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Three Appointments To AmShip Division

John S. Smutko Joseph M. LoNosa Matthew E. Clark

The American Ship Building

Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has an- nounced the appointment of two new vice presidents and a new di- rector of purchasing for its rapidly expanding AmShip Division. The announcement was made by new division president Gordon Stafford.

John S. Smutko and Joseph M.

LaNasa, both of whom have been with the company since 1942, have been named vice president, mate- rials, and vice president, purchasing, respectively; while Matthew E.

Clark becomes director of purchas- ing. All three are based at Ameri- can Ship's main shipyard in Lorain,

Ohio, but will also have responsi- bility for the Toledo and Chicago yards.

Mr. Smutko has been serving as manager of materials, Mr. LaNasa as director of purchasing, and Mr.

Clark as chief expediter since the formation of the AmShip Division two years ago.

Mr. Stafford took the occasion of the announcement to predict more expansion for the division. "The start of construction on two new prototype self unloaders for Great

Lakes and up-river traffic, together with the continuing work on the

U.S. Steel super ore carrier, has touched off an expansion program which should keep this division growing for several years," he said.

Jack Calhoun Named

ABS Senior Surveyor

New Orleans District

Jack Calhoun

Jack Calhoun, of the American

Bureau of Shipping, was recently appointed as senior surveyor of the

New Orleans District, it was an- nounced by Robert T. Young, ABS president.

Mr. Calhoun joined the New Or- leans office of the American Bureau of Shipping in 1957. Since that time he has served assignments in the

Far East, headquartered in Tokyo,

Japan; Mobile, Ala., and New Or- leans, La. For the last year, Mr.

Calhoun has been in charge of the

ABS office at Avondale Shipyards, which is presently building 11 of the newly-designed LASH vessels.

Prior to joining ABS, Mr. Cal- houn was chief engineer with In- gall's Shipbuilding Corporation,

Pascagoula, Miss., and served as an engineering officer in the merchant marine during World War II.

Mr. Calhoun has served on many state committees, having appoint- ments on the Governor's staff in

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisi- ana. He is also active in many civic and fraternal organizations. 1971 Container Ship

Register Now Available

A/S Shipping Consultants, a con- sultancy firm especially established to serve shipowners, shipbrokers, charterers, industrial companies, port authorities, transport organ- izations and other parties con- cerned, is annually publishing the

Container Ship Register, which is a survey of existing container ves- sels, newbuildings under construc- tion or on order, conversions on order, and ships projected or plan- ned. Containership operators are listed, with details of their serv- ices, fleets, and future plans, to- gether with a biography of the lines. In addition to addresses, both of owners and operators, the Regis- ter also enumerates member com- panies of the various consortia. Ad- ditionally, the 1971 issue also con- tains a complete survey of the con- tainer trades of the world.

In the Register are given, for each ship: its name and, if ap*; plicable, its previous name, flag, classification society, service speed, operator, manager, owner and port of registry; whether motor, steam, turbine, turbo-electric, or gas tur- bine ; type of containership, wheth- er open or closed shelter-decker, number of decks, length of poop, bridge and forecastle ; year of build or conversion; position of bridge and machinery, number of engines, with horsepower, number of screws, tonnages, dimensions, capacities, number and size of hatches ; wheth- er fitted with stern or bow ramps, bow or stern thruster, cranes or derricks; number of containers above deck, number of containers below deck, number of refrigerated containers, type of container secur- ings above deck, type of container securings below deck, and type of stabilizing system.

The Register will be of use to all concerned with containers, namely shipping companies, shipbrokers, manufacturers of containers and container handling equipment, freight forwarders, agents, port au- thorities, shipbuilders and ship re- pairs, marine consultants, railway companies, and others.

The Container Ship Register is compiled and published by A/S

Shipping Consultants, Fridtjof

Nansensplass 6, Oslo 1, Norway, and may be obtained at $25 per copy.

Order For Two

Drilling Platforms

To Beth-Beaumont

Two drilling platforms, one for

Marine Drilling Co., Corpus Chri- sti, Texas, and one for Storm Drill- ing Co., Houston, are to be built by Bethlehem Steel-Beaumont. De- livery is scheduled for later this year. Both of the platforms will be capable of operating down to 250- foot depths.

IHI To Build Two

Large Containerships

IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd.) of Japan re- cently received orders for two large containerships from leading

Japanese shipping companies—one from Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and the other from Japan

Line Ltd.

NYK placed an order with IHI for a 26,200-dwt containership cap- able of carrying about 1,800 stand- ard 8-foot by 8-foot by 20-foot con- tainers. The approximate measure- ments of the ship will be 794 feet in length, 105 feet in breadth, 64 feet in depth, and 35 feet in draft.

To be powered by two 34,800-bhp

IHI-Sulzer 12RND90 type diesel engines, it will run at a speed of 25.3 knots.

Japan Line ordered a 21,300-dwt containership with a maximum capacity of about 1,300 containers of 8 feet by 8 feet by 20 feet. The vessel will be, approximately, 705 feet long, 105 feet wide, 62 feet deep, and 32 feet in draft. It will be fitted with a 50,000-shp IHI turbine, developing a speed of 25.1 knots.

National Marine Service

Announces Expansion

Ol Houston Facilities

The board of directors of Nation- al Marine Service recently met in

Houston in recognition of the growing importance of Houston in their company's future. Based in

St. Louis, Mo., the company en- gages in barging operations, ter- minalling and storage, and marine repair, and manufactures safety watch and control systems for thfe protection of diesel-powered ves- sels.

Speaking for the company, David

A. Wright, president said: "While our operations cover the East

Coast, the Mississippi System, as well as the Gulf Coast, we realize the need for a larger commitment to the petroleum and chemical in- dustry centered in Houston. That is why we are currently expanding our facilities here."

This summer, both office and en- larged warehouse space will be opened at a new location in Brook

Hollow to accommodate the trans- portation, engineering and marine systems activities of the company.

This will permit National Marine to increase their towboat and barge services for movement of crude oil, residuals, clean petroleum products and chemicals. Local bunkering and tankerman services will also be controlled from this office. Marine equipment repair and parts activi- ties will be housed in the**new warehouse space to service diesel towboat and barge operations, as well as offshore activities.

Gulf area sales and service offices for TUGMONITOR and TUG-

ALERT Safety Watch and Con- trol Systems have recently opened in Houston. These systems, the most widely accepted for marine diesel service, have been installed on tugs of the U.S. Navy, as well as commercial vessels throughout the country.

The expansion of facilities is ex- pected to aid in servicing vessels operating along the Canal, as well as vessels of the offshore oil indus- try.

MATSON 50-ACRE CONTAINER TERMINAL: The $10-million, 50-acre Matson con- tainer facility on Terminal Island shown above was officially turned over to Matson

Navigation Company on February 26 by the Port of Los Angeles. Gordon Bart, presi- dent of Matson terminals, officially accepted the new terminal on behalf of the shipping line. While hosts and guests were marking the occasion with a lunch, two ships were working container cargo at the almost 1,600-foot slip. Berths 207, 208 and 209. Computer control linked with a high-speed electronic communications net- work make the new Matson yard one of the world's newest and most up-to-date.

The cranes on the port's East Basin dominate the 50-acre complex. The "big" one stands 200 feet tall, weighs 400 tons; the other is 168 feet tall and 360 tons. 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News