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American Bureau Of Shipping Elects Johnston President William N. Johnston was elect- ed president of the American Bu- reau Shipping at the semiannual meeting of the ABS board of managers held in New York City on September 20, Robert T. Young, chairman and president, announced. Mr. Young, who will remain chairman of the board of ABS, said that Mr. Johnston will assume his duties as president on November 1. Mr. Johnston will become the 12th president of the interna- tional ship classification society in its 115-year history. He joined ABS in 1951, and served as a Sur- veyor for seven years in Europe, and eight years in the United States before being appointed Principal Surveyor for New Or- leans. In 1968, he was appointed Principal Surveyor for Western Europe, headquartered in Lon- don, England. He returned to the United States in 1972, when he was appointed assistant to the chairman. Mr. Johnston was elected a vice president in 1974, and senior vice president in 1976. A native of Mobile, Ala., Mr. Johnston graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology with a Bachelor of Science LIFT m. LAS PALMAS. CANARY ISLANDS Platform: 171.6 meters by 30 meters, lifts vessels up to 25.000 d w t 20 years of shiplifting experience. • 117 installations in 53 countries. • used by 22 national navies. • more than 150,000 individual dockings and transfers completed. Most economical shiplift system. • lower cost of installation, maintenance and operation than any comparable system. • ONLY shiplift system with continuous lifting. • faster docking speed than any other system. 3 Year warranty on all components. 1 Year free field service after completion. Proposals, quotations, and visits by engineers at no cost or obligation. Designed to classifications standards of: • Lloyd's Register of Shipping. • American Bureau of Shipping. • Germanischer Lloyd. Pearlson Engineering Co. P.O. Box 560008 • 8970 S.W. 87th Court Miami, Florida 33156 U.S.A. • Phone: 305/271-5721 Telex: 051-9340 • Cable: SYNCROLIFT LONDON: 17 Devonshire St., London W1N 1FS, U.K. Telephone: 323-2855 • Telex: 23717 World's most experienced builder of shiplift systems. J MmMl [Ftefe If you're having trouble with hard-to-find spare parts for your SULZER, DOXFORD GOTAVERKEN, or MAN diesels at realistic, competitive prices, call on PISTON PRODUCTS for new components. Extensive inventories in factory stock. Liners, heads, pistons, exhaust valves, etc. for B & W, STORK and PIELSTICK diesels. REPAIR SERVICE for cylinder heads and pistons. N0RDBERG spare parts in factory stock for: 21W x 29", 21 x 31", 29" x 40" engines Liners, heads, pistons and piston rings for 18" and 17V bore engines Fleet nCe F°' Operators Placement ^Hvraiors ^on7P'Sent >*rts such as , provided on? otheMarnp ['nenS' heads Pated par?s ^earlY contrac( ^L"er?s can be ordered in ad Jlquired >°r the en
