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H.A. Severn Jr. Appointed General Manager At Chesapeake Shipbuilding Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Inc. recently announced the appoint- ment of H. Anthony Severn Jr. as the company's general man- ager. Formerly with the Electric Boat Division of General Dynam- ics, Mr. Severn will be responsi- ble for the overall supervision and coordination of the shipyard's op- eration. Located in Salisbury, Md., Chesapeake Shipbuilding special- izes in the construction of steel vessels up to 280 feet in length, and has the capability to perform major repairs and modification. The company is currently con- structing the nation's largest coastal cruise ship. In addition to construction and repair services, Chesapeake Ship- building also offers a full range of professional design and engi- neering services. Sondgeroth Appointed VP For Consolidated Grain And Barge Co. L <3t\ X. WJ'fflm V Dale Sondgeroth Consolidated Grain and Barge Company, St. Louis, has an- nounced the election of Dale Sondgeroth to the position of vice president. He joined Con- solidated in 1971 as assistant ter- minal manager at Hennepin, 111., followed by his promotion in 1974 to assistant barge operations manager, and manager of barge operations in 1976. In 1978, Mr. Sondgeroth was named sales man- ager, the position he held prior to his recent promotion. New Product Bulletin Describes Biospherics' Oily Water Bilge Alarm A new product bulletin is avail- able that describes Biospherics' self-cleaning "Oilarm" oil-in- water bilge alarm. Factory set to trigger a set of Form C contacts at 15 ppm, the threshold is inter- nally adjustable from 0 to 100 ppm of oil in water. The on-line device samples the overboard discharge seven times per minute without the use of sampling lines, automatically cleaning the optical surface with each stroke of the sampling pis- ton. Oilarm is the newest of a series of self-cleaning instruments manufactured by Biospherics In- corporated, Lanham, Md. Write 32 on Reader Service Card TIW Industries And DMI Sign Agreement To Build Dredges In Canada TIW Industries Ltd. of Toronto has signed an agreement with DredgeMasters International, Inc. (DMI) of Hendersonville, Tenn., to cover the manufacturing of portable dredges for Canadian and international markets. The agreement covers complete man- ufacturing and assembly of a min- imum of three DMI dredges per year at TIW's Central Bridge Limited plant in Trenton, Ontario. TIW Industries Ltd., is a broad- based Canadian metal fabricator, specializing in oilfield and petro- chemical equipment and satellite tracking antennas. The company has already produced two dredges for DMI, which are now in use in Columbia and Mexico. DredgeMasters International, Inc., a subsidiary of Valley In- dustries, Inc., is a world leader in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of portable dredges for the marine construction, min- ing, pulp and paper industries, and a wide variety of industrial applications. The agreement will make the complete range of DMI dredges — in pump sizes from 4 to 30 inch—available in Canada, under Canadian manufacture. Caba is shown trying unsuccessfully to crush the Sailor VHF radio with half of her 8,000-plus pound bulk.* The result? The radio's heavy gauge steel case was virtually unscathed —close inspection showed a very small depression (about 1/32 ")-** Why the Sailor radio is built as rugged UF an army tank! 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
