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Blohm + Voss Plans To

Manufacture Its Joiner

System On Gulf Coast

The Blohm + Voss M1000® joiner partition and ceiling sys- tem, which has been installed in more than 580 merchant and na- val vessels and some 85 offshore units in the North Sea, will now be manufactured in the United

States. B + V recently announced plans for a plant in the Gulf

Coast area.

The M1000 system is said to offer a number of advantages for fabricators as well as owners and crews. The system is approved by the U.S. Coast Guard and inter- national classification societies, and it meets the requirements of the SOLAS 74 and IMCO Con- ventions.

The versatile B + V system offers great flexibility to suit in- dividual requirements. Bulkheads and ceiling panels are easily re- placed if necessary, and compo- nents are standardized. Each space outfitted with the M1000 is in accordance with its function — a self-contained architectural entity.

For further information and free literature on the M1000 sys- tem,

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Telex: 778-439

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P.O. Box 578

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RYSCO offers complete in-house engineering and design to individual specifications, well-equipped modern facilities at both our Florida and Texas yards, skilled personnel . .

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HUDSHIP Announces

Major Expansion Of

Shipbuilding Operation

Wendle W. Huddleston, presi- dent and chief executive officer of Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP), announced that the company had acquired additional property for a major expansion of its shipbuilding operation. The new property is located on the west bank of the East Pascagoula

River just south of the Pasca- goula (Miss.) River Bridge. The 16Yi acres, which was purchased from H.B. Marine, was formerly known as the Corps of Engineers

Pascagoula Boatyard and later as the Gulf Coast Marine Ways, Inc.

Mr. Huddleston announced plans to construct vessels up to 250 feet in length at the new fa- cility. HUDSHIP already has con- tracts for at least eight 185-foot oilfield supply vessels. Construc- tion of these vessels will begin soon at the new facility.

HUDSHIP will continue to build its present line of 112-foot to 145- foot offshore supply vessels, har- bor and ocean tugs, and river pushboats at its east bank facil- ity located on Cedar Street north of the Pascagoula River Bridge.

Both facilities will be operated under vice president and general manager Travis Short. Headquar- ters for the operation will be moved to the new facility; how- ever, many of the support func- tions will remain at the present facility.

In addition to the new yard,

Mr. Huddleston also announced a major upgrading of HUDSHIP's present facility, including a new machine shop and fabrication building, and the installation of a large-capacity lathe and plate shear.

V. Wayne Davis Elected

President Of NCAA Norfolk

Naval Shipyard Chapter

V. Wayne Davis has been elect- ed as president of the Norfolk

Naval Shipyard Chapter, Ports- mouth, Va., of the Naval Civil- ian Administrators Association (NCAA). The testing superin- tendent from the Production De- partment succeeds Andy James, head, Employee Relations Divi- sion of the Industrial Relations

Office.

The other officers elected for this year are Mark H. Davis as vice president, Roger H. Kerley as secretary-treasurer, and Ro- land E. McArthur, J. Hunter

Brantley Jr., and Robert C. Hart- man as directors.

The yard's NCAA Chapter con- sists of 75 senior civilian admin- istrators and managers. The chap- ter is one of 13 at seven naval shipyards, three aviation activi- ties, the Naval Ship Engineering

Center, and the Naval Facilities

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