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B.T. Kelley Retires

From Hillman Barge

Bernard T. Kelley, chairman of the board of Hillman Barge and

Construction Company, Browns- ville, Pa., has retired effective

January 1, 1980.

Mr. Kelley's accomplishments in the marine industry helped

Hillman Barge and Construction

Company in becoming a leading shipyard on the inland water- ways.

Mr. Kelley was with Hillman his entire business career.

National Marine Adds

Drydock And Fabrication

Shop To Shipyard

Substantial equipment additions consisting of a new 3,500-ton dry- dock and large steel fabrication shop are now in use at National

Marine Service's Hartford, 111., shipyard, D.A. Wright, president of the company, has announced. "The new facilities complement each other and permit the ship- yard to offer faster hull repair service with greatly reduced downtime for damaged river ves- sels," adds Eugene E. Ahlemeyer, president of the Shipyard Divi- sion.

The shipyard facility, located just north of St. Louis near the confluence of the Missouri, Illinois and Mississippi Rivers at Hart- ford, 111., has four additional dry- docks, a modern diesel engine re- pair shop, a complete machine shop, an extensive marine parts inventory, harbor fleeting and shifting service, a cleaning plant for towboats and barges, and a wheel shop.

An overhead crane transports steel plate from an outside stor- age area into the shop. After fab- rication, a second overhead crane conveys the completed sections through the shop and then, via curved rails, to the repair docks.

The ability to handle larger fabricated steel sections, and the addition of the high-capacity dry- dock, greatly increases the capac- ity of the shipyard to service the marine industry. Robert E. Car- roll, vice president and general manager of Operations, says, "These additions are our answer to the growing need for faster service for larger towboats and barges." Mr. Carroll added that future programs include a new machine shop, and facilities for expanding the diesel engine serv- ices.

National Marine will also open a diesel engine repair facility in

New Orleans, La., in the near fu- ture. "This new branch responds directly to the rapidly growing

Gulf Coast marine and offshore industries," says Glennon G. Be- quette, vice president for Business

Development of the Shipyard. "Large General Motors EMD die- sel engines are often specified for powering oilfield supply vessels, drilling rigs and generators, and parts and service for EMD en- gines are one of our specialties."

National Marine is a subsidiary of NICOR Inc., and is headquar- tered at 1750 Brentwood Boule- vard in St. Louis, Mo.

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The new drydock lifting capac- ity of 3,500 tons permits under- water repair of the largest tow- boats on the inland waterways, including triple-screw 10,500-hp towboats and even loaded barges in emergencies.

The 16,000-square-foot steel fabrication shop, containing the most modern welding and steel cutting equipment, houses a 600 ton press which is capable of forming 41-foot sections of steel plate up to 1L. inch in thickness.

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