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Patterson-Kelley Names

John Carp Manager

Heat Exchanger Div.

John R. Carp has been named manager, Heat Exchanger Divi- sion, Patterson-Kelley Company,

East Strouds'burg, Pa., it was an- nounced by F. Linton Patterson III, executive vice president. The ap- pointment becomes effective July 1.

Mr. Carp will assume the duties of Charles E. Drake, Patterson-

Kel'ley vice president-engineering, who retires on that date.

Patterson-Kelley is a leading manufacturer of packaged water heaters and steam generators for commercial, marine, industrial and institutional applications, as well as process blending and drying equipment, and heat exchangers for the chemical process industries.

Mr. Carp began his career with

Patterson-Kelley in 1956 as a de- sign engineer. In 1961, he was as-

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Doors with optional 4-, 6- or 8-dog. -you get almost off-shelf service at off-shelf savings! • Complete working inventories of door sub- assemblies mean delay-free fabrication of your order, whether a "single" or a ship set. Moreover, Overbeke-

Kain's standardized welding fabrication methods assure cost-saving efficiency and on-time delivery. Meets all maritime and Navy standards. the mm signed to P-K's New York office as industrial heat-exchanger sales- man. For the past 10 years, he has been assistant district manager of the New York office.

He is a member of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Re- frigeration and Air Conditioning

Engineers) and an associate mem- ber of A'SSE (American Society of

Sanitary Engineers).

Mr. Carp is a graduate of Notre

Dame University with a B.S. de- gree in chemical engineering. He also attended Lehigh University graduate school for advance heat transfer study.

In 1954-56, he saw military serv- ice, assigned to the Army Chemical

Center, Edgewood, Md., as a mem- ber of its scientific and profession- al personnel program.

Harold A. Reinauer

Elected Director In

AWO's Region 5

Harold A. Reinauer, president of

Reinauer Transportation Compa- nies, Inc., 'Newark, N.J., was elect- ed a director of The American Wa- terways Operators, Inc., in Region 5 at a meeting of members of that region in New York City. (Region 5 encompasses the North Atlantic area.)

Mr. Reinauer was elected to serve out the term of Robert J. Hughes, president of James Hughes, Inc.,

New York, N.Y., as a direotor-at- large for a term that expires in

February 1974. Mr. Hughes auto- matically became a director-at- large upon his election as chair- man of the board of the Associa- tion last February.

AWO was host at a reception and luncheon that followed the morning business session, which was attended by more than 70 per- sons, including representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, Maritime Adminis- tration and the Bureau of Customs.

James P. McAllister, president of McAllister Lighterage Line,

Inc., New York, N.Y., AWO's

Region 5 vice president, presided at the business meeting and lun- cheon. James R. Smith, president of AWO, reported on legislative and regulatory matters of major interest to the •Association.

An informal talk relating to the outstanding safety record of the barge and towing industry was given by Mr. Hughes. The AWO board chairman pointed out, among other things, that records show that in the performance of inland water- borne freight service, the total fatality per billion-ton miles in 1968 was 0.54; for rail freight serv- ice, the total fatality per billion-ton miles was 2.5, and for motor carrier freight service, the total fatality per billion-ton miles was 10.8 the same year. He noted that in the area of safety, the ibarge and towing indus- try is guided and governed by some of the most highly developed regu- latory controls in existence to safe- guard the movements of oil and the so-called dangerous cargoes.

United Brands Co. —Formerly United Fruit

Moves Traffic Office

United Brand's Co., formerly

United Fruit Co., has moved its iNew York traffic office to 33 Rector

Street, according to an announce- ment by Robert S. Finz, the com- pany's manager of traffic sales.

United Brands operates a regu- larly scheduled service from New

Orleans, La., to Panama and the

Canal Zone, and also acts as agents for Honduran Line's regular serv- ices from the Gulif to Jamaica and

Central America. company W 20905 Aurora Road/Cleveland,Ohio 44146

FROM DOWN UNDER: The vessel shown above built for the Queensland Department of

Aboriginal and Island Affairs was recently launched by Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd.,

Australia, to work in the Torres Strait Islands. The Melbidir, built at the Carrington

Yard in Tomago, New South Wales, will operate out of Torres Strait, serving as a pas- senger and cargo vessel. She has accommodations for a master, an engineer, two cadets, and 12 crewmen. At any time, she can carry 10 departmental officers, 12 berthed passengers, and 20 seated deck passengers. Her cargo capacity of 1 57 tons includes 1 1 tons of refrigerated space, and she is powered by twin T8 Kelvin engines, each of 220 hp that will give the vessel a speed of 1 1 knots and a range of 2,500 miles. The Mel- bidir is the fourth launching for Carrington this year. Other projects under way for the year include three more vessels for Australian Offshore Services, a division of P & O

Australia, and two ferries for Sydney Harbour. Carrington Slipways is receiving inquiries from overseas for their 85-foot tugs, which have become a specialty with this shipbuilding company. 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News