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CAPTAIN M. BKSSCE Discussions Held by ETMU On March 30 Charles E. Gallagher, President of and Company Representatives the Esso Tanker Men*s Union, and Howard Schul- man, Union attorney, met with Management. Sub jects discussed concerned providing the Union with seniority lists, crew lists, position sheets and other information that the Union believes is nec essary to adequately perform its function. Discussion also included addi tional leaves of absence for Messrs. Gallagher and Derry. The problem of making the Council of the ETMU available for Union meetings four times a year, as provided in their constitution, and for negotiations with the Com pany was tentatively explored. The Company agreed to give the Union the continuous service date of every unlicensed seaman and a monthly report of men waiting to ship out. These reports will be kept up to date monthly. At a subsequent meeting it was also agreed to keep the Union advised of the seagoing assignments of un licensed personnel. All Mates and Engineers At a recent meeting of representatives of Manaee- to Attend Conferences ment and the J3T0A, it was agreed that the two- day Esso Marine Officers' Conferences now being held every other week at Company headquarters will be extended to include all Mates and Engineers. Officers with the rank of Second Mate, Second Assistant or higher have been attending the conferences, of which five have been held to date. As far as possible. Deck and Engineer Officers with the highest ranks are scheduled for the earlier conferences. Repair Schedules The busy spring overhaul period for the Esso fleet is now in full swing. The Esso Suez left the Bethlehem Hoboken yard on April 23 with a new air conditioning installa tion for living spaces and eight of her cargo tanks Dimetcoted. The Esso Zurich, due to leave Merrill-Stevens' Jacksonville yard May 1, will also be air conditioned. Other ships scheduled to proceed to repair yards for over haul in the near future are: Esso New Orleans Esso Gloucester* Esso Paterson Esso Greenville Esso Lexington April 22 " 23 " 25 " 28 " 28 Esso Bermuda* Esso Havana* Esso Washington Esso New York Esso Gettysburg * Living spaces to be air conditioned May 1 M3 t! 6 Jf 13 ? 23 I I EXX-MOR-006776 Sanitation Awards Presented to Esso Marine and Inland Waterways Malcolm C. Hope (center). Chief of the General Engineering Program, U.S. Public Health Service, Washington, D.C., presents Certificates of Sanitation to J. D. Rogers (left). General Manager of the Marine Department, and Sydney Wire, General Manager of Inland Waterways. The Special Citations, third re ceived by Esso Marine and first for Inland Waterways, are awarded for fleet wide ratings of 95 or better on Public Health Service inspections. 166 items of sanitary construction and maintenance are involved. The presentations were made at a luncheon at the New York Yacht Club on April 1. Special Assignments A number of men in the Esso fleet have accepted to Venezuela special assignments as advisors to help train Venezuelan personnel in the Esso La Salina and Esso Maracaibo. In the former vessel, a T2 operated by Creole Petroleum Corp. mainly in Lake Maracaibo-Aruba service, John Danko is Advisory Chief Engineer; Edmund E. Schoonmaker, Advisory First Assistant, and Ronald W. Thompson, Advisory Second Assistant. Mr. Schoonmaker will retire on May 1 and Robert A. Seitz will replace Mr. Thompson, who goes on paid leave. Carl ton W. Douglas, formerly an Advisory Engineer in the ship, was appointed As sistant Fleet Engineer at Amuay for Creole. He is spending the month of Ap ril in Caracas attending a Spanish language school before undertaking his new duties. The Esso Maracaibo is a new 36,000 dwt. tanker being built in Japan and is due to be completed in July. Advisory engineers will be Travis W. McCary, Chief; Roland A. Walton, First Assistant; John M. Wittmann, Second Assistant, and Edward P. Dolloff, Third Assistant. Joseph R. Acosta, formerly Advisory Chief Mate in the Esso La Salina, will serve in a similar position in the Esso Maracaibo. All advisors will .join the supertanker in Japan before de livery. EXX-MOR-006777 Esso New York Sets Two Two consecutive multi-grade clean cargo dis- New Discharge Records charge records were recently made by the Esso Wew_York. At Paulsboro on March 26, heating oil and kerosene were pumped ashore at the rate of 19*516 bph. and on April 6, at Sewells Point, kerosene, Diesel oil and two grades of gasoline were discharged at an average of 17,317 bph. In the latter instance, use of the auxiliary suctions aided in maintaining cargo segregation and pumping per formance. Best previous marks for two and four grade discharges at these terminals were 12,879 bph. by the Esso Florence at Paulsboro and 14,210 bph. by the Esso Chester at Sewells Point. Details of the Esso Hew York's re cords are as follows: Terminal Date Grades of cargo Quantity of cargo (bbls.) Average cargo temperature Net discharge time (hrs.