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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,
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,
Ward Leonard Offers Catalog Listing Quality Controls For Defense-Maritime Applications
Ward Leonard Electric Co., Inc., of Mount Vernon, N.Y., is offering a new 66-page catalog that contains useful information on the company's full compliment of quality electrical control products for both maritime and defenseoriented applications.
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.