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Freeport International Appoints P. V. Kline Transportation Manager Paul V. Kline has been named manager of transportation for Free-port International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport Sul-phur Company. Freeport Interna-tional was formed to develop ven-tures overseas, and now is investi-gating a copper deposit in Indo-nesia and two nickel finds in Aus-tralia. Mr. Kline joined Freeport in 1953 and held several traffic posi-tions before becoming director of transportation for Sulphur Export Corporation, a Freeport affiliate, in 1958. Before joining Freeport he had been with United States Gyp-sum Company and Standard Mill-ing Company. Main Iron To Build Twin-Screw Tugboat Main Iron Works. Inc.. Houma, La., has been awarded a contract by Gulf Mississippi Transportation Co., New Orleans. La., to build a twin-screw tugboat. The tug is to have an overall length of 111 feet, a beam of 30 feet, a depth of 12 feet 5 inches and will be equipped with 3,000-total-bhp diesels. Transicold Expands General Sales Staff Jack Sell, vice-president-market-ing, Transicold Corporation, Mon-tebello, Calif., has announced the appointments of Ted Harris to general sales manager and Bob Reider to assistant general sales manager of the transport refrigera-tion firm. Mr. Harris joined Transicold in 1966 as chief instructor of the Na-tional Service School in Chicago. Before joining Transicold, Mr. Harris worked for Honeywell, Inc. for 11 years in field sales-Commer-cial Division. He has valuable man-agement and manufacturing experi-ence gained from operating his own air conditioning firm. He is a grad-uate of Washington University-St. Louis, holding a BSEE degree. Mr. Harris will supervise the company's national and interna-tional network of distributors, sales and service outlets and regional sales managers throughout the country. Mr. Reider joined Transicold in 1965 directly from Los Angeles State College where he received a BS in business administration. In October, 1965 he was promoted to Montebello-sales representative and in January, 1966 was appointed Los Angeles Branch-sales representa-tive. After two years of outstand-ing sales and customer relations work at the branch, he was pro-moted to a regional sales manager post in the midwestern area. Mr. Reider's experience in ad-ministration procedures, sales, and customer relations will be invalu-able to Transicold customers, ac-cording to Mr. Sell. Camlock Automates CL Coupling Line Camlock Flange Sales Corp. has automated its CL Coupling by in-corporating a remote controlled hy-draulic operating system. The new coupling, which can be quickly hooked up through rapid remote controlled action of its heli-cal cams, can now be opened and closed in seconds. Ideal for use on lines of 12 inches and larger, the couplings have been designed for 150-pound ASA service and hydro-statically tested to 450 psi as leak-proof. A 300-psi size is also avail-able. For more information, write Camlock Flange Sales, Inc., 449 Sheridan Boulevard, Inwood, N.Y. 11696. I. M. Bringslid Joins Columbus Line As Manager-Operations Columbus Line in New York has named John Martin Bringslid its general manager of operations. Mr. Bringslid formerly was division operating manager for Central Gulf Steamship Corporation and before that was for four years a deck offi-cer with the then American Export Lines. He is a graduate of the New York State Maritime College. For Instant Illumination A powerful Ray-Line incandescent searchlight gives you im-mediate identification of unexpected objects. No delay for arc warm-up. And best of all, it costs you 390 or less an hour to operate. Ray-Line incandescent searchlights are designed to sup-plement your arc light, not replace it. And they are engi-neered to save you money when you don't need the power of a carbon arc light. 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Offers optimum reliability with maximum cargo handling speed. Designed for: 5, 8,12, 16 tons with full load hoisting speeds up to 330 FPM. STAL-LAVAL LUBE & FUEL OIL PURIFIERS. Standard & Self-Cleaning Types with automatic control capacities: 220-1750 U.S. GPH FOR FULL DETAILS AND BROCHURES ON ALL THRIGE-TITAN MACHINERY write or phone 52 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News