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ICHCA Conference

Names Panelists

Twenty-three panelists and dis- cussion moderators who will par- ticipate in the upcoming Inter- national Cargo Handling Coordi- nation Association (ICHCA) tech- nical conference have been an- nounced.

The announcement was made by

Ben E. Nutter, executive director of the Port of Oakland, president of the U.S. National Committee of of a natii

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ICHCA, and general chairman of the conference. The conference, expected to attract shipping and transportation executives from throughout the world, will be held

April 20-21 at the Hilton Inn in

Oakland, Calif. Panelists will dis- cuss topics related to efficient freight movement during the course of the two-day symposium.

Topics and panel members are: "Innovations in Marine Terminal

Design and Operation." Edward

G. Westerdahl, executive director to 32. i lifting of time, d pro- )le to ys a week by needs

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CORPORATION of the Port of Portland, will serve as moderator. Panelists will be

William Hagenzieker, senior vice president, Universal Terminal &

Stevedoring Corp., New York,

N.Y.; P. Meeusen, Meeusen Con- sultants, Barendrecht, Holland;

Nicholas Stiglich, Eness Research & Development Corp., Westwood,

N.J., and Ralph Krueger, project manager, ports and terminals, Kai- ser Engineers, Oakland, Calif. "New Developments in Refriger- ated Cargo Movements." Prof.

Harald Burmeister, department of business administration, University of California, will be the moderator.

Panelists include William Goddard

Jr., U.S. Department of Agricul- ture; F. Gordon Mitchell, agricul- tural extension service, University of California, Davis; Luigi Fabi- ano, vice president of Centro Ital- iano Study Containers, Genoa, It- aly, and A.R. Middaugh, president,

Monfort of Colorado International,

Inc., Greeley, Colo. "Air Cargo Intermodal Handling and New Developments." A1 Bienn, manager of air cargo analysis and de- velopment for the Boeing Co., Se- attle, Wash., will serve as modera- tor. Lloyd Eber, staff engineer,

United Airlines, San Francisco,

Calif.; Helmuth F. Klumpp, gen- eral manager-cargo, Lufthansa Ger- man Airlines, Frankfurt, Germany, and Robert Brawner, director of terminal system planning, Flying

Tiger Line, will be the panelists. "Load Center/Feeder Systems

Port Relationship." Moderator will be Chris Redlich, president of Ma- rine Terminals Corp., San Fran- cisco. The panel will be made up of Douglas Lathrop, senior analyst,

Manalytics Inc., San Francisco;

Melvin Shore, director, Port of

Sacramento; R.B. Osborne, mana- ger of intermodal transportation,

South Railroad System, Atlanta,

Ga., and George G. Gmelch, vice president of operations, Pacific Far

East Line, San Francisco. "Labor Practices and Port Pro- ductivity." Miriam E. Wolff, di- rector of the Port of San Francisco, will serve as moderator. Panelists will be J.F. Parkinson, executive vice president, Pacific Coast Asso- ciation of Port Authorities; Dr.

Joseph D. Carrabino, chairman of

EMSCO Corp., Woodland Hills,

Calif., and Henry E. Seyfarth, a partner in Seyfarth, Shaw, Fair- weather and Geraldson, Chicago, 111.

In addition to panel discussions, the conference will include special papers presented by well-known speakers; a luncheon address by

Weldon B. Gibson of the Stanford

Research Institute; a tour of Port of Oakland container and general cargo facilities, and an internation- al trade dinner, featuring an ad- dress regarding trade with China and the Soviet Union delivered by former White House aide Arthur

T. Downing.

Registration for the symposium is $36 for ICHCA members and $48 for nonmembers. To register, or request further information, con- tact the U.'S. National Committee of the International Cargo Hand- ling Coordination Association, c/o

Port of Oakland, 66 Jack London

Square, Oakland, Calif. 94607.

Hubeva Marine Plastics

Names New Distributor

W. George Huntington, presi- dent, Hubeva Marine Plastics, Inc. of New York, sole distributors of

Cordobond, announces the appoint- ment of Texas Marine & Industrial

Supply Co. as distributors of Cor- dobond for the Port of Houston,

Texas.

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