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Navy Timetable Set Up

For Its Fifty-Vessel

Patrol Escort Program

According to the Shipbuilders

Council of America, the Navy has set up a timetable for its 50-vessel Patrol

Escort Program. Eight shipyards will be invited to submit statements of in- terest and qualifications in October 1971. In February 1972, contracts will be awarded to two yards to work with the Navy on preliminary de- signs. One of the above two yards will be selected in February 1973 to complete the design of and build the prototype ship. In December 1973, bids for the construction of 49 fol- lowing vessels will be solicited, antici- pating contract awards to three yards.

The cost of each ship is currently pegged at $50 million. The program may be finished by 1979, with differ- ing amount of vessels to be built each year between FY 1973 and FY 1979.

New England Petroleum

Names Peter Hunter

Senior Vice President

The appointment of Peter R.

Hunter as senior vice president of

New England Petroleum Corpora- tion, New York, N.Y., has been announced by Edward M. Carey, president.

Mr. Hunter's duties will include the planning and development, sup- ply and transportation and refinery

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Attack carrier John F. Kennedy coordination functions of the com- pany.

Mr. Hunter joined New England

Petroleum Corporation in 1964 as vice president of its Canadian affili- ate, Nepco Petroleum Limited, af- ter extensive experience in the fields of crude and product sup- ply and planning with the Gulf

Oil Corporation in the U.S. and

Canada. He was named director of supply and transportation for

New England Petroleum Corpora- tion in New York in 1966 and vice president, supply and transporta- tion, in 1968.

From 1969 to his present ap- pointment, Mr. Hunter served as vice president for planning and de- velopment and assistant to the president of New England.

Twin City Barge

Conducting Study

To Expand Shipyard

Twin City Barge & Towing

Company, St. Paul, Minn., report- ed it is conducting a study to de- termine the feasibility of making a major expansion of its shipyard facilities.

John W. Lambert, president, said that if feasibility of the project is affirmed, additional shipyard fa- cilities will be built on Twin City

Barge's present 22-acre site in the

Red Rock Industrial Park on Pigs

Eye Lake in the Mississippi River.

In addition to its shipyard, Twin

City Barge also operates towing and barge-fleeting service in the

Twin Cities area and in Greater

Chicago.

Universal Terminal

Promotes Kennis

Edward Kennis has been ap- pointed vice president for opera- tions of Universal Terminal &

Stevedoring Corp., it was an- nounced by James J. Dickman, president.

Mr. Dickman said that Mr. Ken- nis would be in charge of the over- all operation of the company's ter- minal facilities in the Port of New

York.

Prior to joining Universal, Mr.

Kennis served 15 years with the

U.S. merchant marine; his last as- signment before coming as'hore was as master for Farrel'l Lines.

Mr. Kennis has been with Uni- versal since 1952, in various capa- cities in operations.

Adm. Powell To Direct

NOAA Fleet Operations

Rear Adm. Allen L. Powell has been named to direct the opera- tions of the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration's fleet of 46 ships. The fleet is devoted to deep ocean and fisheries research and surveys; ocean, coastal, and

Great Lakes hydrographic sur- veys; coastal wire drag operations, and tidal current surveys.

The fleet headquarters are at

Norfolk, Va. Admiral Powell has headed the NOAA's Atlantic ma- rine center there since last 1968.

Capt. Alfred C. Holmes will suc- ceed him in that post. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News