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Richard H. Beuthel

Named APL Seattle

General Manager & VP

American President Lines has announced the appointment of

Richard H. Beuthel as general manager in Seattle, Wash., for the

American Mail Line Division of

APL. Previously vice president- marketing for AML, Mr. Beuthel has also been named a vice presi- dent of APL.

The appointment follows the re- cent merger of the Seattle-based

American Mail Line into American

President Lines.

As general manager, Mr. Beuthel will coordinate the administration of the division's operations and ac- tivities in the Pacific Northwest.

He will report directly to the pres- ident of APL. Major functional responsibilities will continue to re- main with the respective head- quarters in San Francisco, 'Calif.

The position of general manager is designed to provide top manage- ment representation in AML's area of operations, and to insure its functions are effectively coordina- ted with San Francisco headquar- ters.

In addition to the Seattle-area facilities, Mr. Beuthel will oversee divisional operations and activities in Portland, Ore., and in APL's

Vancouver, British Columbia sub- sidiary, Trans-Pacific Steamship

Agencies, Ltd.

Mr. Beuthel's assignment also includes an active participation in the continuing longer range plan- ning for overall company opera- tions.

With American Mail Line since 1967, Mr. Beuthel served in the

U.S. Navy for three and a half years. He received a B.A. degree from Miami University in Oxford,

Ohio. He attended the Graduate

Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland for one year on a Rotary Fellowship, and received an M.B.A. degree (1959) from Harvard, where he studies foreign trade and transportation.

Conch L.N.G. Formed

As New Partnership

By Three Companies

Conch L.'N.G. has recently been formed as a partnership under the

Uniform Partnership Act of New

Jersey by fully owned subsidiary companies of the Royal Dutch/

Shell Group, Continental Oil Com- pany and U.S.Y. & T. Industries,

Inc. of Chicago. The firm holds all the U.S. rights to the Conch self- supporting tank design for LNG tankers. It has already licensed one

U.S. shipyard, Avondale Shipyards,

Inc., to construct LNG tankers to its design and is actively seeking opportunities to promote the con- struction of LNG tankers to its design in other U.S. shipyards.

Conch L.N.G. has recently opened its office at West Park

Drive, Mt. Laurel Industrial Park,

Moorestown, N.J. 08057. Officers at the Moorestown office are Hugh

Morgan, commercial vice president and deputy chief executive, and

Carl L. Ritter, technical vice presi- dent.

Western Gear Gets

Pipe Tensioning Order

For European Barges

New generation pipe tensioners and related auxiliary equipment val- ued at nearly $4 million have been ordered from Western Gear Corpo- ration, Lynwood, Calif., for installa- tion aboard two advanced-concept pipelaying barges under construction in Germany and Holland.

The patented Pipemaster pipe ten- sioning systems were ordered by So- ciete Ent'repose-G.T.M. (EPTM) of

Paris, for their derrick lay barge,

EPTM 1601, and by I.H.C. Gusto

N.V., of Schiedam, Holland, for the

Viking Consortium.

Each of the tensioners being manu- factured by Western Gear's Heavy

Machinery Division at Everett,

Wash., is of the proprietary track- type, developing more than 200,000 pounds of pulling force. The ma- chinery will be installed aboard the new barges for operation in tandem.

Delivery scheduled later this year will bring to 35 the number of Pipe- master pipe tensioners ordered from

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