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APL Names Hubbard

Senior VP Operations

William B. Hubbard, former

Sea-Land Service, Inc., execu- tive, has been appointed to the newly created position of senior vice president-operations for

American President Lines. An- nouncement of the appointment was made by D.L. Commons, chief executive officer of APL and president of Natomas Com- pany, controlling' parent of APL.

Mr. Hubbard will have overall responsibility worldwide for

American President Lines' ma- rine and terminal operations, en- gineering- and equipment main- tenance. The appointment of Mr.

Hubbard, said Mr. Commons, strengthens the APL manage- ment and places more emphasis on increasing the operational ef- ficiency of the company.

Mr. Hubbard's appointment is effective immediately following more than 22 years of service with Sea-Land, Inc., where his diversified career spanned from sales representative to vice pres- ident and general manager, Med- iterranean Division. For the past year, he served as vice president and general manager of Indus- trial Opportunity Incorporated, a

McLean Industries company and corporate affiliate of Sea-Land.

He is a graduate of the United

States Merchant Marine Academy with a B.S. degree in marine transportation.

Mr. Hubbard will be located at

American President Lines' head- quarter offices, 1950 Franklin

Street, Oakland, Calif. 94612.

New National Supply

Anchoring Windlass

A new heavyweight anchoring windlass offering major advances in braking capability and load control has been developed by Na- tional Supply Company for semi- submersible drilling rigs and drillships. The company says the

D-520-E has been engineered to assure stability and safety under the higher loads resulting from the trend toward larger drilling vessels, greater operating depths and more severe offshore environ- ments.

The D-520-E is a double wild- cat, electrically powered design.

Key improvements that contrib- ute to greater load control are:

Almost twice the wildcat braking area of the largest windlasses pre- viously available from National

Supply; a new, optional hydro- dynamic auxiliary brake for con- trolled chain payout in deepwater mooring; and more positive, eas- ier-to-set chain stopper mechan- ism.

The water-cooled band brake area on the wildcat pinion shaft has been increased by 92 percent, with substantial gain in thermal performance.

A second band brake operates on the motor pinion shaft and re- leases automatically when the mo- tor is energized.

The combined capacity of the two brakes is 926,000 pounds. Na- tional says the rating is a "real" figure based on a friction coeffic- ient of .33 typical with moisture conditions on working rigs. Com- puted at a coefficient of .40, the rating would approach 1,500,000 pounds, the company notes.

For additional braking control,

National Supply offers as an op- tion the newly developed auxil- iary brake. Fitted to the gearbox, the brake is a hydrodynamic-type of essentially the same design as used on the drawworks. It was selected for its proven perform- ance and the familiarity of oil- field people with its operation and maintenance, says National Sup- ply-

National Supply manufactures the widest range of drilling, pro- duction and related equipment in the oil and gas industry. It pro- duces a complete line of windlass- es, winches and fairleaders for marine and drill rig mooring sys- tem. For literature on National

Supply's complete line of mooring equipment, write William D. Mar- mack, National Supply Co., Divi- sion of Armco Steel Corp., 1455

West Loop South, Houston, Tex- as 77027.

WE WAIT FOR THE SIGNAL AROUND SOUTHERN AFRICA,

Murray & Stewart Marine

Services are on permanent standby. For any form of ship repair, survey, diving, salvage and servicing your vessels by launch or helicopter, call us. You don't have to fly the flag.

A telephone call or telex will do.

JAPAN

Agent to be appointed shortly.

UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone: 01-2832651.

Samuel Stewart & Co. (London)

Ltd, Bevis Marks House,

Bevis Marks. London EC3A 7LD.

Telex: 886001. Mr. F. J. Emond.

UNITED STATES

Telephone: 212269-3170.

Marine Repair & Construction

Corporation International,

Suite 1127, 17 Battery Place,

New York, N.Y. 10004.

Telex: 12-9247. Mr. F. A. Ganter.

GREECE

Telephone: 4127210.

Lambert Brothers (Hellas), 1 MakrasStoas, Piraeus.

Telex: 212242.

Mr. P. G. Lefkaditis.

SCANDINAVIA

Telephone: 414765.

Titlestad & Hauger,

Prinsensgate 2, Oslo 1, Norway.

Telex: 11715.

Mr. O. M. Skau-Johansen.

GERMANY

Telephone: 366177.

Wilhelm Schmidt, Steckelhorn 9, 2000 Hamburg 11.

Telex: 215278. Mr. H. Schmidt.

HOLLAND

Telephone: 010-365500, Ext. 235.

Vinke & Co., Consulting

Engineers and Marine

Surveyors, 56 Westerstraat,

Rotterdam. Telex: 23516.

Telegrams: Vinkesurvey.

Mr. H. Van Son.

BELGIUM

Telephone: (031 >-335920.

Euro Shipping, Jordaenskaai 24,

B-2000 Antwerp. Telex: 31389.

MURRAY&STEWART

MARINE SERVICES

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES:

Murray & Stewart Marine (Pty) Ltd.

South African Diving

Services (Pty) Ltd., Southern

Offshore Supplies (Pty) Ltd.,

Land & Marine and Salvage

Contractors S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

Court Helicopters (Pty) Ltd.

ITALY

Telephone: 593331.

Cambiaso-Risso & C.S.p.A.

Corso Andrea Podesta 1, 16121 Genoa. Telex: 28284

Amarge, 28265 or 27203 Gipenna.

Mr. J. Kuiper.

CAPE TOWN: Box 1909, C.T. 8000.

Telephone 55-1375. Telegrams

Mustmarine C.T. Telex 570817SA

DURBAN: Box 18102, Dalbridge 4014. Telephone 47-9361.

Telex 64318SA.

PORT ELIZABETH: Box 12017,

Centrahil 6006. Telephone 28106.

Telex 747799SA.

FRANCE

Telephone: 553,11-49.

S.O.C.O.M.E.T., AUVREY et cie, 26 Avenue Victor Hugo, 75116 Paris.Telex: 630236.

Mr. P. Folliard.

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