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Corporation and the newest iron ore dock on the Great Lakes.

The Fall Meeting of the Section will be at Ann Arbor, Mich.,

October 23, 1981, held in con- junction with the 100th anniver- sary celebration of the School of

Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers at the University. A full technical session is planned and festivities will continue into Sat- urday, including the football game for the many alumni ex- pected to attend.

Gulf Fleet Marine Names

Vaccaro Contracts Manager

Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, recently announced the following appointments:

Ralph A. Vaccaro Jr. has been named contracts manager and will be responsible, on a world- wide basis, for the administra- tion, negotiation and finalization of all contracts. Mr. Vaccaro joined Gulf Fleet in 1974 as in- surance manager, and was ap- pointed assistant secretary in 1979. He is a graduate of the

United States Merchant Marine

Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.

Ralph A. Vaccaro Jr.

Raymond L. Stratton has been named insurance manager and will be responsible for the place- ment, administration, and claims handling of Gulf Fleet's total in- surance program. A graduate of

McNeese State University, Mr.

Stratton joined the company in 1976, and has served as insur- ance analyst since that time.

Jim Castle has joined Gulf

Fleet's marketing staff as a sales representative in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Castle has 10 years of sales experience in the oil and marine fields. He is a graduate of Sam

Houston State University.

Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation is one of the Houston Natural

Gas group of companies, and pro- vides a wide range of services to the offshore petroleum and con- struction industries on a world- wide basis.

Chris Clark Named

Vice President And COO

Of Tickle Engineering

Arthur B. Tickle Jr., chairman of the board and president of Ar- thur Tickle Engineering Works, a Brooklyn-based engineering firm specializing in all phases of marine repairs, has named Chris

Clark as vice president and chief operating officer. The announce- ment was made by Girolama

Corso, executive assistant to the chairman.

Mr. Clark, a 1965 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad- emy, was previously general man- ager of the Marine and Indus- trial Divisions of the company.

Raymond Unit Awarded $4.7-Million Contract

Henry F. LeMieux, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Raymond International,

Inc., Houston, Texas, recently an- nounced that a unit of its wholly owned subsidiary, Raymond Off- shore Constructors, was awarded a $4.7-million contract to fabri- cate an offshore platform jacket and pilings for Atlantic Richfield

Company.

The jacket will be a conven- tional eight-pile steel structure weighing 1,350 tons and contain- ing a 16-slot drilling template.

Upon completion in early 1982, it will be installed in water 180 feet deep on High Island Block 466 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

HERE'S A DRAMATIC WAY TO PROVE THAT

FERROUS CATALYST CAN LOWER PROPULSION PLANT

OPERATING COSTS ABOARD YOUR VESSELS.

New computer software program measures plant efficiency before and after catalyst use. • Do fuel oil additives work? • Will they lower operating costs and save fuel? • Are they cost effective?

Ferrous Corporation has developed a computer software program that can tell you exactly how much a specific fuel additive changes the efficiency of your marine boiler or diesel.

We wanted the facts! The program was developed to test Ferrous

Combustion Catalyst. For years we had observed the effects of Ferrous

Catalyst: reduced boiler slag and engine deposits; less smoke and acid corrosion and less need for excess air.

We assumed that these improvements would also save fuel. But we wanted to prove it with accurate and acceptable data processing techniques.

Here's how it works

Input data comes directly from you. All the input for the program comes directly from your engine room log. No special equipment or training is necessary.

The Ferrous software program evaluates the data and applies a number of correcting factors to determine changes in plant efficiency and trends in performance.

Before and after tests show significant results. Once the data has been analyzed, Ferrous prepares a report interpreting the results. Changes in propulsion plant efficiency are shown in easy to understand graphs.

To date, reports show efficiency improvements ranging from 4% to 8%. This means each gallon of

Ferrous Catalyst saves three to six barrels of fuel.

We can show you the proof! Sure we'd like to sell you our product. But first, we want you to be convinced that Ferrous

Catalyst works. If you're interested in putting your vessels to the test, or simply learning more about Ferrous

Catalyst, fill out the coupon below and send it to Ferrous Corporation, RO. Box 1764, Bellevue, WA 98009. Phone 206/454-6320.

FERROUS HAS THE PROOF!

SHOW ME THE PROOF! • Send details about testing program • Send information about Ferrous Catalyst. • Please have your representative call.

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