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Baltimore/Puerto Rico Barge Service Started A regularly-scheduled barge service between Baltimore and Puerto Rico, designed to handle the variety of cargoes which can-not be handled efficiently in con-tainers, was launched last month by Cymeon Barge Lines, Inc., of New York. The operation will utilize a 6,500-dwt oceangoing barge and the 3,120-hp tug, Jesse James, both of which have been chartered by Cymeon. Sailings from Baltimore are planned every three weeks. Ben F. Butler, president of Cy-meon, said that a large number of industrial shippers already have been offering cargo for the barge. Complaints began to develop sev-eral months ago that the only regu-lar link with Puerto Rico was by container service. Mr. Butler said he expects the barge to transport such odd-size and high density items as tinplate, pipes, steel products, firebrick, box-board, creosoted poles and com-ponents for industrial projects. Commodities of very low density also are handicapped, in terms of rates, when they must be shipped via container, he declared. Southbound, the tug-and-barge combination will sail from Balti-more only to San Juan. On the re-turn voyage it may visit some other Puerto Rican ports to pick up "backhaul" cargo. A number of industrial plants on the island are already or soon will be shipping their products to the mainland, Mr. Butler said, adding that prospects for return cargoes look exceptionally good at this time. The comparatively shallow draft of the barge will enable it to call at many private industrial docks in Puerto Rico, he pointed out. Actually the barge Mohawk, chartered from Indian Towing Co. of New Orleans, is a converted Great Lakes vessel. The 108-foot tug Jesse James was built in Mani-towoc, Wis., and is now on charter from a Tampa, Fla. firm. Two features will distinguish this type of barge service from the usual operation, in which individual barge owners find a barge available and undertake to obtain cargo to fill it themselves, which does not always result in the most economic venture on their part, as well as on the part of the shippers involved, Mr. Butler said. Cymeon sailings from Baltimore to Puerto Rico will be on a regular basis, he said, and a regular sales staff will be solicit-ing freight. Termin Shipping Co., Inc., will act as local Baltimore agents for the service, and Motorships of Puerto Rico will be Puerto Rican agents. Two gantry cranes, of 14- and 16-ton capacity, are at the Clinton Street pier in Baltimore where the barge will be berthed. There is also considerable shed space and two rail sidings, said Mr. Butler. Cymeon Barge Lines is occupy-ing offices at 29 Broadway, New York City. Mr. Butler has been in the field of ship and barge chartering and brokering for several years. Cy-meon Shipping & Trading Co., a brokerage firm, was established in September, 1967, and Cymeon Barge Lines is an affiliate. Grace Line Elects George Schreiner To Board Of Directors George H. Schreiner was elected to the board of directors of Grace Line it was announced by Harold R. Logan, chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Mr. Schreiner joined Grace Line in 1968 as vice-president and chief financial officer after positions with Price Waterhouse & Co., Matson Navigation Co. as controller, and most recently, as vice-president, fi-nance and treasurer, as well as a director of American President Lines Ltd., San Francisco. A member of the American In-stitute of Certified Public Accoun-tants, the Financial Executives In-stitute, and a director of American Steamship Owners Mutual Protec-tion & Indemnity Association, Inc., New York. Mr. Schreiner has been very active in the industry's fi-nancial committees and is widely known for the innovative proce-dures credited to him. 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