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Todd Low To Convert

Five APL Cargoliners

At $32.5 Million

Todd Shipyards Corporation is the apparent low bidder, at just un- der $32.5 million, to convert five

American President Lines Seamas- ter-class cargoliners to container- ships. Acceptance of Todd's bid awaits agreements between APL and the Maritime Administration on several details, including the de- gree of MarAd participation in con- struction subsidy.

Todd said the work will be han- dled in its Seattle and Los Angeles yards. The company agreed to de- liver the first converted Seamaster in 345 calendar days, and the final one in 525 days.

The addition of a 90-foot mid- body to each ship will be the main feature of the big remodeling job.

With hold reconstruction, this will enable each Seamaster to carry 414 forty-foot containers and 48 twen- ty-foot boxes.

Still undecided is the proposed containerization of six Mariner/

Master Mariner freighters. This awaits further negotiations be- tween APL and MarAd. The con- tracts for these vessels have not gone to bid.

For the five-ship Seamaster con- tract, Todd bid $6,493,375 on each cargoliner. Other yards wanted up to 765 calendar days to complete the job.

Great Grandson

Of Founder Joins

Moran Organization 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Edmond J. Moran Jr.

Thomas E. Moran, chief execu- tive officer, has announced that

Edmond J. Moran Jr., has joined

Moran Towing & Transportation

Co., Inc., and is assigned to the

New York sales department of the company.

Mr. Moran is the great-grandson of the founder of the Moran com- pany and is the youngest son of its chairman of the board, Adm. Ed- mond J. Moran.

Edmond J. Moran Jr. graduated from Georgetown University in 1967 and completed his studies in its Graduate School of Foreign

Service the following year.

J.M. VanVoorhis

J.M. VanVoorhis has been ap- pointed general marketing man- ager, equipment insulation sales department of Johns-Manville Cor- poration, it was announced by M.

W. Burleson, general manager, In- dustrial Insulations Division. Mr.

VanVoorhis has also been elected vice president of Johns-Manville

Sales Corporation.

Mr. VanVoorhis joined Johns-

Manville in 1946 as a research en- gineer and has held district engi- neering, sales management and sales positions at St. Louis, Mo., and sales management responsibili- ties in New York.

A native of Bucyrus, Ohio, Mr.

VanVoorhis was awarded a bache- lor of arts degree from the College of Wooster and a master of science degree from Rutgers University.

During World War II, he was an officer in the United States Air

Force.

Active in civic affairs, Mr. Van

Voorhis holds memberships in the

Wings Club, Sales Executives Club of New York, Masons, Kappa Sig- ma National Social Fraternity and

Sigma Xi Scientific Fraternity.

VanVoorhis Named

At Johns-Manville

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