-min.) Discharge rate (bph.) No. and size of shore lines No. and size of hoses Average hose pressure, ship's rail (lbs.) Average hose pressure, dock gage (lbs.) Time in berth (hrs.-min.) Paulsboro March 26 EHM, Kero* 195,160 67-74F. 10-0 19,516 1-16" 1-12" 4-8" 100 95 16-39 Norfolk (Sw.Pt.) April 6 E, EX, D, Kero** 222,183 74-76F. 12-50 17,317 2-12" l-l6" 1-18tt 4-8" 85 70 16-31 # Essoheat Medium, Kerosene ** Esso, Esso Extra, Diesel oil. Kerosene Deck officers and Pumpmen aboard the Esso Hew York for both discharges were Captain Arthur H. Lankford, Master; Ralph W. Durdle, Chief Mate; Arnold A. McBride, Second Mate; Ishmael B. Sadler, Jr. Third Mate; Jacob H. Bumgar ner, Pumpman, and George T. Murphy, Second Pumpman. Joseph R. Gauthier was Third Mate on March 26 and William J. Palvo on April 6. Deck Log Being Revised Some time ago a Circular Letter was sent to Masters requesting suggestions for simplifying and modernizing the Deck Log Book. Port Captain A. Larson reported a grati fying response and many recommendations from the fleet will be used in the revised log. It will probably be several months before the new log books are available for distribution. Port Engineer T. J. MeTaggart, asked if the Engine Log was to be re vised too, replied, "No, the Deck Department is just catching up to us." Esso Dispatch is The stores lighter Esso Dispatch, "good pro Conveyor-Equipped vider" for Esso tankers In New York Harbor, has been equipped with a 19 ft. electrically operated conveyor. Designed for faster and safer handling of ship sup plies, the conveyor was especially adapted for storing requirements by the Marine Services Division of the Marine Department. A ribbed rubber endless belt, about 24 in. wide, transports stores from lighter to tanker through the stores hatch door. It can also be operated in reverse. Off-Hours Telephone A new telephone, independent of the Refinery at Baltimore switchboard, was put in service on March 29 to enable ships' personnel ashore to obtain the latest sailing board information on their vessels during off-hours. This phone (EAstern 7-2922) will handle incoming calls only and is to be used during the following hours: Monday through Friday - 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. and all day Saturday, Sunday and holidays Calls to this number will set off a loud buzzer on the telephone, which is located in the dock house near the hose manifold. Men aboard ship should answer the phone when the dock attendant is not nearby. During business hours the dock may be reached at PEabody 2-5020, extension 3&9* Baltimore to Improve The HEWS BULLETIN of the Baltimore Refinery for Hose Handling Equipment April 1 reports that "The project for providing new and better hose handling facilities at the dock is underway. Plans are to request bids on the structural portion of the facility within the next two weeks. Completion of the project is sched uled for October." On the Sick List BALTIMORE, MD. BRIGHTON, MASS, GALVESTON, TEX, STAPLETON, S.I, The following were reported in U. S. Public Health Service Hospitals as of April 20: Robert C. Heyraan, AB, Esso New Haven; Peter J. Jablonski, DM, Esso Newark, and Clyde E. Rinker, POM, Esso Newark Arthur E. Lawson, AB, Esso Annapolis, and Luca DeStasi, OM, Esso New Orleans Angel R. Meraz, DM, Esso Paterson; Albert Garcia, OS, Esso Allentown, and Arthur W. Vaag, Wiper, Esso Newark Herbert S. Hammaren, 2 Asst., Esso Newark; Nils 0. Gjerde, RO, Esso. New York; William H. Brica, Wiper, Esso Bangor; Samuel A. Sears, POM, Esso Scranton, and Andres Ortega, UM, Esso Washington Paul S. Rainville, Jr. 3 Asst., Esso Washington, was in Frisbee Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.H.; Judge L. Williams, MM/2~Pump., Esso Reading, was in the U, S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., and Enrique Eguren, Mach., Esso Gettysburg, was in the U. S. Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla. At home on sick leave were: Captain Vincent F. Lucas, Esso Allentown; Captain Donald P. Swain, Esso Jamestown; Clarence E. O'Hara, Ch. Mate, Esso Lexington; Frederick Braun, 3 Mate, Esso Lima; Charles I. Foote, Jr. 3 Mate, Esso Bethlehem; John F. Maher, 2 Asst., Esso Florence; Harald Rorihave, Jr. 3 Asst., Esso Havana; Lester C. Nelson, Steward, Esso Chester; Stephen Piatak, Ch. Cook, Esso Bangor; Albert P. Foote, AB, Esso Scranton; Domingo A., Formoso, AB, Esso Lexington; William E. Shores, AB, Esso Chester; Jesse J. White, DM, Esso Little Rock; Serafin Z. Robles, FWT, Esso Huntington, and Myron F. Norton, CM, Esso Washington. Payment for Operating The Company agreed with ETMU, effective May 1, Inhibitor Spray System to pay the pumpman operating the corrosion in hibitor spray system between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. on weekdays and all day Saturday, Sunday and holidays the rate of $2.18 per hour. 4 P i EXX-MOR-006779