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Caribe Hydrotrcriler

To Operate Between

San Juan And Miami

Caribe Hydrotrailer Inc., a new- ly-formed oceangoing carrier based in Puerto Rico, has signed a con- tract with the Puerto Rico Ports

Authority allotting the shipping line the use of marine and terminal facilities at the Isla Grande area in San Juan.

The contract was signed by Ce- sar Canals, executive director of the Ports Authority, and Leo Col- lar, president of Caribe Hydro- trailer. The company has been given five acres of land with an option of acquiring three addition- al acres of land which will be used for marine and terminal facilities for loading and unloading opera- tions. The cost of construction of the staging area is estimated at $275,000.

With the signing of the con- tract, Caribe Hydrotraikr plans to launch its roll-on/roll-off barge service on a regularly scheduled basis between San Juan and Mi- ami. The first sailing is scheduled to begin toward the end of this month with an initial shipment of cargo from Miami to San Juan.

Mr. Collar, who is also president of the Puget Sound Tug and Barge

Co. of Seattle, Wrash., parent com- pany of the new shipping firm, said: "I am pleased the contract

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A SUBSIDIARY OF FRUEHAUF CORPORATION permits us to inaugurate this new trailership service. It will result in a significant expansion of the Is- land's trade with the mainland."

He paid tribute to Mr. Canals and his staff for expediting the arrange- ments. He said the new shipping line would put into the local serv- ice some of the "finest equipment available" in the trade route.

The first barge in the new serv- ice is called the Isla Grande. It is 400-feet in length and 100-feet wide, with a carrying capacity of 90 forty-foot highway trailers. Ini- tially, the service will be on a schedule of every 10 days, with the introduction of additional equip- ment as demands warrant.

The Isla Grande is described as the largest flat deck barge in the world. The company owns four more similar barges. The barge it- self is towed by a modern ocean- going tug with a 3,500-hp capacity.

It has already been disclosed that Bob Leith, a veteran shipping consultant, had been named vice president of Caribe Hydrotrailer, and will coordinate all sales and operations activities of the line in San Juan.

The parent company does an an- nual barge and tug business esti- mated at $50 million, mainly in the

Alaska trade.

Bailey Meter Company

Appoints R.A.C. Staples

R.A.C. Staples

R.A.C. Staples has been appointed product manager, digital systems, at

Bailey Meter Company, Wickliffe,

Ohio. Mr. Staples will coordinate marketing, engineering design, indus- trial engineering, and manufacturing activities among departments.

Since first joining Bailey in 1959,

Mr. Staples has acquired an exten- sive background in the digital systems field. He has held several positions, including applications engineer and manager, digital systems marketing.

His previous position was product manager, small computer project, the result of which was the development of the 855/15 computer for process applications.

Mr. Staples earned a B.S.E.E. de- gree from the University of New

Brunswick and an M.B.A. certificate from McGill University. He is the author of several technical papers and is a member of the Professional Engi- neers Society.

A subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox,

Bailey Meter Company is a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and control and computer systems for power plant, industrial process, and marine automation.

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