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Colt Industries Names

J.F. Morgan President

Power Systems Div.

John F. Morgan

Colt Industries has announced the appointment of John F. Mor- gan as president of the company's

Power Systems Division in Beloit,

Wis. The announcement was made by Philip Wallach, Colt group vice president.

Mr. Morgan has been vice presi- dent-finance for the division since

January 1969. In that position, he has been responsible for all divi- sional finance and accounting.

He went to Beloit from Colt's

Crucible Steel Division in Pitts- burgh, Pa., where he had been since 1955. He was appointed as- sistant corporate controller for Cru- cible in 1968, and prior to that was manager of corporate accounting.

He is a certified public accountant and was previously associated with

Haskins and Sells, certified public accountants, also in Pittsburgh, and is a graduate of Robert Morris Col- lege.

In making the announcement,

Mr. Wallach emphasized the 19 years of experience with Colt In- dustries that Mr. Morgan brings to his new position. "His lengthy financial management experience and his long personal experience with the Power Systems Division gives him the necessary back- ground to provide the division with effective leadership," Mr. Wallach said.

J.J. Henry Company

Moorestown/Norfolk

Announces Promotions

Second French Cargo Vessel Delivered At Sorel

The 15,600-ton Creuse built by Marine Industries Limited of Sorel is designed to trans- port containers, grain and ore in bulk and is specially reinforced to carry logs.

David F. McMullen

A.C. Brown, vice president of

J.J. Henry Company Moorestown/

Norfolk Operations, has announced several management promotions.

David F. McMullen has been ap- pointed director of marketing and contracts for commercial works.

Previously, he was contracts mana- ger and in that capacity has dealt with major shipyards and indus- trial throughout the United States.

Mr. McMullen will be responsi- ble for all sales efforts and market- ing development with commercial clients, including the handling of all contractual matters and admin- istration for the Moorestown Di- vision on commercial contracts.

Richard Hopkins, current direc- tor of marketing for Government works and responsible for the Nor- folk offices operations, will l>e as- sisted by Richard Watson, who has been appointed manager of Gov- ernment contracting.

Mr. Watson was previously con- tracts representative dealing with

Government activities. In addition to his contract and sales experi- ence, lie participated in a number of submarine design projects.

Mr. McMullen and Mr. Watson are active members of the Ameri- can Society of Naval Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and AOA.

Marine Industries Limited ship- yards at Sorel, Quebec, was recent- ly the scene of the christening and delivery of the 15,600-ton cargo vessel Creuse, second of five multi- purpose containerships to be built for the Societe Navale Chargeurs

Delmas-Vieljeux, one of the larg- est shipping companies in France.

The Creuse is an identical copy of her sister ship, the Cotes du

Nord, completed by Marine Indus- tries in August 1973. The ships are intended for two-way trade be- tween Northern Europe and the countries of Africa.

The traditional bottle of cham- pagne was broken against the new sophisticated vessel by Mme. Jean

Velitchkovitch, wife of the Secre- taire General of the Marine Mar- cliande.

The Creuse, named after a geo- graphical region of France, is de- signed to carry containers and is reinforced to transport logs, while being readily adaptable to handle grain and/or ore in bulk. Outward bound, her main cargo will consist of European - built automobiles, construction materials, machinery and other commodities. On the re- turn journey, she will bring back coffee, cocoa, logs, grain and other tropical products.

Marine Industries' order book in- cludes, among others, contracts for two other similar vessels to be built for the Compagnie Maritime des

Chargeurs Reunis.

This series of seven multipur- pose vessels being built by Marine

Industries Limited is the largest contract ever negotiated between a French buyer and a Canadian supplier. The transaction was made possible by the Federal De- partment of Industry, Trade and

Commerce's Shipbuilding Tempo- rary Assistance Programme, and by long-term credit made available by the Export Development Cor- poration.

The Creuse left Sorel after the ceremonies and was placed in serv- ice immediately. " LAtfGesr AM ZX/CArt FlAe SM/F zve/t L/iV/SCtftT?. " 143RD FROM ZIDELL: Two more self-unloading grain barges have been launched by

Zidell Explorations, Inc. They bring to 143 the number of barges of all kinds built by

Zidell at its Portlcnd yard since 196). Both of the new barges are 242 feet in length and intended for use on the Columbia-Snake River System. The Knappton CTC360 (shown above) is the fourth grain barge, each of 3,300-ton capacity, built by Zidell for

Knappton Towboat Co., Portland, Ore. It is also the second built in the U.S., utilizing the French "Magroroll" hatch system, in which two motor-driven aluminum doors, 100 feet long, replace conventional hatch covers. The first U.S.-built barge incorporating the system was delivered to Knappton by Zidell last summer. The other new barge, ZB-1007, was delivered to Zidell, Inc., which in turn has leased it to Western Formers Association,

Seattle, Wash. It has a capacity of 3,000 tons. 34 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News