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U.S. Lines Elects Bachko Vice-President Nicholas Bachko The election by the board of directors of Nicholas Bachko as vice-president of the Department of Corporate Planning and Devel-opment of the United States Lines was announced by John J. McMul-len, president of the steamship company. In his new position, Mr. Bachko will be in charge of formulating for management long-range plans for developing and expanding the company's activities in ocean as well as intermodal systems of transportation. His responsibilities will continue to include supervision of the company's vessel replace-ment program as well as coordina-tion of activities related to the company's current transition into containerization. Mr. Bachko was graduated from the United States Merchant Ma-rine Academy in 1942 and served as an engineer aboard United States Lines' ships during World War II before joining the shore establishment of the company in 1945 as port engineer. In 1948, he was selected to serve as resident engineer for the com-pany, in charge of contraction of the superliner United States in Newport News, Va., and was prin-cipal liaison for the company with the Maritime Administration, the shipyard and the designer during the three-year building period of the superliner. When United States Lines began its huge vessel replacement pro-gram in 1962, Mr. Bachko was named manager of new construc-tion and helped to plan and design the company's new fleet of high-speed cargo liners. He also played a major role in designing the characteristics of six full contain-erliners, four of which joined the company fleet last year and two of which will be completed early this year. Anderson To Head Funch Edye & Co. C. N. Anderson has been ap-pointed president of Funch Edye & Co. Inc., according to a recent announcement made by the firm. Mr. Anderson assumed the presi-dency upon the resignation of T.J. Roydan, who will continue to serve the firm in a consultative capacity. Funch Edye & Co. is a ship brokerage and agency firm with offices in New York City. M. L. Rice Appointed President Of Ogden M. Lee Rice The appointment of M. Lee Rice as president of the Ogden Corpora-tion was announced by Ralph E. Ablon, chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Mr. Ablon has also served as president of the corporation since 1962. Mr. Rice joined Ogden Corpora-tion in 1967, as senior vice-presi-dent, and in May of 1968 was elected to the Ogden board of directors. He has served as a member of the executive committee of the board of directors, and as chairman of the corporation's oper-ations committee. Mr. Rice holds numerous patents in the fields of advanced technol-ogy. He came to Ogden from At-lantic Research Corporation, where he had been president from 1962 to 1967. A graduate of Western Maryland College summa cum laude, he joined Atlantic Research in 1950. He was named director of ARC's Applied Sciences division in 1954, and was elected a vice-presi-dent of the firm in 1958. Chiefly a shipbuilding, metals and metals related company with sales of $398-million in 1962, when Mr. Ablon assumed its leadership as chairman and president, Ogden's base of operations was rapidly ex-panded and diversified to include foods and food service, technology products, marine terminal opera-tions and engineered transportation services, resources and real estate development. The company's sales, which reached $815-million in 1967, will approach the $l-billion level for 1968. Sweden Building Container Terminal South Of Stockholm A container terminal is to be built at Oxelosund, on the coast south of Stockholm, Sweden, according to a decision by the Grangesberg Com-pany which is the predominant user of the port for shipments of iron ore from its mines in Central Sweden and other cargoes. To provide space for the container terminal, the present quay for gener-al cargo will be lengthened by about 328 feet, at a water depth of 33 feet, and a special quay 82 feet long will be built for roll-on/roll-off traffic. A 35-ton crane will handle contain-ers of up to 40 feet. Storage facili-ties will cover a large area. The terminal will come into use at the beginning of 1970. Burmeister & Wain Receives Orders For Eighteen Ships In 1968 Burmeister & Wain's series of bulk carriers of 50,500 dwt appears to be a continuous success. For the ninth