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Hutchins Appointed

Manager-Commercial

Lubricants At BPNAP

BP North America Petroleum has announced the appointment of Hill

Hutchins as manager, commercial lubricants. In his new position, Mr.

Hutchins will be located at the company's headquarters in Hous- ton, Texas.

Mr. Hutchins joined BP North

America Petroleum in 1983. Prior to joining BPNAP, he had served for 17 years with Mobil in various mar- keting positions.

BP North America Petroleum

Inc. is a subsidiary of BP North

America Inc., and markets marine fuels, marine and industrial lubri- cants and aviation fuels throughout the United States.

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The recently launched Alice Austin will offer 20-minute off-peak passenger service between

Manhattan and Staten Island.

Robert E. Derecktor Launches

First Of Two Staten Island Ferries

Robert E. Derecktor of Rhode

Island, Inc., in Middletown, R.I., has launched the first of two passen- ger ferries for the City of New York

Department of Transportation, Bu- reau of Ferry and General Aviation

Operations. The $3.8-million Alice

Austin has been designed for year- round operation in New York Har- bor area, and its primary use will be for off-peak passenger travel be- tween Manhattan and Staten Is- land.

The Alice Austin is an all-welded steel hull and superstructure dou- ble-ended ferry utilizing twin Voit

Schneider Model VSP-24611/165 propulsor units, each driven by Ca- terpillar Model 3516TA engines rated at 1,410 bhp at 1,600 rpm. The 207-foot ferry has a beam of 40 feet, depth of 33 feet to the sundeck, molded draft of 8 feet, and will accommodate a maximum passen- ger load of 1,280 persons on two decks with fixed seating provided for 930 passengers. A small conces- sion stand will be located on the upper deck.

A pilothouse with navigation, steering and propulsion controls are located at each end of the vessel.

The Alice Austin will be delivered in the spring of this year.

For further information on Rob- ert E. Derecktor's facilities and ser- vices.

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Beth-Sparrows Point Yard Installs $1.1-Million Intermediate Gate

For Building/Vessel Servicing Basin

The Sparrows Point shipyard of

Bethlehem Steel Corporation has completed the construction and in- stallation of a $l.l-million interme- diate gate for its 1,200-foot-long building and vessel servicing basin.

The gate, shown in one of two fixed locations in the basin, will provide a savings to the yard when working on the smaller vessels that are more prevalent in today's construction and repair market.

With the gate in place, one or both smaller sections can be used.

Placed in one position, the gate will provide two sections of 300- and 900-foot lengths. In the other posi- tion, it divides the basin into sec- tions of 685- and 515-foot lenghts. If a vessel is drydocked in the inboard section, for example, just the out- board section can be flooded while another vessel is floated in to be drydocked or floated out upon com- pletion.

The gate was made in three sec- tions—each weighing more than 70 tons—so that a section can easily be moved in a single crane lift. It was designed by Century Engineering,

Inc. of Towson, Md., fabricated by

Bethlehem craftsmen and put in place during the third week of De- cember.

For further information on Beth- lehem Steel's Sparrows Point ship- yard,

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