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Tanker Owners Name Malcolmson Director Of Pollution Federation James V. C. Malcolmson The international Tanker Own-ers Pollution Federation Ltd. has established an office in London with James V. C. Malcolmson as managing director. Mr. Malcolmson is a former vice-president, marine department of Texaco. He was also a surveyor for Lloyd's Register of Shipping, in Liverpool, and senior surveyor in Philadelphia. The federation has been organ-ized by a number of tanker owners as a voluntary scheme to repay government and tanker operators for the cost of dealing with oil spillages. It will come into force when 50 percent of the privately owned segment of the world's tanker fleet is enrolled. The original sponsoring groups?BP, Esso, Gulf, Mobil, Shell, Socal, and Texaco?account for about 30 percent. Mr. Malcolmson said that the first objective was to get as many tanker owners as possible to join. The federation is open to any oiler power?whether a private or gov-ernment operator. While this group will administer the plan, liability payments for clearing up minor spillages or pol-lution disasters will be made by a subsidiary organization, the Ber-muda-based International Tank In-demnity Association. Every member of the federation will be required to register its ton-nage with the association. The participants will be covered for losses up to a maximum of $100 for each gross registered ton for a tanker-spillage incident, with a maximum of $10-million coverage for each ship in each incident. Mitsui Launches Twenty-Eight Ships For Record In 1968 During the calendar year of 1968, Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering: Co., Ltd. launched a total of 28 ships having an aggregate dead-weight of 1,449,602 tons. These launchings were performed by Mit-sui's three shipyards ? Tamano Works launched 12 ships, Chiba Works 6 ships and Fujinagata Works 10 ships. Of the total, 20 ships were for export and eight for domestic owners. The 1968 record surpassed the 1967 record by nine ships totaling 325,974 dwt. Two Container Cranes Ordered From Paceco For U.S. And Canada Paceco, a division of Fruehauf Corp., has been awarded contracts for mobile container-handling gan-try cranes by Canadian National Railway Co. of Montreal and Transocean Gateway Corp., New York City. The 'Transtainer' crane for Can-adian National Railway will be used for container and piggyback service at CNR's Toronto yards. The Transocean 'Transtainer' will be used for container-handling op-erations at the company's Long Beach, Calif., marine terminal. De-livery of the units is scheduled for June. Both cranes will have a 40-ton capacity and a mammoth 74-foot span capable of straddling two roadways and two railroad tracks at a time, or six rows of containers plus roadway. The crane for Tor-onto, which will be designed by Paceco at Alameda, Calif., and built in Canada, will handle both top-lift containers and bottom-lift trailers and stack containers three high. The crane for Transocean at Long Beach will be designed for contain-er handling only and will stack four high in the yard. Lockstad Patented Chain Pipe Covers Cut Labor Costs ? Now in use by all leading vessel operating companies Prevent flooded chain lockers, eliminate hazardous and expensive methods of pouring concrete. Lockstad has developed a new cover which secures in place in matter of minutes and can be removed in seconds. Cover makes a complete thorough seal around the ring of the chain pipe. Used for vertical or caspen type windlasses. Our company representative will supervise each initial installation. ocfatad (fa. Inc. 179 West 5th Street ? Bayonne, N. J. 07002 ? Call 201 339-1351 West Coast: M. J. 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In addition, electric power on the New Haven is generated by two CAT D320 40 Kilowatt electric sets which supply 120/208 volt, 3 phase alternating current. For more information about how CAT Marine Engines and H. O. Penn service can fulfill your power re-quirements call (516)334-7000 or (212)292-4800, or write us at 1561 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, L. I., N. Y. 11590. February 31, 1969 11