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New Renk Subsidiary

Opens In South Carolina

A new Renk Augsburg-owned subsidiary recently opened in

Duncan, S.C. The German com- pany is a leading manufacturer of marine gears as well as other machine products and equipment.

In the first phase of construc- tion, a 1,500-square-meter plant has been built along with asso- ciated offices. Renk has invested $10 million in the first construc- tion stage.

The new Renk Corporation fa- cility will primarily assemble products coming from the Renk

Wulfel branch in Hanover, in- tended for sale in the U.S., Can- ada, and Mexico. The plant will also act as a service center for all other Renk products.

Shipbuilders Council

Names Stocker To

Vice President Post

John Joseph Stocker, previous- ly on the staff of Assistant Navy

Secretary George A. Sawyer, has been appointed vice president of the Shipbuilders Council of Amer- ica, the organization announced recently in Washington.

Mr. Stocker had been on Sec- retary Sawyer's staff as assistant director, ship programs and plan- ning, with responsibilities for long-range programming and planning in connection with Navy shipbuilding programs.

He was previously national de- fense analyst in foreign affairs and national defense division,

Congressional Research Service,

Library of Congress, and earlier had been on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.

Mr. Stocker succeeds Stuart S.

Adamson who has resigned as vice president of the council.

FCC Okays Automated

Communication System

For Inland Waterways

The Federal Communications

Commission recently issued a li- cense to Waterway Communica- tions System, Inc. (Watercom),

Jeffersonville, Ind., for the con- struction and operation of an au- tomated communications system serving the Mississippi, Ohio, and

Illinois Rivers, and the Gulf In- tracoastal Waterway.

Watercom was founded in 1974 by 16 companies engaged in barge and towing operations along the

Mississippi River system. In 1981,

American Commercial Barge Line

Company (ACBL), a subsidiary of Texas Gas Transmission Cor- poration, purchased Watercom and assumed responsibility for development and construction of the system. "For almost a decade, the in- dustry has been awaiting this day and the potential that im- proved communications will bring," said J.H. Bobzien Jr., president of ACBL. "It will allow development of a premier com- munications system and the re- lated benefits that will enhance the management of the water- borne transportation industry's fleets and other marine opera- tions."

Helmut Eller Opens Winch

And Equipment Service

Facility In Jacksonville

Helmut Eller Hamburg of Ham- burg, West Germany, recently an- nounced the establishment of a complete service facility, Helmut

Eller & Son, Inc., in Jacksonville,

Fla. Helmut Eller is an estab- lished hydraulic winch and equip- ment service company represent- ing A/S Hydraulik/Brattvaag of

Norway and Fukushima, Ltd. of

Japan.

The opening of a fully staffed office in Jacksonville became nec- essary to serve the company's many clients more efficiently in the maritime and offshore supply industry located in the U.S. and

Caribbean area.

Todd Shipyards Corporation

One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004

Telephone: (212) 668-4700 Cable: "Robin" New York

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE/NEW ORLEANS/HOUSTON/GALVESTON

Our seven shipyards, located in

New York, Galveston. Houston,

New Orleans, San Francisco. Los

Angeles, and Seattle, are all equipped to handle repairs to propellers, rudders, tailshafts or any other ship repair work.

Wehave the talent and facilities to offer shipowners and operators quality, expert service at reasonable cost.

Our shipyards and dedicated personnel are available around

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