Maritime Reporter, March, 1973

<BODY> <div> Sheds water anddirt .Non-kinking weight when CONTEST Mid-Western Division: ST. LOUIS CORDAGE MILLS, St. Louis, Mo. 63104 SALES OFFICES: BOSTON • CHICAGO • CLEVELAND • HOUSTON • JACKSONVILLE • NEW ORLEANS • PHILADELPHIA • SAN FRANCISCO • SAN PEDRO • SEATTLE Senior vice president Charles R. Ball Jr., regional manager in South- east Asia since 1971, has assumed the position in London as regional general manager in. charge of the company's operations throughout Europe and Africa. Sam Carnahan, former area man- ager in charge of African op- erations, has been promoted to as- sistant regional general manager in London. Vice president Lawrence M. Jones, who has been in charge of Santa Fe's drilling operations in North and South America, has been given additional responsibili- ties as regional general manager, Western Hemisphere and South- east Asia. He continues to work out of company headquarters in Orange, Calif. E.E. Leard has been promoted from zone manager in Nigeria to op- erations manager, Southeast Asia, with headquarters in Djakarta. Thomas J. Giardino The appointment of Thomas J. Giardino, traffic manager of the Marchessini Steamship Lines, as general chairman for the "Ninth Annual International Maritime Night Dinner" of The Rudder Club, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., was announc- ed by commodore Clifford M. Palmer, vice president of Lee & Palmer. Also appointed as dais chairman for the affair was Daniel J. Altilio, traffic manager for Cen- tral Gulf Lines. The dinner, which is being held Wednesday evening, March 14, 1973, will be in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn. The Rudder Club, which is known for its educational grants for many years, aggregating over $100,000, is one of the largest maritime or- ganizations in the country and has chosen that evening, as in the past, to honor the top executives repre- senting American, as well as for- eign steamship lines, serving the ports of New York and New Jer- sey. The cost per guest is set at $17.50 each (includes gratuity), and checks should be made payable to Rudder Club, Inc., 518-26 Colum- bia Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231. Entertainment chairman for the evening will be Berndt M. Palmer, president of Lee & Palmer. Santa Fe Opens Tehran Headquarters— New Managers Named Santa Fe Drilling Co., Orange, Calif., has reorganized its foreign management with the opening of a new regional headquarters in Teh- ran and the naming of new man- agers for London, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. E.L. Shannon Jr., president of the parent Santa Fe International Corp., said the establishment of the Middle East headquarters reflects the growing importance of the com- pany's operations in that area. In recent years, Middle East opera- tions had been managed out of Eastern Hemisphere headquarters in London. Eight Santa Fe rigs are present- ly operating in the Middle East region, according to Gordon M. Anderson, president of Santa Fe Drilling Co. The region includes Iran, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait. In addition, he said, the company has contracted nine new units to start drilling there this year. Clyde Dawson, Santa Fe Drilling Co. vice president, has transferred to Tehran as regional general man- ager, Middle East. He had previ- ously been assigned to Nigeria as managing director of Santa Fe Ni- geria Development Co., Ltd. Other key personnel assigned to Iran include Donald J. Zimmer as zone manager and C.M. (Buck) Sheldon as administration man- ager, Middle East. B.G. Parker, continues as regional operations manager. Giardino To Chair Rudder Club Dinner r "technical" KO! SQUARE BRAIDED NYLON on a LET'S LOOK AT THE CARD... What's more, our AMERICAN® 3-STRAND TWISTED ROPE will also take on all comers... and LET YOU BE THE JUDGE because AMERICAN ROPES have more going for them in every way. Noble and West Streets, Brooklyn. New York 11222 ROPE • TWINE • OAKUM • STRAPPING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. March 1, 1973 37 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>