View non-flash version
Lufkin Industries Transfers Elliott To New York Area Olga Kottmeier Named To Drew Chemical's New Greek Subsidiary A.G. Giudice, executive vice president, Drew Chemical Corpora- tion, 701 Jefferson Road, Parsip- pany, N.J., a subsidiary of United States Filter Corporation, has an- nounced the formation of Drew Ameroid International, with a re- gional office located in Athens, Greece. This office will be responsible for all the overseas marine administra- tive operations of Drew Chemical Corporation. It occupies a five-story building on Makka Street, which contains a major computer system to expedite the worldwide account- ing functions of the subsidiary. It will be supervised by Olga Kott- meier, who has been appointed ad- ministrative vice president of Drew Ameroid International. Drew Chemical Corporation is a major supplier of products and services for water management and specialty chemicals in both the ma- rine and industrial sectors. United States Filter Corporation serves air pollution control, water and waste- water treatment markets and also provides management, engineering, design and planning services for energy and environmental systems. : Ben Elliott Lufkin Industries, Inc. has an- nounced the transfer of Ben Elliott, chief experimental engineer at the home plant in Lufkin, Texas, to the New York City area sales office in Edison, N J. He will be a sales rep- resentative for Lufkin's commercial and marine gears. Mr. Elliott joined Lufkin in 1946 after receiving his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1940 and then working in the aircraft industry for five years. He is a member of NAPE, TSPE, SESA, ASTM and ASLE profes- sional organizations. MarAd Approves Sale Of Constitution The sale of the 1,000-passenger vessel Constitution—idle since 1968 —to a foreign owner has been ap- proved by the Maritime Adminis- tration. The transfer application stated that the ship will go to At- lantic Far East Lines for operation under the Panamanian flag. The 23- year-old vessel was purchased for $2.5 million and, under terms of the approval, American Export Lines must deposit this sum in its capital reserve fund for future construc- tion. The Independence, also owned by American Export Lines and laid up since 1968, was sold to Atlantic Far East Lines, a subsidiary of the C.Y. Tung Group. However, the transfer cannot take place without legislative clearance. The sale price would be $2.9 million if the legisla- tion permitting operation of the Independence under foreign flag is passed, or $2.5 million if the legis- lation is not passed and the passen- ger ship must be sold for scrap. The sale of the two American Ex- port liners would leave only the United States—in lay-up at Hamp- ton Roads—to be disposed of, which would bring American-flag passen- ger service on the Atlantic to an absolute end. The United States was acquired by the Government more than a year ago from United States Lines. Efforts to reactivate the vessel have failed, and signs were increasingly clear that the ship would wind up in the Government's reserve fleet. The active U.S.-flag passenger fleet is now down to the Mariposa and the Monterey off the West Coast. •ill PIONEERS 1880&1974 Captain W. D. Haden Founder Bay-Houston Towing Company Astronaut Captain James A. Lovell Senior Executive Vice President Houston Towing Company % 4 > "w* ifp* at* REPAIR SPECIALISTS SINCE 1908... Call us...for fast, reliable repairs to all types of harbor craft. UNION DRY DOCK & REPAIR COMPANY Foot of Pershing Road, Weehawken, N.J. 07087 (201) UN 7-0904 (212) LO 5-4350 AMMI FLOATING PONTOON DOCK A NEW MULTI FUNCTIONAL FACILITY FOR THE SHIPYARD AND THE WATERFRONT SERVING AS LAUNCH, LIFT & TRANSFER DEVICE OF UNLIMITED LIFTING CAPACITY (X) Stationary platform for ship assembly and shore transfer (2) Submersible platform for launching and lifting End Transfer , 5 1 —H H— If Side Transfer (3) Floating platform for repair and transfer Write for descriptive brochure AMIRIKIAN ENGINEERING CO. 1401 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Va. 22209 April 1, 1974 43
