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Sergio Donn Appointed Head

Of Fiat In United States

Shown above at the farewell party, left to right: Mauro

Bella, manager Fiat Marine Division; Mr. Locafelli, for- mer assistant U.S. representative; Mr. Gerevini, assistant

U.S. representative, and Dr. Donn, new Fiat U.S. repre- sentative.

Dr. Sergio E. Donn has been named U.S. representative of Fiat, S.p.A., Torino, Italy.

This position has been held since 1953 by Vin- cent A. Garibaldi, who is assuming a new post with Fiat in Switzerland.

Mr. Garibaldi will, however, maintain in the

United States the chairmanship of Fiat Motor

Company, Inc., and of the executive commit- tee of Fiat Roosevelt.

Dr. Donn was formerly managing director of Fiat Ireland, and previously a director of

Fiat England for many years. Dr. Donn's new position will also carry with it the posts of vice chairman of Fiat Motor Co., Inc., and board member of Fiat Roosevelt.

Tullo Gerevini has been named assistant

U.S. representative succeeding Mario Locatelli.

Mr. Locatelli, who has a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering, has been with the Fiat

U.S. representative office in New York since 1959. He has returned to Italy permanently and his new position with Fiat is assistant to

Niccolo Gioia, general manager of Fiat, S.p.A. in Torino.

A farewell cocktail party was given by Dr.

Donn for Mr. Locatelli at the Iperbole Restau- rant in New York City.

Panocean Orders Four More

Chemical Carriers From Norway —Investment Now $96 Million

Panocean Shipping and Terminals Limited,

London, England, announces that it has sent a letter of intent to A.S. Horten Verft, Nor- way, ordering an additional four ships for de- livery in 1974-75 in a vessel facilities invest- ment program which is now in excess of $96 million.

These vessels will be similar to the four 24,- 000-dwt liquid parcel carriers from Horten

Verft last July for delivery in 1972-73. Pan- ocean aims to be one of the major companies carrying bulk liquid, edible oils and lubricants by the mid-1970s.

Commenting on the placing of the order for four more carriers with Horten Verft, John

Maltby, managing director of Panocean said: "This development is in line with Panocean's stated policy that the company will operate 10 ships by the mid-1970s. It is our intention to run a worldwide service with first-class ships."

Last autumn, Panocean's capital expenditure program was estimated to be around $57,600,- 000—covering the cost of the first four Horten vessels, the purchase and conversion of the

Postrunner and the Postrover, and the acquisi- tion and development of Panocean's tank stor- age terminals at Antwerp, Rotterdam, and a new one in the United Kingdom.

Panocean Shipping and Terminals Limited is the new name adopted by the company so as to identify more clearly its sea and shore opera- tions. A.L. Burbank & Company, Ltd., 120

Wall Street, New York, N.Y., are agents for

Panocean in the United States and Canada.

Vanmar Shipping

Formed In Vancouver

Vanport Shipping Agency, Ltd. has an- nounced the establishment of Vanmar Ship- ping Services, Ltd. The new firm will be lo- cated at 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver,

British Columbia.

Vanmar, in conjunction with Fearnley, Eger,

Oslo, New York Delta Marketing and Ship- ping Corp. (N.Y.), and Vanport (Vancouver) are to provide a complete range of transporta- tion services as ship and cargo brokers and transportation consultants.

It was announced that A.C. Campbell Jr., formerly corporate director of transportation and purchasing for Columbia Cellulose Co.,

Ltd., has been appointed president, and Tom

Bruusgaard will manage the chartering depart- ment.

American Ship To Construct

Prototype Self-Unloading Ships

To Transport Ore Up-River

Artist's conception of. the new self-unloading vessels spe- cifically designed to haul a maximum payload of iron ore to up-river terminals.

What could well become a major shipbuild- ing boom on the Great Lakes was set in mo- tion recently with the announcement by The

American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, Ohio, that it will start construction immediately on two new prototype self-unloading vessels spe- cifically designed for transporting ore to up- river terminals. Cost of the two ships will be approximately $25 million.

The new vessels will be used by The Kins- man Marine Transit Company, a subsidiary of

American Ship, to haul iron ore from mines on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan to the

Cleveland works docks of Jones & Laughlin

Steel Corporation. The two new vessels, both of which will be used to fulfill the J & L con- tract, will be built in American Ship's Lorain (Ohio) yards. The first is scheduled for com- pletion by the start of the 1973 season and the second a year later. "This is only the start of what will be a series of great years ahead for the shipbuilding industry," predicted American Ship chairman and chief executive officer, George M. Stein- brenner III, in making the announcement. "We have insisted all along that inclusion of the Great Lakes in the Merchant Marine

Act of 1970 would lead to a major reconstruc- tion and new building program by Lakes fleet operators. Now, with the assistance offered by the Maritime Administration under the Act, it is fast becoming a reality. These two new type se.lf-unloaders, for example, represents the first completely new design for a specific usage as authorized under the same Merchant

Marine Act," he continued. "The problem given our design engineers was to develop an efficient self-unloader, large enough to carry a maximum payload of iron ore pellets, yet maneuverable enough to navi- gate the difficult turns of up-river traffic."

The two new ships will be 630-feet long and have a beam of 68 feet. They will be rated at 19,000 dwt and be capable of carrying 15,500 tons of taconite ore. Self-unloading machinery will handle 5,000 tons an hour and empty the vessel in close to three hours as compared to a 12 to 15-hour requirement with manual meth- ods. Continuous belts, which move the ore aft to the unloading chute, minimize, degradation (loss by chipping away of the pellets through continued handling), which has reduced the quantity of usable ore under old shipping pro- cedures.

A notable feature of the new ship design is that, by simple modification, it can be utilized to construct any size vessel up to the limita- tions of the Soo Locks which are 1,000 feet by 105 feet.

Most visible innovation is the elimination of the traditional forward wheelhouse. This will be positioned aft under the new design and re- placed by a forward "crow's nest" for a lookout during river navigation.

Brazilian-Japanese Shipyard

Plans To Expand Facilities

To Build 300,000-Dwt Ships

A Brazilian shipyard, Ishikawajima do Brasil

Estaleiros S.A., jointly owned by the Brazilian

Government and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd., of Japan, has announced plans to expand its facilities so as to have the capability of building vessels of up to 300,000 deadweight tons.

The project calls for the construction of a new dock, work on which is scheduled to be- gin in March with completion set for Decem- ber 1972.

According to the announcement, the dock will be immediately put to use for the building of 115,000 and 160,000-ton standard type tank- ers and ore carriers. Designs for the ship are now under development in Japan.

The jointly owned shipyard, largest in Latin

America, was established in 1959 at Rio de

Janeiro. Since it began operations, the yard has constructed about 20 new vessels in the 13,000 to 23,000-ton category.

The yard presently has on order six 12,000- ton cargoliners, having recently delivered two ships of this size and type.

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