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Gulf-Atlantic Towing Christens Gatco Florida Built By Southern Ship Eastern Gas & Fuel Elects Fiore President Of Marine Subsidiaries The tugboat Gatco Florida in the port ot New Orleans following cnristening ceremonies. Southern Shipbuilding Corpora-tion of Slidell, La., recently de-livered a new tugboat to the Gulf-Atlantic Towing Company of Jacksonville, Fla. The 115-foot-long tug, the Gatco Florida, was delivered to the owner in New Orleans. Following delivery, Mrs. Claire Gray Scott, daughter of Gulf-At-lantic's president Harold Williams, christened the $1,000,000 vessel. The 115-foot tug is powered by twin General Motors diesel engines developing 3,000 hp. The seagoing tug is capable of an 85,000-pound ahead pull at a speed of about nine knots. Free-running speed is 12 knots. The Gatco Florida has a 32-foot beam and a design draft of 15.5 feet. Accommodations are provided for a crew of ten. The pilothouse is fully equipped for oceangoing service with a DX navigator, radar and automatic pilot. It will be based in Jackson-ville, Fla. Christening the Gatco Florida in a shower of champagne is Mrs. Claire Gray Scott, of Jacksonville, Fla. Southern Shipbuilding Corporation president Alain R. Seligman assists the tug's sponsor. L. R. Fiore L. R. Fiore, senior vice-president of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associ-ates, Boston, Mass., heading its barge operations, has also been elected president and chief execu-tive officer of Eastern's three ma-rine subsidiaries: Atlantic Bulk Trading Corporation, Mystic Steamship Corporation and Bos-ton Tow Boat Company. Mr. Fiore succeeds C. Russell Walton, who is scheduled for re-tirement early in 1970 and has been elected vice-chairman of the three companies. Mr. Walton, also a senior vice-president of Eastern, continues as head of the company's coke operations and will in addi-tion undertake special studies re-lating to pensions, insurance and health and welfare matters. Mr. Fiore now is president of The Ohio River Company, Cincin-nati, and its affiliated companies, Orgulf Transport Co. and Red Cir-cle Transport Co., the three prin-cipal barge operations of Eastern headquartered in Cincinnati. At-lantic Bulk Trading Corporation itssr Ships to paint in Japan? Simple. Contact Patterson-Sargent-New York American shipowners with vessels under construction or drydocking in Japan need go no further than New York to satisfy their paint requirements ? from the specification stage right through to local invoicing. A brief letter or phone call to Patterson-Sargent in North Brunswick, New Jersey (New York number WOrth 2-0566) provides an immediate link with Nippon Paint, the leading paint supplier to the Japanese ship-building industry. Nippon Paint has considerable ex-perience in American type formulations, and are lallerson Sargent A fextronl DIVISION P. 0. BOX 494, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY TELEPHONE: N. Y. 212-962-0566 / N. J. 201-545-9601 experts in sophisticated coatings, such as Inorganic Zincs, Epoxies, Chlorinated Rubbers, etc. Patterson-Sargent, a Textron Division, and Nippon Paint are the American and Japanese members respectively of the world-wide Transocean Marine Paint Association. As such, they work closely with other world members of Transocean to provide service on an international basis for your convenience. Thus, materials used in new construction are available to your vessels world-wide after they are in service. BEST PAINT SOLD ? MARINE PAINT NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD. OSAKA ? TOKYO, JAPAN operates three bulk cargo vessels in world trade, Mystic Steamship Corporation operates coastal barges on the East Coast, and Boston Tow Boat Company operates nine har-bor tugboats in the Port of Bos-ton and adjacent waters. A native of New York City, Mr. Fiore has had an extensive business career associated with water transportation. He joined The Ohio River Company in 1956 as assistant to the president, sub-sequently became vice-president-operations, and was elected presi-dent in 1963. He is a graduate of New York State Maritime College, Hofstra College and the New York University Graduate School of Business. He served in the U.S. merchant marine, earning his mas-ter's license, and in the U.S. Navy, principally aboard battleships. He later retained his naval affiliation with the rank of captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve. After the war he taught ocean traffic management for four years at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. Immediately prior to joining ORCO, he was for five years as-sistant to the commander at the military transportation service in New York. FOR INDONESIAN WATERS ? Sketch of the mat-supported, mobile offshore drilling platform, J. \V. McLean, which Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont yard will deliver in Singapore next spring to the Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company. Designed to operate year-round at maximum water depth of 225 feet, the diesel-electric powered rig is similar to an-other platform now under construction for Reading & Bates at the Beaumont, Texas yard. Named the Milton G. Hulme, this rig will be delivered this fall and also will be used in Indonesian waters. The Mc-Lean will be assembled by a Singapore shipbuilding yard, which will do a major portion of the steel fabrication. Bethlehem will provide design and working plans, ad-visory engineering services, and much of the proprietary equipment and machinery. This type of contract enables Bethlehem to widen its services to customers who prefer to use the mat-supported type rig in distant seas but want to avoid long and costly tows. Main components of the rig are a steel mat, 210 feet by 170 feet by 10 feet; three cylindrical steel legs, 287 feet by 12 feet; the platform, 180 feet by 132 feet by 16 feet, which houses machin-ery, mud pits, fuel and water tanks, stor-age areas, air-conditioned living quarters and a heliport, and the skid unit, 46 feet by 46 feet by 16 feet. 26 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News