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Blaisdell Named President

Matson and Oceanic SS —Top Management Changes

Several changes in top management of Mat- son Navigation Company were announced by the company's board of directors in San Fran- cisco, Calif.

Norman Scott, executive vice-president, has resigned. His future plans were not announced.

Allen C. Wilcox Jr., president of Alexander &

Baldwin. Inc., and president of Matson, an

A&B subsidiary, has been moved up to chair- man of the board of Matson. He will continue as president of the parent company as well.

Malcolm H. Blaisdell has been named the new president of Matson and The Oceanic Steam- ship Company, and a director of both com- panies. He was a vice-president of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

Egil Arnessen Elected

President Of International

Electrical Association

At the first Western Hemisphere meeting of the Internationa! Ship Electric Service Associ- ation (ISES) held recently at the Hotel Bilt- more, New York City, Egil Arnessen of Arn- essen Electric Company, Inc., East Coast mem- ber, was elected president. Gordon S. Fowler of Staveley-Smith Controls, Ltd., Manchester,

England, was elected secretary-general. G.F.

Scarsi of Italy and dos Santos Pinto of Portu- gal constitute the board of directors.

The 16 member, 14 nation organization added to its membership: The Taikoo Dock- yard & Engineering Company, Hong Kong;

Antem, N.V., Curacao; Vignolo Hnos., Buenos

Aires; and Samuel Davila, Lima. Bahrain Ship

Repairing and Engineering Company, Bahrain,

O.A.R.N.

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U.S.A. CORRESPONDENT

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Fincantieri Group Affiliated with Ansaldo, Ltd.

MOBIL FOUNDATION CHECK: W. A. Brocket* (right)

Rear Adm. USN (ret.), president of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Glen Cove, L.I., N.Y., receives a

Mobil Foundation check for $7,500 from E.S. Checket, vice-president of Mobil Oil Corporation. Mr. Checket is also general manager of Mobil's marine transportation and marine sales department. The check covers a $5,000 grant for Webb's campus development program, and $2,500 for current operating expenses. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

OFFICINE ALLESTIMENTO E. RIPARAZIONI NAVI LTD.

SHIP REPAIRS-GENOA, ITALY

On the oil route Genoa awaits tankers returning from discharging.

Overhauls and repairs of any kind and size of main and auxiliary engines (steam turbine, diesel and electric).

Hull Repairs and Conversions. was elected a Trial Member for the coming year.

During its New York meeting, the group was addressed by Arthur Bergesen, vice-presi- dent, Global Bulk Transport, Inc. His topic was, "What a shipowner expects of his elec- trical/electronic contractor."

From left to right conferring at first ISES meeting in

New York City are: Gordon S. Fowler (England) Secre- tary-General, Egil Arnessen (U.S.A.) President, and Arne

Larsson (Sweden) Founder of ISES.

ISES members discussed and sent to various committees several study topics as follows: 1. To study the feasibility of common pur- chasing with an aim towards lowering equip- ment and repair prices to shipowners. 2. To study the problems inherent in the servicing of automated shipboard equipment and to determine possible solutions to such problems. 3. To devise new and better training me- thods for service personnel, especially in the field of automation. 4. To establish common, uniform, standards of service performance. 5. And to develop efficient and quick means for interchanging technical and other data between members.

The 1971 general meeting of ISES will be held in Lisbon, with the Portuguese member,

Electricidade Navele Industrial, S. A. R. L. (ENI) acting as host.

Organized in 1963 by six European electric/ electronic service firms ISES members can now be found on four continents. "More than 22 additional service firms have applied for mem- bership this year," said Mr. Arnessen, the new president.

Currently, the present members do in ex- cess of $60 million annually in marine work of all types.