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John Kristen Joins

Ingram Barge Company

John Kristen recently joined

Ingram Barge Company as manager of liquid merchandising, according to an announcement by Les Sut- ton, president of Ingram Barge

Company. Mr. Kristen will be re- sponsible for managing the sales op- erations for transportation of chem- ical and dry bulk products on the

Gulf intercoastal waterways.

Mr. Kristen has 15 years of ex- perience in the barge industry. He began his career in 1973 as manager of regulated transportation with

SCNO Barge Lines and has also worked for River Line, Inc., Agri-

Trans Corporation, Robert B. Mil- ler and Associates and Robin Hood

Fleeting Services. Most recently, he was a dispatcher with Dravo Mech- ling Corporation, a New Orleans- based barge company.

Ingram Barge Company is a sub- sidiary of Ingram Industries Inc., headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.

Ingram is a privately held diversi- fied corporation engaged in inland marine barging and aggregate sup- ply, consumer product distribution, coal production and sales, oil explo- ration and production, the manu- facture of wellhead equipment and insurance.

Holland America Line

Buys Two Cruise Ships

From Home Lines

An agreement to purchase two cruise ships, the Homeric and At- lantic, from Home Lines for an un- disclosed price was recently an- nounced by Holland America Line.

Delivery of the two-year-old

Homeric will take place in Novem- ber after it concludes its Bermuda sailing season this fall. Plans for the

Atlantic have not yet been decided.

A crew of Dutch officers and In- donesian and Filipino crew and staff are expected to operate the Homer- ic.

Besides this acquisition, the com- pany said it will also continue its plans for the addition of two newly constructed 1,600 to 1,800-passen- ger cruise vessels.

The M/V Annabel Lee, which Service Marine Industries, Inc., Amelia, La., constructed in 90 days, is powered by two rebuilt GM diesel engines.

Service Marine Christens 600-Passenger Paddlewheeler

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Service Marine Industries, Ame- lia, La., recently christened a 600- passenger dinner/cruise boat for operator Heritage Cruise Lines,

Richmond, Va.

The M/V Annabel Lee, which will cruise on the James River out of

Richmond, Va., is 108 feet long, has a beam of 34 feet, draft of 3 feet 9 inches and hull depth of 7 feet. She is powered by a pair of rebuilt

GM8V-92 diesel engines rated at 310 hp each at 1,800 rpm furnished by Johnson's Diesel Service. Electri- cal power is provided by two 99-kw

KATO generators driven by rebuilt

GM6-71 diesel engines.

The cruise boat features two en- closed decks and an open top deck.

She is fully air conditioned by four 10-ton Carrier air-cooled units, with 15-kw heating each, furnished by

Johnston Brothers Enterprises, Inc.

The Annabel Lee is carpeted and will feature live bands, dancing and full bar service, as well as be able to seat over 400 passengers for dinner.

Two Aiphone systems will be inter- connected for controlling music lev- els on each deck. The systems were supplied by Frank Beier Radio.

Power Panels provided the split- bus switchboard and Southern

Glass furnished the rubber-

ANNABEL LEE

Equipment List

Main engines GM

Generators KATO

Generator engines GM

Reduction gears Twin Disc

A/C Carrier

Music system Aiphone

Paint International Paint

Ceiling Armstrong

Electrical panel Power Panels

Windows Southern Glass mounted, tinted safety glass that surrounds the two enclosed dinning/ dance floors on the cruise boat.

Tom Hensley, owner and presi- dent of Service Marine Industries,

Inc., called the Annabel Lee "a 90- day miracle," since that's how long the vessel took to construct.

The boat is certified by the U.S.

Coast Guard under Subchapter T rules for carrying over 150 passen- gers for service on lakes, bays and sounds, and partially protected waters.

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The open top deck of the Annabel Lee.

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