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Oceanbuster

Japan's NKK To Launch 1.66-Million Dwt In '71

Japan's only fully integrated shipbuilder-steelmaker, NKK (Nip- pon Kokan), will launch 20 vessels in 1971, aggregating 1,656,070 dead- weight tons, a 13.4 percent in- crease over 1,460,000-dwt launched in 1970.

Hiroo Ikematsu, NKK-New

York shipbuilding department manager, said the company's Tsu

Yard in central Japan, completed in December 1969, will launch five vessels, representing 1,024,560-dwt of the total. These ships include two 250,000 tankers and one 210,000 ore/oil carrier. Last year, Tsu launched three 250,000-dwt class tankers.

NKK's Tsurumi Shipyard near

Tokyo is scheduled to launch seven vessels totaling 475,410 deadweight tons. Among these will be a 51,300 gross ton containership. This is the first vessel to be launched from the Yard's No. 2 berth, which is being expanded to 160,000-dwt ca- pacity.

The company's Shimizu Ship- yard near Tokyo will launch eight vessels aggregating 156,100 dead- weight tons. These are principally specialty ships, catamaran ferry boats, and 20,000-dwt bulk carriers.

Bethlehem Names Filip

General Manager

San Francisco Yard

The appointment of Patrick G.

Filip as general manager of Bethle- hem Steel Corporation's San Fran- cisco shipyard has been announced by Walter F. Williams, vice presi- dent, shipbuilding. The appoint- ment will be effective April 1.

A veteran ship repairer with more than 35 years of experience in the field, Mr. Filip has been assistant manager of the San Fran- cisco yard since April 1968. He will succeed William C. Brigham, who will become assistant vice presi- dent, shipbuilding, on April 1.

A native of Hoboken, N.J., a major ship repair center since the mid-1800s, Mr. Filip began his ca- reer during the summers of 1934 and 1935, when he worked for the

Seaboard Marine Co. as a me- chanic, doing hull and carpenter work. He joined the Bethlehem or- ganization in June 1936 as a clerk in the carpenter department of the firm's former ship repair yard at 56th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. He subsequently served there and at

Bethlehem's Hoboken yard as a supervisor, estimator, assistant chief estimator, and chief esti- mator. In April 1968, he was trans- ferred to the San Francisco yard and named assistant manager.

Mr. Filip was graduated from

New York University with a busi- ness administration degree in eco- nomics. He is a member of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers.

Sky Climber Introduces

New High Lift Hoist

Sky Climber, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Gear Corporation, Gar- dena, Calif., has developed a High

Lift Material Hoist which replaces conventional drum hoists with a capstan design that provides un- limited height of lift.

Portable in design and equipped with constant speed controls, the new High Lift Material Hoist can be positioned at the top, middle, or grade level of a construction project. Pushbutton controls may be located at the hoist position, or a remote location.

The hoist has a safe weight load limit of 1,500 pounds, and features a powered wire winder on which the tail line is accumulated. Acces- sories include a boom, a topping hoist, and remote control devices.

Another new tug built by Halter Marine Services 122' x 34' x 16'

ABS classed Maltese Cross A-l Ocean Service 3000 H.P.

Patrick G. Filip

HALTER MARINE SERVICES, INC.

ROUTE 6, BOX 287-H, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

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