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Brochure Describes

Floating Concrete

Structures For LNG

A new brochure on concrete construction of LNG products, transport and storage facilities has been published.

This brochure describes the complete design and construction capabilities of the Dytam organ- ization, which specializes in the overall engineering of pre-stressed concrete floating structures.

Dytam Marine Inc. is a joint company of the Dyckerhoff &

Widmann and Tampimex Groups.

The new literature explains the overall engineering and construc- tion capabilities of Dytam through its affiliation with Dyckerhoff &

Widmann, A.G. The brochure in- cludes details of the floating lique- faction storage 125,000 cubic me- ter LNG carrier as well as land storage installations.

For a free copy, write to Alfred

E. Stanford, Dytam Marine Inc., 1114 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, N.Y. 10036.

GT&T Announces

Management Changes

The following management changes within Gulf Trading and

Transportation Company (GT&T) have been announced in Pitts- burgh, Pa., by Herbert I. Good- man, GT&T president.

Peter E. Luitwieler, formerly regional vice president-Western

Europe, Africa, and Middle East, in London, has been named vice president-planning and strategic studies, in Pittsburgh. Replacing him in London is Don J. Thomson, formerly vice president-interna- tional petroleum product sales,

Pittsburgh. Arthur R. Larocque, formerly general manager-inter- national aviation fuel sales, has been named vice president, inter- national petroleum product sales.

Mr. Luitwieler joined Gulf in

Pittsburgh in 1965, soon after- ward entering the U.S. Army.

He rejoined the company in the

Gulf Oil Company-U.S. product supply department, and in 1971 was transferred to Gulf Oil

Trading Company (GOTCO)-

Latin America, in Coral Gables,

Fla. A year and a half later, he returned to Pittsburgh as Far

East sales coordinator and in 1973 moved to New York as

GOTCO manager, heading the trading operations.

A 1964 graduate of Dart- mouth College, Mr. Luitwieler received an MBA degree the fol- lowing year from the college's

Amos Tuck School of Business

Administration.

Prior to his 1975 appointment as GT&T vice president-inter- national petroleum product sales,

Mr. Thomson advanced through a progression of positions. He spent eight years with Gulf in

Canada working on various engi- neering and marketing assign- ments before being transferred to Pittsburgh in 1969. The fol- lowing year, he was in Tokyo as marketing advisor to Gulf Oil

Company-Asia, and then moved to Seoul as executive vice presi- dent of Gulf's Korean Marketing and Distribution Company.

In 1973, he was appointed vice president of Gulf Oil Company-

Asia, acting as country manager for Taiwan, Hong Kong and the

Philippines. His responsibilities also included downstream inter- ests in India, Pakistan and the rest of Asia, excluding Japan and

Korea. In his new position, he will be involved with GT&T's growing number of Eastern Hem- isphere activities.

A native of Canada, Mr. Thom- son was graduated from the Uni- versity of British Columbia in 1959 with a B.S. degree in me- chanical engineering. He joined

Gulf in 1961 as a sales trainee with the marketing department in Canada.

Mr. Larocque joined Gulf in

January 1976 as general man- ager, international aviation sales.

In his new position, he will over- see the operations of four sep- arate worldwide businesses op- erating within the international petroleum product sales division.

Pittsburgh-based general man- agers will report to him on op- erations in international marine sales, aviation sales, lubricants sales, and gas liquids sales.

A native of Fall River, Mass.,

Mr. Larocque received a degree in civil engineering in 1957 from

Worcester Polytechnic Institute,

Worcester, Mass.

Georgia bulldogs.

Running a shipyard is a competi- tive, dog-eat-dog business.To stay on top you need an edge.

The bulldogs are our edge.

Billy "Boss" Foran is V.P.,Yard

Superintendent at Savannah. Bill

Kwitchoff, Jack Harrison, Bill Deal- ing, and Bob Hadley (not shown) are ship supervisors.

When they sink their teeth into your repair job they don't let loose until it's 100% completed.

If they have to chew some tails to get results, they chew some tails.

That attitude can save you time and money. On voyage repairs, major conversions, or scheduled dry docking.

Savannah Machine and Ship- yard Company.

Come to us for our cranes, dry dock, first-class shops, good weather, and low prices.

But it's our bulldogs that'll keep you coming back.

The Savannah Yard.

Savannah Machine & Shipyard Co.

P.O. Box 787, Savannah, Ga. 31402

Tel. (912) 233-6621 74 Trinity Place, Suite 1800

New York, N.Y. 10006, Tel. (212)432-0350

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