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Custom Marine New

Construction and Repair...

Washington Iron Works is more than a single service operation. We offer a large foundary capacity, provid- ing single castings up to 20,000 lbs. and welded con- structed castings currently in excess of 65,000 lbs. in addition, we provide the finest in machining, fabrica- tion and assembly to satisfy your most exacting re- quirements. Finally, Washington iron works backs these services with a complete engineering staff-to insure a quality product that works right each and every time. Next time you require custom marine new construction or repair—let Washington iron Works take the responsibility and provide you peace of mind -and a job well done.

Contact: Stephen T. Matzke (206) 623-1292

TWX 910-444-2057

WASHINGTON

IRON WORKS

Division of FORM AC INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1500 Sixth Avenue South / Seattle, Washington 98134 (206) 623-1292

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Kerr (Canada) Names 2 To New Posts

The board of directors of Kerr

Steamships (Canada) Limited re- cently announced the appointment of William C. Kane to the posi- tion of vice president and gen- eral manager, effective Decem- ber 1, 1979. Mr. Kane will remain in the head office in Montreal.

Ian K. Brimacombe was named assistant vice president, effective

December 1, 1979. Mr. Brima- combe will be based in Kerr's

Toronto office.

JEFFBOAT CELEBRATES MILESTONE — Jeffboat, Inc., Jefferson- ville, Ind., one of America's largest inland shipbuilders, celebrated a milestone recently with the launching of barges numbers 414 and 415 into the Ohio River as thousands of spectators watched from the shoreline. This represents a production capacity of well over one barge manufactured per day by the company. Company officials think that the total for 1979 will be between 435 and 440. That translates to well over two million hours of labor in 1979. Short speeches at the launch site were given by Jeffboat executive vice president Bob Green, Jeffersonville Mayor Richard Vissing, and Joe

Bobzien, president of Jeffboat and its sister company, American

Commercial Barge Line.

Executives of Esso Tankers and China Shipbuilding shown at the recent contract signing in New York City are, left to right: A. Elmer III, commercial planning man- ager, Esso Tankers, Inc.; R.L. Preston, president of Esso Tankers, Inc.; Adm. S.T.

Wang, chairman, China Shipbuilding Corporation, and P.H. Liu, sales manager,

China Shipbuilding Corporation.

A contract, reportedly worth approximately $120 million, was awarded recently by Esso Tank- ers, an affiliate of Exxon Corpo- ration, to the China Shipbuilding

Corporation of Taiwan. The or- der to construct four 87,000-dwt tankers is particularly significant for China Shipbuilding as Exxon, the world's largest oil company, has been a pioneer in technical innovation and is very exacting regarding the design of its ves- sels and choice of shipyards.

China Shipbuilding's United

States address is c/o the Allegro

Transportation and Supply Cor- poration, One Penn Plaza, New

York, N.Y. 10001.

China Shipbuilding To Build

Four 87,000-DWT Tankers For Exxon

At Washington iron works peace of mind comes with every job... because we take full responsibility from placement of order through to completion. - JFt5 52 ZIDELL Maritime Reporter/Engineering News