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Newpark Shipbuilding

Names Earl Hatfield

Assistant Repair Manager

Earl Hatfield

Newpark Shipbuilding & Repair,

Inc., Houston, Texas, has promoted

Earl Hatfield to the position of assistant repair manager, according to James H. Sessions, president.

Mr. Hatfield joined Newpark in 1980 after eight years with Todd

Shipyard, Houston. His previous as- signments at Newpark include that of pipe foreman and repair superin- tendent.

Newpark Shipbuilding & Repair, located on Brady Island on the

Houston Ship Channel, offers a va- riety of new construction, conver- sion and repair services to the in- land tank barge, offshore support vessel and small merchant vessel market sectors. Newpark's state-of- the-art gas-freeing/cleaning plant provides customers with technologi- cally advanced and environmentally safe services. Newpark Shipbuilding & Repair, Inc. is a subsidiary of

Newpark Resources, Inc., Metairie,

La.

For free literature describing the facilities and capabilities of New- park Shipbuilding & Repair,

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Marotta Scientific Controls

Wins Aegis Shipbuilding

Excellence Award

The U.S. Navy and Ingalls Ship- building Division of Litton, Pasca- goula, Miss., jointly recognized Ma- rotta Scientific Controls, Inc.,

Montville, N.J., for excellence in their production of superior quality, high-performance air/gas-reducing valve manifolds for use on board the

Ticonderoga (CG47) Class Aegis guided missile cruisers.

The recently commissioned USS

Princeton (CG59) is the newest Ae- gis cruiser that went to sea carrying

Marotta valve manifolds. Ranging from such uses as sonar dome pres- surization, main gas turbine engine start, torpedo tube firing, and 15 other applications presently aboard

Aegis ships at sea, Marotta products have consistently operated with ex- treme dependability and reliability.

During a formal ceremony, Rear

Adm. James B. Greene Jr., pre- sented Thomas S. Marotta, Ma- rotta's president, with the Aegis

Shipbuilding Excellence Award. At that time, Adm. Greene stated, "Such performance and achieve-

October, 1989 ment reflect with pride the dedica- tion of the management and em- ployees of Marotta in helping the

Navy get Aegis to sea onboard the 13 cruisers presently in service with the fleet."

For free literature giving full in- formation on Marotta Scientific

Controls.

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MAN GHH To Supply Deck

Cargo Barge To USSR

An order for the supply of a deck cargo barge plus an option for an- other unit has been received by the dockbuilding department of MAN

Gutehoffnungshutte AG. Being a ship without its own propulsion unit, this deck cargo barge has no cargo hold. The cargo to be handled is loaded on the main deck.

EUROPORT BOOTH # E.401.A

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Delivery to the purchaser, the

Baltic Shipping Company in Lenin- grad/USSR, will be made at the end of March 1990. Next year, the barge, which is about 351 feet long by 79 feet wide, will start to take loads of approximately 9,000 tons of tree- trunks from Sweden across the Bal- tic Sea to Leningrad.

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Using COMSAT's satellite services, tanker and bulk operators can efficiently redirect their ships to the port of best economic opportunity.

This also reduces fuel and operational costs. ©1989 John McGrail

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