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ABS Elects Fifteen

Maritime Executives

To Bureau Membership

At a recent meeting of the board of managers of the American Bu- reau of Shipping held in New York, the following persons prominent in ship design, construction and op- eration, as well as marine under- writing were elected to member- ship in the international ship classification society:

G. Gordon Brown, vice president,

Crum & Forster Insurance Com- panies, Morristown, N.J.; Theo- dore J. Brush, president, Fraser

Shipyards, Inc., Superior, Wis.;

C.D. Chow, chairman, board of directors, China Union Lines, Ltd.,

Taipei, Taiwan; Manuel Garcia Gil de Bernabe, director of marine con- struction, Astilleros Espanoles,

S.A., Madrid, Spain; Emmett A.

Humble, general manager, marine department, Humble Oil & Refin- ing Company, Houston, Texas;

Toshio Kohmoto, president, Sanko

Kisen K.K., Tokyo, Japan; Dr.

Glauco Lolli Ghetti, president, Car- bonavi Soc. di Navigazione, Genoa,

Italy; Irving G. Morgan, director of marine transportation, PPG

Industries, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ken- neth D. Morland, vice president,

American Bureau of Shipping;

Shuichi Okada, president, Japan

Line, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Kay

Sugahara, president, Fairfield Max-

The crew that never went ashore.

The ships that bring fresh air from Alaska.

The time it got crowded in our first unmanned engine room.

The punched tape that grew into a200000 tonner. rn These are some of the strange stories that can be told by people who build ships for a living.

If you post this coupon to Kockums Mekaniska

Verkstads AB, Inf. Dept., Fack, S-20110 Malmo 1,

Sweden, we'll send you back a 12-page collection of tall but true tales.

Please send me by return copies of your brochure "Just about anything is likely to happen in a shipyard".

Name

Company.

L Address

KOCKUMS

MEKANISKA VERKSTADS IB MUMO SWEDEN well, Ltd., New York, N.Y.; Vice

Adm. C.C. Tsao, chairman, board of directors, China Merchants

Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Tai- pei, Taiwan; Antonio Vasco Hose de Mello, managing director, Lis- nave-Esitaleiros Navais de Lisboa,

Lisbon, Portugal; Dr. Masao Yo- shiki, chief director, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Tokyo,

Japan, and Arthur Zuehlke, presi- dent, Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Stur- geon Bay, Wis.

Federal Barge Lines

Elects Beiswinger

VP And Controller

Gilbert Beiswinger

Peter Fanchi Jr., president of

Federal Barge Lines, Inc., has an- nounced the election of Gilbert B.

Beiswinger as vice president and controller. Mr. Beiswinger has been with Federal Barge since 1955. He previously served as controller of the company. He will be respon- sible for all finance and accounting for Federal Barge Lines, Inc. and

Gulf Canal Lines, Inc. and their subsidiary companies.

Federal Barge is a subsidiary of

Pott Industries Inc. and is engaged in water transportation along the

Mississippi, Illinois, Arkansas and

Missouri rivers, as well as the Gulf

Intracoastal Canal. The company services 17 states along more than 6,000 miles of water routes. Their general office is located in St. Lou- is, Mo., with regional offices in New

York, Chicago, New Orleans and

Houston.

Skagit Appoints

Gulf Coast Dealer

CONMACO, Inc. of Belle

Chasse, La., has been named a dealer for the marine products line of the Skagit Corporation, a subsid- iary of The Bendix Corporation.

In making the announcement, Da- vid G. Mclntyre, Skagit president, said CONMACO will handle Ska- git's product line of towing winch- es, anchor handling winches, as well as the new material handling vehicles, including the "Loadrun- ner" series.

CONMACO will provide sales and service for Skagit products in the Gulf Coast states. Skagit fac- tory representative Richard Har- din will continue to service the

Houston area.

Skagit Corporation, with 75 years of experience in manufac- turing heavy equipment for the forest and marine industries, is lo- cated in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News