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Zapata Names Four

Senior Executives

To New Posts

Zapata Corporation, Zapata

Tower, P.O. Box 4240, Houston,

Texas 77001, has announced that its board of directors has elected four senior corporate executives to new posts.

Zapata said that Ronald C. Las- siter and Michael R. Naess, who have been executive vice presi- dents and chief operating officers of the company's natural resource products and services groups, re- spectively, have been named sen- ior executive vice presidents. Mr.

Lassiter will continue to head the products group, which includes copper and coal mining, as well as menhaden, anchovy and tuna fishing. Mr. Naess will remain re- sponsible for the services group, which involves offshore drilling, marine services, bulk shipping, construction and dredging.

The company said that Robert

B. Wall, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has been promoted to executive vice pres- ident and chief financial officer.

Paul L. Kelly, vice president- administration, has been promoted to senior vice president-corporate affairs. Under Mr. Wall are the company's accounting, treasury and tax departments, and inves- tor relations, while Mr. Kelly is responsible for legal affairs, the corporate secretary function, and governmental, public and em- ployee relations.

Booklet Describes

Vinyl Coatings For

Corrosion Control

A new 20-page, four-color book- let from Union Carbide Corpora- tion discusses the use of vinyl maintenance paints for protecting steel and other substrates from corrosion. The coatings described are one-package systems that can be formulated from solution vinyl resins to comply with current air pollution control regulations, and be applied in as few as one or two coats.

The differences between con- ventional and high-build vinyl paints, and between vinyl primers and topcoats, are explained in the booklet. Also summarized are the factors involved in choosing zinc- rich or other primers which meet particular requirements for vinyl maintenance systems. In addition, there is a section that points out where not to use vinyl paints.

Tips on writing specifications for high-performance vinyl sys- tems are presented. An aid to evaluating paint failure is pro- vided in the form of a table that lists particular types of failure, and indicates their possible causes.

A section on using vinyl paints covers surface preparation, ap- plication methods and thinning precautions.

Copies of "Vinyl Coatings for

Corrosion Control," designated

F-46055, can be obtained by writ- ing to J.L. Shalhoup, Union Car- bide Corporation, Coatings Mate- rials, 270 Park Avenue, New

York, N.Y. 10017.

Rhode Island Shipyard

Appoints Roland Marine

Michael Collins, executive vice president of Newport Ship Yard,

Inc., 379 Thames Street, Newport,

R.I. 02840, has announced the appointment of Roland Marine,

Inc. as sales representative for both the East and Gulf Coasts.

Roland Marine, with offices in

New York, N.Y., and Houston,

Texas, will serve as direct liaison to the yard, and will provide a source of immediate response to inquiries for specific services as relates to Newport Ship Yard's capabilities in both the new con- struction and repairs areas.

Newport Ship Yard, one of the country's oldest operating marine firms, was founded in 1834, and has since grown in capabilities.

They have two marine railways, capable of handling vessels up to 330 feet in overall length and 63 feet in beam.

Specific information may be ob- tained from Lawrence J. Trudeau,

Roland Marine, Inc., One State

Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004.

P.O. Box 608 SavahnanVGeorgia 13402 U.S.A. -Jjjfcfepbone (g12| 233-3003 Telex 546409

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REVOLVING GANTRY CRANES

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DOCKS, BRIBGTS DREDGING CONSTRUCTION

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We Work Hard to Sell Ybu!

Atork Harder to Keen Ydu Sold I

At Diamond we manufacture material handling equipment. We've been doing it for more than a quarter of a century now, and our people have been in on some of the major developments in the ^ crane industry.

It didn't take long to discoverthat you work as hard as we do, and that you need Aysy equipment that can meet your demands.J^uM

That's what we produce - talk / % / to anyone who's using a Diamond ft' \J/f crane, and they'II tell m /fJ you the same thing. / t\

Anyone Can Build or Repair a Boom in One Week!?

Every minute that your equipment is down costsyou money. It could also cost us anoth- er sale. So, after we sell you a piece of ma- terial handling equipment, we work doubly hard to keep you happy with it. Forinstance, we have built and GjgJiyered or repaired and delivered booms iflcrie week-One week from receiptofordmtiatis.

So, when it comes time to shop around for material handling equipment, look for someone who'lljkeep you happy after the sale! , , ^DIAMOND I I 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News