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Stewart & Stevenson

Open London Office;

Knapp Named Manager

The establishment of offices in

London, England, has been an- nounced in Houston, Texas, by

C.L. Ward, vice president and gen- eral manager of Stewart & Steven- son Services, Inc.

Logan Knapp, formerly manager of generator sales for the company in Houston, will manage the Lon- don offices. Mr. Knapp has 'been with the firm for 10 years, and is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Texas.

Stewart & Stevenson has its headquarters in Houston and is the world's largest distributor of diesel engines. The company also has branches throughout Texas, with dealers and service represen- tatives available worldwide.

The London office's principal ef- forts will be devoted to following up and taking care of Stewart &

Stevenson's many customers in the petroleum industry. However, in addition, the company's capabili- ties include manufacturing and building virtually any kind of en- gine-driven equipment for any in- dustry.

Products, largely built around the General Motors Detroit Diesel engine, include any kind of engine/ generator sets, oil field service equipment, emergency standby power units for all industries, elec- trical and pneumatic ground sup- port units for commercial airlines,

Allison gas turbines and automatic transmissions, Pow-R-Quik air starting motors for all makes of engines, irrigation systems, special- ly "packaged" commercial boats,

DIESELDRIVE inboard/out- board, inboard and Dieseljet units, plus a variety of other engine-driv- en products.

Eguitable Awarded $10-Million Contract

For Tug Construction

C.R. Sanders (seated), executive vice presi- dent of Nolty J. Theriot, Inc., and Cecil

M. Keeney, president of Equitable Equip- ment Company, Inc., are shown as they signed the contract in New Orleans, La.

Equitable Equipment Company,

Inc., New Orleans, La., shipbuilder, has been awarded a contract of ap- proximately $10 million by Nolty J.

Theriot, Inc., international offshore vessel operator, to build four 149-foot 6-inch twin-screw 8,500-horsepower oceangoing tugs, with fixed pro- pellers and stainless steel Kort pro- pulsion nozzles. They will be built to ABS Maltese Cross A-l, Unlim- ited Ocean Towing Service, Ice

Class C-l, AMS. The estimated total cost, including owner-furnish- ed equipment of the tugs, exceeds $14 million. The contract for these four tugs and three identical tugs contracted in January 1973 brings to a total of seven such vessels to be built iby Equitable for Nolty J.

Theriot, Inc., with an estimated total value of approximately $25 million.

These vessels, upon completion, will be put into service with other

Theriot tugs presently engaged in the field of oil exploration and construction worldwide.

Equitable is a wholly owned sub- sidiary of Trinity Industries, Inc.

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