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OIL PURIFIERS COMPLETE REPAIR AND RECONDITIONING SERVICE Largest inventory of genuine factory spare parts for all major makes of Oil Purifiers. Complete reconditioning repair and replace-ment service. Save time, reduce costs, re-pairs completed before ship's departure. PERFECT ELECTRONIC BALANCING OF PURIFIER BOWLS Exclusive Electronic Vertical Balancing equipment, custom engineered and con-structed specifically for this purpose only, balances quickly and easily in two planes with the highest degree of precision and accuracy. NORSE 57-59 Commerce St TRiangle 5 3389 ELECTRIC MFG. CO INC. Brooklyn 31. N.Y. BALANCED THE NEW LOOK IN MARINE LIGHTING MARINE STAINLESS STEEL MERCURY VAPOR MARINE FLUORESCENT 5/VELSOH 'OILFIELD LIGHTING CO., INC. P. 0. BOX 1284 FORT WORTH, THUS 76101 American Commercial Lines Acquires Coyle Lines Inc. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Owensboro, Ky., has announced that its whol-ly owned subsidiary, American Commerical Lines, Inc., has acquired control of Coyle Lines, Inc., through an exchange of common stock valued at approximately $750,000. Coyle Lines, with extensive operating rights for barge transportation on the Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway and adjacent waterways, will become part of the Inland Waterways Services division of Texas Gas. The principal operating company of this division is Ameri-can Commercial Barge Line Company of Jef-fersonville, Ind. The acquisition of Coyle enables the division to expand the scope of its operation and signi-ficantly increases the number of cities and ports it now provides with direct line service. Principal cities now served by Coyle include Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, and Port Arthur, Texas; Lake Charles and Morgan City, La.; Birmingham and Mobile, Ala., and Tampa, Fla. The Inland W aterways Services division of Texas Gas provides extensive barge service to business and industry along more than 8,000-miles of inland waterways. Pate Is Consultant For New Orleans Port Fred E. Pate has been appointed manage-ment consultant for the Port of New Orleans Public Bulk Terminal, according to the port's board of commissioners. Mr. Pate has been a vice-president of Navios Corporation, Nassau, Bahamas, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corp. ALABAMA PORT DIRECTOR HONORED?Walter M. Boyce, president of the Alabama World Trade Club, (right) awards Houston H. Feaster, director of the Ala-bama State Docks (center), a certificate of merit from the World Trade Club. The certificate pointed out the "significant contributions to the development of inter-national trade" made by Mr. Feaster. James W. Oliphant Jr., chairman of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce World Trade Committee, looks on. The Alabama World Trade Club is made up of busi-ness executives from Metropolitan Birmingham and throughout Alabama. This group of industrial leaders has banded together to work for improvement in inter-national trade in the state. Mr. Boyce stated that it was a great personal honor for him to present the plaque to Mr. Feaster for his fore-sight in improving the cargo-handling facilities, the ex-pansion of the public grain elevator, construction of a highly successful International Trade Center, and in the establishment of the Theodore Industrial Complex and the modernization of the ore-handling capability of the Alabama State Docks. All of this activity and expansion has benefitted all Alabamians involved in foreign com-merce. EAST COAST REPRESENTATIVE: Smith-Meeker Engineering Co., 157 Chambers St.. New York City 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Shipboard Cables - Blowers Lighting Fixtures - Fittings - Etc. 700 SO. BROAD ST. - NEW ORLEANS. LA. 504 ? 822-7272 HOOPER NON-RETURN SCUPPER VALVES BALL FLOAT TYPE Deck Fittings by Nabrico Nashville Bridge Company has pioneered in the water transport industry for fifty years. In that time, many of their innovations have become standard equipment on the rivers. For example, the Nabrico 40-ton winch, with 20 times faster take up than a ratchet, is available in a broad range of power options... manual, electric, hydraulic or air. It's made in true right and left hand arrangements. The Nabrico flush hatch cover has no projections to foul lines or trip deck hands. It secures watertight without tools and is approved by American Bureau of Shipping. In addition, Nabrico builds hose cranes, locking pins and sockets, bitts, chocks, kevels and bow steering units. Write for complete catalog and price list of Nabrico deck fittings and hardware. ? Automatic, Positive Closing ? No Clogging. Leaking or Washbacks ? Noiseless ? No Galvanic Action ? Self-Cleaning ? No Maintenance Costs > Approved Type #1-Angl« HOOPER VALVE & ENGINEERING CORP. 24th Street & Warwick Ave. Newport News, Va. CH 5-3101 NASHVILLE P.O. Box 239 BRIDGE COMPANY Other profit-proven products Include: Nashville, Tennessee ? Deck Hardware ? Hose Cranes 40-Ton Winch ? Bow Steering Units Flush Mounted-Watertight Hatches