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Moore McCormack Resources Appoints Donald Beck Treasurer Paul R. Tregurtha, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Moore 'McCormack Re- sources, Inc., Stamford, Conn., (NYSE; Pacific) has announced the appointment of Donald Beck as treasurer of the company. Mr. Beck has been treasurer of Pickands Mather & Co., Cleve- land subsidiary of Moore McCor- mack since 1973, as well as treas- urer of The Interlake Steamship Company, which is a subsidiary of Moore - McCormack Lines and which is managed by PM. He join- ed Pickands Mather in 1951 and held various executive positions in the traffic and sales departments before being named assistant treas- urer in 1969. "The transfer of Mr. Beck from Pickands Mather, one of our prin- cipal subsidiaries," said Mr. Tre- gurtha, "is an indication of the close interrelationship between Moore McCormack Resources and our subsidiaries, a working ar- rangement that has proven to be of value to the company." Mr. Beck was graduated from Yale University in 1950 with a B.A. degree in economics. He at- tended Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College in the Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management. On April 16 the U.S. Navy's Surface Effect Ship test craft, the SES-100B, achieved a speed of more than 80 knots (92+ mph) — a world record for craft that ride on a captured air bubble. The SES-100B was developed and built by Textron's Bell Aerospace Division for the Naval Material Command Surface Effect Ships project. During previous tests in the Gulf of Mexico it operated in high sea states and repeatedly demonstrated perform- ance, stability and habitability exceeding expectations. The craft met all test objectives needed to confirm and expand the technology for design of a 2,000-ton ocean-going SES. textron Bell Aerospace DIVISION BUFFALO, NEW YORK NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Go Navy... Go Fast...Go SES The Navy's Surface Effect Ship program will revo- lutionize naval warfare. The record speed run of the SES-100B is an important step toward the 100-knot Navy of the future. Next: Development of a 2,000-ton ocean-going SES. Donald Beck Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. is a transportation and natu- ral resources organization. Its prin- cipal subsidiaries include Pickands Mather & Co., which operates iron ore and coal mines, Great Lakes ore carriers, and acts as sales agent for various materials; and Moore- McCormack Lines, Incorporated, which offers ocean shipping serv- ices from U.S. East Coast ports to the East Coast of South America and to South and East Africa. Pacific NW Section Tours Facilities At Burrard Dry Dock Co. A regular meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held recently at Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., in North Vancouver, British Colum- bia, Canada. A variation in the usual meeting format was made possible by the offer of Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. to conduct a tour of their facilities and ships under construction. The facilities tour passed through Plate and Erection Shop No. 1 and ended with the Machine Shop. Items of interest included the Haneosine Automatic burning machine, the steel wheelabrator and automatic priming equipment, and Burrard's plywood press compon- ents. The ship tours 'began with a trek through the almost completed 202-foot research vessel Hollis Hedberg, a journey aboard the rail- car ferry Incan Superior, and some passing views of the German ship Pluvius, the ferry Carrier Princess, and the tanker Imperial Skeena, all receiving repair work. Burrard's president, J.W. Hud- son, and his staff did an excellent job of organizing and conducting a very informative and interesting tour. Wartsila Yard To Build LPG Containership For Gotaas-Larsen The Wartsila Shipyard at Helsin- ki, Finland, has received an order for the construction of a 75,000-cubic- meter liquefied petroleum gas con- tainership for the Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, a subsidiary of the IU International Corporation. The cost is about $50 million. 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineerirtg News
