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John J. Reichert Elected President Of Reichert Towing John J. Reichert John J. Reichert has been elected president of the Reichert Towing Line, Inc., one of the oldest towing firms in New York Harbor. Found-ed in 1899 by Capt. Jacob C. Reich-ert, the company's fleet of tugboats perform general towage service. In assuming his new post. Mr. Reichert succeeds his uncle. Capt. Joseph C. Reichert, who has been president since 1936 and who will maintain a limited relationship with the firm by continuing to occupy the post of treasurer and will also act as a general consultant. Mr. Reichert, who was educated at Pelham Memorial High School and the University of Miami, joined the family firm in 1954 and has "come up through the ranks", start-ing by working on deck and in the enginerooms of the company's tugs and then coming ashore to gain ex-perience in the maintenance and operating departments. Aside from his business duties, Mr. Reichert has participated ac-tively in the affairs of The New York Tow Boat Exchange, the in-dustry trade association of which his late grandfather was a charter-member when the Exchange was founded over a half century ago. He is a member of the board of di-rectors of the Exchange and has served on many of its major com-mittees. Canadian Pacific Ships Starts Canada-England Containership Service Canadian Pacific Ships, which plans to have three new container-ships in service between Canada and Britain next year, started an interim operation for container cus-tomers in April. The interim service began with sailings by a chartered vessel, the Eemstrom, between Quebec City and Tilbury, London. The Eem-strom and another ship, the Beaver-oak, will provide a service from Tilbury every two weeks until July, when the operation will be-come weekly with the addition of a third vessel. The regular container undertak-ing by Canadian Pacific is planned to start in August, 1970, with three 14,000-ton vessels now on order from the British shipbuilding firm of Cammell Laird Ltd. Total cost of the three will be $22,100,000. Bethlehem Beaumont Delivers Vinyl-Chloride Pressure-Tank Barge Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard has de-livered to the Chotin Transporta-tion, Inc., of New Orleans, the Chotin 2090X, a steel pressure-tank barge designed to carry vinyl chlo-ride. The hopper-type barge, with an overall length of 185 feet, a beam DECK: L Mucking Winch Bilge & Contaminated of 54 feet and a depth of 14 feet, was designed by Breit Engineering, Inc.. of New Orleans. It is fitted with two full-length cylindrical cargo tanks, each with an inside diameter of 18 feet 3 inches. When loaded with 2,000 tons of vinyl chlo-ride, the barge will have a freshwa-ter draft of approximately 8 feet 9 inches. The Chotin 2090X is fitted with rainshields in the openings between the tanks, and between the tanks and tank-hold compartments. * i, ****** 1 ***** \ \ ? ;.f 1 ! The barge, including tanks and piping, was built in accordance with applicable regulations and in-spection provisions of the U.S. Coast Guard. It was also construct-ed in accordance with American Bureau of Shipping regulations for longitudinally framed barges for in-land waterways and for classifica-tion as an A1 Pressure Tank Barge. The barge also was compartmented for U.S. Coast Guard Type II clas-sification. Detection Alarms ? Dehydrate* Draft i 5pMd Indicator* ? Above deck or below deck, MMC equipment keeps your ship ship-shape IN EVERY FIELD THERE'S A LEADER, IN AUTOMATIC LIQUID CARGO HANDLING, ENGINE ROOM EQUIPMENT AND DECK EQUIPMENT, IT'S MMC. Represented By: L.O. Arringdale & Co. Inc. 95 River Street Hoboken. N.J. For more information, write to MARINE MOISTURE CONTROL Co., Inc. 449 SHERIDAN BOULEVARD, INWOOD, NEW YORK 1169S (212) 327-3430 CABLE ADDRESS: MAMCAF INWQODNASSAUCONY TELEX: 12-6577 MAMCAF For Instant Illumination A powerful Ray-Line incandescent searchlight gives you im-mediate identification of unexpected objects. No delay for arc warm-up. And best of all, it costs you 390 or less an hour to operate. Ray-Line incandescent searchlights are designed to sup-plement your arc light, not replace it. And they are engi-neered to save you money when you don't need the power of a carbon arc light. Ray-Line heavy-duty searchlights are housed in a new grade of lightweight formed aluminum for durability and salt water resistance. Available in lever or double-wheel control, 14" and 20" diameter, 500 to 1500 watts, 24 to 220 volts. For complete specifications of No. 2033L searchlight (shown here) and full line of 6" to 20" searchlights, send for catalog CM66MR Manufactured by: The Portable Light Co., Inc. 65 Passaic Avenue, Kearny, New Jersey 07032 Established 1923 DECK: CLOeck Covers' ENGINE ROOM: \ 4 ii Lube Oil Ctarifier-Coalescer' DECK: Centalock Deck Cover* ? HULL: Complete Concept 01 Liquid Cargo Handling May 1, 1969 27