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Matson Navigation

Names Michael Wasacz

Michael S. Wasacz, a Matson

Navigation Company vice presi- dent, has been appointed assist- ant area manager-Hawaii, it was announced by R.J. Pfeiffer, pres- ident.

Mr. Wasacz, in his new duties as vice president, assistant area manager-Hawaii, will report to

James L. Reid, senior vice presi- dent, area manager-Hawaii.

Mr. Wasacz, who recently com- pleted a six-week executive pro- gam in business administration at Columbia University, formerly served as vice president, area manager-southern California, and before that was area manager- northern California.

He started with Matson in 1959 in New York, and later held man- agerial posts in San Francisco,

Portland, Seattle and Los An- geles. He became a vice president in 1976, following a year's special assignment with Matson Termi- nals, Inc., a Matson subsidiary.

ABS Classes 127 New

Vessels In September

The American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) classed 127 new ves- sels worldwide in September. The vessels totaled 1,705,864 dead- weight tons, or 940,520 gross tons, and included 13 bulk carriers, four very large crude carriers (VLCCs), one roll-on/roll-off ve- hicle carrier, and two tugboats designed to operate as part of two rigidly integrated tug-barge units.

The bulk carriers, all built in

Japan, range in size from the 14,924-dwt, twin-screw Tarpon, built by Hitachi Shipbuilding &

Engineering Co., Ltd., Mukai- shima, for Lib-Ore Steamship

Company, Inc., Monrovia, Liberia, to the 36,360-dwt Rimba Sepetir, built by Osaka Shipbuilding Co.,

Ltd., Osaka, for Malaysia Inter- national Shipping Corp., Berhad,

Kuala Lumpur.

The largest VLCC classed was the David Packard of 406,592 dwt, owned by Chevron Transport

Corp., Monrovia, and built by

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.,

Nagasaki, Japan. Other VLCCs classed were the 250,621-dwt

Italian-flag Agip Abruzzo, built by

Italcantieri, S.p.A., Monfalcone, for SNAM, S.p.A., Milan; and the 153,843-dwt Arco Mariner and 153,829-dwt Arco Discovery, both built by Mitsubishi Heavy Indus- tries, Ltd., Nagasaki, for Sequoia

Marine Corporation, Monrovia.

All four VLCCs classed are fitted with an inert gas system and incorporate various grades of higher strength steel in their con- struction.

The roll-on / roll-off carrier classed is the Westward Venture, a three-deck vessel built by Sun

Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.,

Chester, Pa., for 675 Leasing

Co., Wilmington, Del. The ship can carry 395 trailers and 66 au- tomobiles.

Classed in September was the twin-screw Seabulk Magnachem, a catamaran tugboat designed to operate as part of a rigidly inte- grated tug-barge unit. The 116- foot-long tug, with a diesel drive totaling 14,000 bhp, propels a 582- foot-long barge by fitting securely around the stern of the barge.

The unit is held rigidly in place by a system of hydraulically op- erated wedges. The United States- flag tug was built by Kelso Ma- rine, Inc., Galveston, Texas, for

Central National Bank of Cleve- land as Trustee, Cleveland, Ohio.

Also classed, and designed as part of a rigidly integrated tug- barge unit, was the twin-screw

Valerie F, built by Southern Ship- building Corp., Slidell, La., for

Intercoastal Bulk Carriers, Inc.,

San Francisco, Calif. This 151- foot-long tug, with a diesel drive totaling 16,000 bhp, is secured by means of a system of hydrauli- cally operated wedges and jacks into the stern notch of a 620- foot-long barge.

The American Bureau of Ship- ping is a nongovernmental, world- wide ship classification society which establishes internationally accepted standards, called Rules, for the design, construction, and periodic survey of merchant ves- sels and other marine structures.

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Telex messages, and all system operations, annotated with GMT, are supplied by the teleprinter.

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Modular Flexibility

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The single cable between antenna and elec- tronics may be of any length. Modular components allow variety of install- ations to fit cramped ship spaces.

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