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ELECTRONIC SERVICE at the Drop of an Anchor ...for your radio and other electronic marine equipment 365 days a year, in every major American port, experienced RCA technicians keep marine electronic equipment in top condition. They'll even serve you en route. These RCA technicians special-ize in all navigation and com-munications equipment afloat. Service available for fleets or individual vessels, tugs or lin-ers. Look for the name in your port directory. Or contact RCA Service Company, A Division of RCA, Marine Communications and Navigation Equipment Service, Bldg. CHIC-225, Cam-den, N.J. 08101. (609) 963-8000, ext. PH-311. Worthington Organizes Machinery Systems Unit Worthington Machinery Systems Interna-tional, Bloomfield, N. J., a new division to fa-cilitate installation of modern machinery sys-tems anywhere in the world, has been organ-ized by Worthington Corporation. Patrick L. McManus, group vice-president of Studebaker-Worthington, Inc., said the new unit would develop business in both domestic and international markets. To fulfill its objec-tives of increasing Worthington's share of ex-isting markets and to penetrate and develop new markets, the new division will market, coordinate, engineer and construct systems and sub-systems as well as turn-key projects which primarily utilize equipment as manufactured by Worthington domestic and international manufacturing operations. Mr. McManus announced that William F. McBrien has been appointed president of Wor-thington Machinery Systems. "With the formation of the new division," Mr. McBrien said, "we are in a position to aid customers through our ability to provide worldwide sourcing of the highly engineered components for today's complex machinery systems. Because of the time and manpower expense of designing machinery systems and then obtaining and assembling the individual components, the customer no longer wants to purchase a product?he wants a complete sys-tem using that product. Worthington Machin-ery Systems is in strong position to fill this need because of our accumulated experience in systems work in international markets and by our ability to source machinery system com-ponents from Worthington plants throughout the world." Headquarters for Worthington Machinery Systems International is at 200 Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield, N. J. Systems design and specifying engineers will work directly with Worthington companies and suppliers wherever in the world the customer require-ments can best be filled, Mr. McBrien said. Curtis Offers Data Catalog On Universal Joints For Marine Applications Data for purchasing, design, engineering and maintenance of the complete line of Curtis Uni-versal Joints is contained in a currently available catalog issued by the manufacturer. Curtis joints are specified by the U.S. Navy and manufactured to meet rigid marine requirements utilizing a vari-ety of non-corrosive materials. Copies of the cata-log are available, free of charge, by writing to Curtis Universal Joint Company, Inc., 25 Bernie Avenue, Springfield, Mass. 01107. Kocks' Container Transporters Ordered For Bremerhaven The Friedrich Kocks Company of Bremen, Germany, has been awarded an order for the con-struction and erection of four container trans-porters for the sea-wharf of Bremerhaven, Ger-many. Their design is similar to the one of the transporters previously supplied to the "Nord-hafen" in Bremerhaven, shown in the photograph, however, having a capacity of 54 metric tons in-cluding spreader. With further orders gained recently from the port authorities of Philadelphia and Savannah, Kocks' total number of container transporters already supplied or on order now amounts to twelve. Furthermore, Kocks has constructed for various European Ports 20 level-lufhng-slewing cranes of 25 metric tons capacity?partly as twin-control cranes?, of which the greatest proportion is already operating. Le Tourneau To Build Marine Rig For Western The oceanic division of the Texas-based Western Co. has ordered a marine service rig worth more than $2.5-million from Le Tour-neau OfiFshore Inc., according to Clay Chiles, vice-president and general manager of the Houston-based division. The rig, which is to be built in Vicksburg, Miss., for delivery by December 1 of this year, will be partially self-propelled and capable of working in 80 feet of water and drilling to depths of 10,000 feet. Humboldt To Build Dredge Hull, Towboat Humboldt Boat Service, St. Louis, Mo., has received an order for a dredge hull from River-side Sand & Dredging Co., also of St. Louis. The hull's dimensions will be 100 feet by 24 feet by 5 feet. Humboldt Boat Service will also build a twin-screw towboat for stock purposes. The vessel, to have dimensions of 50 feet by 18 feet by 5 feet, will be equipped with 500-total-bhp Cummins diesels. ItCJI SPECIALISTS IN DECK CHAIRS Joiner Work Shipboard Furniture Manufacturing and Repairing Most complete line of aluminum and wooden deck chairs for the maritime industry. Supplying the steamship trade for over 45 years REX CABINET AND LINOLEUM 531-23rd Street, Union City, N. J. 07087 212 LOngacre 4-2945 ? 201 UNion 5-5146 62 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News