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Jefferson City Kansas City New York St. Louis Tulsa Wichita' possibility of serious damage to either the buoy or the tanker as a result of a collision is minimized, since the

SALM buoy is small and ruggedly built. The SALM cargo and anchor swivels are submerged below the tanker's keel, and the hose rises to the surface some distance from the buoy.

Tankers can maneuver close to the

SALM and drop anchor without fear of fouling the mooring, because its single-anchor chain is located direct- ly beneath the mooring buoy. The

SALM is also economic in deep water because of its relatively short anchor leg.

Marcona Corporation

Names Chisholm VP

Robert E. Chisholm

Robert E. Chisholm has been elected vice president-marine op- erations for Marcona Corporation,

San Francisco, Calif., according to an announcement by C.W. Robin- son, president of the shipping, min- ing and resource development con- cern.

Mr. Chisholm joined Marcona in

June 1970 as assistant general manager, marine group and sub- sequently served as general man- ager, ocean transportation. He was formerly manager of the Charter- ing and Traffic Division of Texaco,

Inc., New York. Prior to that time, lie served 19 years with the Caltex organization in a variety of man- agerial positions.

In his newly created position,

Mr. Chisholm will be responsible for the operation and administra- tion of Mareona's expanding fleet of dry cargo vessels which current- ly totals nearly 3-million dead- weight tons and which in 1972, lifted 16.5-million tons of cargo a total of 127.5 billion ton-miles.

Mr. Chisholm is a graduate of the United States Merchant Ma- rine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y.

He also completed the Advanced

Management Course at Harvard

University.

Brazilian Yard

Building Tankers

Reports out of Brazil indicate that

Ishikawajima Do Brasil-Estaleiros

S.A. will build five 131,000-dead- weight-ton ore-oil carriers for Petro- bras and for the Vale do Rio Doce

Co.

To be built at the new drydocks

Ishibras is constructing at its yards near Angra dos Reis, the vessels are scheduled for delivery in about two years.

Also being negotiated are two tank- ers, each of 260,000 tons, for Petro- bras and for Vale do Rio Doce.

Esso SALM System

Licensed To IMODCO

Esso Research and Engineering

Company has licensed its Single An- chor Leg Mooring (SALM) tech- nology to IMODCO, Inc., Los An- geles, Calif.

IMODCO is a leader in the off- shore buoy mooring terminal field, with some 41 facilities of its own de- sign installed worldwide over a 14- year period. Such offshore terminals are for the loading and unloading of cargo, principally petroleum products.

An IMODCO spokesman stated that Esso-developed SALM techno- logy and patents will be utilized to complement its own system, mostly in deepwater areas.

The first SALM was installed in 1969 by Esso Standard Libya, Inc. at

Brega, Libya, to load tankers up to 300,000 deadweight tons in water 140 feet deep. A second SALM was in- stalled at Okinawa in 1971 to unload tankers up to 250,000 deadweight tons.

Research and development was con- ducted by Esso Research and Engi- neering Company's Marine and Engi- neering Section, Florham Park, N.J., and by the affiliated Esso Standard

Libya, Inc. Model basin tests of the

SALM were conducted, simulating tankers up to 500,000 deadweight tons in 20-foot-high seas.

Safety is one of the principal ad- vantages of the SALM system. The 20 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News