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Castle & Cooke Plans To Purchase $36 Million Tuna Fleet Plans for its purchase of the Gann fleet of tuna fishing boats from the West gate-California Corporation, San Diego, for $36 million have been announced by Castle & Cooke, Inc., in San Fran- cisco. The Gann fleet consists of 13 vessels. The purchase would in- clude a refrigerated tuna-carry- ing vessel and a marine hardware company. The purchase offer was accept- ed by C.J. Hytrone Jr., the trustee for Westgate-California, which is in reorganization. D.J. Kirchhoff, president of Cas- tle & Cooke, said the acquisition would be part of a previously an- nounced program to increase sup- plies of raw tuna for Castle & Cooke's Bumble Bee brand. The company, which operates in 11 countries, is engaged in food pro- duction, including Dole bananas and pineapple and Bumble Bee seafood. It is also engaged in real estate development. AlumaShip/SteelShip Corporations Name Douglas Oehrlein Edward D. Fry, president of AlumaShip / SteelShip Corpora- tions with shipyards in Jeaneret- te, La., and Pine Bluff, Ark., an- nounced that Douglas L. Oehrlein of Honolulu, Hawaii, has been hired as marketing director of both corporations. Mr. Oehrlein's position became effective June 1, 1974. Mr. Oehrlein obtained his Bach- elor of Science degree in mechan- PERFORMANCE SERVICE DEPENDABILITY International Paint Company, lot IUy l0»»6 SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. 94080 NEW ORLEANS LA ical engineering, with a marine specialty from the University of Hawaii. He has had several years of experience in the transporta- tion industry, and has designed both boats and submersible ves- sels. Douglas L. Oehrlein Mr. Oehrlein will be responsi- ble for all sales and contracts, as well as assisting customers with preliminary engineering studies and cost feasibility studies. AlumaShip Corporation of Jeanerette, builds aluminum pas- senger vessels and workboats up to 125 feet in length. They have stock model designed crewboats in 65-foot, 90-foot and 100-foot sizes, and build catamaran ves- sels in 65-foot, 80-foot, and 100- foot sizes. SteelShip Corporation of Pine Bluff, specializes in river pushboats with stock models un- der construction in 50-foot, 60- foot and 80-foot sizes. Both cor- porations also build custom ves- sels to owners' specifications or designed by inhouse engineering staffs. Inquiries concerning any of AlumaShip/SteelShip Corpora- tions products or services should be directed to Douglas L. Oehr- lein, Marketing Director, Rt. 4, Box 167, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601. Fairbanks Morse Pump Division Of Colt Appoints Steinmeyer John W. Steinmeyer has been named manager of engineering, Industrial Pump Operation, for the Fairbanks Morse Pump Divi- sion of Colt Industries, according to W. Jackson Letts, vice presi- dent and general manager. Mr. Steinmeyer will be respon- sible for the engineering depart- ment, quality assurance depart- ment, and the research labora- tory. Before joining Fairbanks Morse, Mr. Steinmeyer was em- ployed by Bechtel, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Denver Equip- ment Co. He has a BSME degree from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in engi- neering from Rutgers University. 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
