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SPLICED SHIP — In an unusual vessel con- version project, Sun Ship of Chester, Pa., recently cut the SS Ponce in half. The pur- pose was to splice a completely new hull sec- tion into the center portion of the roll-on,/ roll-off (RO/RO) trailership. Shown in the foreground is the pre-outfitted midbody soon after it was positioned just forward of the

Ponce's original stern section in Sun Ship's drydock. Next step was attachment of the ship's bow to the new midbody. As part of the conversion, the Ponce will also be re- powered with modern, automated Foster-

Wheeler steam boilers. The 90-foot hull sec- "Mr. Miles is thoroughly familiar with our global operations, and this New York assign- ment is a further step in consolidating our activities in North America," he said.

Prior to Mr. Miles's appointment, Ole J.

Hafsten headed up Barber Blue Sea's North

American operations. In New York since 1973 as vice president and general manager,

Mr. Hafsten guided the company during a period when it converted from conventional ships to new equipment, including the versa- tile SuperCarriers introduced last year. He is returning to Oslo, where he will serve as vice president, planning and development.

Before being appointed executive vice pres- ident for BBS in 1978, Mr. Miles held execu- tive positions with Ocean Transport & Trad- ing, Ltd. of Great Britain, one of the three partners in BBS. His last position with Ocean, which he joined in 1972, was as a director of the liner division in Liverpool.

The other partners in the BBS operations are Wilh. Wilhelmsen of Norway and Bros- trom Shipping Company of Sweden. BBS operates services from all coasts in North

America to destinations in the Middle East,

Southeast Asia, the Far East, and Venezuela.

First Vessel Extruded

From Covered Hall

At Cammell Laird

The first vessel extruded from Cammell

Laird Shipbuilders' covered construction hall —one of the biggest of its kind in the U.K.— is a Type 42 guided-missile destroyer for the

Royal Navy. This operation took place when tion will increase the ship's length to 790 feet and boost trailer-carrying capacity by 35 percent, or 410 forty-foot over-the-road trailers. One of 10 RO/RO ships built by

Sun Ship, the Ponce was delivered to the

Puerto Rican Maritime Shipping Authority (PRMSA) in 1968. It is assigned to carry cargoes from major East Coast ports to San

Juan, Puerto Rico.

Miles Heads Barber Blue Sea

Activities In North America

Raymond R. Miles, executive vice president of Barber Blue Sea (BBS), has moved to New

York to assume the additional responsibility of the ocean carrier's North American activi- ties. He had been working at the company's headquarters in Oslo.

Raymond R. Miles Ole J. Hafsten

Announcing the appointment, Erik Waage-

Nielsen, president, commented that North

America has been developing as a key center of worldwide operations for Barber Blue Sea.

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