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Modernized Wharf In

New Orleans Gives Todd

Yard Expanded Capacity

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans recently dedicated its new Hines Lane

Wharf on the west bank of the

Mississippi River. The $8.4-mil- lion reconstruction project, which includes $1.7 million received by the City of New Orleans in a Fed- eral Urban Development Action

Grant, will provide the Todd Ship- yards Corporation with an ex- panded capacity for ship, repair.

Hines Lane Wharf was origi- nally a timber structure built in 1926 by the Dock Board in an agreement with Todd. In 1967, a 1,000-foot section was renovated at a cost of $2 million. In the cur- rent project the remaining 532 feet on the upstream end has been replaced with a modern fa- cility, and a 450-foot section has been added to the downstream side. The addition creates berth- ing space for one more ship and also for a new floating drydock built by Todd.

The rebuilt section of the wharf joins the Navy upper ship repair wharf constructed during World

War II, which the Dock Board purchased and leased to Todd in 1967. The 2,000 feet of the ex- tended Hines Lane Wharf, to- gether with the upper Navy wharf, now give Todd some 4,000 feet of continuous reinforced wharf for berthing and repairing ships.

Chevron's W.H. Banks

Named Board

Chairman Of AIMS

W.H. Banks, president of Chev- ron Shipping Company in San

Francisco, has been elected chair- man of the board of the Ameri- can Institute of Merchant Ship- ping (AIMS) for the next 12 months. The change in leadership was announced by outgoing AIMS board chairman J.J. Ervin, presi- dent of Trinidad Corporation,

Philadelphia, following the Asso- ciation's recent annual meeting in

Washington, D.C.

Mr. Banks has long experience in shipping, having been associ- ated with Chevron Shipping Com- pany since 1965. He assumes the leadership of a national associa- tion which represents American- flag shipowners and operators.

AIMS's member companies, now numbering 29, own or operate over 12 million deadweight tons of tankers, dry bulk vessels, and liquefied natural gas carriers in

U.S. domestic and foreign com- merce.

AIMS officers reelected by the board for the coming year are

Rear Adm. W.M. Benkert, USCG (ret.), president; Glenna Hart- sock, secretary ; and Roseann

Pazak, treasurer. AIMS has just completed its 12th year of serv- ice to the U.S.-flag merchant ma- rine.

Breedlove And Berger

Named To New Posts

At Wall Rope Works

Wall Rope Works, a division of Wall Industries, Inc., Beverly,

N.J., announces the recent pro- motion of J.R. Breedlove to vice president of manufacturing, and

G.A. Berger to plant manager.

Mr. Breedlove has 15 years of experience in engineering, pro- duction, and management posi- tions with Wall Rope. Mr. Berger was Wall Rope's engineer and production superintendent before his promotion. Prior to his em- ployment at Wall Rope, he was a senior research technician for 19 years with FMC Corporation.

Wall Rope also announces the retirement of J.J. Williams, who was vice president of manufac- turing. Mr. Williams held posi- tions in every plant function dur- ing his 37 years with the com- pany. Wall Industries is a diver- sified producer of synthetic and natural fiber ropes of all types and constructions.

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