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FMC Marine & Rail Lays Keel For Ro/Ro Barge To Carry 374 Forty-Foot Truck Trailers
The Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC Corporation, Portland, Ore., recently laid the keel for the first of two large deck cargo barges being built for Crowley Maritime Corporation, San Francisco, Calif. The giant roll-on/roll-off triple-deck
Sun Shipbuilding Consolidates All Marketing Activities —Orth, Winstead And Hunt Named Department Heads
Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., has consolidated all its marketing activities into a single Marketing Department under Joseph J. Kleschick, vice president-marketing. This move brings together in one department all the marketing
Twin City Barge Entering Coal Business
Twin City Barge & Towing Co., St. Paul, Minn., has announced it is entering the coal business by acquiring United Coal Sales Co., Minneapolis, in a transaction valued at $3.75 million. John W. Lambert, president and chairman of the board of Twin City Barge,
Three New Management Appointments Made At Crowley Maritime
Three appointments have been made in Crowley Maritime Corporation's International Division, according to a recent announcement by Richard F. Andino, San Francisco, Crowley vice president and general manager of the division. Tom Pickford has been appointed manager of marine operations,
Levingston Awarded $200 Million To Build Five Bulk Cargo Ships
Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, has announced the award of a $200,075,000 contract to Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, to construct five self-sustaining dry-bulk cargo ships. The shipowner is Levingston Falcon I Shipping Company,
USS Seamless Pressure Vessels Detailed In New Catalog
United States Steel Corporation (USS) is making available a new catalog on pressure vessels made by their Christy Park Plant in McKeesport, Pa. USS seamless pressure vessels offer an excellent solution to handling, transportation, and storage of highly pressurized gases,
New 12-Page PBM Catalog On Multi-Port Ball Valves
Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Co. (PBM) of Irwin, Pa., has published a 12-page catalog on three-, four-, and five-way multi-port ball valves. PBM's recently redesigned line of these valves incorporate streamlined investment cast components that,
Tubbs And FitzGerald Named Vice Presidents At Donhaiser Marine
Francis A. Tubbs and Ray H. FitzGerald have been named vice presidents of Donhaiser Marine, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based engineering firm, according to John N. Donhaiser, president. Mr. Tubbs assumed the duties of vice president of engineering, and Mr.
Henschel Introduces New Ship's Bell Logger- Literature Available
Henschel Corporation of Amesbury, Mass., has introduced a new ship's bell logger to its extensive line of commercial ship control and interior communication equipment. The new 10-2550 series bell logger will accurately record and display ship's