time the yard has booked an order for a ship of this descrip-tion, placed by Rederiaktieselska-bet "Mascot", of the Arthur H. Mathiesen group, Oslo. There is already one 50,500-dwt bulk carrier for Arthur H. Mathie-sen under construction at the B&W yard, ordered a year ago. Since then, B&W has made efforts to secure new orders, and with the two ships for the Oslo owners the result is, in all, 18 shipbuilding con-tracts in the course of 12 months. In spite of the steadily and rapid-ly increasing staff, the production capacity of the yard is already com-pletely booked for two years ahead, so that new orders can only be ac-cepted for delivery after that time. These 18 contracts include five ships of the 50,500-ton series, viz. two for A. P. Moller, one for Polish Steamship Company, plus the two now on order for Arthur H. Math-iesen, Oslo. West Coast To Guam Containership Service Inaugurated By PFEL A new containership service be-tween the San Francisco Bay area and Guam was inaugurated Janu-ary 8, when the Guam Bear made its maiden voyage from Universal Terminal, Alameda, Calif., accord-ing to an announcement made by Leo C. Ross, president of Pacific Far East Line, Inc. The containership Guam Bear will be followed in the service by its sistership, the Hawaii Bear. Both ships were C-4 troopships that were converted by Todd Ship-yards in Alameda to carry in excess of 400 standard-size 8-foot by 8-foot by 20-foot containers capable of carrying dry cargo and/ or refriger-ated cargo. These ships will also have limited breakbulk space, for handling unitized cargo and vehi-cles. The new containership service will give shippers express sailings between the San Francisco Bay area and Guam every 16 days, in addition to the service offered by conventional vessels. Texas Transport Names Blanco Traffic Manager Of Latin American Div. J. Daniel Culpepper, vice-presi-dent and general manager (North Atlantic) of the Texas Transport and Terminal Co. Inc., has an-nounced the appointment of Mari-ano R. Blanco as general traffic manager of T.T.T.'s Latin Ameri-can Division with headquarters in New York. Mr. Blanco has been affiliated with the shipping industry in the United States and Venezuela since 1953 and will direct the Venezuelan Line activities for T.T.T. McVeigh & Schmidt Names R. J. Kehoe VP Richard J. Kehoe The marine and industrial supply firm of McVeigh & Schmidt, Inc., has announced that Richard J. Kehoe has assumed the post held by the late James McVeigh, and has been named vice-president. Mr. Kehoe has for many years been a specialist in pioneering the latest technical developments and establishing new sales areas in the wire rope industry to the marine trade. Following his graduation from Colgate University in 1932, Mr. Kehoe went with the Grace Line, entering the purchasing depart-ment. He has since been divisional sales manager of Paulsen-Webber Cordage Corporation, vice-presi-dent of Sunbury Wire Rope Com-pany and sales manager for the DiMattina Supply Company. He also headed the R.J. Kehoe Ma-chinery and Equipment Company. Mr. Kehoe is a member of the Propeller Club of New York, the Rotary Club of New York, and is secretary of the Marine Sales As-sociation. He is a trustee of the Eastchester Historical Association and a member of the Westchester Village Officials Association of which he is a past president. Mr. Kehoe will be responsible for the expansion of McVeigh & Schmidt's sales of industrial and marine supplies and will make his headquarters at their 74 Warren Street office and warehouse in New York City. Sperry Gyro Names D. M. McLean Manager Of Public Relations The appointment of Donald M. McLean as manager of public re-lations for the Sperry Gyroscope Division of Sperry Rand Corpora-tion, Great Neck, N.Y., was an-nounced by Carl Knorr, vice-presi-dent of marketing for the division. He replaces Herb Doherty, who resigned. Mr. McLean, formerly manager of public relations for the Sperry Systems Management Division, joined Sperry in 1965 as a public information representative. He transferred to Sperry Systems Management Division in 1967. Prior to joining Sperry, Mr. Mc-Lean served as managing editor of Marine Engineering/Log. He grad-uated from the U.S. Merchant Ma-rine Academy in 1951 with a B.S. degree and holds a license as chief mate, any oceans, any tonnage. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News