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Atlantic Sandblasting

Receives Fourteen-Ship

Mexican Contract

Atlantic Sandblasting & Coat- ings, Inc. was recently awarded a sandblasting and coatings con- tract for a total of 14 ships by

PEMEX and Sociedad Civil Sec- cion of Mexico.

The first ship of a total of 14, the Plan de Guadalupe, arrived in Tampa, Fla., on August 29.

Louis Preziosi, president of At- lantic Sandblasting and Coatings,

Inc., has been negotiating the contract for over a year with the owners.

The sandblasting and coating project for internal tank linings will be performed in conjunction with Tampa Ship Repair & Dry

Dock Co., Inc., a division of The

American Ship Building Company.

Atlantic Sandblasting & Coatings,

Inc., is the prime contractor, and is subcontracting the pier facili- ties and various services from

Tampa Ship.

Matthew E. Clark Jr., vice president of sales and marketing of Atlantic Sandblasting & Coat- ings, Inc., is coordinating all ac- tivities with Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co.

Kenneth Lang, vice president of production, is presently over- seeing major sandblasting and

What's up dock?

Tracor Marine's new 500-foot, 10,000 ton drydock — that's what's up, kind sir, (or madam, ifyou please).

It's coming in December just in time for the major overhauls of the year, right.7 It puts us, and sunny South

Florida, in a new market for ship over- hauls. Before you decide where your ship's having its next facelift, call us.

Tracor Marine, Inc. no.Box 13107,Port Everglades, Florida 33316,

Phone (305) 463-1211, Miami (305) 949-8191,

TWX 510-955-9864. coating projects at Maryland

Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. and also Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry- dock Corp., but will be joining the blasting and coating project in Tampa in the near future.

Atlantic Sandblasting & Coat- ings, Inc. has been in business for over 20 years, and has grown into one of the leading sandblast- ing and coating contractors in the marine industry. Atlantic Sand- blasting & Coatings, Inc., main office is at 505 Faulkenburg Road,

Tampa, Fla. 33619, with branch offices in New York, N.Y. and San

Francisco, Calif.

Maritime Transport

Overseas Inc. Names

Templet Executive VP

John V. Templet has been ap- pointed executive vice president and director of Maritime Trans- port Overseas Inc., 2100 Travis—

Suite 1207, Houston, Texas 77002.

Joining the firm as a managing partner, Mr. Templet brings to the company over 20 years' ex- perience in all phases of inter- national ocean transportation.

MTO's North American head office is located in Houston, with other offices in New York and

Montreal. The firm's corporate headquarters are in Dusseldorf,

West Germany, with other offices in Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp,

London, and Paris. The company also has offices in Iran, Saudi

Arabia, the United Arab Emir- ates, and Oman.

The MTO group of companies specializes in the worldwide trans- portation of project cargoes. Aside from ocean transportation, the company is active in terminal op- erations, stevedoring, and inland transportation.

New Launch Service For

Port Of Corpus Christi

Penguin International, Inc. has announced the formation of the

Water Taxi Company to provide launch service to the ships an- chored off the Port Aransas (Texas) Bar. The launch service is available to all vessels, and will provide 24-hour service (by ap- pointment with ship's agent) for transporting people and supplies.

Prior Customs and Immigration permission will be required of all vessels not having a U.S. Clear- ance. The Water Taxi Company, with Capt. Jim Murchison, pres- ident, and W.N. Guild, executive vice president, is operating the

TAXI I, its 12.8-meter-long (about 42 feet), aluminum launch, out of

Port Aransas. The twin-screw, diesel vessel can carry 2,800 kilos (about 6,173 pounds) of supplies, plus six passengers, and is fully insured.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting your steamship agent or by writing to

W.N. Guild, P.O. Box 4720, Cor- pus Christi, Texas 78408. 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News