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Eckermann Appointed

President Of Marathon

LeTourneau Marine

Dan C. Eckermann

Dan C. Eckermann has been named president of Marathon Le-

Tourneau Marine Company, a divi- sion of Marathon LeTourneau Com- pany. Mr. Eckermann will be lo- cated in Houston at the company's marine headquarters.

The announcement was made by

J. Earl Beckman, president and chief executive officer of Marathon

LeTourneau Company.

Mr. Eckermann succeeds Wil- liam K. Trimble, who has re- sumed the duties of president at the company's Marine Division in

Vicksburg, Miss. There, Mr. Trim- ble will be responsible for all off- shore construction work, including the recently contracted mobile jack- up rig for a Norwegian company.

A native of Bellville, Texas, Mr.

Eckermann comes to Marathon from Pennzoil Products Company, where he had been the vice presi- dent of a Pennsylvania manufactur- ing operation. Prior to joining Penn- zoil, Mr. Eckermann was asso- ciated with Marathon Manufactur- ing, Morco Division, and Union Car- bide, where he served in various manufacturing and engineering management positions.

OWWA Signs Accord With

Unitor-Magsaysay —Color Brochure Available

Responding to the need to en- hance the welding skills of Filipino seafarers, the Philippine govern- mental agency Overseas Workers

Welfare Administration (OWWA) has formally signed an agreement with Magsaysay Lines Inc. to make funds available to support seafarers training at the Unitor-Magsaysay

Maritime Training Center in Mani- la.

The Unitor-Magsaysay Maritime

Training Center offers six different maritime welding courses which are highly individualized with hands-on training in various welding tech- niques. Steps are now being taken to extend the training center's activi- ties to also cover training in the oth- er fields covered by Unitor Ships

Service AS.

Unitor has a network of 54 branch offices and 201 agents covering 830 ports worldwide servicing the inter- national shipping and shipbuilding industries.

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July, 1990

Singmarine Wins $16 Million Contract

For New Chemical Tanker

Singapore shipbuilder Singmar- ine Industries Limited, through its ship repair and shipbuilding divi- sion, Singmarine Dockyard & Engi- neering Pte. Ltd., has been awarded its first Italian newbuilding con- tract, worth $16.2 million.

The order calls for the construc- tion of a sophisticated 9,300-dwt chemical tanker for Mediterranea

Di Navigazione, and is to date the largest single vessel contract re- ceived by Singmarine Dockyard.

When completed, the 407-foot long tanker will have a cargo capac- ity of 11,000 cubic meters and will be capable of storing three different types of chemicals. Its center and side tanks can also accommodate chemicals up to IMO II and IMO III classes, respectively. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for mid-1991.

Singmarine Dockyard has recent- ly acquired the 35-acre yard in Ju- rong, formerly owned and operated by Marathon LeTourneau. Develop- ment of this facility, designated the

Main yard, is well underway. Upon its completion, Singmarine will have the capacity to build large, more sophisticated ships up to 490 feet.

For literature containing com- plete details on the services offered by Singmarine dockyard,

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