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Dravo Corporation Names

M.B. Meyer And J.J. Burke

M. Bruce Meyer has been ap- pointed regional vice president,

Far East, for Dravo International, with responsibility for spearhead- ing and coordinating Dravo Cor- poration's marketing activities in that area.

J.J. Burke, formerly Dravo's regional marketing manager, Far

East, will assist Mr. Meyer as general marketing manager.

Mr. Meyer was appointed

Dravo's corporate representative in the Philippines a year ago, fol- lowing 28 years with Exxon Corp., primarily in the Far East. He has had extensive general manage- ment and marketing experience in the Philippines as vice presi- dent and director, Esso Philip- pines, as well as in Japan, Taiwan,

Hong Kong, India, Australia, Ma- laysia and Pakistan. He will be headquartered in Manila.

Mr. Burke has been with Dravo for 15 years, primarily in engi- neering, sales and project man- agement for the company's En- gineering Construction Division.

A graduate of the University of

Pittsburgh, he will be headquar- tered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dravo is a diversified engineering, con- struction and manufacturing firm involved in power generation, pol- lution control, chemical process- ing, petroleum, mining, minerals and metals processing, heavy con- struction, bulk materials handling, urban development, river trans- portation and shipbuilding.

Hitachi Zosen Creates

New Ship Conversion

Planning Department

To strengthen its service capa- bilities to shipowners the world over, Hitachi Zosen has recently established a Ship Conversion

Planning Department as part of the Administration Division of the Shipbuilding Headquarters.

The new department began oper- ations on April 1, 1977.

The new department is orga- nized specifically to meet ship- owners' fleet diversification re- quirements through ship conver- sions. For this purpose, Hitachi

Zosen's technologies and capabil- ities in the design and construc- tion of new ships will be fully and effectively utilized.

Saburo Iwasaki

Director Saburo Iwasaki, gen- eral manager of the Ship Admin- istration Division, will serve con- currently as manager of the new department.

The Ship Conversion Planning

Department will (1) prepare de- signs based on shipowners' con- version requirements and supply shipowners with plans, in close coordination with Hitachi Zosen's sales divisions and its network of overseas offices and agencies, and (2) establish a centralized infor- mation control system based on shipowners' requests and compile same using Hitachi Zosen's stock of data on design, cost estimates and construction records from the company's works and ship- yards. This will greatly enhance the company's business capabil- ities and allow it to respond speed- ily to shipowners' requirements.

DeLong Corp. Receives $1,600,000 Barge Award

DeLong Corporation, 29 Broad- way, New York, N.Y. 10004, is being awarded a $1,664,988 time and material contract for reha- bilitation of two barges for trans- portation to overseas operation in connection with the United States

Army Europe Project. Work will be performed at Galveston, Texas.

The St. Louis Engineer District,

St. Louis, Mo., is the contracting activity.

CARRINGTOH SLIPWAYS

PTY. LTD AUSTRALIA

One Punt Road, Tomago, N.S.W. 2322

Telephone (049) 64 8071, Telex AA28185,

Cable "Carringtons"

M.T. "Broadsound" 35M Tug powered by two 2800 S.H.P. en- gines producing a bollard pull of 75 tonnes.

The tug is fitted with towing equipment incorporating the double drum "Donkin" tow- ing winch and stowage reel. "Broadsound" also is fitted with a high pressure foam/ water/jet spray fire monitor installed atop the wheelhouse.

Middle East

Sales Manager: John Skelton, P.O. Box 4134, Nicosia, CYPRUS. Telex: 2331 Mickey's Attn. Skelton

European Agent' EuroPean Marine & Machinery Agencies, Balmer Lawn Rd., Brockenhurst, Hants

S04 766, ENGLAND

Telex 47509

Protect shafts from abrasion with long-life

Morse Marine Bearings

Morse Marine Bearings offer a fluted liner of Neolastic"" rubber that lasts 10 times longer than hard bearing surfaces. It rejects abrasive materials and allows lubricating water to flush them out through grooved channels. Sizes for shafts from to 15!' Available from stock through your nearest Morse Service Center:

Aurora, III.; Hasbrouck Hts., N.J.; Atlanta, Ga.; Dallas,

Tex.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Toronto, Ont., and Vancouver,

B.C. Morse Chain, Div. of Borg-Warner Corp., Ithaca, N.Y.

How To Lift a 12,400 lb. Anchor

With Your

Finger

When Avondale Shipyards of Louisiana needed two heavy-duty capstan- windlasses for a C.F.

Industries bulk cargo barge, they called New

England Trawler Equip- ment Company. Each of i FP II H IS these 17,000 lb. brutes S

I 1 can lift a 12,400 lb. anchor from 165 fathoms, driven by a central electro- hydraulic power unit with infinitely variable, remote fingertip speed control. Included in the package were 4 electro-hydraulic mooring winches with rated pulls of 18,000 lbs. at controlled speeds. No matter how big or small your deck power needs may be, contact

NETECO - the problem-solvers with 51 years of tradition.

The Company that Builds to Last . . . Endures.

New England Trawler Equipment Co. 291 Eastern Avenue, Chelsea, Mass. 02150 (617) 884-4354

Representatives

VERNON A. OLSON, Glenside, Pa. 215-886-8268

OARSTONE CORP., New Orleans, La. 504-525-2231

EAGLE MARINE, INC., Jacksonville, Fla. 904-399-1522

CENTURY MARINE & INDUSTRIAL CO., San Francisco, Ca. 415-431-2211

BRADING EQUIPMENT SALES, LTD., Montreal, Que. 514-481-7743

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