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Gulf+Western Awarded $5.2-MiHion Nuclear

Sub Components Contract

The Gulf+Western Manufac- turing Company, Oak Brook, 111., has reported that its Energy Pro- ducts Group has received con- tracts valued at $5.2 million for piping components for nuclear submarines from the Electric

Boat Division of General Dynam- ics Corporation. G+W Manufac- turing is a unit of Gulf+Western

Industries, Inc.

The contract includes piping components used on SSN-688-class nuclear attack submarines. Hie components, which will be pro- duced at the Memphis plant of the Energy Products Group's

Taylor Forge Division, will be provided over the next four years.

The new contract brings to nearly $12 million the value of piping systems components pro- vided by the Energy Products

Group for use on SSN-688-class submarines. Previously, the

Energy Products unit supplied components for nuclear subma- rines built by Electric Boat and

Newport News Shipbuilding a,nd

Dry Dock Company, a division of

Tenneco Corporation.

Taylor Forge has been a sup-

TODD when ship operators want ship repair done right...and they want it done fast...they

This busy 75-acre plant is located on the Houston ship channel, in the nation's third busiest port. The efficiently organized work areas are equipped with heavy- duty lifting gear and the most advanced power tooling. The Houston plant spec- ializes in barge construction—tank barges, bulk cargo, hopper, pipe laying, and derrick barges; also self-propelled vessels. Outstanding record for custom-built floating equipment at assembly-line costs, and highest quality ship repairing.

TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION: New York • Brooklyn • New Orleans • Galveston • Houston • Los Angeles • San Francisco ' Alameda • Seattle

Executive offices: One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004. (212) 344-6900. Cable: "Robin" New York. "late plier of nuclear submarine com- ponents since the United States' first nuclear submarine, the Nau- tilus, was commissioned in 1954.

Energy Products Group is a newly formed unit of Gulf+

Western Manufacturing Com- pany. The Group consists of 39 production operations in eight countries. It is a major integrated producer of forged and fabricated piping systems and components serving nuclear and energy pro- ducing industries on a global basis. Energy Products has a cur-

Tent sales base of $200 million, assets of $100 million and em- ploys 5,000 persons.

Oceans International

Appoints Pereira VP 60

Melvin C. Pereira Jr.

Burnell Russell, president of

Oceans International Corporation, has announced the appointment of Melvin C. Pereira Jr. as vice president and general manager.

A 15-year maritime veteran,

Mr. Pereira will be involved with all of Oceans International's of- fices, including Houston head- quarters, Galveston, New Orleans, and New York City.

Prior to joining Oceans Inter- national, Mr. Pereira was with

Bay-Houston Towing Company in

Houston, and Waterman Steam- ship Corporation in Galveston.

Oceans International represents

American Offshore, Inc.; Cook

Transportation Systems, Inc.;

Maritime Service, Inc.; Trans- american Ocean Contractors, and

Transamerican Steamship Corpo- ration.

The firm also services offshore petroleum industry vessels, in- cluding preparation of customs and other Government required forms, both domestic and foreign; ordering of fuel and supplies; making port arrangements, and providing owner representation for foreign-flag vessels.

Tidal Company Names

Swanton Executive VP

Gerald F. Swanton has been named executive vice president of Tidal Co., Inc., New York-based steamship and stevedore agents, the company announced.

Mr. Swanton, a vice president of Southeastern Maritime Co., was formerly a vice president of operations for Netumar Interna- tional, and vice president and di- rector of Moore-McCormack Lines.

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