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Fred W. Beltz Jr. Elected Vice President DeLaval Turbine Inc. Donald T. Bixby, president, De- Laval Turbine Inc., announced that Fred W. Beltz Jr. was elected vice president by the board of di- rectors on May 24, 1978. A 29-year DeLaval veteran, Mr. Beltz has served in a number of assignments within the organiza- tion. Prior to his appointment in 1970 as the general manager of DeLaval's Condenser and Filter Division, Florence, N.J., Mr. Beltz had served five years as manager of the Service and Repair Depart- ment at the Turbine Division. On January 1, 1978, DeLaval consoli- dated its Energy Products Divi- sions in Trenton, N.J., and Mr. Beltz was selected as general man- ager of the newly formed Turbine and Compressor Division. In con- junction with the consolidation, Mr. Beltz will direct a $24-million program for new facilities and machinery. The program is sched- uled for completion by 1980, with $8 million slated for 1978. Mr. Beltz recently served as the president of the Heat Exchange Institute (HEI), which is an as- sociation composed of the major manufacturers of heat exchangers for the utility industry. The "standards" established by the HEI are recognized throughout the engineering world. Fred W. Beltz Jr. The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) re- cently elected Mr. Beltz as its chairman for 1977-78. Mr. Beltz, who has been active in the Soci- ety since 1944, is the latest in a long series of DeLaval vice presi- dents to be elected to the Phila- delphia chairmanship, starting with Hans G. Bauer in the early '50s, followed by Ivan Monk, Barton B. Cook Jr., and now Mr. Beltz. Pouch To Succeed Shields As President Barber Steamship Lines E.J. Barber, chairman of the board, Barber Steamship Lines, Inc., New York, N.Y., has an- nounced the appointment of Rob- ert H. Pouch as the next presi- dent of Barber Steamship Lines, and as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Pouch will succeed William J. Shields, who will be retiring October 31, 1978, after 50 years of service with Barber Steamship Lines and its subsidiary compa- nies. Mr. Shields will remain on the board of Barber Steamship Lines, Inc. after his retirement as president. Barber Steamship Lines was founded in 1883, and was a pio- neer in the USA to Far East trade, with the company being the first to offer regular sailings via the Suez Canal. This service, which now operates under the trade name Barber Blue Sea, is a joint venture of Wilh. Wil- helmsen, Ocean Transport & Trad- ing Co., Ltd., and the Brostrom Group. In addition, Barber Steamship Lines acts- as agent for Atlant- trafik Express Service, Nordana Line, Barber Line and East Asi- atic Company. Mr. Pouch is a graduate of the Maine Maritime Academy and has served in the merchant marine and the U.S. Navy. Prior to join- ing Barber, he served as senior vice president of United States Navigation, Inc. He is currently a director of Pouch Terminal, Inc., a member of the board of managers of the Y.M.C.A. of New York Seamen's House, and holds elected office as Deputy Mayor and Trustee of Irvington, N.Y., where he resides with his wife and two children. From turbines to cargo Foxboro controls the Batillus The Batillus, recently delivered from the Chantiers de I'Atlantique yard, is the first of a series of four 550,000 DWT ultra- large crude carriers of Societe Maritime Shell and Compagnie Nationale de Navi- gation. And the control systems for the steam turbines that power these giant ships are supplied by Foxboro. Machinery control systems for these unique vessels are only part of the story; Foxboro provides the cargo handling control, too. Whatever your needs in control system capabilities, we can sup- ply the solution ... from basic sensors and transducers to fully integrated computer- based data acquisition and control sys- tems. Primary systems capabilities include controls for combustion, feed- water, superheated and desuperheated steam, remote turbine throttle, and single or dual fuel burners. Onboard machinery control systems are but one example of the broad spectrum of ma/ine and offshore control capabilities available from Foxboro. With over 130 sales and service outlets located in 70 countries, Foxboro is uniquely qualified to integrate, supply, and support instrumentation and control systems for marine and offshore applications on a worldwide basis. For more details on how we can help your application, write: Foxboro Marine Operations, P.O. Box 435, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, U.S.A. tOXBORO 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
