Captain Leback Honored
At SUNY Maritime College
Federal Maritime Administrator Capt. War-
ren G. Leback is shown at the lectern during
Admiral's Ball at SUNY Maritime College.
The leaders of the maritime in-
dustry recently honored Federal
Maritime Administrator Capt.
Warren G. Leback for his sup-
port of the American merchant ma-
rine and maritime education and
training. Almost 600 guests gath-
ered for the dinner-dance held at
the State University of New York
Maritime College, Fort Schuyler,
Bronx, N.Y., and to hear the latest
from Captain Leback about plans
for strengthening the industry and
improving maritime education and
training.
Rear Adm. F.H. Miller, presi-
dent of New York State Maritime
College, took the opportunity of this
event to announce that more than
half the funds needed to install a
ship's bridge simulator on campus
had been obtained from events such
as this.
Admiral Miller announced a
capital campaign to open a Center
for Simulated Maritime Operations
at the college, the nation's oldest
maritime school. In his address,
Captain Leback announced that
changes in the requirements for li-
censing and upgrading of licenses,
plus additional training require-
ments for unlicensed personnel
would make such facilities manda-
tory.
With the Center for Simulated
Maritime Operations on its campus,
New York Maritime College will
continue to provide the best in U.S.
maritime training, begun with the
formation of the school in December
1874 by Act of Congress.
Nalfleet Changes Name,
Moves To New Address
Nalfleet Inc. is the new corporate
name for Nalfleet, Bull and Rob-
erts.
Richard O'Boyle, president of
Nalfleet Inc., also announced that
the company has moved to more
spacious quarters at 195 Mountain
Avenue, Springfield, N.J., phone
(201) 379-1340, fax (201) 379-9631.
The following personnel changes
were announced: Debra Decker
was appointed to assist customers
and expedite customer orders;
Gary Solovay was appointed to a
purchasing and inventory control
position within the Americas Zone;
and David Anderson was pro-
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moted to area sales manager.
Nalfleet Inc. Americas Zone han-
dles supply and service of Nalfleet
marine chemicals in the U.S., Cana-
da and South America. Nalfleet Inc.
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nal-
floc, in turn jointly owned by ICI
and Nalco Chemical Co.
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Los Angeles Shipyard
Negotiating To Reopen
Former Todd Facility
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor
Commissioners has authorized Port
staff to negotiate exclusively with
Los Angeles Shipyard (LAS) to
reopen the shipbuilding and repair
facility formerly operated by Todd
Shipyards Corp. in the Port of Los
Angeles.
LAS, an independent investment
group headquartered in Orange,
Calif., plans to conduct commercial
and military shipbuilding repair op-
erations at the port.
The group currently has an $82
million contract to build two 40,000-
dwt tankers for OSCO, a Norwegian
shipping company.
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