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MSAT Holds Seminar In Texas-

Gray Named Association President

Members of the "Marketing to the Marine Industry" panel for the conference were, from left to right: Capt. James E. Baker, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.; John Kennedy,

Todd Shipyards Corp.; O.C. Webster, Central Gulf Steamship Co.; Eddie Dyer, Dear- born Marine Service Corp., and John Atwood, Atwood Oceanics, Inc.

New president of the Marine

Services Association of Texas (MSAT) is George D. Gray, Tex- as Gulf Coast area district mana- ger for Alexander Industries, Inc.

Other officers of the organization of marine supply and services per- sonnel are Gene Pettit, vice presi- dent, and Dewayne Hollin, secre- tary-treasurer.

Mr. Pettit is president of Glynn-

Pettit Company of Houston, and

Mr. Hollin is a research associate in the Houston office of Texas

A & M University's Industrial Eco- nomics Research Division (I.E.-

R.D.).

The new officers were named at a recent association meeting held in conjunction with a marine in- dustry conference and marketing seminar co-sponsored by the Asso- ciation, I.E.R.D., and Texas A &

M's Sea Grant Program.

The 120 persons attending the conference heard Ralph Anselmi,

Capt. Spicer Describes

Pollution Prevention

In Tanker Salvage

Prevention of pollution is the first concern of the oil company tanker operator in a salvage opera- tion, Capt. Hugh Spicer declared in a paper delivered recently at a symposium on marine salvage jointly sponsored by the Marine

Technology Society and The Mari- time Association of the Port of

New York.

Captain Spicer is manager of fleet and terminal coordination for

Mobil Oil Corporation and has served as chairman of the tanker salvage committee of the American

Institute of Merchant Shipping.

His paper was entitled "Salvage—

The Tanker Operator's Point of

View." "The most important factor in salvaging a damaged or grounded tanker is removal of oil by lighter- ing," the tanker authority stated. "The key to successful lightering is having adequate fenders such as the large diameter pneumatic type."

He pointed out that oil compa- nies have developed elaborate con- general manager of Todd Shipyards

Corporation's Galveston Division, describe the five-year outlook for the industry's growth as favorable.

Mr. Anselmi noted that the U.S.

Shipbuilding and repair industry was continuing to expand, with most yards operating at near-full capacity. Principal factors hamper- ing growth, he said, are shortages of steel, marine equipment, and trained personnel.

Other speakers and panelists on the day-long program included

Fred Ashford Jr., president of

SEADOCK, Inc.; John H. Atwood, president, Atwood Oceanics, Inc., and Capt. James E. Baker, assistant manager of Lykes Bros. Steamship

Company's Marine Division.

Also on the program were John

A. Kennedy, Houston Division pur- chasing agent for Todd Shipyards and O.C. Webster, general pur- chasing agent for Central Gulf

Steamship Company. tingency plans and have organized emergency task forces to deal with actual or threatened oil spills in salvage operations.

Captain Spicer introduced a mo- tion picture which showed an in- cident in which Mobil, acting as the owner's agent under the terms of a charter party contract, prevented pollution by lightering the tanker

Silver Castle.

Multimillion Dollar

Contract Awarded To

Alabama Dry Dock

Esso Europe Inc. and Shell In- ternational Petroleum Maatschap- pij B.V. of London have awarded

Alabama Dry Diock and Shipbuild- ing of Mobile, Ala., a multimillion dollar contract to build a 400-foot long, 180-foot wide pipelaying barge. The vessel—due to be op- erational for the 1976 drilling sea- son in the North Sea—is designed for laying large-diameter pipe in water depths up to 1,000 feet. The barge will be equipped with a 500- ton revolving crane and a center ramp, with living accommodations for 250 men.

Conference On Texas

Ports And Waterways

Set For June 20-21

A conference to probe current and future problems of Texas's ports and waterways will be pre- sented in Houston June 20-21 by

Texas A & M University, the Tex- as Coastal and Marine Council, and the Texas Ports Association.

The one-and-a-half-day program will be at the Royal Coach Motor

Hotel, 7000 Southwest Freeway.

State Senator A.R. Schwartz of

Galveston will direct the opening session Thursday, June 20, on "Current Issues facing Texas

Ports." Senator Schwartz is chair- man of the Texas Coastal and Ma- rine Council.

The chairman of the Friday morning session on "Port Planning and Development" will be Willis

H. Clark, associate director of the

Texas A & M Sea Grant Program.

A1 Cisneros, director of the Port of Brownsville, will be chairman of a session Friday afternoon, on "The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway." w

The luncheon speaker Friday will be Armour Armstrong, direc- tor of the Office of Ports and Inter- modal Systems, U.S. Maritime Ad- ministration.

Other speakers and panelists will include Fred Ashford Jr., president of Seadock, Inc.; State Representa- tive Jim Clark of Pasadena; and

C.S. Devoy, director of the Port of Galveston and president of the

American Association of Port Au- thorities ; also, Wayne Etter, asso- ciate professor of finance at Texas

A & M; David Hughes, assistant chief of the transportation division,

Texas Attorney General's office, and Hugh Yantis, executive direc- tor of the Texas Water Quality

Board.

Conference coordinator is Dan

Bragg, associate research engineer with Texas A & M's Industrial

Economics Research Division (I.E.R.D.).

To register or obtain further in- formation about the program, write

I.E.R.D., P.O. Box 83 FM, College

Station, Texas 77843, or telephone (713) 845-5711. Registration fee is $25. yl# is still the largest

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