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ACT/PACE To Establish Own Offices On Gulf Coast Associated Container Transpor- tation/? ACE Line is expanding its involvement in the trade between the U.S. Gulf and Australia and New Zealand, through establish- ment of its own offices in New Orleans and Houston. The change will also involve the appointment of Gulf and Eastern Steamship and Chartering Corporation to perform other agency functions. The Gulf operations will be managed by Jo- seph Zehner, ACT/PACE Gulf re- gional manager. Last September, ACT established its own sales office in the Midwest. The line also commenced a slot- charter agreement with its main competitor, Columbus Line, which now allows PACE Line to offer greater frequency of sailings from a full range of Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. Gilead Named Vice President Of Operations For Zim-American Line Capt. Yoel Yanai, senior vice president of operations for Zim- American Israeli Shipping Compa- ny, has announced the appointment of Avi Gilead as vice president of operations. Mr. Gilead, who joined Zim in 1975, is responsible for logis- tics and equipment control for Zim's North American operations, and he will oversee Zim's evaluation of in- novations such as double-stack trains. He received a master's degree in operations research from the Israeli Institute of Technology, and is a graduate of Haifa University with a degree in economics and statistics. He has more than 12 years of experi- ence in the transportation industry, most recently serving as assistant vice president of operations for Zim. Engelhard Offers Chloropac Generator Service Contracts Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, N.J., a world leader in the manufac- ture of specialty chemical and met- allurgical products, is now offering complete service contracts to cus- tomers of its Chloropac® in-situ so- dium hypochlorite generators for the prevention of organic fouling in circulating water systems. Structured to ensure trouble-free operation, Engelhard's Chloropac service contracts are customized for each user to provide regular servic- ing and inspections, routine and emergency repairs anywhere in the world and periodic updating of the systems as technological improve- ments are achieved. Installed in over 1,000 industrial Circle 337 on Reader Service Card •> and commercial sites around the world, Chloropac units are available in virtually any size for the electro- lytic generation of sodium hypo- chlorite from ordinary seawater. Applications range from coastal power stations to offshore drilling rigs and oceangoing vessels. To obtain information on how to purchase a Chloropac service con- tract, or a Chloropac generator, Circle 20 on Reader Service Card Metropolitan Plumbing Expands Valve, Fitting Strainer Inventories —Literature Available Metropolitan Plumbing Supply of Long Island City, N.Y., recently an- nounced that they have doubled their inventory and tripled their machine shop capacity. They can now supply quality shipyard and marine valves, fittings, flanges, strainers, expansion joints and piping specialties in sizes to 72 inches, in all metals: scupper valves, inverted vent check valves, deck drains, strainers, stop check, cross, angle, hose and practically any valve required. For complete literature contain- ing full information, Circle 63 on Reader Service Card General Dynamics Photo DESALINATORS FOR TIRE MARINE AND OFFSHORE INDUSTRY. Few names have ever Been better known for quality alfa dependability than MAXIM. A standard that has stood for more than 50 years. Today Maxim furnishes desalinators to provide fresh water for workboats, offshore platforms, drilling rigs, tankers, submarines and large vessels of all types . . . units designed for optimum space savings and economic operation. Choose from a Nuclear submarine with Maxim RILEY-BEAIRD, INC. wide range of standard designs or let Maxim design a unit to meet your specific requirements. Also available are reliable Maxim heat exchangers and deaerators. Become a part of a legend . . . insist on Maxim, the first name in reliability and service. Maxim backs it up! Riley-Beaird, Inc., P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, LA 71130-1115, Ph. (318) 865-6351, Telex 50-7472.
