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C.R. Cushing & Co.

Appoints C.A. Narwicz

Charles R. Cushing, president of

C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc., 'has an- nounced the appointment of

Charles A. Narwicz as an associate of the firm, a multidisciplined in- ternational consulting organization witlh offices in New York, Germany and Greece. The company, head- quartered in the World Trade Cen- ter, was founded over six years ago and has since completed many ship design and shipbuilding projects ranging from full containerships, feederships, barge carriers, and off- shore equipment to oceangoing tank barges and ocean pipelaying vessels. The interface between ma- rine and other transport modes has also been important areas of the firm's work. These include termi- nal design, port planning, crane and material handling equipment de- sign, refinery engineering, etc.

Mr. Narwicz, who is a graduate of the UjS. Merchant Marine Acad- emy, class of 1949, served in the merchant marine as an engineer- ing officer and in the Navy as Chief

Engineer and Deck Officer. While with the General Electric Co., he completed the Test Engineering

Program and served as head of testing for large steam turbines and generators. On the Turbine

Specialist Program, he worked as a turbine thermodynamic engineer, reduce pipe welding costs

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Out-of-shape equipment needs im- mediate and professional service, the only kind of attention Bludworth knows. Repair, complete design, construction of all inland and off- shore marine equipment. Excellent accessibility on Houston Ship Chan- nel. • 1700 Ton Diydock (7B'x1S00 and as a turbine application and sales engineer. Following several years of application and sales en- gineering work for ship propul- sion, auxiliary and cargo handling systems with leading cargo and tanker operators as well as naval architects, consultants and ship- yards in the New York area, he was appointed manager of marine service, for all shipboard (non- weapon) systems.

Charles A. Narwicz

At Stanwick Co., as engineering assistant to the president, he head- ed reliability-maintainability proj- ects and served as project manager for the MarAd Merchant Marine

Shipboard Crew Skills and Disci- pline Study.

Most recently, he was manager of corporate M&R intermodal equipment at United States Lines, encompassing the management of systems development, equipment claims, ownership, and financial measurement. He is co-inventor of a containerized dry bulk system (patent pending).

Mr. Narwicz has completed over 10 General Electric career develop- ment courses in engineering and business management. He is*a com- mander, US'NR, and Commanding

Officer of Military Sealift Com- mand Unit 3-24. He served as chairman of the New York Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine 'Engineers, as a mem- ber of the Reliability Maintainabil- ity Panel and Applications Com- mittee, and has been active in

ANSI/ISO containerization com- mittees and the A'BS Container

Panel. He has published articles on shipboard energy measurement and management.

Mr. Narwicz, who resides in

Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.-, is past vice president of the U.S. Mer- chant Marine Academy Alumni As- sociation.

Eric Campbell Joins

Lasco Shipping

As Port Captain

Eric Campbell has joined the staff of Lasco Shipping Co., Port- land, Ore., as port captain. Mr.

Campbell was born in Scotland, went to sea at the age of 16, then went to Australia eight years later, where he worked in the marine field as master of coastal vessels.

He then came to the United States and entered the stevedoring field.

He was formerly with Roth-Child

Stevedoring and Crescent Wharf and Warehouse. 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineerirtg News