisco Port "Over Four Decades of Service in the Marine Industry" Oceanic products are manufactured to meet the require-ments of U.S.C.G. ^^ \| Electrical Engineer-ing Regulations. THRU-BULKHEAD FIXTURES Cast Bronze-Cast Aluminum Call or Write for Complete Catalog OCEANIC ELECTRICAL MFG. CO., INC Sole Manufacturers of Oceanic Electric Products 157-159 PERRY ST., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10014 ? WA 9-3321 AT OUR PORT HOUSTON THAT'S OUR Wyatt's Port Houston Shipyards Division doesn't limit itself to standard design for barge con-struction and fabrication. Every job is treated as an individual job ? a custom job. And, your custom design can be built from many alloys or carbon steel. If your company requires a new barge, don't buy one that was designed to fit someone else's needs. Port Houston Shipyards, now a division of Wyatt Industries, Inc., will build a barge to fit your requirements. For full information, call or write: WYATT IN-DUSTRIES, INC., PORT HOUSTON SHIPYARDS DI-VISION, P. 0. BOX 3052, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001 HOUSTON/DALLAS/CORPUS CHRI SAN FRANCISCO / TULSA / CI SHIPYARDS DIVISION, SPECIALTY. PORT HOUSTON SHIPYARDS DIVISION STII NEW YORK / LOS ANGELES/ HICAGO I LIVINGSTON, N.J. Director?treasurer, and Robert H. Langner, secretary-manager. Born in St. Paul, Mr. Mayer was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1938, prior to acquir-ing experience in railroad freight forwarding. Following five years' San Francisco duty dur-ing World War II with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he joined the Pacific American Steamship Association, serving as its presi-dent, 1952-58. Mr. Mayer is also a founding director and 1966-67 president of the Western Shipbuilding Association, a member of the State Board of Pilot Commissioners, vice-president of the Navy League, and past president of the San Francisco Maritime Museum. In 1966, the new Exchange president headed up a policy review task force to evaluate Ma-rine Exchange functions. "Our six-months' study convinced me of the importance and unique value of the Exchange," he said. "Cutting red tape in ocean shipping and the harbor safety radio network are ex-amples of two Exchange functions in which it has led the country. I hope I may contribute to its continued advance." Directors of the Exchange are: Lester H. Clark, Graham & James; Captain J. W. Dick-over, States Steamship Co.; Hugh C. Downer, Marcona Corp.; Lawrence C. Ford, Chevron Shipping Co.; George J. Gmelch, Pacific Far East Line; Ben E. Nutter, Port of Oakland; George B. Plant, Diablo Service Corp.; Chris Redlich, Marine Terminals Corp.; John L. Stewart, Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies; Vincent Van Riper, American Bureau of Shipping; William F. Ward, Bank of America; Lloyd M. Westphal, Port of Stockton. Mitsubishi Names Ichikawa New York Liaison Manager Katsuhito Ichikawa has succeeded Gordon Takahashi as manager of the New York office of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Mr. Tak-ahashi is returning to Japan following comple-tion of his nine-year ten-month assignment in the United States. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries offices are lo-cated at 277 Park Avenue, New York. N.Y. 10017. Martinolich To Build Two Twin-Screw Tugs For Foss Martinolich Shipbuilding Corporation of Ta-coma, Wash., is building two twin-screw tug-boats for Foss Launch & Tug Co., also of Ta-coma. Each tug is to be 85 feet long, with a 24-foot beam and 12-foot depth. They will be pow-ered by 2,000-total-bhp diesels. OIL PURIFIERS V E R BALANCED Purifier Zi NORSE ELECTRIC MFG. CO. INC. 57-59 Commerce St.. Brooklyn 31, N.Y. TRiangle 5-3389 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News