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North Florida Shipyards

Appoints Three—White

Named Production Manager

Joseph B. Shiffert, president of North Florida Shipyards at

Commodores Point in Jackson- ville, Fla., has announced recent appointments to expand and strengthen the yard's extensive services to ship operators. Albert

A. White has joined North Flor- ida Shipyards as production man- ager and assistant to the presi- dent. Mr. White has recently been manager of ABS Technical Serv- ices, with many prior years in the American Bureau of Ship- ping, including assignments as surveyor in Greece and Germany and area principal surveyor in the Middle East.

John McKelvey has been ap- pointed superintendent, Diesel

Department. He has wide-ranging experience with various sizes and types of diesel engines up to 14,000 bhp. Most recently, Mr.

McKelvey was field service engi- neer for Colt Industries; he has also worked with gas turbines up to 25,000 hp.

Jim Becker, with 22 years' service in the U.S. Coast Guard, has joined the North Florida so much in so many places.

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Telex: 8954198 team as ship supervisor coordi- nator. Most recently, he worked with the USCG office of Marine

Inspection in Jacksonville.

North Florida Shipyards main- tains a staff of 300 people skilled in all phases of topside ship re- pairs, conversions, and modifica- tions. New York representative for North Florida Shipyards is

Richard F. O'Boyle; (201) 566- 4477.

Captain Barry Roberts

Named CO Of USCG's

Curtis Bay Shipyard

Capt. Barry C. Roberts, USCG, recently assumed command of the

U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Curtis

Bay, Md. He becomes the 29th commanding officer in the 82-year history of the yard, the only ship- building and repair facility of the

U.S. Coast Guard.

During a recent ceremony, Rear

Adm. Robert S. Lucas turned the command of the yard over to Cap- tain Roberts. Admiral Lucas had served as commanding officer since June 1980. He is being transferred to Coast Guard Head- quarters in Washington, D.C., where he will be assigned as chief, office of engineering.

Captain Roberts's sea duty as- signments include service aboard the Coast Guard Cutters Minne- tonka and North wind. He served as commanding officer of the Coast

Guard Loran Station in Pusan,

Korea; chief of Naval engineer- ing, 17th Coast Guard District in

Juneau, Alaska; and commanding officer of Group/Base Ketchikan,

Alaska. He was stationed at Coast

Guard Headquarters on two oc- casions, and held the positions of assistant chief Design Branch, and chief, Cutter Maintenance

Branch.

Bolton To Head Matson's $15-Million Terminal

Consolidation In Honolulu

Matson Navigation Company has appointed Alexander Bolton, vice president and area manager-

Hawaii, to direct and supervise the company's $15-million project to consolidate its Honolulu termi- nal facilities at Sand Island, M.S.

Wasacz, executive vice president, announced.

Mr. Bolton will devote full time to the tasks of completing the new 85-acre terminal, moving the four huge shoreside cranes and other equipment from Diamond

Head Terminal and installing them at the new site, and coordi- nating operations throughout the transition period.

Relieving him as area manager-

Hawaii will be Barrick L. Prince, vice president, who has been Mat- son's area manager in northern

California. Richard S. Bliss, for- merly executive vice president of the subsidiary Matson Terminals,

Inc., will succeed Mr. Prince as vice president and area manager- northern California.

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LORAN-C