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New Seatrain Express

Service From Europe

To U.S. Pacific Coast

Another giant step forward in

Seatrain's expansion program be- gan with the announcement of ex- press service from Europe to the

United States Pacific Coast. The announcement was made simulta- neously by Arthur C. Novacek, president of Seatrain Lines Con- tainer Division in Europe and

Frank Troxel, president of Seatrain

Lines California.

Mr. Novacek said the service be- gan with the sailing of the new 220-container Lord Of The Isle from Southampton, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. "Combined with the Spindrift Isle and Fiery Cross

Isle, Seatrain will be able to offer 22-knot express service from the most requested ports of Europe to the rapidly expanding Pacific

Coast markets," Mr. Novacek said. "This new service is another ex- ample of the forward looking pos- ture adopted by Seatrain which, in ia very short time, has made it one of the largest container lines in the world," he added.

In making the announcement on the West Coast, Mr. Troxel said: "Seatrain believes in filling a need where one exists in ocean trans- portation. While expanding our

North Atlantic service, many ship- pers requested a direct route to

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The service will operate to and from both Los Angeles and Oak- land.

Mr. Novacek pointed out that "in less than two years of opera- tions on the North Atlantic, Sea- train has been acknowledged as the innovator and leader in container- ized shipping. To help maintain that leadership, we are instituting this new service as a direct result of customers' requests . . . Seatrain believes strongly in giving custo- mers the service they need, when they need it."

Bently Nevada Names

Alberigi As Consultant

For Marine Industry

Walter P. Alberigi

Charles P. Reid, vice president of marketing, Bently Nevada Cor- poration, has announced the ap- pointment of Walter P. Alberigi as the firm's marine industry con- sultant.

Mr. Alberigi has been retained to establish and supervise market planning in the company's marine sales department. His past expe- rience includes 30 years in the ma- rine industry, primarily as a marine engineer. Mr. Alberigi is well known to shipbuilders and owners alike through 28 years -with Grace

Line, Inc., as chief engineer and assistant superintendent of main- tenance and repair. He recently held the position of Foreign Ship

Repair Officer for the U.S. Mari- time Administration.

Mr. Alberigi is a commander,

USNR (ret.), and a member of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, the Society of

Marine Port Engineers (Port of

New York), and the American So- ciety of Naval Engineers. He holds a chief engineer's license in the

U.S. Coast Guard and a first class engineer's license in the ports of

Baltimore, Md. and Washington,

D.C.

Bently Nevada Corporation man- ufactures proximity measuring in- struments for monitoring and measuring shaft dynamic motion, vibration and position in rotating equipment such as turbines, en- gines, pumps, etc. Bently Nevada has offices throughout the United

States, Europe and the Far East.

Mr. Alberigi will maintain an office in the main plant at Minden, Nev. 26 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News