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Todd Promotes

Clifford E. Jones To

Chief Eng'r-Facilities

John T. Gilbride, president of

Todd Shipyards Corporation, has announced the promotion of Clif- ford E. Jones to chief engineer- facilities upon the retirement of

John J. Connors. On May 1, 1973,

Mr. Connors ended his 36 years of association in the Todd organiza- tion.

Mr. Jones has been employed by

Todd in their corporate office en- gineering department for over 27 years. His most recent duties have been as assistant to Mr. Connors, involving the planned integration of physical additions, betterments and rearrangements of Todd's sev- en shipyard complexes.

Over the years, Mr. Jones has worked as a draftsman, assistant plant engineer (Brooklyn), and corporate facilities engineer. Spe- cial assignments have included program proposals for assorted na- val ship programs. He has been ac- tive in the facilities modernization program, including the design of the 40,000-ton-capacity dry dock at

Alameda, Calif., expansion of the facilities at Los Angeles, Calif., Se- attle, Wash., and currently pro- grammed for Galveston, Texas.

Mr. Jones is a graduate of the

Mechanics Institute, New York,

N.Y., specializing in structural de-

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June 1, 1973 sign and construction superinten- dence. He has supplemented this training with management and in- dustrial engineering courses at

Rutgers University, New York

University, and the American Man- agement Association.

Clifford E. Jones

A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mr.

Jones is a native of New York City.

He is a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers, U.S. Naval Institute,

American Society of Certified En- gineering Technicians, and the In- stitute for the Certification of En- gineering Technicians.

Inert Gas Systems $500,000 Contract

Awarded To Todd-CEA

Todd-CEA, Inc., New York sub- sidiary of Combustion Equipment

Associates Inc., has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $500,000 to furnish inert gas systems for three new 265,000-dwt VLCC tankers be- ing built by Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion at Sparrows Point, Md., for

Maritime Fruit Carriers. Bethlehem has options for six additional inert gas systems.

The Todd-CEA systems will re- duce potential fire hazards and related possibilities of oil spillages by filling empty tank space above cargo oil with inert gas.

The inert gas will be flue gas from main propulsion boilers. A scrubber aboard each tanker will cool and clean the gas with seawater, after which main and auxiliary fans will distri- bute the gas to the various cargo tanks via a network of ducts.

The inert gas systems are part of an overall program of improving pollution control standards on Ameri- can-built ships, and conform to the latest recommendations of Inter-

Governmental Maritime Consultative

Organization (IMCO).

Marine Insurance

Seminar In Houston

Sept. 30-0ct. 1-2

The 8th Annual Houston Marin- ers Club Marine Insurance Seminar will be held at the Houston Oaks

Hotel, located in Galleria Post

Oak, Houston, Texas, on Septem- ber 30, October 1-2, 1973.

Program details with forms for pre-regisitration will be mailed in the near future, and anyone wish- ing to receive information on the seminar should write the chairman,

John Barnes, Wm. H. McGee &

Co., Inc., 3334 Richmond Avenue,

Houston, Texas 77006. 9