SNAME San Diego Section
Discusses Pollution Prevention;
Shown standing, left to right: T.S. Hand Jr., secretary-
treasurer of the San Diego Section; John Angles, choir-
man; Lee J. Hartenstein, speaker; and Lt. R. Kinnear,
USN, papers chairman.
The San Diego Section of The Society of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held
their February meeting on Wednesday, Febru-
ary 18, 1970 in the San Diego Yacht Club.
Guests included representatives from Global
Marine, San Diego Marine Construction Com-
pany, Rohr Corporation San Diego, Atlantic
Research Corporation, and National Steel and
Shipbuilding Company.
After cocktails and dinner, Lee J. Harten-
stein, from Aqua-Chem, Inc., Waukesha, Wis.,
presented a paper entitled "Development of a
Coalescing Type Oil-Water Separator for Ma-
rine Service," by Lee J. Hartenstein and
Thomas E. Lindemuth, Water Technologies
Division, Aqua-Chem, Inc.
Pollution of our natural environment has re-
cently received increasing public attention and
oil-pollution of our marine resources has cer-
tainly not been overlooked. While the shipping
industry has long been aware of the oil pollu-
tion problem, the major obstacle to prevention
and control has been the lack of equipment
suitable for shipboard use.
The speaker discussed sources of pollution,
legislation, oil pollution prevention techniques,
and system design consideration. Drawings
and graphs backed up the presentation of de-
velopment, design, and application of a co-
alescent-type oil-water separator suitable for
shipboard service. The coalescent separator,
utilizing a disposable coalescing media, is de-
scribed relative to its utilization in vessel bilge,
ballast, and cargo tank-cleaning systems. Stud-
ies are also being made on using it for offshore
drilling spillage.
A stimulating question and answer period
followed the presentation and served to high-
light many of the inherent problems of oil
pollution control. Participating were G.A.
Uberti, D.R. Rodger, and J.F. Adey, of Na-
tional Steel and Shipbuilding Company and
T.S. Hand Jr. of NavSec.
$18.2 Million MSTS Contract
To West Coast Tugboat Firms
The Navy's Military Sea Transportation
Service has awarded a contract to Alaska-
Puget-United Transportation Company, of San
Francisco, to supply 44 defense and govern-
ment installations in Alaska for a 5-year pe-
riod, beginning next month.
Forty of the stations are along the Alaskan
coastline and in the Aleutian Islands, and will
be supplied from ocean tugs and barges.
The company which won the $18.2 million
contract is a joint venture specially formed by
Alaska Barge and Transport, Inc., of Seattle,
and the United Transportation Company, of
San Francisco.
Barker To Manage
Rolls-Royce Gas Turbine
Sales In North America
The appointment of George T. Barker as
manager, industrial and marine gas turbines
for Rolls-Royce (Canada) Limited was an-
nounced by K.I.C. Vincent, president and gen-
eral manager.
In his new position Mr. Barker will be re-
sponsible for the sales and service of all Rolls-
Royce industrial and marine gas turbines in
North America. Mr. Barker, previously mar-
keting manager, has had extensive experience
in the sales, service, operation, and overhaul
of aero and industrial gas turbine engines with
Rolls-Royce. He will be based at the com-
pany's Montreal location.
Mr. Barker, a native of Morpeth, England,
has a broad educational background in mathe-
matics, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, metal-
lurgy, and mechanics. During the war he
served with the Royal Air Force as an engi-
neering officer and as aircrew with the rank of
flight lieutenant.
Following Mr. Barker's Royal Air Force
service, he joined British Overseas Airways
Corporation, first as a flight engineer, and then
as chief flight engineer instructor. He moved
to Canada in 1953 when he joined Rolls-Royce
of Canada as a field service representative.
Mr. Barker was subsequently promoted to
senior representative, area service supervisor
(civil) for Canada, and service manager for all
Rolls-Royce aero products in North America.
He was appointed to industrial turbine sales
for North America, was made assistant com-
mercial manager, and in 1968 was appointed
marketing manager.
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