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Wheeler Shipbuilding

Corporation Reestablished

Wesley D. Wheeler, president of Wesley D. Wheeler Associates,

Ltd., has reestablished Wheeler

Shipbuilding Corporation, a com- pany headed by his late father, which produced numerous vessels during World War II for the

United States Army and Navy, leading to a peak production staff of up to 6,000 during the height of the hostilities. The shipbuild- ing headquarters are located at 104 East 40th Street, New York,

N.Y. 10016.

Wesley D. Wheeler

The corporation is presently as- sisting owners in the construction of new tonnage worldwide and is presently contracted for the plan approval and coordination of four 909-TEU, 19-knot containerships for worldwide trading. These ves- sels are being built by Namura

Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan, in their new Imari facility for S.S.I.

Navigation of Liberia, Inc.

This new Imari plant is well equipped to meet the very rig- orous delivery schedules com- mencing July 1978. The Wheeler organization is expending every effort to insure the coordination of the rigid requirements of the owner with the yard's production.

U.S. Lines Names

Peter Higgins To Post

In Southeast Asia

Peter Higgins has been ap- pointed sales manager for South- east Asia by United States Lines,

Inc., with his office now located in Hong Kong. The announcement was made by Frank D. Troxel, vice president of the company, who stated that Mr. Higgins will be responsible for all United

States Lines' sales activities in

Southeast Asia.

United States Lines currently provides weekly service in the area for Hong Kong, Taiwan,

Manila, Thailand, Malaysia and

Indonesia.

Prior to his new assignment,

Mr. Higgins was Owners Repre- sentative for the Lines in Taiwan.

United States Lines operates a fleet of 39 modern vessels, includ- ing 17 high-speed, high-capacity containerships in its 15,000-mile

Tri-Continent Service between

Europe, the East and West Coasts of the United States, Bermuda,

Panama, Costa Rica, Hawaii,

Guam, and Far East and South- east Asian ports.

Hubbard And Roberts

Named APL Directors

William B. Hubbard, senior vice president-operations of American

President Lines, and John C. Rob- erts, vice president-corporate de- velopment of Natomas Company, have been elected directors of

American President Lines.

Mr. Hubbard, who has more than 22 years of experience in steamship and intermodal opera- tions and sales, joined APL in

August to head up the company's marine and terminal operations, and equipment maintenance. He is a graduate of the U.S. Mer- chant Marine Academy with a B.S. degree in marine transportation.

Mr. Roberts, who joined Na- tomas in 1974 after holding cor- porate planning positions with

Del Rey Capital Corporation and

Occidental Petroleum Corpora- tion, both of Los Angeles, also presently serves as chief operat- ing officer of Thermal Power Com- pany, Natomas's 98 percent owned geothermal steam exploration and development subsidiary. He holds an MBS degree from the Harvard

Graduate School of Business Ad- ministration and a B.S. degree from the University of Nevada.

American President Lines is a 54-percent owned subsidiary of

Natomas Company.

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