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Morgan City Yard

Increasing Facilities

For Offshore Vessels

Service Machine & Shipbuilding

Corp. of Morgan City, La., has an- nounced plans to expand its boat and barge construction facilities to include the Construction of offshore supply vessels for foreign marine transportation companies, especial- ly those operating in the North

Sea.

Julian E. Fernandez, chairman of the board, stated that plans are to install 95 percent of the con- struction and outfitting facilities under cover on the company's 33- acre site located on the Intracoast- al Canal near the new Bayou-

Boeuf/Bayou-Chene ship channel and which has been funded by the

United States Government. Mr.

Fernandez said that this will allow for greater construction efficiency and faster delivery because of the elimination of work stoppages caused-by inclement weather, which greatly hampers U.S. Gulf Coast shipyards.

Service Machine is reportedly seeking investors to participate in the expansion program.

Twin City Barge Elects

L.G. Schickling VP And

Gen'l Mgr. Of Division

Lester G. (Whitey) Schickling has been elected vice president and general manager of the American

Division of Twin City Barge &

Towing Company, St. Paul, Minn.,

John W. Lambert, president of the firm, has announced.

The division was formed last

June, when Twin City Barge en- tered into a long-term contract with American Oil Company, Chi- cago, 111., for the operation of hot asphalt tows on the Upper Missis- sippi, Illinois, Ohio and Tennessee

Rivers.

A former barge line pilot and cap- tain, Mr. Schickling has been with

Twin City Barge for the past 18 years. He is a native ox Hastings,

Minn., and presently resides in

Preseott, Wis.

Twin City Barge has served the

Twin Cities area since 1937, and

Chicago since 1961. The company provides harbor towing, petroleum barging and barge fleeting services in both of these cities. Twin City

Shipyard, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary which manufactures barges and other types of marine equipment for both Twin City

Barge and external sale.

Saguenay Shipping

Moves Toronto Office

Saguenay Shipping Ltd. announced that they moved their Toronto office to a new location on January 1, 1973.

The new address is at Richmond-

Adelaide Centre, 101 Richmond

Street, West, Toronto. The firm's telephone and P.O. Box numbers remain unchanged.

Teleflex Appoints

Jacguemin To Head

Marine/Industrial Div.

L.K. Black, president of Teleflex

Incorporated, Church Road, North

Wales, Pa., has announced the ap- pointment of Claude Jacquemin to acting general manager of the com- pany's Marine/Industrial Division,

Mechanical Systems Group, in

Limerick, Pa. He succeeds D.L.

White, who was recently named vice president of the corporation and general manager of the Auto- motive Division, which is head- quartered in Troy, Mich., with manufacturing facilities in Van

Wert, Ohio.

A graduate of the Lycee Rollin and of L'Ecole des Cadres Superi- eurs in Paris, France, Mr. Jacque- min joined Teleflex in 1952 and has held various positions in the com- pany, the most recent being ma- teriel manager for Mechanical Sys- tems. He was formerly affiliated with Tiss Metal Co., Department

Teleflex, Paris, as sales engineer, and Etablissements Quitte, Paris, as production manager.

The Mechanical Systems Group of the Marine/Industrial Division designs and manufactures mechani- cal steering systems and engine control systems and cables for t'he marine industry, and engine con- trol systems for industrial and leisure markets.

On one of hiscjood days you can hear him in Atlanta.

Even on his bad days Frank Lacy can be heard anywhere in

Savannah. He doesn't raise his voice because he lacks social grace. But over the past thirty- one years as dockmaster he has developed the habit of having things go the way he wants— the right way.

What Frank wants is the same thing the rest of us want. That's to keep the commitments we've made to you and your port engineer. We don't like apologiz- ing. We don't like explaining.

We make sure we don't have to do a lot of it.

Frank is a good man. So is the rest of our crew.

This is a good town. And we have a good year-round climate.

We'd like you to come down here and let us show you what we can do—from major conver- sion to voyage repair.

Say howdy to Frank, and tell him you saw his picture. Smile when you say it, and he'll smile too.

Savannah Machine and Shipyard Co.

P.O. Box 787, Savannah, Ga. 31402

Tele. (912) 233-6621 5 World Trade Center, Room 6237

New York, N.Y. 10048, Tele. (212) 432-0350

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