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Todd Signs $155 Million In Tanker Contracts—Backlog Neaors Half-Billion-Dollar Mark Todd Shipyards Corporation has announced that it had been awarded contracts for the construction of four 89,700-dead weight-ton tankers totaling approximately $155 million. Three of these vessels will be built for Ha- waiian 'International Shipping Corp. of Hono- lulu, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Resources, Inc., under Title V of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, with a con- struction differential subsidy of 33.66 percent. The fourth vessel will 'be built for United States Lines under Title XI of the Act. The Hawaiian International contracts were signed in Washington by Lowell E. Mee, vice president-secretary-treasurer; J.T. Gilbride, president of Todd, and Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs. The United States Lines contract was signed by Nicholas Bachko, senior vice presi- dent of that company, and Mr. Gilbride. The vessels, to be built at Todd's Los An- geles Division, will be 894 feet long, with a beam of 105 feet 9 inches and a draft of 49 feet. They are of the San Clemente-class powered by steam with a shp of 24,500. Delivery of the first vessel will foe in October 1978, and deliveries will foe completed by November 1979. With these awards, Todd Shipyards Corpo- ration's backlog nears the half-billion-dollar mark. Construction work at its Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston and Galveston plants in- cludes tankers of 89,700, 35,000, and 25,000 deadweight tons, phosphate rock barges, drill- ships, tug/supply vessels, ferryboats, tank barges and towboats. Fruehauf Corporation Elects Rowan Chief Executive Officer; Grace Remains Board Chairman > Robert D. Rowan William E. Grace At its annual shareholder meeting held re- cently at the Pontchartrain Hotel, Detroit, Mich., the board of directors of Fruehauf Cor- poration announced the election of president Robert D. Rowan as chief executive officer, succeeding William E. Grace, wtio will remain as chairman of the board. Mr. Rowan, who was elected president and chief operating officer in 1972, joined Frue- hauf as controller in 1955, after spending five years with Touche Ross & Company as audit supervisor. He was elected corporate vice president-controller in 1963, vice president- finance in 1965, executive vice president-finance in 1969, and a director of the company in 1970. Mr. Grace, who will continue as a member of the executive committee of the board and the firm's Policy Council, has been chief ex- ecutive officer since 1958. He was elected president the same year, and moved up to chairman of the board in 1972. B&W Moves Headquarters For Industrial And Marine Division The Industrial & Marine Division of The Balfocock & Wilcox Company will consolidate headquarters and engineering office in a new 100,000-square-foot office building being con- structed in North Canton, Ohio, The division's engineering office in Coven- try Township, Ohio, will move to the new facility in August 1974. The remainder of the division is scheduled to move by October 1, 1974. The division offices are currently located at B&W's Power Generation Group headquarters in Baifoerton, Ohio. Besides the engineering office in Coventry, the division maintains a 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Wilmington, N.C. According to I&M general manager Thomas M. Campbell Jr., "The purpose of the move is to bring all division office functions into one building for more effective operations and to permit expansion for future growth of the division." Barberton office space vacated by the I&M Division will permit expansion of other B&W divisions located there. Bi&W's I&M Division supplies Ifield-erected and shop-assembled boilers for industrial and specialized applications and for U.S. Navy and merchant marine ships. Included in its prod- uct line are chemical recovery and air and water quality control equipment for the pulp and paper industry; oxygen converter hoods and pulverized coal injection systems for the steel industry; power generation and process steam systems for the petrochemical industry, and solid and liquid waste incinerator systems for industrial and municipal applications. CURAty&O DRYD0CK COMPANY, INC. LAT. 12°N .LONG. 69°W FULLY COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND CONVERSION FACILITIES. DRY DOCKS UP TO 120,000 DWT. Curasao, Netherlands Antilles • P.O. Box 153 • Telephone: 37200 Telex: 1107 CDM NA - Cable: SHIPYARD CURACAO. C.D.M. agents; • U.S.A.: PHS. VAN OMMEREN INC. Tel. (212) 425-5665. Cable: VANOI New York. Telex: 222666. • BELGIUM: C.J. BRAAM - Tel. 277.223. Cable: BRAAMARIT, Antwerp. • BRAZIL: SONAVE S.A., Rio de Janeiro. Tel. 223-2141^223-8170, 223-8271. Telex: Imhaukasa Rio • CANAL ZONE: C.B. FENTON & CO. INC. TeL 43-1278. Cable: FENTON, Cristobal. Telex: 3482032. • DENMARK: A/S MARITIME AGENCY - TeL (01) 151504. Cable: MARAG, Copenhagen. Telex 15845. • ENGLAND: KELLER SHIPPING CO. LTD. TeL Royal 8833/9. 4123. Cable: RELLEK, London. T0I6X! 887100. • FINLAND & SWEDEN: NORDSTROM & THULIN. A.B. TeL 08/231740. Cable: NORDSTROMSALE Stockholm. Telex: 19352. JCE: PHS. VAN = reL 266-09-19. 265-33-20 Paris. Telex: 28686. (France) S.A. (OMMEREN, GERMANY: PHS. VAN OMMEREN (Hamburg), GmbH. TeL 339731. Cable: VANOMMEREN, Ham- burg. Telex: 2-161-896. GREECE: TH. GIAVRIDIS BROS. S.A. TeL 429. 610, 429.650, 471.133. Cable: THEOGIBROS, Piraeus. Telex: 212091. HONGKONG: RJ.L. fflongkonK) LTD. TeL H 241181. Cable: JAPACKLINE, Hongkong. Telex: 3608. ITALY: CAMBIASO-RISSO & C. S.p.A. TeL 593 331. Cable: GIPENNA, Genova. Telex: 27203. JAPAN: NISSHO-IWAI CO. LTD. TeL (03) 276-2111. Cable: NISSHOIWAI, Tokyo. Telex: J22233/ 22234. NORWAY: HENNING ASTRUP A/S. TeL 413.847. Cable: HE AST, Oslo. Telex: Oslo 11307. HENNING ASTRUP. A/S. Tel. 15.233. 30.238. Cable: HAVEN, Bergen. Telex: Bergen 42316. PORTUGAL: SOCIEDADE CONTINENTAL DE REPRESENTACOES LDA. TeL 320505, 325501. ' Me: MAGNET, Lisboa. Telex: 1513. JZUELA: A. TORRES P. TeL 544808. Cable: TOP A, Caracas. Telex: 21685. 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
