Page 35: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (January 1973)

Western Gear Names

John H. Short To

Heavy Machinery Div.

John H. Short

John H. Short has been named manager of engineering for West- ern Gear Corporation's Heavy Ma- chinery Division at Everett, Wash., according to division manager Ade

Eitner.

Mr. Short has previously been chief design engineer in the com- pany's Precision Products Division at Lynwood, Calif., where he con- centrated on commercial and ma- rine equipment for such projects as United Aircraft's turbo trains, gas turbines, destroyer escorts, and surface effects ships.

Mr. Eitner said "the appointment of Mr. Short is the first in a series of assignments of key personnel planned to strengthen the division's development of proprietary prod- ucts and systems capabilities, par- ticularly with equipment for the multibillion dollar offshore oil in- dustry."

Born in Bartlesville, Okla., Mr.

Short was an engineering officer in the Navy during World War II, and during his training program was graduated in mechanical engi- neering from the University of

Washington. He joined Western

Gear in 1946 in the Seattle plant as a mechanical engineer, then helped to pioneer the Everett,

Wash., growth of the company in 1960, where he handled engineer- ing duties for the Bell Telephone

Company cable-laying ship, Long

Lines.

Mr. Short moved to the Western

Gear plant at Lynwood in 1962, where he has worked until his cur- rent appointment. He is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Oil Rig Eguipment

Ordered From Marconi

By Texaco And Amoco

Marconi International Marine

Company, Chelmsford, Essex, Eng- land, the major supplier of North

Sea oil rig communication installa- tions, has received further substan- tial orders from Texaco and Amoco.

The orders call for the supply of equipment to the rigs Zephyr and

Platform 49/27-E. In addition, Mar- coni Marine, a GEC-Marconi Elec- tronics company, will plan the instal- lations, provide radio officers, administer traffic accounts and carry out service and maintenance when the rigs are on station.

Prudential-Grace Lines

Appoints J.J. Mullin

John J. Mullin has been appoint- ed regional controller-Philadelphia for Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc., it was recently announced by James

J. Connolly, executive vice presi- dent-finance.

Mr. Mullin has held increasingly responsible financial positions for the steamship line in the Philadel- phia area during the past 15 years.

He is a graduate of La Salle Col- lege and has done graduate work at Temple University.

Mr. Mullin will be located at

Prudential's recently opened office facilities in the Mall Building,

Fourth and Chestnut Streets, Phil- adelphia, Pa. Also staffing the new office will be David S. Sweet, reg- ional sales manager, and James J.

Lyons, regional operations man- ager. This office will provide im- proved service to shippers in the

Philadelphia area, which is becom- ing progressively more involved in trade to the ports served by Pru- dential-Grace in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Mediter- ranean.

Raytheon Literature

Describes Transducers

For Ocean Vessels

Transducers of different frequen- cies and varied sizes, configurations, and materials are described in new literature available free from Ray- theon Marine Company, 676 Island

Pond Road, Manchester, N.H. 03103.

Complete electrical and mechanical specifications are given for five mod- els of low frequency (21 and 24 kilo- hertz) transducers for use in ocean vessels; eight models of 40 kilohertz devices in keel-mount and thru-hull configurations producing standard or wide beams; and 10 high frequency models operating at 90, 125, and 200 kilohertz, in standard and narrow- beam patterns and in keel, thru-hull or transom mounts.

Important characteristics detailed in the new literature are frequency, sensitivity, impedance, beam width, pulse power cable length and type, and the size and style of the trans- ducer.

The Raytheon transducers are de- signed to optimize the sensitivity of

Raytheon Fathometer depth sound- ers. They can also be used to improve the performance of sounders pro- duced by many other firms.

Dart Containerline

Names New President

Conrad H.C. Everhard has been named president of Dart Contain- erline, Inc., it was announced by

Jacques Leblanc, current president of the company. Mr. Everhard, who has been director-general for Eu- rope and Africa of the Massachu- setts Port Authority since 1966, with headquarters in Brussels, will take over his new post on Febru- ary 1.

Mr. Leblanc said that he will re- turn to Compagnie Maritime Beige (Belgian Line) in Antwerp in July 1973, where he will serve in anoth- er executive position. Maritime

Beige is one of the owners of Dart

Containerline. During the first six months of 1973, he will work with the new president in New York.

Mr. Leblanc has served first as vice president and later as execu- tive vice president of Belgian Line since 1964, becoming president of

Dart Containerline, Inc. in 1969.

The company is general agent in the United States of Dart Contain- er Line Co., Ltd., jointly operated by the Belgian Line, Bristol City

Line, and Clarke Traffic Services.

Mr. Leblanc has also served as president of the Containerization

Institute, as well as board chair- man.

Mr. Everhard has previously been connected with United States

Lines, and is currently president of the Benelux Chapter of the Nation- al Defense Transportation Associ- ation.

WATER

IN YOUR

REDUCTION

GEAR CASE? • This problem has been eliminated and,

I in turn, gears and bearings are last- ing longer. This economy is being ac- | complished by imaginative owners who

I have been specifying MMC's Gear | Case Dehydrator.

Oil is hydroscopic in nature. This means that its water absorbing capa- bilities will vary with changes in re- lative humidity. MMC's Gear Case De- hydrator circulates extremely dry air throughout the reduction gear case and lube oil system. This permits the

I ^il to give up any water it is holding, thus reducing any chance of sludge m formation and condensation, which in- evitably results in destructive rust and corrosion. A « * »

ANOTHER

MMC

QUALITY

PRODUCT

FOR MORE INFORMATION, WRITE TO

MOISTURE CONTROL CO., INC. 449 SHERIDAN BOULEVARD, INWOOD, NEW YORK 11696

CABLE ADDRESS: MAMCAF INWOODNASSAUCO TELEX: 96 0140 MAMCAF

January 1, 1973 37