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Gibbs & Cox Moves

To Larger Quarters

In New York City

Gibbs & Cox, Inc., naval archi- tects and marine engineers, have announced that the firm is now conducting business at their new offices at 40 Rector Street, New

York, N.Y. For the greater part of its more than 50 years in busi- ness, the firm's base of technical operations was at 21 West Street,

New York.

All company operations will be performed in larger, newly deco- rated and modernized offices, un- der the direction of Thomas M.

Buermann, executive vice presi- dent. James J. Convy is senior vice president-finance and administra- tion, and Walter Malmstrom is vice president and treasurer. Technical operations are controlled by Mal- colm Dick, vice president-naval ar- chitecture; James P. Doyle, vice president and chief engineer; Rich- ard M. Ehrlich, vice president and chief electronics engineer, and

Frederick W. Haltenhoff, chief electrical engineer. Matthew G.

Forrest has been retained as senior consultant. The relocation was spurred by the company's steadily increasing workload and staff build-up.

Gibbs & Cox, Inc. also has an

For Japan.

Tankers. All with nickel-alloy tanks.

The LNG tanker Gadinia. Built by Les Chartier de L'Atlantique at St. Nazaire,

France. She went into service December, 1972. She has the low silhouette characteristic of membrane tankers.

The Gadinia, now in service be- tween Malaysia and Japan, is the first of her class. Chartered by Coldgas Trading, the Gadinia and six new nickel stainless tank- ers will deliver 1,300,000,000 bbls. of LNG in 20 years. From the Shell Petroleum Company gas fields of Brunei, Malaysia, to

Japan, 2500 miles away.

The other six will be in ser- vice by 1975. Four with flexible membrane tanks of 304L nickel stainless based on Gazocean de- sign. The other two LNG tankers, based on Gaz-Transport's flat- membrane design, will be made with Invar*36 % nickel-iron alloy. *A Registered trademark of

Soci6te Creusot-Loire (1MPHY)

Cold facts on 304L nickel stainless. 304L has outstanding ductility at room temperature and at -160C (-256F). Plus the tough- ness essential for the flexible waffle membrane design. 304L- provides demonstrated safety and service. 304L nickel stain- less has proven itself in corrosive marine atmosphere, aboard ship, and in shipyards. It is readily available, produced by a large number of companies.

High tightness welds. 304L is easy to weld. And the critical high tightness of the

Gadinia's primary barrier dem- onstrates this excellent weldabil- ity. No gas concentrations in the inner barrier space could be de- tected by highly sensitive moni- toring devices after trials.

Not just the tanks are nickel alloy.

Like many of today's mammoth

LNG tankers, the Gadinia has cryogenic piping, pumps, and valves of nickel-containing alloys. Alloys designed and proved to be tough and ductile at cryogenic temperatures. Like the inner tanks, they are highly resistant to corrosion, easily fab- ricated and welded.

Nickel alloys, right for cryo- genics. For your own LNG tank- er, of course, you also could choose 9% nickel steel. It all de- pends on your design require- ments. INCO will be happy to supply you with more informa- tion on nickel-containing alloys for cryogenic service. Simply write Department #14-73, The

International Nickel Company,

Inc., One New York Plaza, New

York, New York 10004. inco

THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY. INC..

NEW YORK.

In Canada, The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited/In England, International

Nickel Limited, Thames House, Millbank, Lon- don SW1 P4QF, England. office with a sizable work force in

Hyattsville, Md.

One of the innovations in the new quarters will be a Centrex tele- phone system installation, featur- ing direct calls to, and dialing from, all telephone stations. Notices have been sent to clients and other firms in the industry giving infor- mation on new telephone numbers.

Gibbs •& Cox, Inc. can be reached on (Area 212) 487-2800 for infor- mation on staff telephone numbers.

The firm has a large staff con- sisting of naval architects, marine engineers, electrical engineers, and electronics and weapons engineers well-versed in the new design tech- niques and experienced in the tradi- tional methods.

Gibbs & Cox, Inc. has a long un- broken record of achievement in the design of United States and foreign naval ships of all types, in- cluding destroyers, patrol frigates, sea control ships, missile ships and conversion. lit is also well-known for its achievements in commercial ships, including the design of the

S/S United States and various pas- senger ships, cargoships, container- ships, tankers, cable ships, and off- shore drilling rigs.

Upper Mississippi

Towing Corporation

Names New President

Henry M. Baskerville Jr.

Henry M. (Marty) Baskerville

Jr. has been named president of

Upper Mississippi Towing Cor- poration.

Mr. Baskerville succeeds Neville

Stone, who resigned to take a posi- tion with American River Trans- portation Company, a subsidiary of

Archer Daniels Midland Grain Co.

Mr. Baskerville has been associ- ated with UMTC and its affiliated companies for 31 years, except for a period of 12 years when he was associated with Continental Oil

Company. Most recently, he was president of Action Capital Cor- poration, a petroleum exploration and production company also in the equipment leasing business.

At the same time, UMTC also announced the promotion of Les

Sutton to executive vice president.

In addition to bis present duties,

Mr. Sutton will direct the opera- tions of the barge line. Formerly, he was vice president in charge of finance.

Gale H. Chapman was named senior vice president and special assistant to the president. Mr.

Chapman was vice president in charge of operations.

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