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Safmarine To Build Giant Oil Tanker South African Marine Corpora-tion (Safmarine) soon will enter the giant oil tanker market. Frank Demarco, president of South Afri-can Marine Corp. (N.Y.), the ship-ping line's American subsidiary, said that an order for a 213,000-dwt tanker will be placed shortly. He noted that negotiations for the new vessel are at an advanced stage and indications are that the construction contract will be awarded to Japanese shipbuilders. Mr. Demarco added that arrange-ments for the full employment of the new tanker have been con-cluded. He said that Safmarine expects delivery of the tanker toward the yi end of 1971 or early in 1972. He estimated the cost of the tanker at approximately $16,000,000. Safmarine is also in the process of expanding its fleet of cargo-liners. Mr. Demarco said that the SA Morgenster was launched in Japan last month. This is a 13,210-dwt vessel, a sistership of the SA Con-stantia which was launched in Ja-pan in March of 1968. The SA Vergelegen will be launched in Japan this month, Mr. Demarco said. In addition to these two vessels, a 25,000-dwt universal bulk carrier with a speed of 19/20 knots is be-ing built for Safmarine in Durban, South Africa. When these vessels have been commissioned, Safmarine will have 16 new vessels in service. At pres-ent more than 40 ships sail under the Safmarine flag on South Afri-ca's major trade routes. Capt. Gluntz Retiring As SNAME Secretary? Mende Named Successor Robert G. Mende J. J. Henry, president of The So-ciety of Naval Architects and Ma-rine Engineers, has announced that the executive committee has re-luctantly honored Secretary Capt. Marvin H. Gluntz' request for re-tirement. Captain Gluntz will con-tinue as a consultant to the Society until his retirement becomes effec-tive at the end of this year. Cap-tain Gluntz has served the Society in an efficient and dedicated man-ner for over ten years. Concurrent-ly, Mr. Henry announced that the executive committee had appoint-ed Robert G. Mende to the posi-tion of secretary, effective June 16, 1969. Mr. Mende brings with him to his new position a long history of active and valued participation in SNAME, of which he has been a member for 22 years. He is the im-mediate past chairman of the New York Metropolitan Section, has been a member of many local and national committees, technical and research panels, and has authored two technical papers presented be-fore the New York Metropolitan Section, one of which received the 1952 Student Paper Award. Mr. Mende attended M.I.T., graduated from the New York State Maritime Academy in 1947, and from Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in 1951. He is an of-ficer in the United States Naval Reserve, is currently first vice-president of the Webb Alumni As-sociation and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and The North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders. Mr. Mende has resigned from the naval architecture firm of J. J. Henry Co., Inc., where he was em-ployed as a senior naval architect for the past six years. His prior en-gineering associations included Bird-Johnson Co. and the Foster Wheeler Corp. IF YOUR MARINE EQUIPMENT COMES FROM JAPAN... THAT'S WHERE YOUR PARTS SHOULD COME FROM.I Interocean Trading Co. is the largest single dealer in Japanese spare parts all directly from Japanese manufacturers ... and some are stored in our New York warehouse. Write us, call us, telex us. We'll be delighted to quote. Interocean Trading Co., Ltd. -r:>3-*-;>:/ n,-rrv