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NKK DELIVERS JAPAN'S FASTEST FERRYBOAT: De- livery of the Takachiho Maru, a 10,000-gross-ton pas- senger-vehicle ferry with a service speed of 25.6 knots has been announced by the Shimizu Yard of Nippon

Kokan (NKK). NKK's New York shipbuilding department said the vessel—Japan's fastest ferry—will cut six hourr from the 25-hour voyage between Kawasaki City and Hosojima Port on Kyushu Island. Built for Nippon

Car Ferry Company, the ship has accommodations for 1,016 passengers, 150 passenger cars, 62 eight-ton trucks, or other vehicle combinations. Major features include variable pitch remote control propellers, bow thrusters for maneuvering in port, ana* gyrostabilizer fins to reduce rolling. The fin stabilizer system auto- matically adjusts angles of fins, attached to each side of the hull amidships, to create a force opposite to that of waves, as calculated by a computer system.

Hansen Announces Additions

To Cargo Tie Down Equipment

A.L. Hansen Mfg. Co. of Gurnee, 111., entered the marine hardware field with a line of cargo tie down equipment under the Kargofast banner.

That successful introduction, two years ago, has prompted the addition of several related items.

The product group originally consisted of a unique heavy steel track, mounted to deck or bulkhead. This Kargotrak accommodates versa- tile sliding, self-locking travelers which allow for strap or shackle type tie down. • Included are Kargolok (with universal ball joint swivel) for flush mounting to deck or bulk- head . . . and recessed, rotating cargo tie down rings for flush deck mounting. A rugged, com- pact strap tensioner (using any standard wrench to tighten load .bindings) is also available. Hansen equipment is presently being designed for con- tainer as well as shipboard application.

A.L. Hansen has manufactured, quality heavy duty hardware for over SO years. They have been a major supplier for builders of all types of over-the-road transportation vehicles and off- road industrial equipment. This same tradition of quality, including outstanding engineering and

R&D facilities, is now available through the

Hansen Marine Division.

AVO/DAHCE SYSTZM. "

Ingram Corporation Buys

Breit Engineering Interests

In Tug Barge Systems Inc.

Ingram Corporation, New Orleans, La., has acquired the interests of Breit Engineering,

Inc., in Tug Barge Systems Inc. (TBSI),

New Orleans,, which was previously equally owned by Ingram and Breit. Tug Barge Sys- tems Inc. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, according to Frederic

B. Ingram, board chairman and director.

Tug Barge Systems Inc. is the owner and the exclusive licensor of United States and foreign patents covering the tug-barge system already in successful use by Ingram Corpora- tion's subsidiary, Ingram Ocean Systems, and by a number of licensees, including ship oper- ators in the United States and foreign coun- tries. Among the present licensees are Bulk

Food Carriers of San Francisco, Calif.; Lust- eveco, a Philippines company; 'Union Navale of France; and Mitsui, a large Japanese com- pany. Other licenses have been granted in

Great Britain and Italy.

The system developed by Breit Engineer- ing at Ingram expense involves an oceangoing tugboat and a separate unmanned barge which can be joined together by a rigid connection so that there is no relative motion between the vessels, and the combination system op- erates as one vessel in all seas and weather situations. At the same time, the two vessels can be rapidly and easily disconnected by one man operating a control console on the tow- boat bridge. If desired, one towboat may be used in combination with several barges.

The barges can be built to handle coal, ores, solid agricultural products or liquid crude pe- troleum, oil products or chemicals.

Tug Barge Systems licenses the use of the know-how and patents on the basis of fixed fees determined by construction costs, and also arranges with naval architects for nec- essary design engineering for licensees.

Mr. Ingram, chairman of Ingram Corpora- tion, serves as chairman of Tug Barge Sys- tems Inc., and Edmund L. Hukill, a vice presi- dent of Ingram, serves as president of the licensing company.

Ingram Corporation, a large privately own- ed company, presently' has 14 subsidiaries.

With four exceptions, these subsidiaries are concerned with petroleum and the transporta- tion of petroleum products, petrochemicals, and allied products such as sand and rock, as well as pipeline construction.

Puget Sound Pilots Award

Contract to The Boat Yard, Inc.

Capt. Emery Joyce, president of the Puget

Sound Pilots Association, recently announced the signing o'f a contract with The Boat Yard,

Inc. of Seattle, Wash., to construct a 50-foot twin-screw diesel-propelled pilot boat for serv- ice out of their Port Angeles pilot station. The boat was designed by Nickum & Spaulding

Associates, Inc. of Seattle, using a standard fiberglass charter boat hull designed by Lynn

Senour and manufactured 'by Delbo, Inc. of

Seattle.

The design of this boat has been developed as the result of 10 years of research and con- tinuous consultation with the Pilots in order to assure them that their new vessel will ideally suit their specific needs.

The new pilot boat will have a length over- all of 50 feet, a breadth of 15 feet 10 inches, a draft of 3 feet 6 inches, and displacement of 40,000 pounds.

Twin 'Cummins V8-903 diesel engines will drive the new boat at a maximum speed of 20 knots. Special protective skegs have been designed to give protection to the two four- blade Nibral 26-inch Michigan propellers in the debris laden waters of the Straits. Twin rudders controlled by a two-station Wagner hydraulic steering system will guarantee a high degree of maneuverability while either going ahead or astern.

The new boat will 'be placed in 'service on

October 15.

GM Electro-Motive Division

Promotes Dowell And Brash i •* •. " :' r mvm^^^m ^a^ _ M

Stephen B. Dawell Frederick L. Brash

Promotion of Stephen B. Dowell, district manager-marine sales, to manager of marine sales for the Electro-Motive Division of Gen- eral Motors has been announced by Milton H.

Gardner, general sales manager.

Mr. Dowell succeeds R. Stuart Ramsay, a 40-year veteran of the marine sales and service field, who has retired.

At the same time, Mr. Gardner announced the promotion o'f Frederick L. Brash, Govern- ment contract coordinator, to district manager- marine sales, succeeding Mr. Dowell.

Both appointments are effective immediate- ly.

Mr. Dowell is a native of Bremerton, Wash., and a 1948 mechanical engineering graduate of

Purdue University. Following World War II service in the U.S. Marine Corps, he began his

GM career in 1948 with the former Cleveland

Diesel Engine Division, which was merged with Electro-Motive in 1961. At Cleveland

Diesel, he held several engineering and service positions, finally moving up to marine- indus- trial sales representative.

He joined EMD in 1962 as district manager- marine sales at the Western Region, San Fran- cisco, Calif., and three years later became dis- trict manager-marine sales, with headquarters at La Grange, 111.

Mr. Dowell is a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Mr. Brash, who was born in England, attend- ed the University of Akron, and Fenn College of Cleveland, Ohio.

He joined GM at the Cleveland Diesel En- gine Division in 1940, advancing to the position of sales engineer. From 1943-46, he served as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In 1962, Mr. Brash'became an Electro-Motive sales engineer assigned to commercial and

Government accounts, holding this post until 1967. He was later promoted to Government contract coordinator, his last previous position.

Mr. Ramsay, a native of Haxtun, Colo., en- tered co-op training in .1929 with Winton En- gine Company, which became a GM subsidiary in 1930. As a co-op student, he attended Fenn

College, Cleveland., and was graduated in 1934, with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.

H'e then went to work full time with Winton, which became Cleveland Diesel Engine Divi- sion in 1937. He was named service department supervisor in 1942, and manager of marine sales in 1946. When Cleveland Diesel was con- solidated with EMD, Mr. Ramsay became manager of. Electro-Motive marine sales, a post he held until his retirement. 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News