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Zelvin Levine Appointed

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Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant

Secretary of Commerce for Mar- itime Affairs, has appointed Dr.

Zelvin Levine to the post of Di- rector, Office of Advanced Ship

Operations, one of three offices re- porting to the Assistant Admin- istrator for Research and Devel- opment.

In this new position, Mr. Levine is responsible for the Maritime

Administration's (MarAd's) re- search and development programs in the areas of ship operations, including fleet management tech- nology, ship performance and safety, and cargo-handling re- search. He also is responsible for the agency's National Maritime

Research Center located at Kings

Point, N.Y. One of the center's principal programs involves its

Computer Aided Operations Re- search Facility (CAORF), which is the world's most advanced, computer-generated, visual dis- play simulator devoted to ship operations research.

Mr. Levine has held senior man- agement positions since joining the Maritime Administration. He has headed MarAd's Office of Ad- vanced Ship Development (1975- 80) and the Office of Maritime

Technology (1972-75). He joined the agency in 1969 as program manager for advanced ship pro- pulsion systems research and de- velopment after 14 years in the private sector.

B&W Yard Gets Contract

For Tenth Bulk Carrier

Burmeister & Wain Shipyard,

Copenhagen, has signed a con- tract with Newark Shipping Com- pany Limited, Monrovia, Liberia, for the delivery of a 64,000-dwt bulk carrier of the fuel-saving type in the middle of 1982.

Since December 1979 the B&W yard has signed contracts for the delivery of no less than 10 ships of the above mentioned type, which is characterized by a low fuel consumption of less than 40 tons per day at an average speed of 15 knots.

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