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Incres Line Appoints

Joseph L. Granquist

Joseph L. Granquist

Sven Hansen, president of In- cres Line, New York, N.Y., oper- ators of the cruise ship Victoria, has announced the appointment of

Joseph L. Granquist as vice presi- dent for sales and promotion.

Mr. Granquist is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania,

Wharton School of Finance and

Commerce, and studied foreign commerce practices on a Fulbright

Fellowship at the University of

Oslo in Norway. He was connect- ed with the Norwegian-America

Line from 1950 to 1969, the last five years of which he held the position of passenger traffic man- ager with responsibility for pas- senger sales in North America.

From 1969 to the present, Mr.

Granquist has been engaged in consultant activities, including im- portant studies in passenger sales and operations for leading steam- ship companies. He is the newly- elected vice president of the Skal

Club of New York, an internation- al organization of travel industry executives.

Mr. Granquist succeeds Gustave

L. Bowen who is retiring to Flori- da, but will remain closely associ- ated with Incres Line in a con- sultant capacity. Mr. Bowen has been prominently associated with the steamship industry for many years, and has held executive posi- tions in the Bahamas, Washington,

D.C., and New York. He is a past president of the Skal Club of New

York.

The luxurious air-conditioned

Victoria, built exclusively for cruising and operated by Incres

Line, maintains a year-round schedule of Caribbean cruises out of New York.

MA Names McNerney

Central Region Director

Frank X. McNerney has been named Director of the Maritime

Administration's Central Region, with offices in New Orleans, La., it was announced by A.E. Gibson,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs. In his new assignment, Mr. McNerney will supervise MarAd field operations throughout 12 Gulf and central

Mississippi River Basin states, plus western Florida.

Until recently, Mr. McNerney was Chief of the Central Region's

Office of Market Development.

Prior to that, he had served in

MarAd's Eastern Region Head- quarters in New York City from .tested W 450

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Title XI Approved

On 363 Barges

For Prudential-Grace

Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New

Orleans, La., is constructing 363 barges for Prudential-Grace Lines,

Inc., New York, N.Y. The Maritime

Administration has approved the line's application for Title XI mortgage in- surance on these vessels. The barges will be used on LASH ships and rep- resent the fourth group that will be operated by Prudential-Grace.

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