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Halifax Shipyards Gets

C$27-Million Order For

Three Stern Trawlers

Halifax Industries Limited,

Nova Scotia, the Canadian ship- repairing company, has reentered the market for fishing vessel new construction with a 27-million Ca- nadian dollar order for three stern trawlers from National Sea Prod- ucts Limited.

The 1,100-ton vessels—all three keels have already been laid—will be built on the recently modern- ized slipway at Halifax Shipyards and are due for delivery in April,

July, and November, 1981.

William J. Riley, president and chief executive officer of Halifax

Industries Limited, said: "Ship repair will continue to be our prin- cipal line of business, but fishing vessel and small vessel new con- struction will provide us with a very useful additional source of revenue, given that we already have the facilities. "Although no trawlers have been built at Halifax for eight years, 28 vessels of this kind were built between 1964 and 1972, so we do have the necessary ex- pertise."

When fully under way, the trawler program will employ ap- proximately 300 men, and a group of experienced professionals have been brought together to oversee this project and future new con- struction activities. Additional draftsmen and purchasing experts have been employed.

In conjunction with this new contract, Halifax Industries is carrying out a six-million Cana- dian dollar capital project to re- build the steel fabrication facil- ities at Halifax Shipyards. This involves the purchase of new equipment and the refurbishment of the existing plate shop, sub- assembly shop, and slipway.

The stern trawlers are 50.0 me- ters long, 11.8 meters wide, and have a designed draft of 4.0 me- ters (164 by 38.7 by 13 feet). In- corporating modern design tech- niques, the vessels can accommo- date 18 crewmen and have a fish hold capacity of approximately 426 cubic meters. The vessels can carry 190 metric tons of fuel and 70 metric tons of fresh water.

The main engines will be M.A.K. type 8 M 453 AK, 8-cylinder in- line, four-stroke, nonreversible marine diesel with supercharging and charge air cooling, direct in- jection. Maximum output is 2,000 bhp (1,470 kw) at 600 rpm. The vessels will use a Lohmann and

Stolterfoht reduction gearbox type

GCM600, ratio 3:1. The propeller will be controllable-pitch Liaaen type with speed of 200 rpm, di- ameter of 2,750 mm, and having four stainless-steel blades work- ing in a Kort-type nozzle.

The vessels will be classified as

Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Ice

Class 1A + LMC (Hull will be strengthened for Ice Class 1A

Super).

Bird-Johnson Appoints

Richard E. McGinnis

A Trustee And Director

Richard E. McGinnis, corporate vice president of TRW Inc. and general manager of TRW's Unit- ed-Carr Divisions in Burlington,

Mass., has been elected a director and trustee of Bird-Johnson Com- pany, Walpole, Mass.

Howard Scott, chairman and chief executive officer of Bird-

Johnson, said: "We are extremely pleased that an executive the cali- bre of Mr. McGinnis is joining our board. His strong and varied back- ground in manufacturing will be a valuable asset to our company."

Mr. McGinnis was appointed to his present position at United-

Carr in 1971. The division, head- quartered in Burlington, a Boston suburb, produces a wide variety of fasteners, components, and equipment for industrial markets worldwide. He joined Nelson Stud

Welding Company, an operating unit of United-Carr, in 1947 as a sales trainee. He held various marketing positions until being named executive vice president and director of Nelson's parent company, Gregory Industries, in 1963. When Gregory Industries was acquired by TRW in 1969,

Mr. McGinnis was appointed pres- ident of the Nelson Division.

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