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$67-Million Navy Order For Nuclear Components Goes To General Electric General Electric Company, Ma- chinery Apparatus Operation, Schenectady, N.Y., has been awarded a $67,445,000 modifica- tion to a previously awarded cost- plus-fixed-fee contract for naval nuclear components. Work will be performed at various locations. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand is the contracting activity. (N00024-74-C-5009) Port Of Galveston Announces Four Management Promotions Galveston Wharves executive director C.S. (Chuck) Devoy has announced the promotion of four port management employees. The new appointments include the promotion of Douglas J. Mar- chand to general operations man- ager, Ron Surovik to chief engi- neer, Mario R. Erneta to Mid- western sales manager and John Y. Massey Jr. to marketing man- ager. The combined service of these four men represents over 25 years of management experi- ence with the Port of Galveston, Texas. Mr. Marchand has served as assistant to the general man- ager since 1978. He joined the Wharves staff in 1970 and was responsible for the operation of the port's export crating divi- sion, Pier Point Packers, at the time of his promotion. Mr. Sur- ovik has been with the port en- gineering staff since 1971. His most recent capacity was that of port engineer responsible for as- sisting in all the port's engineer- ing and planning functions. Mr. Erneta has been with the Wharves' Houston sales office since 1976 as assistant Western sales manager. His responsibil- ities with the port involve the attraction of customers to uti- lize the Port of Galveston for shipping cargo. Mr. Massey was hired in 1978 as the Foreign Trade Zone manager for the Port. He was formerly employed as vice president of the Breton Cor- poration, a warehousing firm in the Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone. Electro-Nav's New Watch Receiver Meets IMCO Requirements IMCO Resolution A.383 man- dates that seagoing vessels must be equipped with a watch re- ceiver tuned to the 2182 kHz voice distress frequency, which must be monitored 24 hours a day while the vessel is at sea. Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron recently unveiled his company's new EN2182-GR "Life- saver" watch receiver, designed to comply with IMCO and with the provisions of most European maritime regulatory agencies. February 15, 1981 7 Lifesaver has already been ap- proved by the Greek Govern- ment's E.E.P. and Liberia's B.M.A. "Lifesaver differs in several re- spects from the EN2182R Watch- receiver we introduced last year," said Mr. Negron. "The operator can choose to filter or mute in- coming signals so as to minimize interference with his watch du- ties. An integral digital clock au- tomatically lifts the filter or mute during silent periods, and is mounted on the front panel where it can easily be seen at all times. And Lifesaver can re- ceive EPIRB aircraft distress frequency transmissions. These operating characteristics are the very ones called for in the di- rectives of most of the European regulating bodies." The new watch receiver comes with its own integral speaker, and with provisions for a remote loudspeaker with controls that permit comprehensive monitoring at any location aboard ship. Easy- to-mount antenna and mounting hardware are furnished with the unit; a deluxe whip antenna is also available. Installation is said to be • simple, and can be per- formed by ship's personnel. For further information on Electro-Nav watch receivers and ancillary equipment, Write 81 on Reader Service Card A 10,000-psi jet of water promises to revolutionize routine on-board maintenance... especially rust and scale removal of surfaces to be painted. Butterworth Systems now offers a modern alternative to the age-old chipping hammer. It's their MARINE LIQUA-BLASTER' Diesel powered pump of a MARINE LIQUA-BLASTER onboard a vessel. ultra-high pressure water- blasting equipment. Especially developed for shipboard use at sea, the MARINE LIQUA-BLASTER unit uses a diesel or electric powered pump to generate a 10,000-psi jet of water that is directed by a fail-safe, hand-held gun at the surface being descaled. "White-metal" cleaning. On a badly rusted surface, "water only" blasting removes scale and debris, leaving a surface that is acceptable for standard maintenance painting. If a moderate amount of sand is automatically added to the water jet, a surface can be "white-metal" cleaned more effectively and more efficiently than it would be with dry-sand blasting in a shipyard. With the MARINE LIQUA-BLASTER unit, a rust inhibitor can be added to protect the "white-metal" surface against oxidation before painting. Introducing the Butterworth Systems MARINE LIQUA- BLASTER* SHIP MAINTENANCE SYSTEM. Better than dry-sand blasting. Because of the high velocity of the water/sand jet. the sand impacts a rusted surface with a much greater force than with regular dry-sand blasting. The end result is faster cleaning using less sand. Respirators are not required since no dust is generated. Clean-up is also easier. Other shipboard cleaning. In addition to descaling rusted surfaces, a MARINE LIQUA-BLASTER unit can be used for a number of other on-board cleaning jobs. These include cleaning condenser and boiler tubes, oil spray from machinery, galley grease filters, clogged ports, and the like. For these jobs, as well as rusted surfaces, a variety of guns, lances, round and fan jet nozzles are available. Proven on-board use. The experience on a 69,742-DWT tanker, is typical of other vessels that have used MARINE LIQUA-BLASTER equipment. Here, it was first used to clean a badly rusted 550-square-meter poop deck. The job was done as routine maintenance with interruptions for bad weather and all-hands tasks. In a little over two weeks the poop deck was "white-metal" cleaned and freshly painted. Doing the same job in a shipyard would have cost $13,750 at $25 per square meter not including the incremental lay up time to accomplish this task. Heavily rusted deck (below), after water blasting (left), and "white-metal clean after water-sand blasting (right)." Get all the facts. For full details and a copy of an eight-page report, "Shipboard Cleaning and Descaling with Ultra-high Pressure Water Blasting", write or call today. Butterworth Systems BUTTERWORTH SYSTEMS INC. 224 Park Avenue. Box 352. Florham Park. N.J. 07932 USA Telephone: (201) 765-1549 Telex: 136434 BUTTERWORTH SYSTEMS (UK) LTD. 445 Brighton Rd.. So. Croydon, Surrey CR2 6EU. England Telephone: 01-668-6211 Telex: 946524 PARTEK CORPORATION OF HOUSTON 3721 Lapas Drive Houston. Texas 77023 USA Telephone: (713) 644-3636 Telex: 762199 Write 208 on Reader Service Card
