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Shrimp Boat Harbor Increases Dock Space Using Wood Piles Impregnated With Creosote When the shrimp boats come in, and some 600 of them call at Brownsville, Texas, their home port, they now tie-up in a harbor recent-ly expanded half again the size of the original facility. A third basin. 400 feet wide, and with more than 3,600 lineal feet of dock space, has been added to the existing harbor. The facility now measures 2,100 feet by 1.740 feet overall with two 300-foot wide peninsulas in the center. The expansion, according to E. G. Lantz, chief engineer for the Brownsville Port Au-thority, was initiated to better accommodate the servicing of deep-sea trawlers and handling of their steadily increasing catch of shrimp. Last year, trawlers operating from Browns-ville reported a catch of more than 8-)^-million pounds of the seawater delicacy, which was processed and shipped to all parts of the Unit-ed States. In enlarging the fishing harbor, Mr. Lantz said more than 1.000 creosote-treated wood piles were used for docks, ramps and a protec-tion fender system. The piles, ranging in length from 30 feet to 45 feet, were supplied by the Houston. Texas plant of Koppers Com-pany, Inc. All of the wood structurals (southern yel-low pine) were pressure-impregnated with 22 pounds of creosote per cubic foot of wood to render them impervious to decay and at-tack from marine borers, and to safeguard them from termites in the dock area above THIS TUG HAS PULL... If ever a tug had pull, this one does. Made to take it, powered by two 500 HP Diesel Engines, this tug was delivered to Hawaii to maneuver ocean liners for Matson Navigation. Every piece of her was made to last. 65' x 20' x 10'6" and every inch a champion. Call on the master builders at ZIGLER SHIPYARDS to supply you with a tug that has pull. They never fail. Ask Zigler to send you a brochure. ZIGLER SHIPYARDS, INC. P. O. BOX 492. JENNINGS. LOUISIANA 70546. PHONE 318/824-2210 (LOCATED FIVE MILES EAST OF JENNINGS ON THE MERMENTAU RIVER AT HIGHWAY 90) the water line. Pile driving contractors were Electrical Constructors, Houston, and Nunez Construction Company, Texas City. The shrimp basin is located four miles east of the main harbor of Brownsville on a 17-mile ship channel linking the man-made port to the Gulf of Mexico. The channel connecting the basin with the ship channel is 100 feet wide and 600 feet long. Worthington Forms New Pioneer Products Div. Formation of a new unit, to be known as the Pioneer Products Division of Worthing-ton Corporation. Livingston, N.J., has been an-nounced by C. F. Pratt, vice-president-plan-ning of Studebaker-Worthington, Inc. Igor J. Karassik has been appointed presi-dent of Pioneer Products Division, which will be responsible for the innovation and develop-ment of new products not currently in Worth-ington's product line. Mr. Karassik is a long-time employee of Worthington Corporation and is well-known as the author of three books and hundreds of articles on pumps and their application. In addition to his activity as president of Pioneer Products Division, he will continue as chief consulting engineer of Worthington Corpora-tion. The new division will be located on Route 10 in Livingston in a part of the plant of Wag-ner Electric Corporation. Both Wagner and Worthington are units of Studebaker-Worth-ington, Inc. Furness Withy Announces Several New Appointments T. A. Dromgool has been named president of Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd.'s agency divi-sion with headquarters in New York, accord-ing to W. F. G. Harris, resident director of the firm. Other new appointments by the company include that of Christie S. Larsen as executive vice-president of the agency division. Mr. Larsen will continue to make his headquarters in New Orleans and will direct all activities in the Gulf area. A. J. Dowers has been named vice-president. His primary responsibilities will be general agency services out of the Atlantic. Other changes involve the promotion of T. Komats as general manager, sales; S. Levenstein to manager, Manchester-Irish shipping, and W. F. Latham to manager, Blue Sea Line. "/'t? jSCTrf/C Z/A/(r ^ MAS if. AU I'M /%777/V^ /T ^ &1/3 " 40 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News