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Salvage Union Elects

Executive Committee

The 20th General Meeting of the Interna- tional Salvage Union was held in Amsterdam,

Netherlands on May 20-21, 1970.

Questions of general interest were discussed by the members representing 17 salvage com- panies from all over the world. Concern was expressed by the members regarding the rapid- ly increasing costs of maintaining and operat- ing their salvage fleets, and the great problem for salvors in the long delay experienced be- tween the time of rendering the salvage serv- ices and the ultimate receipt of payment.

The following executive committee was elected : Dr. W.F.P.C. Vietor of Holland, presi- dent; B. Goth-Bendtzen, Denmark; O. Beijer,

Norway; and A. Letzer, Be'gium.

Peter Rubel Joins

Rule Industries, Inc.

Peter A. Rubel has joined Rule Industries,

Inc. of Gloucester, Mass., as senior engineer specializing in the development of new marine products. Rule is a leading manufacturer of ma- rine pumps, switches and associated products.

Mr. Rubel comes to Rule Industries from the

Cabot Corporation where he was senior pro- ject engineer. Prior to that, he was a biochemi- cal engineer specializing in polymers with

Dewey & Almy Inc., a division of the W.R.

Grace Company.

Mr. Rubel is a member of the American

Chemical Society and the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science. He is a graduate of Harvard and has a B.A. degree in biochemical sciences. 1 * -w.V _ since 1865... we've made it our business to give you the best m

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Todd Shipyards Houston Div.

To Build Two Large Barges

At A Cost Of $7 Million

Arthur W. Stout Jr., general manager of

Todd Shipyards Corporation, Houston Divi- sion, recently announced the receipt of two new contracts totaling in excess of $7,000,000 for the construction of two large barges.

One contract is for a 510-foot by 75-foot by 31-foot 6-inch hopper barge to be constructed for a large midwest corporation with delivery scheduled for the summer of 1971. This barge will be self-loading and self-unloading and will have a total full load displacement of approxi- mately 28,000 long tons. In addition to heated and air-conditioned accommodations for 14 persons, special spaces will be arranged and outfitted for a laboratory, control room, office, completely equipped galley, walk-in cooler and a walk-in freezer. Machinery will include two 8,000-hp 16-cylinder diesel engines for powering the 33-inch suction by 30-inch dis- charge main pumps, 24,000-pound thrust bow and stern thruster units, and a diesel-driven 2,040-kw electric generator. A sewage disposal system, meeting requirements of the USPHS and Department of the Interior and the Fed- eral Water Pollution Control Administration, will also be installed. This will be the largest barge ever constructed at the Todd Houston

Division.

The other new contract is for one 40,000 barrel 300-foot by 60-foot by 17-foot tank barge which is to be constructed for an east coast company.

The addition of these contracts to the cur- rent workload assures the Todd Houston Di- vision of a full production schedule well into 1971.

Rowan Drilling Rig Contract

Awarded To R.G. LeTourneau

Rowan International, Inc., Houston, Texas, has placed an order with R.G. LeTourneau,

Inc., Vicksburg, Miss., for the construction of a mobile offshore, oil-well drilling rig.

The contract price for the new rig, to be named Rowan-New Orleans, was $7,200,000.

API HONORS MUIR: William E. Muir, right, director of technical services and inspection, Marine Division, Gulf

Oil Corporation, New York, receives an American Petro- leum Institute Certificate of Appreciation at the 15th

Annual API Tanker Conference held recently at the Sea- view Country Club, Absecon, N.J. Presenting the cer- tificate is Rexford S. Blazer, chairman of the board of

Ashland Oil Inc., Ashland, Ky., and API vice-president for transportation. Mr. Muir was honored specifically for service to API. He has been a member of the Committee on Tank Vessels, chairman of the Tanker Conference

Program Committee, and chairman of the Tanker Corro- sion Committee. 34 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News