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Dravo Appoints Three Senior Officials

In Its Marine Construction Organization

Niland B. Mortimer C. van Mook Larrv A.

Dravo Corporation of Pitts- burgh, Pa., recently announced three senior management ap- pointments in its recently estab- lished marine construction orga- nization.

Niland B. Mortimer has been named vice president, manufac- turing, for Dravo Marine Equip- ment Company. Previously vice president, sales, at Dravo's Ne- ville Island facility, he will be responsible in his new position for all manufacturing operations and marine engineering func- tions. A registered professional engineer with more than 20 years of service with Dravo, Mr.

Mortimer replaces Peter Kurlak, who retired. $6-Million Parts Contract

Awarded Kollmorgen

Kollmorgen Corporation's Elec- tro-Optical Division, located in

Northampton, Mass., recently an- nounced the award of an approxi- mate $6-million contract from

Thyssen Nordseewerks GmbH,

West Germany. The contract covers spare parts and test equip- ment to maintain periscopes pre- viously purchased by the Thyssen

Emden yard.

IMM Opens Office In

Oxnard, California, To

Serve Offshore Sector

International Moorings & Ma- rine, Inc. (IMM), a wholly owned subsidiary of IMM Energy Serv- ices & Technology, Inc. headquar- tered in New Iberia, La., an- nounced recently the opening of an area office in Oxnard, Calif., for the purpose of offering read- ily available anchor-handling and mooring services on the West

Coast.

Wayne Jeansonne, vice presi- dent, stated that the increase in drilling activity in offshore Cali- fornia warrants keeping experi- enced crews and equipment in

California for deployment on short notice. Previously the com- pany dispatched crews to the

West Coast from New Iberia. Mr.

Jeansonne further stated that

IMM's customers will realize a considerable cost savings by elim- inating air fare and reducing crew travel expense.

Kenneth Maggard has been

Greene

C. van Mook has been appoint- ed manager, design and produc- tion engineering. A registered professional engineer with Dravo for 18 years, he will be respon- sible for all design and produc- tion engineering activities car- ried out by the unit.

Larry A. Greene was named as manager, marine sales and marketing. Mr. Greene has served for the past five years as Dravo's manager, marine sales.

Dravo Marine Equipment Com- pany is a consolidation of the ma- rine equipment sales and manu- facturing operations of Dravo's former Engineering Works Di- vision. named area manager for Califor- nia. Mr. Maggard was previously anchor-handling and mooring op- erations manager in New Iberia. $32.6-Million Title XI

Sought For Purchase And

Rebuilding Of RO/RO

Acadian Shipping Corp., a sub- sidiary of Apex Resources — an affiliate of the Berger Group,

Lake Success, N.Y.—has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the purchase and re- construction of the 17,525-dwt

RO/RO vessel Atlantic Bear.

MarAd has conditionally agreed to sell the roll-on/roll-off vessel to Aquila Partners Corp., another

Berger Group affiliate. The ves- sel is owned by Pacific Far East

Line, Inc., which went into re- ceivership on August 2, 1978.

MarAd holds a mortgage on the ship.

The agreement to purchase the vessel is conditioned upon Title

XI financing for the project. The vessel was built by Sun Ship- building Corp., Chester, Pa., in 1970. It will be converted into a car carrier and will operate on the U.S. East Coast.

As provided in the conditional sale agreement, the Title XI guarantee, if approved, would cover 871/; percent of the depre- ciated actual cost of the vessel plus 871/; percent of the actual cost of the improvements to be made, for a total guarantee of $32,687,000.

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The book states there are three basic types of rigid couplings: the conventional flange coupling, the conventional muff coupling, and the unconventional OK cou- pling. The manufacturer states the unique design of the OK coupling eliminates many of the objections of conventional cou- plings while providing advan- tages not available with any other design. These include sim- pler mounting and de-mounting, minimum space requirements, more secure and more powerful connection, greater torque trans- mission, and no keys or keyways which allows a reduction in the dimensions of both shaft and cou- pling.

Other pages contain complete data, photos of coupling compo- nents, a comparison with conven- tional couplings, color illustrated directions for mounting and de- mounting, and a series of full- color photos of vessels of all types throughout the world cur- rently equipped with OK cou- plings.

A list of sales and service lo- cations throughout the world is included. In the United States,

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