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Oceaneering Int'l

Names Thomas West 4,300-cubic-meter trailer suction hopper dredge of split-hull de- sign, which will utilize a design concept originated by IHC-Hol- land. McMullen Associates will be responsible for preparation of the contract drawings and regulatory body approvals to American stand- ards and practice.

John P. Martin has been des- ignated as president of Dredge

Technology Corporation. Mr. Mar- tin is a graduate of Virginia Poly- technic Institute with a B.Sc. degree in naval architecture, and holds an M.S. degree in nautical engineering from Stevens Insti- tute of Technology. Mr. Martin has been associated with John J.

McMullen Associates, Inc. since 1965, and for the past several years has served as vice presi- dent of that company's Flume

Stabilization System Division.

McMullen Associates is an en- gineering consulting company serving the marine transportation industry in areas of naval ar- chitecture, marine engineering, transportation economics, and project management.

IHC-Holland is the largest sup- plier of dredge engineering and technology in the world, and has four building yards in Holland.

The company has provided more than 150 dredges of various types and sizes to the world market in the past five years.

Thomas C. West

Oceaneering International, Inc., 10575 Katy Freeway, Houston,

Texas 77024, has announced the appointment of Thomas C. West as manager-Welding Development

Program. The welding develop- ment operations are based in the company's Morgan City, La., office.

Mr. West is responsible for coordi- nating and advancing Oceaneer- ing's underwater welding capabil- ities in support of the offshore oil industry and other underwater installations.

Prior to joining Oceaneering,

Mr. West spent 18 years working for the U.S. Navy in many phases of welding, from interpretation of nondestructive test results in sup- port of welder qualification and production welding, to serving as technical manager of the Navy's underwater welding program in connection with Naval ship de- activation.

Oceaneering is one of the world's largest diving and under- water construction contractors.

Dredge Technology Corp.

Formed In New York

John J. McMullen Associates,

Inc., naval architects, marine en- gineers and consultants of New

York, N.Y., and IHC-Holland of

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, an- nounce their joint establishment of Dredge Technology Corpora- tion at Suite 3000, One World

Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048. Dredge Technology Corpo- ration, which is 50 percent owned by each of the sponsoring corpo- rations, will provide U.S. dredg- ing companies, shipyards and gov- ernment agencies with the design and engineering services required for construction and modification of all types of dredges. Dredge

Technology Corporation will also be prepared to provide a full range of dredging equipment to such parties, utilizing the tech- nology and equipment developed by IHC-Holland over the past 100 years.

Dredge Technology Corporation will have full access to the spe- cialized know-how, experienced and technology of both compa- nies, with particular respect to the highly specialized experience and knowledge of IHC-Holland in the field of dredge technology.

The first project assigned to

Dredge Technology Corporation is the contract design of a new

November 1, 1977 57

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