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Spanier Places NOHAB EXPRESS

Into Operation On Mississippi

George S. Frierson Jr., president of George Engine Com- pany, hands a model of the vessel over to shipowner Cliff

Spanier of Spanier Marine Corporation, New Orleans, La.

The first NOHAB POLAR F engines de- livered to the United States are now at work powering a new tug owned iby the New Or- leans shipping company Spanier Marine Cor- poration, and built by Halter Marine Services at their shipyard in Lockport, La.

The vessel was christened "NOHAB EX-

PRESS." Miss Cynthia Spanier, daughter of shipowner Cliff Spanier, served as sponsor dur- ing the christening ceremony, which included more than 300 guests along with representa- tives from NOHAB and George Engine Com- pany, Inc.—the NOHAB distributor in the

Western Hemisphere with the exception of

Canada. GECO is one of the largest diesel en- gine distributors in the United States and has more than 25 years of experience in the diesel engine business.

Since the agreement between GECO and

NOHAB was signed, more than 50 NOHAB

POLAR F engines have been sold on the

American market. Many of these are intended for installation in tugs and supply vessels.

NOHAB has about 500,000 horsepower on the books subdivided among about 250 engines in production in the workshops at Trollhattan,

Sweden, making the company one of the lead- ing manufacturers in the world of medium- speed diesel engines.

National River Academy

Announces First Annual

Invitational Golf Tournament

Floyd A. Mechling, chairman of the board of directors of the National River Academy, has officially announced the scheduling of the first

National River Academy Invitational Golf

Tournament to be held June 6 and 7, 1973, at the Helena Country Club in Helena, Ark. Mr.

Mechling further states that a board of direc- tors meeting will be held at the Academy's new training facility on the evening of June 5, 1973.

Noble C. Parsonage, executive vice presi- dent, Pott Industries, Inc., has been designated as chairman of the tournament with James E.

Walden, president, Helena Marine Service,

Inc., serving as co-chairman. The golf pro will be Bob Martin of the Helena Country Club.

Invitations will be mailed in the near future.

Kockums And Gotaverken

Merge In Supplying Shipboard

Load Distribution Instruments

The two Swedish shipyards, Kockums Me- kaniska Verkstads AB, Malmo, and AB Gota- verken, Goteborg, past competitors in supply- ing load distribution instruments, have recent- ly decided to join forces in this field.

Kockums Loadmaster Computer and Gota- verken's Lodicator and Stalodicator instru- ments will be further developed and marketed in parallel by Kockums sales department for ship equipment, of which S.O. Svensson, Mal- mo, is the head.

Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads AB will also assume the Gotaverken commitments as to de- livery, guarantee and service. It can be taken for granted, the announcement stated, that the organization will lead to improved service for the many hundreds of ships fitted with these important safety equipments. «POWERFUL

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