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Strachan Shipping Co.

Elects Mickey Lane

To Board Of Directors

Mickey Lane

The election of Mickey Lane, vice president of Strachan Ship- ping Company, to the board of di- rectors was announced by Thomas

H. Adams, president of Strachan

Shipping Company.

Mr. Lane, vice president-West

Gulf for Strachan, has been as- sociated with the firm for the past 17 years.

Also announced was the promo- tion of Ben Hanson from Hous- ton manager to assistant vice president-West Gulf Agency, and the appointment of Jules Ver- berne as assistant vice president-

West Gulf Stevedoring and Ter- minal Operations.

Strachan Shipping Company,

Inc., ship agents and stevedores, represents a number of ship lines servicing the United Kingdom,

North Europe and Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, Middle East,

Asia, Australia, New Zealand,

North and South America, and the Caribbean. The firm main- tains offices in major American ports and many cities throughout the interior.

APL Names Schmidt

To Operations Post

William B. Hubbard, senior vice president-operations for Ameri- can President Lines, Ltd., Oak- land, Calif., has announced the ap- pointment of Stephen F. Schmidt to the position of assistant vice president of operations.

In this newly created position,

Mr. Schmidt will act on behalf of the senior vice president of oper- ations, systemwide, as directed.

Mr. Schmidt joins APL after serving the past two years as general manager and operations manager of Industrial Opportu- nity, Inc. (IOI), a company spe- cializing in tbe movement of project-type cargoes in specially designed vessels. Before moving to IOI, Mr. Schmidt served nine years with a sister company, Sea-

Land Service, Inc., holding vari- ous management positions in ter- minal operations in the U.S.,

Puerto Rico and Europe.

A 1964 graduate of the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy, he sailed for three years as a deck officer in the U.S. merchant ma- rine.

APL Plans New Ship

Construction Program —Retains L.A. Hardlander

W.B. Seaton, president of

American President Lines, Ltd., has announced that the marine consulting firm of L.A. Harlander & Associates has been retained to consult with and advise the com- pany in regard to its new ship construction program.

Pursuant to the 20-year Oper- ating-Differential Subsidy Agree- ment between American Presi- dent Lines, Ltd. and the Maritime

Administration of the U.S. De- partment of Commerce, the com- pany has agreed to commit to the construction of a minimum of two new containerships by De- cember 31, 1978. The company is presently studying the feasibility of constructing a number of ships in excess of the minimum num- ber contracted for with MarAd.

In performing its consulting services, L.A. Harlander & Asso- ciates will play a major role in the design, engineering, contract- ing for, and construction of the new shins, along with the staff of American President Lines, Ltd. and other outside consultants.

Bay-Houston Towing

Announces $10.6-Million

Expansion Program

A $10.6-million expansion pro- gram by Bay-Houston Towing

Company was announced by W.D.

Haden II, chairman of the board, as he disclosed the signing of con- tracts for four new tugs and op- tion on an additional two vessels.

One tug, the 4,200-hp Captain

W.D. Haden, is designed to keep

Bay-Houston in the forefront of the harbor/off shore towing indus- try, particularly for the petroleum industry, Mr. Haden said.

The 106-foot by 34-foot by 16- foot tug is the first diesel elec- tric vessel of its type to be built in the Gulf. It will be equipped with three GM 16-149 TI gener- ator sets, combined to give a total output of 4,200 hp/3,000 kilo- watts.

The vessel will have 100,000- pound forward bollard pull and 75,000-pound pull astern. Towing versatility will be assured by the

Captain W.D.'s double-drum tow- ing winch.

Named after Capt. W.D. Haden, founder of Bay-Houston Towing

Company, the powerful tug was designed and will be built by

Halter Marine Services of New

Orleans, La.

The other three tugs of 95-foot overall length and designed for harbor work will carry the family names of Barbara H. Neuhaus,

Laura Haden, and Mark K. The company has an option to build an additional two of the 95-foot tugs. Mr. Haden said the 2,850-hp tugs were designed by Norman

DeJong of Jacksonville, Fla., and are being built by Diamond Man- ufacturing Co. of Savannah, Ga.

All tugs have EPA approval and are classified by the Ameri- can Bureau of Shipping. First de- livery will commence in Novem- ber 1978, with the final contracted vessel to be completed by Janu- ary 1980, Mr. Haden said.

Full electronic gear, radar, lor- an, SSB and VHF-FM radios, and

Fathometer will give the tugs the finest navigational and communi- cation capabilities.

The newly formed California

Launch Service Corporation chris- tened its first launch vessel on

June 14, in ceremonies at the St.

Francis Yacht Club, San Fran- cisco, Calif.

Rees B. Williams Jr., president of the firm, headquartered in San

Francisco, said the company re- ceived authorization to operate as a common carrier earlier this year from the California Public

Utilities Commission. Mr. Wil- liams explained the new vessel, designated the California Pilot, will be used to transport ship pi- lots, steamship agents, crews and customs personnel to and from ships at anchorage in the San

Francisco Bay.

California Launch is an oper- ating subsidiary of Willamette-

Western Corporation of Portland,

Ore., which has operated a sim- ilar launch service in the Port of

Portland for some 40 years.

Mr. Williams pointed out that the California Pilot, the newest addition to the "service vessel" fleet in the Bay Area, contains the most modern of navigational equipment. It is 44 feet long, has a 15-foot beam, 4-foot 4-inch draft, and is a twin-screw vessel of 740 horsepower. "The new launch service will be a valuable addition to Willa- mette-Western's overall marine

The new vessels are part of an ongoing expansion and moderni- zation program that has included the recent commissioning of two harbor tugs, the C.R. Haden and the Philip K, and the repowering and updating of two other tugs at a cost of an additional $5.49 million, Mr. Haden reported.

Bay-Houston Towing Company provides harbor and coastwise towing in the ports of Houston,

Galveston, Corpus Christi, Free- port and Texas City, Texas. services and transportation in the

Bay Area," Mr. Williams stated. "Western Tug & Barge Corpora- tion, headquartered in Richmond, and also a division of our parent company in Portland, presently performs ship assisting general towing and barging, marine equip- ment charters, and marine equip- ment storage. Therefore, it is only natural that, with the approval granted by the State of California, that we enter into the launch serv- ice phase of shipping in order to better serve our shipping cus- tomers."

California Launch Service Cor- poration also operates a chartered vessel, Inland Pilot, from its base at Pier 9 in San Francisco.

Willamette-Western Corpora- tion has offices in Portland, Ore.;

San Francisco, Richmond, and

Long Beach, Calif.; Seattle and

Pasco, Wash.; and Vancouver,

British Columbia. Corporate capa- bilities include heavy marine con- struction such as piers, docks, dams and other large concrete structures; steel erection; produc- tion and sales of sand, gravel, concrete and asphalt products; marine towing and barging; drill- ing ; sub-surface foundation work; clamshell and hydraulic dredging; installation of marine pipelines; and environmental services, in- cluding oil and hazardous mate- rials spill control and cleanup.

New Launch Vessel For San Francisco Area

Rees B. Williams Jr., president of California Launch Service Corporation, watches as Mrs. Williams breaks the bottle, officially naming the California Pilot.

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