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Marcona Elects New Officers For Subsidiaries San Clemente-Class Ships Built At NASSCO

Discussed At SNAME Pacific NW Spring Meeting

M.J. Fraser J.C. Koepke R. Heinicke Jr.

Marcona Corporation, San Fran- cisco, Calif, international shipping-, mining and resource development concern, has announced the election of the following officers for three of its major subsidiary companies:

M.J. Fraser, vice president-Marcona

International, S.A. and Marcona

Sales, Inc.; J.C. Koepke, vice pres- ident-Marcona International, S.A. and Marcona Carriers, Ltd., and

R. Heinicke Jr., vice president-

Marcona Carriers, Ltd.

Mr. Fraser is general manager-

Ore Sales Division for the parent company and has held a variety of responsibilities in product deve- lopment, geological evaluation and mineral resources development since joining the firm in 1966.

Mr. Koepke serves as general manager-Marine Operations Div- ision for Marcona Corporation and is primarily responsible for the company's ocean transport fleet, which currently includes more than 1-million deadweight tons of owned vessels, plus an additional 1.5-mil- lion tons of chartered ships.

Mr. Heinicke is Marcona's gen- eral manager-Fleet Operations and heads the company's activities in fleet personnel and manning, nav- igational and safety procedures, port surveys, special marine port projects and governmental liaison.

Messrs. Fraser, Koepke and

Heinicke are all located at

Marcona's San Francisco head- quarters.

Shown above at the spring meeting held recently in Portland, Ore., left to right: Parker

C. Emerson; George A. Uberti, speaker; Gene W. Frampton, chairman, Pacific Northwest

Section; George Tuckey; Phillip Eisenberg, SNAME national president; Robert G. Mende, national secretary, and Hugh P. Sturdivant.

The Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of ;Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its spring meeting recently in Portland,

Ore.

The speaker for the evening was

George A. Uberti of National

Steel and Shipbuilding Company,

San Diego, Calif. Mr. Uberti's pre- sentation concerned the constru- tion of the ,San Clemente-'Class 80,500-dwt OBO at National Steel.

A film entitled "I Christen

Thee . . ." in color with sound was shown depicting construction of the vessel. The film showed var- ious yard trades in action, with emphasis on the steel handling operations.

A slide show presented various design and technical features of the design.

In his synopsis, Mr. Uberti re- viewed the various "producibility" features with regard to hull and piping, and how this effect was maximized by incorporating these features into the design.

The Pacific Northwest Section was particularly honored in having •the president and the secretary of of the Society, Phillip Eisenberg and Robert G. Mende, respectively, present at the meeting.

Mobil Exploration

Large Oil Find

Reported By Norway

An oil find in the North Sea with a big potential has been reported by the Norwegian Government.

Mobil Exploration, Norway, the operator, had carried out tests of its first well in the Brent Field northwest of Bergen, showing a maximum daily production of 10,- 560 barrels, according to the Gov- ernment oil directorate.

Experts said the Brent Field could have bigger potential than tihe Ekofisk Field, operated by the

Phillips Group, which is expected to have a production of almost 19- million tons by 1980.

So far, tests indicate that the new oil resources were mainly con- centrated in the Norwegian Section of the North Sea, and did not strad- dle the dividing line into the Brit- ish Section of the North Sea.

This interpretation could be made because the first well by Mo- bil Oil in the Brent Field was drilled almost exactly on the divid- ing line.

Drilling of a second well has al- ready started in the northeast. This was being done to test the magni- tude of the field, the announcement said, while a third well would be drilled between the two next sum- mer.

Drew Chemical Forms

Subsidiary In Japan

A.G. Giudice, executive vice pres- ident, Drew Chemical Corporation, 701 Jefferson Road, Parsippany,

N.J., a subsidiary of U.S. Filter

Corporation, New York, has an- nounced the formation of a new subsidiary, U.S. Filter Japan Com- pany, Ltd., located in Yokohama.

This new subsidiary will be re- sponsible for Drew's marine busi- ness in Japan, and will undertake, also, 'to develop industrial business in all areas of Drew's technology.

Dr. Roy Miron and David Ochi- nero have been appointed general manager and assistant general manager, respectively.

Dr. Miron joined Drew in 1973.

He is a graduate of Lehigh Univer- sity, with a master's degree from

Middlebury College, and obtained his doctorate at Lehigh in 1959. He was formerly employed as depart- ment manager, New Ventures, with American Cyanamid. A mem- ber of the American Chemical Soci- ety, and Japan Society, he has pub- lished many technical papers and holds numerous patents. Dr. Miron and his wife, Yoshiko, are now re- siding in Yokohama.

Mr. Ochinero is a graduate of the

Merchant Marine Academy at

Kings Point, N.Y. After serving with the merchant marine for sev- eral years, he joined Drew in 1967 as a marine sales engineer. In Au- gust 1971, he was appointed area manager, Japan. Mr. Ochinero and wife, Hatsue, live in Yokohama.

Drew Chemical Corporation is a major supplier of products and services for water management and specialty chemicals in both the ma- rine and industrial sectors.

Houston Seminar

On Marine Insurance

To Be Held In October

The 9th Houston Marine Insur- ance Seminar sponsored by The

Houston Mariners Club will be held on October 6-8, 1974, at the

Houston Oaks Hotel, The Galleria, 5011 Westheimer Boulevard, Hous- ton, Texas.

The chairman of the planning committee is Joe Blades of J.H.

Blades & Co. Advertising and pub- licity will be handled by Capt. Jack

Roberts.

Speakers will be announced at a later date.

The Galleria is a shopping area, under cover, air-conditioned, with hotel, restaurants, lounges and fine shops.

Activities for the seminar will commence with a cocktail reception on Sunday, October 6. Meetings will be held with luncheon served on

October 7 and October 8, and there will be a cocktail party on Monday evening, October 7.

Inquiries for a complete brochure and reservation forms can be di- rected to Capt. Jack Roberts, Ma- rine Surveyors, P.O. Box 12638,

Houston, Texas 77017.

I HI DELIVERS 270,000-DWT TANKER: The 269,091-dwt tanker Universe Explorer was recently delivered to Universe Tankship Inc., Liberia, by IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima

Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.) at its Kure Shipyard. The tanker is one of the Kure Ship- yard's standardized vessels, and measures approximately 1,050 feet in length, 179 feet in breadth, 89 feet in depth, and 69 feet in draft. Her main engine is a 40,000-shp

IHI turbine developing a service speed of 16.25 knots. She is the second of the three tankers of the same size ordered by the shipowner from IHI. The third ship will be completed in August this year.

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