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New Gamlen Marine

Sales Manager Named

William F. O'Brien Jr.

The appointment of William F.

O'Brien Jr. to marine sales man- ager in charge of Gamlen Chem- ical Company's key North Amer- ican Zone Operations, based in

Saddle Brook, N.J., has been an- nounced by R.A. Gamlen, presi- dent.

Mr. O'Brien, with 30 years of experience in chemical specialty sales, is a registered professional engineer (chemical), and belongs to The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers.

Pointing out recent changes in modern maritime transportation,

Gamlen continues to revitalize its technical-sales organization to better serve this growing inter- national market, according to the firm's president.

A division of Sybron Corpora- tion, Gamlen is a major supplier of marine chemical products and technology, including tank clean- ing systems, in all major ports and cities around the world.

American Bureau Enters

Reciprocal Agreement

With Germanischer Lloyd

The American Bureau of Ship- ping and Germanischer Lloyd re- cently signed a memorandum of agreement for mutual assistance in the performance of surveys.

This agreement shall apply to as- sistance from one society to the other rendered by making avail- able upon request the services of its exclusive surveyors to carry out surveys independently or in company with the surveyors of the other society. It is intended that this agreement may be in- voked on a worldwide basis.

Further information is avail- able at the head offices of the two societies.

National Cargo Bureau

Announces Appointments

The National Cargo Bureau,

Suite 2757, One World Trade Cen- ter, New York, N.Y. 10048, has announced the following person- nel changes:

Capt. James B. Mason has been appointed technical assistant in its New York office effective Au- gust 5, 1974. Captain Mason is a graduate of the New York State

Maritime Academy, Fort Schuyl- er. He has been employed with the Bureau since 1969. His first

September 1, 1974 assignment was in San Francisco and later at Galveston, Texas, where he has been serving as senior surveyor for the last four years.

Capt. Benjamin P. Nieves has been promoted to senior surveyor in their Galveston office effective

August 5, 1974. Captain Nieves is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant

Marine Academy, Kings Point,

N.Y., and has been employed by the Bureau since 1965. He has had assignments at several Bu- reau ports, the most recent of which has been at Houston, Texas.

Captain Robert R. Mundell has been promoted to senior surveyor at the Portland, Ore., office suc- ceeding Capt. Alden B. Johnson who retired August 1, 1974. Cap- tain Mundell is a graduate of the

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, and has served at the Portland office of the Bu- reau since 1968.

The National Cargo Bureau is a nationwide nonprofit member- ship organization dedicated to the safe stowage, securing and un- loading of cargo on all vessels for the purpose of claims prevention.

It formulates recommendations to the Government on safe stowage of dangerous goods and other car- goes, and offers low-cost cargo loading inspection service (break- bulk and containers), and inspec- tion of cargo handling gear.

Time spent in dock is time wasted.

To keep your vessels running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we've developed the Syntron "Face Type" Marine Shaft Seal for the tail shafts of new or exist- ing ocean going and fresh water vessels.

The "face type" stern seal has a stand-by inflatable ring providing a temporary seal while repairs are made with vessel afloat.

Other exclusive features include:

Split seal housing; no dynamic contact with shaft—sealing takes place on surface of housing; seal cavity designed to accept stan- dard packing in an emergency.

Syntron "face type" seals are supplied complete, ready for in- stallation and can be applied to tail shafts of from 3%" diameter and up. Send us your specs and we'll be glad to submit recom- mendations for your application.

Bulkhead Seals —with split face seal advantages. For shaft diam- eters of 4" and up. "Cartridge Seals" —for oil or water lubricated stern tubes.

Shaft diameters up to 15". "STS" System—a complete pack- age for oil-filled stern tubes.

On Board Pump Seal —designed to eliminate the leakage around the shafts of rotating equipment.

Rudder Stock Marine Seal—split construction allows installation without the removal of rudder stock. For shaft diameters of 6" and up.

For detailed information, contact Ed Krisak:

FMC Corporation

Material Handling Equipment Div.

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