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Executive Promotions At

Skaarup Group Of Companies tion including, in addition to ocean shipping, haulage by rail, barge and truck, as well as terminal facilities. A graduate of Yale- Univer- sity and a former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy,

Mr. Rockefeller has formerly been a vice presi- dent and director of States Marine-Isthmian

Agency before joining Skaarup.

Other officers and directors elected to the board of Skaarup Shipping Corporation and its affiliated companies include: Ole Skaarup, chairman ; Stig Host, vice chairman ; James F.

McHale, president; Bent O. Larsen, executive vice president, and Stig Farup, vice president.

Andrew C. Rockefeller

At the annual board meetings of Skaarup

Shipping Corporation and its affiliated compa- nies, the following executive promotions were announced.

James O. Williams has been appointed vice president of planning and economics for the

Skaarup Shipping Corporation. He retains his position as a vice president of another unit of the Skaarup Group, Total Transportation, Inc., where for the past two years he has been in- volved in economics and special projects. Be- fore joining Total Transportation, Mr. Wil- liams had been with Exxon Corporation in an executive capacity in the areas of refining, transportation, and crude and product supply.

Andrew C. Rockefeller has been appointed a vice president and director of Total Trans- portation, Inc., with responsibility for the fi- nancial coordination and administration o'f spe- cial projects. Total Transportation operates as a consultant to provide U.S. corporations with detailed programs for transportation systems from point of origin to final destina- 1,199TH SHIP FROM KAWASAKI: Kawasaki Heavy In- dustries, Ltd., recently delivered the 233,000-dwt Man- hattan King, shown above (its 1,199th vessel), to the owner, Crown Tanker Corporation of Liberia, at its

Sakaide Works. Powered by a Kawasaki UA turbine with a maximum continuous output of 36,000 horsepower at 90 rpm, she has a full loaded service speed of ap- proximately 17.0 knots. Built to N.K. classification, the

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