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design; (4) Pipe stress design and pipe designing; (5) Bid pack- age preparation and submittals based on an elaborate portfolio of existing designs, or design based on client's idea for specific re- quirements; and (6) Material/ equipment specifications, acquisi- tion and inspection services.

Cometarsa, S.A. is a member of the Techint Group of Compa- nies. Its principal facilities are located on the River Plate, ap- proximately 40 miles from Buenos

Aires. The plant, originally estab- lished in 1949, now has 500,000 square feet under cover, with a total of over 900 employees, 135 of whom are engineers and tech- nicians. Cometarsa has its own machine shop and heat treating capabilities. It is well-known in

Argentina as being a quality con- struction facility specializing in high-quality, close-tolerance fab- rication.

All inquiries concerning Argen- tine construction and services should be addressed to Baker Ma- rine Argentina, S.A., Attention:

Romulo Ferrando, Lavalle 1290,

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

John T. Gilbride Named

Whitehall Club President

John T. Gilbride, chairman and chief executive officer of Todd

Shipyards Corporation, will be installed as the 33rd president of the Whitehall Club on Novem- ber 21, 1978, at the club's Presi- dential Ball.

John T. Gilbride

Mr. Gilbride has been a mem- ber of the Whitehall Club since 1958. He joined the board of gov- ernors at the club in 1966, and in 1974 was elected second vice pres- ident. He became first vice presi- dent in 1976.

For many years, Mr. Gilbride has been a leading figure in the maritime industry. He is a staunch advocate of American seapower and a leading spokesman in be- half of the reconstruction of Na- val forces and the American mer- chant marine.

Mr. Gilbride succeeds James J.

Henry, president of J.J. Henry

Co., Inc., naval architects, who served as president of the White- hall Club since 1976.

The Whitehall Club, which was formed in 1910, is one of the out- standing maritime-oriented lunch- eon clubs in downtown New York

City. The club's facilities are lo- cated at 17 Battery Place, over- looking lower New York Harbor.

Baker Marine Enters

License Agreement With

Argentine Corporation

Baker Marine Corporation, which is primarily engaged in the construction of offshore jackup drilling platforms, has announced its intention to enter into a Li- cense Agreement with Cometarsa,

S.A., an Argentine corporation with principal offices in Buenos

Aires. Baker Marine Corporation has also announced the formation of Baker Marine Argentina, S.A., an Argentine corporation which will engage in the furnishing of technical assistance to Cometarsa and the energy industry with spe- cial capabilities in the offshore environment. Baker Marine Ar- gentina, S.A. and Cometarsa, S.A., together will offer construction of a full range of offshore de- signs which include mobile self- elevating drilling platforms, pipe- lay barges, semisubmersible drill- ing rigs, a semisubmersible crane, package rigs, mobile production platforms, jackets, and production platforms.

Baker Marine Argentina, S.A. will be Cometarsa's exclusive mar- keting agent and, in addition to rig construction, offers the fol- lowing general engineering serv- ices: (1) Design and project management for offshore plat- forms and pipelines; (2) Techni- cal and economic feasibility stud- ies; (3) Structural analysis and

YouVe got to play in a lot of games before you can coach at Savannah.

For 22 years, Roy Gradick has been on the same team.

Savannah.

Now he's one of our

Leadermen.

Most of our key people are veterans like Roy. Seasoned players with 20 or more years at

Savannah.

Fact is, at our yard, we have a very low turnover rate.

And in this game, like football, if you reduce your turnovers you always get the job done better.

That's why we're the best yard to do your major conversions, scheduled drydocking, or voyage repairs.

Because you won't run into aggravating, costly rookie mistakes. Isn't that the name of the game?

The Savannah Yard.

Savannah Machine & Shipyard Co.

P.O. Box 787, Savannah, Ga. 31402

Tel. (912) 233-6621 74 Trinity Place, Suite 1800

New York, N.Y. 10006

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