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Thomson Crane (Continued from page 14) is used to actuate the spreader cor-ner guide flippers and container twist locks. The self-leveling fea-ture of the spreader is accomplish-ed by reeving the four part wire-rope sling from a lifting ring, through sheaves located at each corner of the frame and deadened on hydraulic cylinder slide brack-ets. A multi-conductor cable for power and control circuits and ca-ble collector brackets are fitted on the spreader. Control circuits are actuated from either the crane con-sole or from a drop pendant sta-tion. A container hanging from a sin-gle point spreader will tend to ro-tate and oscillate about the cargo hook due to boom rotation and wind loads. Tag lines, manned by stevedores, are currently used to stabilize and spot containers when handled by single point spreaders. Skagit Corporation has recently de-veloped a gyro-stabilized rotating device which can be incorporated into a self-leveling spreader. With the gyro wheel rotating about a horizontal axis, it resists any effort of displacement above this axis, thus a spreader fitted with this gyrotator and carrying a container oriented along its longitudinal axis will hold this orientation even when the cargo boom is slewed or a wind load tends to rotate the container. By rotating the gyro cage, an opposite rotating force is induced in the spreader allowing accurate spot rotation. Independent Petroleum Names DuSesoi V-P Edmond J. DuSesoi Benjamin Tyran, president of Independent Petroleum Supply Company (IPS), has announced the appointment of Edmond J. DuSesoi as vice-president of this company. IPS is a Natomas Com-pany subsidiary handling petro-leum sales and tanker activities for the Natomas Group. This includes the buying and selling of petroleum crude and products for their own account and acting as petroleum and tanker brokers for others. The firm's New York office is at 277 Park Avenue and other offices are located in San Francisco and Lon-don. Mr. DuSesoi will continue as manager of IPS and vice-president of Natomas of Canada, Ltd. This company has petroleum storage and truck and marine terminal fa-cilities in Quebec City. Newport News Names Michaelian Manager Special Accounting Charles T. Michaelian Charles T. Michaelian has been named manager of the special ac-counting department at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., a sub-sidiary of Tenneco Inc. The an-nouncement was made by E. J. Tanner, vice-president finance and comptroller. Mr. Michaelian has been a staff accountant in special accounting since he joined the shipyard in 1965. A native of Jersey City, N.J., he graduated with honors from Pace College in New York City with a degree in business administration in 1952. First employed by Arthur An-dersen & Co., Mr. Michaelian held various accounting positions in New York and New Jersey before going into private industry. Mr. Michaelian is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Wilhelmsburger Moves U.S. Headquarters Signalling the steady expansion of its activities in the American market, Wilhelmsburger of West Germany, manufacturers of heavy-duty plate-forming equipment, has moved its subsidiary, American Wilhelmsburger, to larger quarters in Orange, N.J. At the new location, a suite of offices serves as headquarters for American Wilhelmsburger's sales and engineering service staff. From the Orange offices, the company's European-trained technicians can serve customers' needs in all parts of the country in the shortest pos-sible time. Wilhelmsburger supplies stand-ard and custom-designed plate-forming equipment for shipbuild-ing and other heavy-plate fab-ricating industries around the world. Complete information on the various types of machines may be obtained by writing American Wilhelmsburger, 311 Reynolds Terrace, Orange, N.J. 07050. Mobil Names Knepper Manager Gulf Coast Mobil Oil Corporation has named John T. Knepper manager of Gulf Coast operations in their marine transportation department, effec-tive July 1. Mr. Knepper joined Mobil Oil in 1947. Tarr Named President Of Delaware Terminal Robert J. Torr Robert J. Tarr, formerly execu-tive vice-president and vice-chair-man of the board of Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., has been named president and chief executive officer of Delaware River Terminal and Stevedoring Co., Inc., Pier 179 North, Philadelphia. The joint announcement was made by Edgar F. Luckenbach Jr., chairman and Robert P. Levy, vice-chairman and co-owners of Delaware River Terminal and Stevedoring Co., Inc., who stated they were fortunate in bringing to Philadelphia from New York one of the most qualified men in the country in ship and terminal opera-tions, stevedoring and steamship agency activities. Mr. Tarr had been associated with Luckenbach for 32 years, starting as a teenager on the New York waterfront and rising through the ranks to become the number two executive in this 119-year-old family-owned company. He has also served as an officer and di-rector of several other corporations. A naval reservist for over 26 years, with the present rank of cap-tain, Mr Tarr spent three years as an officer on active duty in World War II participating in the planning, assault and invasion of Normandy for which he earned the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, the Navy Commendation Medal and other citations. He has completed courses at Na-val Reserve Officer Schools, includ-ing the Senior Reserve Officers Course at the Naval War College, and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University as class president. Commenting on his new position Mr. Tarr stated, "It would have been easy to remain secure in New York while expressing great opti-mism about the future of the Port of Philadelphia, but how much more meaningful to be here doing my best to help make it happen!" MSTS Requests Expression Of Interest To Supply Multi-Purpose Dry Cargo Ships Concept of proposed MSTS The Military Sea Transportation Service requested expressions of in-terest on April 19 from ship opera-tors and owners in the building and chartering to MSTS multi-purpose dry-cargo ships. The prospective offerers were requested to respond by May 15. MSTS has developed a concep-tual design for this type of ship. The design is "ideally" suited to the needs of the Department of Defense, according to the an-nouncement. Also, MSTS feels that the design concept also can be read-ily adapted to commercial needs, especially container operations. It is planned that MSTS will in-stitute a charter and build program utilizing this design concept as a basic ship for replacement of exist-ing MSTS-controlled fleet tonnage. The number of ships contemplated for initial ordering or total num-ber were not given but indications have been given that the program would eventually involve about 30 ships. The design characteristics given for the design are: length overall ?648 feet, length between perpen-diculars?582 feet, beam?92 feet, depth?67 feet, full-load draft?? 30.7 feet, full-load displacement? multi-purpose dry-cargo ship. 31,960 tons, light ship weight ? 9,719 tons, speed?21 knots, crew ? 35, dry-cargo cubic (bale) ? 1,840,000 cubic feet, and cruising ra-dius ?12,000 nautical miles. The cargo-handling gear is to consist of two 120-ton booms, fourteen 20-ton booms and one 10-ton boom. A roll-on/roll-off deck area of 120,-870 square feet is provided. Also, the vessel will be capable of carry-ing 1,118 20-foot by 8-foot by 8-foot containers. Vice Adm. L. P. Ramage, com-mander, MSTS, stated that "the devlopment of this program will proceed with due regard for con-tinued MSTS support of commer-cial berth services. It is to be em-phasized that this ship is designed to meet specific military objectives including requirements for operat-ing under a variety of conditions, and rapid response. Accordingly, the ship possesses characteristics not normally available in commer-cial shipping." MSTS requested responders to include comments in their expres-sion of interest as to the possible contractural arrangements, such as, time or bareboat charters and on the proposed design with a view toward possible improvement. 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News