Twelve maritime industry executives from six countries were elected members of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at the semiannual meeting of the international ship classification society held recently at ABS headquarters in New York, N.Y. The new members are: Dr. Elcio Costa Couto, superintendent, SUNAMAM — Superintendencia Nacional de Marinha Mercante — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; Panagos S. Fafalios, managing director, Fafalios Shipping S.A., Piraeus, Greece; Vice Adm. James S. Gracey, USCG, Commander-Atlantic area and Third Coast Guard District, New York, N.Y.; George J. Hossfeld Jr., president, Jakobson Shipyard, Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y.; K.M. Koo, managing director, Valles Steamship Company, Ltd., Hong Kong; V.J. LeBlanc, vice president and group executive, McDermott Incorporated, New Orleans, La.; Raymond Lemay, president, Canada Steamship Lines Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Rear Adm. Clyde T. Lusk Jr., USCG, chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth M. Mole, assistant vice president/general manager, ABS Computers, Inc., New York, N.Y.; Thomas J. Rechanti, president, Fruehauf Corporation, Detroit, Mich.; and R.W. Scheffer, group managing director, Smit International, Rotterdam, Netherlands.