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Tracor Marine Awarded $2.5-Million Navy Contract

To Manage OCEI Facilities

William C. Moyer, group vice president of Tracor, Inc., recently announced that the company's subsidiary, Tracor Marine, has been awarded a $2.5-million con- tract to operate and maintain the

U.S. Navy Ocean Construction

Equipment Inventory (OCEI), under the direction of the Ches- apeake Division of the Naval Fa- cilities Engineering Command.

Under the contract, Tracor Ma- rine will operate and maintain the ocean construction platform

SEACON and all OCEI ancillary ocean engineering equipment, as well as provide engineering and technical services. A 260-foot sea- going vessel, the SEACON is the largest OCEI asset.

Dr. Moyer said annual reve- nues up to approximately $2.5 million are for one year and are anticipated for each of two suc- ceeding option years, for a total contract value of $7.5 million.

The SEACON and specialized equipment are maintained by the

Navy for upgrading, implanting, and repairing underwater fleet weapons and tracking ranges, fleet moorings, and communica- tions cables. Although operations are conducted worldwide, the equipment inventory is based in

Norfolk, where Tracor Marine's

Ocean Technology Division main- tains a branch office.

Tracor, Inc. is an international technological products and serv- ices company headquartered in

Austin, Texas.

Ned Smith Named Vice

President-Finance For

American Steamship

Ned A. Smith

Ned A. Smith has been elected vice president-financial planning and administration for American

Steamship Company, Buffalo,

N.Y. The announcement was made by Thomas W. Burke, president of American Steamship. Mr.

Smith joined American Steam- ship in 1975 as controller. Prior to that time, he had worked for

Price Waterhouse & Company in

Buffalo from 1970 to 1975.

American Steamship, a subsid- iary of GATX, Chicago, operates the largest fleet of self-unloading vessels on the Great Lakes, serv- ing the steel, utility, chemical, cement, and construction indus- tries. Commodities typically shipped include coal, limestone, iron ore, salt, gypsum, and sand.

Dravo To Provide People's

Republic With Technical

Assistance And Equipment

Dravo Corporation recently re- ceived a contract from the Chang

Jiang Shipping Administration of the People's Republic of China to provide technical assistance and equipment for towboat communi- cations.

Dravo will provide engineering, installation guidance, training co- ordination and equipment for ship-to-shore radio communica- tions for riverboats operating on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River).

Financial terms were not dis- closed.

In other related business with the Chinese, Dravo has built four 6,000-bhp river towboats, which are enroute to China, and has provided the Chinese with opera- tions training and on-site techni- cal assistance.

Dravo, based in Pittsburgh, is a diversified engineering and con- struction, manufacturing, natural resources, transportation, and equipment company.

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SENIOR FACILITIES DESIGN ENGINEER for our Baytown, Texas Refinery

Applicants should have a Bachelor of Science or higher level Civil Engineering degree and 10 or more years experience. Structural Design, Hydrology, Soil Mechanics, Founda- tion Design and/or Mooring Facilities Design experience will aid the qualified candidate in assignments to include: Levee System and Port Facilities Design for large petroleum tankers. Salary and responsibilities will be commensurate with qualifications.

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