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Lehman Joins Bultema

Marine Transportation agement backgrounds. Southwest

Marine intends to staff the man- agement team internally from its

San Diego yard.

The San Pedro acquisition gives Southwest Marine three yards along California's coast. The

San Pedro yard joins Southwest

Marine's San Diego and San Fran- cisco facilities. "We foresee fur- ther expansion in the not too dis- tant future," said Mr. Engel, "perhaps up to the Seattle and/or

Portland areas. Our intention is to allow our customers and the shipping industry the convenience of Southwest Marine's services anywhere on the West Coast."

Gerald Smith, Southwest Mar- ine's San Pedro general manager, gave some specifics on the yard. "San Pedro will have total ship repair capability," he stated. "We will be a completely self-sufficient yard. We have full shop services including machine and rigging shops, electrical, sheet metal, car- pentry and pipefitting shops, a complete tool room, as well as a five-story warehouse and an ad- mistrative building. Our pier fa- cilities are tremendous. We have four piers with lengths from 548 feet to 1,796 feet. Each has a full range of utilities including elec- trical power, lines for high-pres- sure steam oxygen, acetylene, compressed air and natural gas, along with fresh and salt water."

The yard itself is 24 acres and was purchased in excess of $3.5 million.

John T. Lehman

The appointment of John T.

Lehman as naval architect/proj- ects manager for Bultema Marine

Transportation Inc., has been an- nounced by Ronald G. Bublick, vice president. A subsidiary of

The Canonie Companies, Inc., which was named the largest ex- cavation and foundation specialty contractor in the United States by an Engineering News-Record independent survey, specializes in foundations, earthmoving, power plant construction, marine con- struction, dredging, and chemical waste isolation.

Since receiving his degree in engineering/naval architecture from The University of Michigan,

Mr. Lehman has been working for a large naval architectural design firm in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. His position was staff naval archi- tect in the Hull Technical De- partment.

Southwest Marine

Purchases San Pedro

Yard From Beth Steel

Southwest Marine, Inc., San

Diego, Calif., has announced that the purchase of Bethlehem Steel's shipyard in San Pedro, Calif., has been finalized. Operations began immediately following the an- nouncement, with a management team and staff of 50. Steadily in- creasing staff additions are antici- pated until a manpower level of 350-500 is reached. The San Pedro facility, with its 22,000-ton dry- dock, gives Southwest Marine the ability to handle much larger ships, according to Arthur Engel, president of Southwest Marine,

Inc. "We intend to continue our all-out blitz on the commercial and naval work available. The ac- quisition of the San Pedro yard and the 22,000-ton drydock allows us to handle a wide variety of large ships including tankers, barges and cargo ships. We also have knowledge that more Navy ships will be located in the Long

Beach area, and we intend to get a good portion of their work."

Mr. Engel announced that Ger- ald Smith will be relocated from

Southwest Marine's San Diego facilities as general manager.

David Engel will also be relocated from San Diego as San Pedro's production manager. Both men have extensive ship repair man-

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