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WESTINGHOUSE TURBINE RENEWAL PARTS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ANYWHERE Authorized Marine distributor for Westinghouse Turbine Renewal Parts, Port Electric maintains a complete stock of replacement parts in its own warehouse for immediate delivery. Authorized Marine Distributors for: Westinghouse: Turbine, Controller and Motor Renewal Parts Cutler-Hammer: Controller Parts Clark: Controller Parts Also available: Replacement Parts for Monitor, Reliance, Crocker Wheeler, and others. PORT ELECTRIC Turbine Division OF PORT ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORP. 155-157 Perry Street, New York, N. Y. 10014 Call (212) 255-4530 SHIP SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY IS TOWING-CHARTER TUGS STEEL SCOWS 39' BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10006 (212) WHiteMl 3-5534 1 Frees parts frozen by rust, corrosion, scale, paint, varnish, carbon or gum. Safe on all metals. Available Everywhere RADIATOR SPECIALTY CO. CHARLOTTE, N. C. 28201 Kidde & Co. Acquires Container Manufacturer The acquisition of the Theurer Group com-panies by Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., was announced by Fred R. Sullivan, chairman of Kidde, and John Theurer Jr., president of the Theurer Group. The purchase was for an un-disclosed amount of Kidde common stock. The Theurer Group manufactures marine cargo containers and container chassis, com-mercial trailers and truck bodies, airport ground-support equipment, piggyback trailers for railroad service, drop-frame warehouse van trailers, and related products. The company, based in Newark, N.J., also has manufacturing facilities in Manhattan and Queens, N.Y., and Lansdale, Pa. Sales in 1968 exceeded $10-million, and the company currently has a production order backlog of more than $14-million. Over the past seven years, according to Theurer, sales and profits have increased at an average an-nual rate of more than 65 percent. Kidde, headquartered in Belleville, N.J., is engaged in manufacturing and services in the fields of safety, security and protection, indus-trial and technological products, commercial and consumer goods, and transportation sys-tems. Kidde operates more than 100 plants and other facilities in 24 states and six foreign countries. Gunderson To Build Four Carfloats Gunderson Bros. Engineering Corp., Portland, Ore., is to build four railroad freight carfloats for Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, Calif. Each float will have dimensions of 300 feet by 56 feet by 18 feet and will have a capacity for about 28 cars. Alabama Ship Elects N.D. Knight Director Directors of Alabama Dry Dock and Ship-building Company have elected Newland DeP. Knight, administrative vice-president and sec-retary of ADDSCO, as a member of the cor-poration's board of directors. J. R. Maumenee, president of ADDSCO, in announcing the new director, said Mr. Knight fills a vacancy created last November by the death of David R. Dunlap, who was chairman of the board of ADDSCO. A native of Indiana and an alumnus of Pur-due University, Mr. Knight was first employed by ADDSCO in 1941. He became an assistant plant engineer in 1943 and served as mainte-nance superintendent from 1949 until 1952, at which time he was also named plant engineer. He was elected assistant vice-president in 1958, and named assistant vice-president and secre-tary in 1964. He was elevated to administrative vice-president and secretary in December 1967. He is a director of the Mobile Chapter, American Red Cross, a member of The So-ciety of Naval Architects and Marine Engi-neers, American Society of Mechanical Engi-neers, the Propeller Club of Mobile, and the Port Development Committee of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. Newport News Awarded Multi-Million Contract Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., will convert two oil tankers, the Transchamplain and Transoneida, into full containerships. These tankers are war-built T-2's and are equipped with 10,000-shp turbo-electric propelling machinery. The multi-million-dollar contract was awarded to Newport News by Hud-son Waterways Corp., New York. Barges -Sale! Our business is barges and we design, build and deliver to suit you. Stock designs or custom de-signs, single units or a fleet ? Hillman builds 'em. The quality is tops, your dead-lines will be met and the price will please you. Let us tackle your next barge assignment. {fplman BARGE & CONSTRUCTION CO. GRANT BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. 15219 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News