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Traylor Named General

Manager Of Halter's

Chicasaw Division

James T. Traylor has been ap- pointed general manager of Halt- er Marine's Chickasaw, Ala., di- vision, according to James Stead- man vice president-special assign- ments. Before joining Halter, Mr.

Traylor had been associated with

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula,

Miss., for five years as special assistant to the president and di- rector of division planning. Prior to that, he was associated with the Westinghouse Corporation for seven years in program manage- ment.

After graduating from the U.S.

Naval Academy, Mr. Traylor served for 27 years in the Navy.

He retired in 1969 as a captain after serving in destroyers, sub- marines, amphibious ships, and aircraft carriers.

Halter's Chickasaw division is currently building seven giant

Catugs—the propulsion units for integrated tug/barge combina- tions. Six of the 18,000-bhp ves- sels are being built as a subcon- tractor to Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration, while the seventh is be- ing built for C&H Sugar. The yard also builds supply boats.

J.E. Chenault Appointed

A Member Of DRECO's

Board Of Directors

DRECO, Inc., Houston, has an- nounced that James E. Chenault

Jr. has become a member of the company's board of directors.

Douglas Frame, DRECO's general and vice president, made the an- nouncement for the company.

James E. Chenault Jr.

Mr. Chenault is the president and chief executive officer of Lone

Star Steel Company, and past president of United States Steel

Corporation's U.S. Oilwell Divi- sion. He was with the division for 30 years.

DRECO principally serves the oil industry in the manufacture and sales of heavy machinery, masts, derricks and substructures, mud handling systems, and down- hole equipment.

Lykes Expands Freight

Stations To Improve

Intermodal Service

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. of New Orleans, a subsidiary of

The LTV Corporation, has set up container freight stations at At- lantic, Gulf, and interior cities for intermodal service via the West

Coast to and from the Far East.

This arrangement allows a ship- per to move his cargo between the Far East and, for example,

New York, via the West Coast on a single through bill of lading is- sued by Lykes.

The cargo moves via Lykes's trans-Pacific service on the ocean leg of the trip, and by rail on the land portion. Service can be house to house, pier to pier, or in com- binations of the two.

Lykes container freight sta- tions already are in operation at

Boston, New York, Philadelphia,

Baltimore, and Norfok, and are being established at several South

Atlantic cities. Stations are in op- eration on the Gulf at New Or- leans, Houston, and Mobile, and inland at Memphis and Nashville.

Lykes provides U.S.-flag liner service between the West Coast and Far East with roll-on/roll-off ships and combination container- breakbulk vessels. The line's fleet of 44 ships operates on a total of seven trade routes covering five continents. Lykes also offers in- termodal service to and from

South and East Africa, the Med- iterranean, and Continental Eu- rope.

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