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Eastern Marine Awarded $3 Million To Build

Crane Barge For Army

Eastern Marine, Inc. of Panama

City, Fla., recently won a $3,027,562 contract to build a 270-foot crane barge for the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Rock Island District, Illi- nois.

The barge will be used to conduct major structural maintenance repair on 669 miles of the Upper Mississip- pi River. A Manitowoc crane on the 68-foot-wide vessel will be capable on lifting 315 tons. The barge will be suitable for year-round operation in ice-strewn waters in both working conditions and in towing situations.

Electric-powered spuds, towing winches, and capstans will be sup- plied by a 275-kw generator driven by a Detroit Diesel 8V92T engine.

The crane barge will be constructed to American Bureau of Shipping classification.

Webb Elects Officers

To Governing Board—

Bryan Named President

Webb Institute of Naval Archi- tecture in Glen Cove, N.Y., the oldest four-year naval architecture undergraduate institution in the

U.S. developed solely to the educa- tion of future naval architects and marine engineers, has announced the election of the following officers of the Institute's governing board:

Chairman—C. Larry French

Jr., chairman of the board and CEO of National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company; vice chairman—William

N. Johnston, president and chair- man of the board, American Bureau of Shipping; vice chairman—

Charles G. Visconti, president and chairman of the board, Interna- tional Cargo Gear Bureau, Inc.; sec- retary—Dr. James J. Coti, vice president, Polytechnic Institute of

New York; treasurer—Ran Het- tena, president, Maritime Overseas

Corporation; president—Vice Adm.

C. Russell Bryan.

The board and elected officers reaffirmed the Institute's commit- ment to "making the best even bet- ter" and to continue Webb's mission of providing high-quality education, with a strong professional orienta- tion, to prepare young men and women for rewarding careers in the maritime and associated industries.

Sperry Awarded $7-Million Contract

Sperry Corporation, Great Neck,

N.Y., is being awarded a $7,039,000 fixed-price man-day contract for contractor engineering services for

FY-85 logistics technical assistance.

Work will be performed in Great

Neck, N.Y. and is expected to be completed September 30, 1985.

Contract funds would not have ex- pireJ at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the con- tracting activity.

Brown Brothers Appoint

New Marketing Director

William Reid, formerly manu- facturing director of Brown Broth- ers and Company Limited, Edin- burgh, has been appointed sales and marketing director of Brown Broth- ers, responsible for marketing off- shore and marine equipment world- wide.

Brown Brothers and Company

Limited is part of the Marine Engi- neering Division of Vickers P.L.C. and is a leading manufacturer of motion control equipment for the marine environment.

Mr. Reid joined Brown Brothers and Company Ltd. as an apprentice turner in 1958 and has subsequently held senior positions in the techni- cal, sales, production engineering and works departments. In January 1983 he was appointed manufactur- ing director, responsible for the overall management of the compa- ny's manufacturing facility.

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