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$80-Million Order For

Bulk Carriers Signed

By Alcoa And Hitachi

Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alu- minum Company of America, has signed a contract with Japan's

Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineer- ing, Ltd. for three combination liquid/dry bulk carrier vessels.

The contract, valued at more than $80 million, calls for the first of three vessels to be com- pleted in December 1981. The sec- ond vessel will be ready in Feb- ruary 1982, and the third should be finished in June 1982.

The three identical steel-hull, single-screw vessels will be of ap- proximately 47,000 dwt on a de- sign draft of 11 meters, with 209 meters LOA and 32.2 meters beam (36/685.7/105.6 feet). The ves- sels will be propelled by 15,200- bhp Hitachi/B&W diesel engines.

A crew of 22 will man each ves- sel. Two of these new vessels will trade between the U.S. and Aus- tralia, transporting caustic soda solution and bulk cargo for Alcoa of Australia's production facili- ties. Alumina to feed Alcoa's do- mestic smelters will be carried by these vessels on their return voy- age. The third carrier will trade between the U.S. Gulf and Alcoa's installations in the Caribbean, car- rying caustic soda solution south- bound and alumina and bauxite northbound.

Felix Isherwood Joins

Executive Staff Of

Boise-Griffin Steamship

Boise-Griffin Steamship Com- pany, Inc., New York, has an- nounced that Felix Isherwood, re- cently retired assistant general manager for Hellenic Lines, has joined the executive staff of its organization. He has been as- signed to work on special projects.

McMullen Associates

Opens Newest Office-

Rouse Named Manager

John J. McMullen Associates,

Inc. (JJMA), naval architects, marine engineers and consultant- ants, has announced the opening of its newest office at 12 Case

Street in Norwich, Conn. This of- fice will operate in conjunction with JJMA's detail design office in Newport News, Va., under the guidance of B.L. Skeens, vice president of JJMA based in New- port News. The Norwich office has a staff of 35 designers and drafts- men experienced in all areas of detail design.

Mr. Skeens announced the ap- pointment of Nicholas C. Rouse as technical manager in charge of the Norwich office. He comes to JJMA with more than 21 years of technical experience in the ma- rine field. Mr. Rouse spent many years at Newport News Shipbuild- ing, rising to the position of man- ager of the Machinery Design

Department, and most recently served as assistant division head of Gibbs & Cox's Newport News office.

JJMA's principal office is lo- cated at Suite 3000, One World

Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10048, telephone (212) 466-2200.

JJMA has, in addition to its new office in Norwich, fully staffed engineering offices in Washington,

D.C., Newport News, Va., Ven- tura, Calif., and Houston, Texas.

New Catalog On Lighting

Fixtures Available From

Snelson Oilfield Lighting

Snelson Oilfield Lighting of

Fort Worth, Texas, has announced that their new 10-page catalog is now ready for distribution. The two-color catalog features the complete line of incandescent, mercury vapor, and fluorescent light fixtures and includes mounts, control panels, and connections for marine and oilfield applica- tions.

For a free copy, write to Dept.

MR, Snelson Oilfield Lighting, 3619 Alice Street, Fort Worth,

Texas 76110.

IS COAL

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It's the here-an

Talk to the Department of

Energy about the long-range reserves of coal. Then talk to

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When coal was the fuel for marine vessels, steam engines by Skinner were first in per- formance and first in prefer- ence. Now that owners are considering a return to avail- able, affordable coal, Skinner know-how is only a phone call away. Ask Dick Whiting how coal power fits in your future. ^31 POWER DIVISION

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