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Crowley Exhibit To Feature Tugs, Barges And Crew Boats At the Offshore Exploration Conference to be held in San Diego, Calif., March 4-7, 1969, the Crowley Launch and Tugboat Co. exhibit will feature action photos and scale models of tugboats, barges, and other marine equipment operated by the following affiliated firms: Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Co., Ltd., and United Transportation Co., both of San Francisco; Puget Sound Tug & Barge Com-pany and Alaska Hydro-Train, both of Seattle, and Rig Tenders, Inc., of Denver. Sea Swift, and sistership Sea Flyer, at 7,000 hp each, are the most powerful vessels of this type on the Pacific Coast. These new oceangoing tugs were constructed at McDermott Shipyard, Morgan City, La., and are now part of the Red Stack fleet operated by Puget Sound Tug & Barge Company of Seattle, Wash. - -mmmmm i fli wmmmrnm The Kodiak?one of a large fleet of super barges, more popularly known as Hydro-Trains?departing from Seattle harbor with a full load of railroad cars bound for destin-ations located throughout the Alaska rail belt. Barge 101, one of the largest bulk petroleum carrier of its type in the world, is shown being launched at Gunder-son Bros. Engineering Corporation, Portland, Ore. The crewboat Condor, one of a large fleet of crew and supply boats operated by Rig Tenders, Inc. in servicing offshore oil rigs in Alaska's Cook Inlet. Included among the Crowley displays at OECON will be a model of the most powerful tugboat on the Pacific Coast, the 7,000-hp Sea Swift, operated by Puget Sound Tug & Barge Company. This vessel and a sistership, the Sea Flyer, are now in service on the Hydro-Train run between Seattle and Alaska. The Alaska Hydro-Train display will include a model of a Hydro-Train which, because of its economy and convenience, has made United States trans-portation history. Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Co., Ltd., better known as The Redstack Line, will have on hand a model of one of its high-powered, seagoing tugboats. United Transportation Co., which operates oceangoing petroleum barges, will exhibit photos of its newest, the No. 101, one of the largest of its kind in the United States. Rig Tenders, Inc. operates crew boats and supply vessels that have been active in Alaska's Cook Inlet serving the offshore oil industry of that area, and is now operating vessels in the Santa Barbara channel offshore exploration area. Photos of these and other vessels suitable for many and varied types of offshore-oil and oceanographic exploration work will be anoth-er feature of the exhibit that will be on display in the Crowley Launch and Tugboat Co. booth at OECON. American Ship Realigns Management And Operations The board of directors of The American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio, approved top level administrative and operational changes designed to smooth the way for an aggressive aquisition and expansion program for the com-pany in the immediate future. George M. Steinbrenner III, who had served as president since October 1967, was named chairman and chief executive officer. Dr. Jacob O. Kamm, who had served as ex-ecutive vice-president for the same period, was named president. In the operational reorganization, the direc-tors approved the establishment of four major divisions covering the selected areas in which the company plans to enlarge and expand. The four major areas are: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Division? This division will include the Lorain. Toledo and Chicago shipyards and all related facilities. Transportation, Cargo and Material Han-dling Division?This will include the 15 bulk cargo ships presently owned by American Ship in their Kinsman Marine Transit division. Also included is the company's interest in Great Lakes Associates, the firm which controls grain handling in Buffalo, N.Y. Metal Fabricating and Building Materials Division?Included under this division are Cincinnati Sheet Metal and Roofing Co. and Pope Products, Inc. of Greenfield, Ind., a re-cently acquired company engaged in metal building construction. Marine Technology and Pollution Control Division?This includes the Biogest Division, a pioneer in shipboard waste control, and the company's expanding work in all areas of wa-ter pollution control. Also included is their in-terests in the field of oceanographv. American Ship is presently constructing in their Toledo yards, the country's most modern oceano-graphy research vessel for the Coast and Geodetic Survey Branch of the U.S. Govern-ment. Atlantic Richfield Promotes E.V. Stewart Atlantic Richfield Company of Philadelphia, Pa., has announced the appointment of Edward V. Stewart Jr., as superintendent of construc-tion and repair in the Marine Department at the Fort Mifflin terminal. Mr. Stewart had been technical assistant in the Marine Department since joining the com-pany in 1952. A native of Jamesville, Va., Mr. Stewart holds a B.S. degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of Michigan. Landfill Begins At Port Jersey For Largest Privately Owned Containership Complex One of the world's largest hydraulic dredges went into operation on January 16 in Upper New York Bay off Jersey City as landfill op-erations began on Port Jersey?a 410-acre tract on which will be built the nation's largest pri-vately owned industrial park/containership complex. The 225-foot-long electric-powered dredge? Sensibar Sons?is performing double duty. As it provides landfill for Port Jersey Industrial Center it is also creating a new channel which will be used for access to the 17 containership' berths that are planned. The dredge is owned by Construction Ag-gregates Corporation, Chicago, an internation-al engineering firm that specializes in landfill and reclamation projects. Construction Aggre-gates is the principal stockholder in Port Jer-sey Corporation, owner of the complex. According to Robert N. Macmillan, Port Jersey's chief engineer, during the next six to eight weeks the dredge will suck up sand which will be used to bring the first 100 acres of the Port Jersey tract up to grade?10 to 15 feet above mean sea level. An industrial park will be built on this portion of the site. Subsequent-ly, the dredge will be used for landfill opera-tions in an area that is now completely beneath the waters of the bay. The containerport will be constructed on this portion of the site. Following a period during which the fill will be allowed to settle, construction will begin oti the first building in the industrial park. De-signed by Comparetto & Kenny, the Jersey City architectural and engineering firm, the building is slated for completion in July. According to Clinton B. Snyder, president, C. B. Snyder Organizations, Jersey City, ex-clusive brokers for Port Jersey Industrial Cen-ter: "Other structures each having a minimum floor space of 100,000 square feet will be erect-ed on sites five acres or larger to suit long-term lessees. Land coverage of the industrial park will be 50 percent." The second phase of the development of Port Jersey Industrial Center will entail the filling of about 300 acres now under the waters of the bay and the construction of the contain-erport and ancillary structures. The Port Jersey site?partly in Jersey City and partly in Bayonne, N.T.?has one of the most commercially strategic locations in the country. In addition to its location on deep water, it will have direct access to the New Jersey Turnpike and the neighboring Green-ville yards of the Penn Central Railroad. New-ark Airport and lower Manhattan are only minutes away. Lvnn Childs Aooointed Valley Line V-P The Valley Line Company, 411 N. Seventh Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63101, announced re-cently the appointment of Lynn Childs as vice-president. He will maintain his office in Chi-cago. Mr. Childs attended Illinois Wesleyan Col-lege. He entered the river-transportation business in September 1938 with Central Barge Com-pany and when Central merged with Missis-sippi Valley Barge Line Company ("now The Valley Line Company) in 1952, Mr. Childs was named manager of sales, Chicago. Mr. Childs is past president of the Illinois River Carriers Association and a member of the Union League Club. Traffic Club of Chi-cago. and the Propeller Club of Chicago. February 55, 1969 11