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Bynum And Barker

Join Houston-Based ETA

In Managerial Posts

Ted R. Barker II Douglas Bynum Jr.

Engineering Technology Analysts, Inc. continues to expand its staff and capabilities with the announcement that Ted R. Barker

II and Douglas Bynum Jr. have joined the

Houston-based firm. Mr. Barker was named vice president and general manager and Mr.

Bynum manager of research engineering.

Mr. Barker was formerly the marketing division manager, Oilfield Products Division, for Gray Tool Company in Houston, where he supervised the marketing of the subsea well completion product line.

With ETA, he is primarily responsible for the coordination of engineering design and analysis projects and the supervision of all project managers. ETA is a Houston-based engineering design and consulting firm. The firm specializes in the design and analysis of offshore structures, marine pipelaying, and pipe stress analysis. Additionally, ETA has designed a new generation of offshore drilling units for operation in 200 to 600-foot water depths.

Mr. Barker has had corporate responsibil- ity for program management, engineering, production, and supervision of all product lines for an offshore systems firm. He was also responsible for the identification and penetration of the subsea market for an off- shore tool company and has worked with the development of power supplies, control systems (mechanical, electronic, and acous- tical), wellhead equipment, blowout prevent- ers, riser systems, and others.

With ETA, Mr. Bynum is responsible for technical studies and operational problems with marine pipelay. He is also responsible for the design and evaluation of advanced types of offshore mobile exploratory drilling vessels and new designs of production plat- forms for deepwater operations. Mr. Bynum is additionally involved in economic analyses and corporate planning for rig owners. He has an instrumental role in environmental studies concerned with precluding or con- taining oil spills, and in various patent stud- ies for ETA's clients.

Before joining ETA, Mr. Bynum was man- ager of the research and development de- partment of The Offshore Company in Hous- ton, where he was responsible for advanced rig design, patent studies, and special hard- ware developments.

ETA is an engineering design and con- sulting firm now in its fifth year of business, with the home office at 4140 S.W. Freeway,

Houston, Texas 77027, and representative offices in Edinburgh, Scotland; Oslo, Nor- way, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ETA special- izes in the complete design and analysis of mobile and fixed offshore structures, marine pipelaying, and piping system analysis and design.

New Orleans Propeller Club,

Largest In U.S., Elects Officers —Larry Guerin Named President

Larry Guerin, director of public relations and advertising for Lykes Bros. Steamship

Co., Inc., has been elected president of The

Propeller Club of New Orleans, the nation's largest, with a membership of more than 800. It marked the second time Mr. Guerin was named to head the maritime industry group, having served as president during 1959-60.

Other top officers elected were Roy J.

Dupre, Southern regional sales manager of

Federal Barge Lines, named vice president;

Capt. Dan Kirby, vice president of Delta

Steamship Lines, chosen as second vice president; Wilson F. Beavers III, senior av- erage adjuster for the C.A. Sporl Division of Frank B. Hall & Co., secretary, and Sam

Giallanza, senior vice president of the New

Orleans Steamship Association, elected treas- urer.

Elected to the board of governors were

J. Clarke Berry, vice president of Canal

Barge Lines; David M. Brown Jr., Regional

Ports and Intermodal Systems Officer of the

U.S. Maritime Administration; Gregory

Ecuyer, assistant vice president, T. Smith and Sons; Edwin Hartzman, president of

Avondale Shipyards; William Jackson, LNG project engineer, of Avondale Shipyards,

Robert C. Leininger, president George M.

Leininger & Co.; John Meghrian, general manager of the New Orleans Division of

Todd Shipyards Corp.; Capt. Danny Meyers

Jr., president of the Associated Branch Pi- lots, and E.J. Pic Jr., damage claims man- ager of T. Smith and Sons. * / PPt/'r /rVfrCJ SZ<&SO&&2

NEW ESSO TANKER: The Esso Honolulu, a 278,922- dwt tanker built at Hitachi Zosen's Sakai Shipyard, was recently delivered to her owner, Esso Tankers,

Inc. This is the second of these 280,000-dwt tankers

Hitachi Zosen has developed as a standard econom- ical vessel. The approximate measurements and prin- cipal particulars are: length between perpendiculars, 1,066 feet; breadth (molded) 174 feet; depth (molded) 93 feet, and cargo oil tank capacity, 341,012.1 cubic meters. The main engine is a Hitachi UA-360 type steam turbine with a maximum output of 36,000 horsepower, providing a maximum trial speed of 16.081 knots. The tanker has an ABS classification.

ENGINEERS

COME ABOARD

SUN SHIP!

Decades of shipbuilding experience have made SUN

SHIP one of the most successful and innovative pri- vately operated shipyards in the country. Our current expansion will enable SUN SHIP to not only meet both the short and long term demands of the indus- try, but also to offer qualified engineers the follow- ing opportunities:

ELECTRICAL

Degreed individual with 2-3 years Marine, Industrial or Utility experience. Facilities and design positions.

MECHANICAL

Openings in Facilities, estimating and design posi- tions for degreed candidates with 2-5 years Marine/

Industrial experience.

PROGRAMMER

Naval Architect or Structural Engineering degree with a minimum of 2 years experience in Computer

Programming to support a large Ship Design Pro- gram. Candidates should be familiar with FORTRAN,

Assembly Language and Programming in numerical control.

WELDING

Senior welding engineer with BS in metallurgical en- gineering. Minimum of 6 years experience in pro- duction control, metallurgy, and equipment develop- ment, preferably in shipbuilding or heavy fabrication.

Candidate should have supervisory experience.

INDUSTRIAL

BS Degree, minimum of 7 years experience in ship- building or heavy fabrication. Welding experience desired. Candidate should have a knowledge of in- centive programs and an ability to set up perform- ance standards. Supervisory experience required.

GUARANTEE

Merchant Marine graduate or equivalent. Minimum of 2 years Seatime as operating engineer. Must have assistant engineer's license or chief engineer's li- cense. Should have a basic knowledge of ship layout and machinery plant operation.

ESTIMATORS

Engineering degree minimum 5 years experience in new ship and/or repair estimating. Candidates should have broad range of experience in Machinery,

Piping, Structural and Electrical estimating.

We offer an excellent starting salary, as well as comprehensive benefits. Qualified candidates are in- vited to forward their resumes in complete confi- dence to Personnel Manager.

SUN SHIP

Foot of Morton Ave.

Chester, Pa. 19013

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F

NAVAL ARCHITECT

Small East Coast shipyard has opening for naval archi- tect to design and supervise construction of small steel commercial vessels.

Please send resume and salary required in first letter to:

Box 716 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News 107 East 31 Street New York, N. Y. 10016

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