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\rblind Viae Clicl Ke£p Yourgtfips ' jon Schedule td PORTS WWm & TRANffiORTATIOpCORP USaDN GAL^TON FF^^'ORF' 1966 as vice-president and general manager, natural gas. In 1967, Mr. Cox joined Esso International Inc., and later that year was elected executive vice-president. Mr. Poorman, a graduate of Dartmouth Col-lege and Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy, began his career as a chemist with the former Standard Oil Company of Louisiana. Subsequently he held a number of executive posts, becoming a director of Esso Standard in 1954 and vice-president in 1956. He joined Esso International in 1959 and was elected president in 1966. Mr. Peyton has served as a vice-president and general manager of Esso International's supply and transportation department and tanker department. He was elected a director in 1966 and a senior vice-president earlier this year. A graduate of Louisiana State Univer-sity, Mr. Peyton began his career in 1942 at the Baton Rouge refinery. He joined Esso In-ternational in 1961. Mr. Peyton is a member of the board of managers of the American Bureau of Ship-ping and of the American Committee of Lloyds' Register of Shipping. Dart Containerline Appoints Two U.S. Vice Presidents Henri X. Diercxsens Cap*. Andre Herssens Jacques Leblanc, president of Dart Con-tainerline Incorporated in (the U.S.A., the joint venture of the Belgian Line, Clarke Traffic Services and Bristol City Line, has announced the following two executive ap-pointments. Henri X. Diercxsens has been appointed vice-president of container services and in this new position he will be responsible for the implementation and the coordination of intermodal transportation concept through-out the U.S.A. Mr. Diercxsens will also su-pervise all related' traffic, claims and confer-ence matters. Mr. Diercxsens was born in Antwerp and obtained his masters degree in business ad-ministration from the Antwerp Business Col-lege. He attended the University of Wisconsin as a graduate exchange student. For several years Mr. Diercxsens was with Armement Deppe in Antwerp with the European Gulf Service of Deppe Line and he joined Belgian Line in New York in 1965. Capt. Andre Herssens has been appointed vice-president of operations. He will be re-sponsible for terminal operations in New York and Norfolk as well as of all container centers throughout the United States. He will also be responsible for the physical handling and maintenance of Dart equipment. Captain Herssens is in charge of the selection of in-land carriers which handle Dart Containerline and all related equipment. Captain Herssens was born in Ostend, Bel-gium. He attended the l^aval Academy in Antwerp and prior to that received his edu-cation in England during World War II. His entire shipping career of over 20 years was spent with the Compagnie Maritime Beige in Antwerp and he joined Belgian Line in New York in 1967. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News MURPHY PACIFIC MARINE SALVAGE COMPANY 4300 Eastshore Hwy. Emeryville, California CABLE ADDRESS . . . MYPAC Merritt-Division, 17 Battery Place New York, N.Y. PROGRESS AT SEA EXCLUSIVE Wl DE WORLD FOAM IN .ALVAGE Esso International Names Cox President And Chairman, Peyton As Executive V-P Donald M. Cox Charles O. Peyton Esso International Inc., worldwide market-ing, supply and transportation affiliate of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), has announced the election of Donald M. Cox as president and chairman of its executive com-mittee and Charles O. Peyton as executive vice-president, both effective September 1. Mr. Cox, who has been executive vice-presi-dent of Esso International, succeeds Glenn W. Poorman, who is retiring. Mr. Cox has served in a number of U.S. and European assignments with the Jersey Standard organization. He is an engineering graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute who started his career in 1943 as a process engineer at the Baton Rouge refinery of the former Esso Standard Oil Company. In 1958, Mr. Cox was named general mana-ger of that company's supply department, and in 1960, was appointed manager of supply and distribution for Humble Oil & Refining Com-pany. In 1962 he was elected a director of Esso A.G., Jersey Standard's German affiliate and subsequently became a managing director of Esso Netherlands. He joined Esso Europe Inc. in London in ? Heavy Rigging ? Derrick Barges ? Anchors and Chain ? Cargo Handling ? Marine Salvage ? Beach Gear ? Salvage Pumps ? Experienced Personnel