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Joint Agreement By

Norwegian Operators

To Transport Autos

Leif Hoegh of Oslo and Ugland

Management of Grimstad, Ugland, two Norweigian shipping companies, have agreed to pool their resources in the motorcar transport field, it was announced in Oslo. The two com- panies have contracts in hand to move Japanese cars to Europe, as well as Italian and German cars to the United States, Hawaii, Guam and

Japan. Jointly, they will soon have a fleet of five special-purpose ships with a total carrying capacity of 15,400 cars.

Ugland is contributing its roll-on/ roll-off vessels Laurita and Torinta, already in operation, together with a third ship, Savonita, which is due for delivery next January. Each of the Ugland ships can take about 2,800 cars.

Hoegh is contributing its Hoegh

Trader, a tanker converted for car carrying, and already in service, as well as the Hoegh Transporter, an- other tanker now being converted and due for delivery this month. The two

Hoegh ships can take about 3,500 cars each.

Between them, the two companies are already engaged in moving Volks- wagens from Germany to the United

States west coast, Hawaii, Guam, and

Japan, as well as Fiats from Italy to the United States east and west coasts. In addition, from January 1 they will handle all Europe-bound shipments of Japanese cars for the

Nissan Motor Car Carriers.

Newport News Ship

Appoints Robert Clay

Robert F. Clay

Robert F. Clay has been appoint- ed internal auditor at Newport

News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock

Company, Newport News, Va. He will report to W.F. Wilson, vice- president for administration of the

Tenneco subsidiary and will be re- sponsible for internal controls on all phases of company operations.

Mr. Clay comes to Newport News from Richmond, Va., where he was staff auditor in the Richmond office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co.

He had previously been associated with the Albemarle Paper Co. and the Ethyl Corp., serving in a vari- ety of senior accounting positions.

Raised in Suffolk, Va., Mr. Clay earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Richmond in 1960. He is com- pleting master's degree work at the

College of William and Mary in

Williamsburg.

The new internal auditor is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Internal Audi- tors.

ADMIRAL ENGEL HONORED: Adm. Ches- ter R. Bender, Commandant of the U.S.

Coast Guard, pins the Legion of Merit

Medal on Rear Adm. Arthur B. Engel,

USCG (ret.), Superintendent of the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy. The award from the President of the United States was in recognition of Admiral Engel's out- standing performance while he was super- intendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Acad- emy at New London, Conn., a position he held prior to being appointed Superintend- ent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.

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