Maritime Reporter, April 1976

<BODY> <div> Evergreen Marine Corp. Announces New Ships And Plans New Services Y.F. Chang Evergreen Marine Corp. of New York has announced the delivery of a new bulk carrier, the launch- ing of another bulk carrier and a containership, and plans to be- gin a service from the West Coast to the Far East later this year. The announcements were made by Y.F. Chang, founder and chair- man of Evergreen Marine Corp. The 18,500-dwt bulk carriers, the Ever Hope and the Ever Handsome, built in Japan, have been fixed on long-term time charters. This month, the Ever Shine will join the Ever Spring, Ever Summit, and Ever Superb in the service begun last summer from the ports of New York, Balti- more, and Charleston, directly to Kaohsiung and Keelung, Taiwan; Pusan, Korea, and Hong Kong. Each ship carries 300 forty- foot containers. Evergreen Handt Corp. in New York serves as general agents. Four combination container/ breakbulk ships are presently un- der construction for Evergreen to be used in the West Coast trade. The first of that series is expected to be delivered in Octo- ber. These ships are planned to carry 57 twenty-foot equivalents and have a deadweight capacity of 16,000 tons of cargo each. "We expect 1976 to be a year of substantial growth for Ever- green," said Mr. Chang. American Club Elects Officers And Admits Central Gulf Lines A.B. Kurz, chairman of the American Steamship Owners Mu- tual Protection and Indemnity Association, commonly known as the American Club, announced at the recent annual meeting that Central Gulf Lines had joined the organization. The addition of Cen- tral Gulf as a member brings an additional 454,000 gross tons un- der the protection and indemnity (P&I) coverage provided by the group. The total tonnage in the group is 3.5 million gross tons. The American Club is the only nonprofit P&I club in the United States. Day-to-day affairs of the April 1, 1976 club are handled by the staff of the Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., the oldest P&I adjusting and underwriting organization in the United States. Mr. Kurz, president of Key- stone Shipping Co., was reelected chairman of the organization at the meeting. Others reelected were Norman Scott, president of American President Lines, deputy chairman, and John H. Casedy of the Shipowners Claims Bureau, secretary. Louis J. Gusmano of Kirlin, Campbell & Keating was named counsel. Other directors elected to serve on the board for the coming year included George C. Halstead, Alcoa Steamship Co.; Herbert A. Crompton, Trinidad Corp.; Thomas J. Smith, Farrell Lines; John J. Ervin, Mathiasen's Tank- er Industries, Inc.; Carl Swenson, Farrell Lines; John T. DiPalermo, American President Lines; J. Donald Kenny, American Presi- dent Lines; Sal P. Tarantino, Pa- cific Far East Line; John I. Alioto, Pacific Far East Line; Joseph W. Dickover, States Steamship Co.; Edward J. Kettel, Atlantic Richfield Co.; Charles Kurz II, Margate Shipping Co.; Spyros Skouras, Presidential Lines; An- thony R. Maio, Prudential Lines; Edward P. Walsh, Waterman Steamship Corp.; and Erik F. Johnson, Central Gulf Lines. Lowery Brothers. Well go to any lengths to supply your slings and f ittinqs. When you need wire rope slings and fittings, or cables and ropes for towing and mooring, just call us by name. Lowery Brothers. We can supply exactly what you need, because that's exactly what we've been doing for over 30 years. Lowery can fabricate mechanical swaged-splice wire rope slings in diameters from 3/16 of an inch to 5 inches Single part slings. 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