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British Revive Interest In Passenger Liners A revived interest in passenger liners could produce orders for British shipyards worth about $72-million within the next two years. Three big passenger lines?P & O, Furness Withy, and Cunard?are studying proposals which could produce new orders and a fourth company, British and Common-wealth, is "thinking very carefully" about new tonnage. Higher passenger fares and bet-ter loading facilities are currently yielding returns that make new cruise ships and liners at around $20-million each, appear as profit-able investments. P & O, the world's biggest pas-senger operator, has established a special department to plan new pas-senger tonnage. The deputy-chair-man in charge of passenger oper-ations, Peter Parry, said that busi-ness was improving with a re-surgence of public interest in pas-senger shipping. "We would prefer to build new ships rather than re-condition, if there is an economic case for it," Mr. Parry said. Cunard Line managing director John Whitworth said that design studies were under way for a pair of full-time cruise ships about the size of the Carmania. They would be used mainly for the lucrative Caribbean run. Designs for a small full-time cruise ship are at present being prepared by a British yard for Fur-ness Withy. Capt. Pfeifer Named To Key MarAd Post In Atlantic District Appointment of Capt. Carl F. Pfeifer as assistant director for op-erations of the Maritime Adminis-tration's Atlantic Coast District has been announced by the Atlantic Coast director, Thomas A. King. Captain Pfeifer retired in 1968 from the United States Navy, after a 30-year career. Graduating from Annapolis in 1939, his service afloat has included assignment as chief engineer of an Essex-class aircraft carrier, command of a destroyer, and commander of a destroyer di-vision. Ashore he has served in training commands, was an instruc-tor and deputy director of the In-dustrial College of the Armed Forces, commanding officer of the Military Sea Transportation Serv-ice in Viet Nam and inspector gen-eral of MSTS in Washington, D.C. His varied career also includes ad-ditional duty as a naval aide to the President at the White House. Under the Atlantic Coast direc-tor his duties will include coordina-tion and program implementation of the Atlantic Coast District's re-sponsibilities, relating to the full scope of operating activated re-serve fleet vessels in the Viet Nam sealift, the successful retention of laid-up ships in the National De-fense Reserve Fleets, government aid to the American merchant ma-rine and certain training and plan-ning functions. Pilgrim Propeller Nuts with the thrust of the APOLLO / SATURN V ROCkel Pilot Controlled Tugs And Thomson Cranes Subjects Of Pacific Northwest Meetings Attending the meeting held at Skagit Corporation were, left to right: R. A. Hardin and J. E. Henroit, authors; G. C. Snyder, W. C. Nickum & Sons; Sidney S. Mclntyre Jr., president of Skagit; D. H. Bartlett, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Section sec-retary; M. J. Markey, Markey Machinery Company and Section chairman; R. H. Richards, Philip F. Spaulding & Associates and Section papers chairman, and B. Bard, Skagit Corporation. On the left is a model of the Thomson crane system. A new dry-cargo ship crane sys-tem and pilot-controlled tugs were discussed at two recent meetings of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The first of the two meetings was held at the plant of the Skagit Cor-poration, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., about 70 miles north of Seattle. During the afternoon the members were shown the Skagit shock basin installation at Big Lake and then were given a tour of the Skagit manufacturing facilities. R. A. Hardin and J. E. Henroit of Skagit presented a paper en-titled "The Thomson Crane Sys-tem." This type of crane was de-veloped in Scotland and has been used on numerous foreign-flag ships. To date, the crane has not been installed on any American-flag ships. However, a 30rton Thomson crane system or equal has been specified for the American President Lines' and Farrell Lines' ships on order at Ingalls Shipbuild-ing. The cranes provide consider-able flexibility and can handle con-tainers and breakbulk with equal ease. The second meeting was spon-sored by the British Columbia Area of the Section. It was held at the Waldorf Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. Robert M. Keenholts, of Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company, presented a paper entitled "Pilot Controlled Tugs." The paper cov-ered the actual development, de-sign, installation and operation of the alarm systems and automatic equipment installed in several sea-going tugs by the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company in 1968. Attending the meeting which discussed pilot-controlled tugs, were left to right: M. J. Markey, Markey Machinery Company and Section chairman; C. S. Cosulich, president, Rivtow Marine Ltd.; R. M. Keenholts, author; Jacques Heyrman, Island Tug & Barge Ltd. and chairman of the British Columbia Area; J. Grey, Island Tug & Barge Ltd.; W. P. Wood, Foss Launch & Tug Company, and D. R. Case, Burrard Dry Dock Co., Ltd. and vice-chairman of the British Columbia Area. 56 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Manufactured by WALZ & KRENZER, INC., Rochester, N.Y. Offices in SAN FRANCISCO ? SAN PEDRO ? SEATTLE ? MONTREAL ? 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