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Marconi Marine Names

David Bowker As

North American Rep.

The Marconi International Ma- rine Co. Ltd., a GEC-Marconi Elec- tronics company, has announced the appointment of David Bowker as .its representative in North

America. He succeeds John Older, who has returned to the United

Kingdom on leave prior to taking up another appointment with the company.

Mr. Bowker is no newcomer to the United States, having served as Marconi Marine's representative there from 1967 to 1971. He recent- ly returned to the United Kingdom from Oslo, where he held the posi- tion of marine director of the Norsk

Marconikompani.

Mr. Bowker, who was 'born in

Milford Haven, where his father was well known as the manager of

Marconi Marine's local depot un- til his retirement in 1968, was edu- cated at Milford Haven Grammar

School and began his career with

Marconi Marine as a seagoing ra- dio officer in 1960. He served at sea until 1964, when he transferred to the company's shore staff as a tech- nical sales assistant in the export sales division. He later became as- sistant to the export sales manager until his North American appoint- ment in 1969.

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Herbert To Present

Sterngear Design Paper

To N.Y. Port Engineers

Colin W. Herbert

The Society of Marine Port En- gineers New York announces that on January 17, 1973, at the Down- town Athletic Club, Colin W. Her- bert will deliver a paper entitled "Sterngear Design for Maximum

Reliability — The Glacier-Herbert

System."

Mr. Herbert received his early education at the Constantine Col- lege of Technology where he was awarded the Higher National Di- ploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1944, serving his apprenticeship at Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. in Lon- don. For two years, he was em- ployed .in the engineering depart- ment of A/B Gotaverken in Swed- en, returning to Smith's Dock Co.,

Ltd. where he was engaged as chief estimator and eventually became engineering manager.

Mr. Herbert has presented a pa- per to the Institute of Marine En- gineers on "The Application of

Free Piston Gas Turbine Machin- ery," and within the past year de- livered before the Institute the same paper scheduled for January 17 at the Downtown Athletic Club.

Presently, Mr. Herbert is em- ployed as a consultant and adviser to the Glacier Metal Co., Ltd. in the continuing development of the

Glacier-Herbert Sterngear System.

He is a fellow of the Institute of

Mechanical Engineers, and a mem- ber of the Institute of Marine En- gineers.

Mr. Herbert will be in New York for several days following the meeting of the Society of Marine

Port Engineers and will be avail- able at the offices of E.L. Post & Co., Inc., 233 Broadway, New

York City, for any further technir cal discussion of sterngear bearing problems.

Largest U.K.-Built

Tanker Delivered

To Onassis Group

Belfast shipbuilders Harland and

Wolff have completed the 268,890- ton tanker Olympic Banner, and the vessel has been handed over to her owners, Carlow Maritime Panama

S.A., following successful completion of sea trials.

The Olympic Banner is the first of two ships ordered from Harland and Wolff by member companies of the Onassis Group. The second ves- sel of similar size is at present under construction for Lakeport Navigation

Company, Panama. 28 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News