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Lockheed Receives Navy Contract For $38.2 Million Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $38,- 293,411 negotiated cost-plus-fixed- fee contract for advance procure- ment of equipment, materials and commodities for the LSD-41, in- cluding advance engineering and program support activities. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity. (N000- 24-80-C-2080) Swedish Shipbuilders Assn Report For 1979 The Swedish Shipbuilders As- sociation has recently reported that in 1979 Swedish shipyards launched 37 vessels with an ag- gregate 0.5-million gross tons. Ad- ditionally, 44 vessels totaling 0.6 million gross tons, with a value of US$747 million (Kr.3.1 billion), were completed. Thirteen of the completed vessels totaling 0.3 mil- lion gross tons, and valued at Kr.1.8 billion, were for export. Orderbooks at the end of 1979 stood at 58 ships aggregating 1 million gross tons, or roughly 4 percent of the total orders on hand at the world's shipyards. The value of Swedish yards order- books, including alternative pro- duction, was Kr.7.7 billion, of which Kr.2.0 billion will be for export. Among the 32 new contracts, totaling 0.3 million gross tons, signed in 1979 are six tankers, five car and passenger ferries, four chemical carriers, four sup- ply ships, and two car carriers. McDermott Unit Names Five New Vice Presidents Robert K. Richie, president and chief operating officer of the Mc- Dermott Operating Unit of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced that five new vice presidents have been named in the Unit. R.V. Joffrion has been named vice president and general man- ager, Marine Pipeline and Harvey Fabrication Divisions, McDermott Operating Unit. Mr. Joffrion joined the company in 1961 as a scheduling engineer. He became supervising project engineer in 1970 and division manager of the Harvey Fabrication Division in 1972. Since 1974, he has been sen- ior division manager of the Har- vey Fabrication and Marine Pipe- line Divisions. W.D. Howell has been named vice president and general man- ager, West Africa Area, Oceanic Contractors, Inc. Mr. Howell joined the company in 1971 as a field engineer. He became the manager of the marine pipeline operations in the North Sea branch of Oceanic Contractors in 1977 and manager of the West Africa area in 1978, a position he has held since then. C.W. Dyerson has been named vice president and general man- ager, Fabrication Divisions, Mc- Dermott Operating Unit. Mr. Dyerson joined the McDermott Fabricators Division in Morgan City, La., in 1962 as an engineer, became senior division engineer in 1968, and division chief engi- neer in 1972. He was division manager, McDermott Offshore Di- vision, from 1973 to 1978, when he became division manager of McDermott Fabricators. W.H. Fraser has been named vice president and general man- ager, McDermott Engineering- London, Oceanic Contractors, Inc. Mr. Fraser joined the Oceanic En- gineering Services Group in Lon- don in 1978 as senior division manager and has held that posi- tion until his present appointment. L.E. Walker has been named vice president and general man- ager, South East Asia Operations, Oceanic Contractors, Inc. Mr. Walker joined the company as a field engineer in 1968, and has held engineering positions with Oceanic Contractors in Singapore, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He became manager of off- shore operations for McDermott South East Asia Pte. Ltd. in 1977, a position he has held since then. any length, every spec, anytime, every wnere. ANIXTER'S huge stock of shipboard cable is never more than a few hours away from the major shipbuilding ports in the world. Whether as a single source of supply for long-range projects or as an emergency source for maintenance and repairs, ANIXTER can deliver whatever you need, exactly where you want it. If you require special sizes, we'll stock that for you. And at ANIXTER, there's never a minimum order. We'll cut your cable to any length you specify. That's just one of the reasons we say: "We're serious about service." JMXEl BROS.. INC. Worldwide Electrical Wire & Cable Specialists INTERNATIONAL:London 01-561-8118;Netherlands (078) 175466. EAST COAST: New York (914) 592-8800; GULF: New Orleans (504) 581-1241; WEST COAST: San Francisco (415) 352-3100 In CANA*DA: call ANIXTER-TURMAC, Montreal (514) 637-3511 GENERAL OFFICE: 4711 Golf Road • Skokie, IL 60076 -(312) 677-2600 XUOEl stocks shipboard cable. March 15, 1980 45
