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American Export Lines

Elects Crosthwaite VP

John H. Crosthwaite

John H. Crosthwaite, American

Export Lines' general sales man- ager, has been elected a vice presi- dent by AEL's board of directors.

Associated with AEL since 1965,

Mr. Crosthwaite served as sales manager for container operations prior to assuming his present posi- tion as general sales manager. Be- fore this, he was Midwest regional sales manager for AEL in Chicago, 111.

A graduate of the U.S. Merchant

Marine Academy at Kings Point,

N. Y., he sailed for the Alcoa Steam- ship Company for three years as a deck officer. Later, he served Alcoa in shore operations in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and as the company's branch manager in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Crosthwaite belongs to the

Downtown Athletic Club, White- hall Club, Chicago Athletic Associ- ation and the Ridgewood Country

Club.

Santa Fe To Purchase

Fluor Ocean Services

Marine Equipment

Santa Fe International Corp. and

Fluor Ocean Services, Inc., have reached an agreement in principle under which Santa Fe will pur- chase Fluor's marine equipment valued at approximately $15.5 mil- lion.

The transaction, subject to the approval of the directors of each company, was announced jointly by

E.L, Shannon Jr., president of San- ta Fe International Corp., Orange,

Calif., and J.R. Fluor, chairman of the board of Fluor Corp.

Under the terms of the agree- ment, Santa Fe will acquire six off- shore pipelaying and construction barges owned by Fluor Ocean Serv- ices, as well as equipment and div- ing operations at Houma, La.

Fluor Ocean Services will retain its Houston engineering office, along with its management person- nel and staff, and will direct its fu- ture efforts toward engineering and construction supervision of marine facilities.

Santa Fe will take over Fluor's current construction contracts in the Gulf of Mexico and will con- tinue operations from the Houma base. All Fluor operating person- nel associated with these activities are expected to join Santa Fe.

Among the vessels being acquired by Santa Fe is the RB-2, a reel- type pipelaying barge which can install up to 20 miles of 6-inch pipe or miles of 12-inch pipe in a continuous string. The RB-2 has laid nearly two million lineal feet of pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico since its completion nearly three years ago.

The sale includes three support barges used in pipelaying and bury- ing operations, plus the patents covering the technique of laying pipe from reel targes. Other ves- sels involved are the DB-5, a der- rick barge with a 400-ton lifting capacity, and the WB-109, an un- manned derrick barge designed for transporting and launching off- shore platforms.

The Houma base is located on the coastal canal and covers ap- proximately 20 acres. It includes offices, warehouse, and a spooling yard where pipe joints are welded together for laying from the reel barge.

Joseph Ruivo Joins

Tilston Roberts Corp.

Joseph Ruivo has joined the staff of Tilston Roberts Corp., New

York steamship agents, as assistant line manager for the National Ship- ping Corp. of Pakistan. Mr. Ruivo, formerly associated with North

American Maritime Agencies, Inc., is assisting Stuart Roland in the agency's representation of the Paki- stani-flag service.

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