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Containership For Caribbean Operation

Launched At Equitable Madisonville Shipyard

Equitable Equipment Company,

Inc., New Orleans shipbuilder and manufacturer of a diversified line of marine products, has launched a 208-foot trailer/containership at its Madisonville, La., shipyards.

The new ship, the M/V Manati, was built for Berwind Lines, Inc.,

San Juan, Puerto Rico. It will oper- ate among the islands of the Carib- bean and between New Orleans and San Juan, ferrying overland roll/on-roll/off trailers and carry- ing dry and refrigerated cargo. The new ship will carry 22 eight feet by eight feet by 40 feet trailers and 18 automobiles.

The 2,250 horsepower, twin-screw

M/V Manati has overall dimen-

The M/V Manati, shown above being launched at the Madisonville, La. shipyards, wil operate among the islands of the Caribbean and between New Orleans and San Juan.

Satellite Positioning

Offers New Brochure

A new brochure, describing its

Portable Satellite Positioning Sys- tem, has been published by Satel- lite Positioning Corporation.

The portable surveying system gives precise positioning for hydro- graphic, geophysical, topographic and oceanographic surveys. It is ideally suited for exploration drill- ing, surveying for pipelines, placing surveying monuments in the desert, core sampling and bathymetry studies, underwater photography, and calibration of other positioning systems.

Continuous absolute accuracy, worldwide in all weather condi- graph illustrating a statistical anal- ysis of system accuracy and dwell time.

Copies of the brochure are avail- able from Satellite Positioning Cor- poration, 7923 Burning Hills, Hous- ton, Texas 77071, and 16033 Ven- tura Blvd., Encino, Calif. 91316.

Colt Industries Names

Woodard To New Post

In Power Systems Div.

Present at the christening of the M/V Manati, left to right, are: Comdr. Frank Williams, vice-president, Equitable Equipment Co., Inc.; Fred Martin, president, Berwind Lines,

Inc.; Michael Martin; Capt. Neville Levy, president, Equitable Equipment Co., Inc.;

Mrs. Fred Martin; and Doug Peter, Supt., Equitable Equipment Co., Inc. sions of 208 feet by 53 feet and an operating draft of 10 feet six inches.

The latter permits the shallow draft operation in areas inaccessi- ble to conventional cargo and con- tainerships.

The M/V Manati was designed and built to American Bureau of

Shipping Maltese Cross A-l Trail- er Ship, Maltese Cross AMS speci- fications, and USCG requirements.

It will carry a crew of eight men.

The vessel is completely auto- mated with full pilothouse control and monitoring systems.

The M/V Manati was chris- tened by Mrs. Fred Martin, wife of the president of Berwind Lines,

Inc., San Juan. pany, Mt. Vernon, Ohio and be- came vice-president of marketing.

From 1965-66 he was president of their Canadian operation. Since 1966 he has been president and gen- eral manager of the Cooling Tower

Division of Havens Steel Company,

Kansas City, Mo.

Mr. Wallach also commented, "The new position will provide an expanded market research activity for the Power Systems Division in the many areas which use our equipment. The organizational ex- pansion is aimed to take advantage of the company's increasing op- portunities in the world's engine market."

Otis Gravem

Joins PACECO

Grant C. Woodard

The appointment of Grant C.

Woodard as general manager, mar- keting services for Colt Industries'

Power Systems Division, Beloit,

Wis., has been announced by Philip

Wallach, president.

In making the announcement,

Mr. Wallach stated, "In his new as- signment Mr. Woodard will have the entire responsibility for plan- ning and directing the marketing service activity of our complete line of diesel, gas and dual fuel engines."

Mr. Woodard received his degree in mechanical engineering from

Cornell University in 1948. He brings to this newly created posi- tion many years of experience in capital goods marketing in the

United States and Canada.

From 1948 to 1966 he was em- ployed by Cooper Bessemer Com-

Otis Gravem

PACECO, a Division of Frue- liauf Corporation, has announced the appointment of Otis Gravem as sales engineer for the Paceco-

Mohr line of Clamshell Dredges.

Mr. Gravem, a sales engineer in the heavy equipment field for the past ten years, was formerly a gen- eral partner in a San Francisco ship brokerage firm for 14 years. He is a retired Naval Reserve lieutenant commander, having served in

World War II and in Korea. tions, is made possible by the sys- tem. The positions obtained are absolute geodetic and are always repeatable. Necessary software to determine position fixes from satel- lite data is included in the system.

A computer program reduces the accumulated individual satellite fixes to obtain a single point fix for the dwell at each site.

The system is packaged for op- eration and shipment in weather- sealed cases with integral shock and vibration isolators. The com- ponents are packaged into separate units to facilitate portability.

The brochure features photo- graphs of the various components of the portable positioning system, a dimensional data chart, and a

SAN DIEGO SNAME FIELD TRIP: The San Diego Section of The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers held its monthly meeting on Saturday, May 9, 1970, in the form of a field trip at Campbell Machine, Inc. After refreshments, an introduction to the U.S. Naval research ship Melville was given by James G. Pollock, consultant during the building of the vessel. Major problems encountered in the building and sea trials of the Melville were discussed. The discussion included problems of ship vibration and weight factors due to the large quantity of scientific equipment. After the introduction, a guided tour on board the ship, which was dry-docked at Campbell Machine, Inc., was conducted by Mr. Pollock. Special emphasis was given to the unique cycloid propellers and the ship's propulsion system. Pictured at the San Diego yard, left to right, are:

Klemme Jones, Section meetings chairman; Charles Sinclair, chairman; James G. Pol- lock, speaker; Lieut. Kinnear, secretary-treasurer; and David Rodger, papers chairman. 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News