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Robert E. O'Brien

Elected President

Mooremack Lines

Robert E. O'Brien has been elected president and chief oper- ating officer of Moore-McCormack

Lines, Incorporated, the ocean shipping subsidiary of Moore Mc-

Cormack Resources, Inc. (listed

NYSE, Pacific) it was announced by James R. Barker, chairman of both companies.

Mr. O'Brien is a director of both companies and is also a vice president and member of the fi- nance and management commit- tee of Moore McCormack Re- sources, Inc., the group which determines basic corporate poli- cies.

Mr. Barker commented that as executive vice president-traffic and operations of Moore-McCor- mack Lines, a position he had held since 1971, Mr. O'Brien "played a major role in stimulat- ing the dramatic growth of Lines' volume." Last year, revenues from the cargoliner operations between the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the East Coast of South Amer- ica and South and East Africa amounted to more than $69 mil- lion, compared with $56.9 million in 1972. In the first quarter of this year, Lines' revenues were $20.2 million, compared with $14.7

LNG SHIP TANKS

Liquefied Natural Gas ship tank fabricating fa- cility located in Charleston, South Carolina, operated by World Southern Corporation, a sub- sidiary of PDM.

Insert shows aluminum sphere being fabri- cated for General Dynamics, Quincy Shipbuilding

Division.

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company

Pittsburgh, Pa. 15225 (412) 331-3000—Telex: 086734

FORM 7407

PDM builds for the future

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company million in the first three months of 1973.

Robert E. O'Brien

A graduate of Villanova Uni- versity, Mr. O'Brien joined Moore-

McCormack Lines in 1940. He served as an officer in the U.S.

Navy from 1942 to 1945. Return- ing to Moore-McCormack, he rose through the operating department to become its operating manager in 1956. In 1957, he was made vice president in charge of oper- ations. In 1962, he was trans- ferred to the post of vice presi- dent of sales, in 1967, he was elected to the board of directors of "Mooremack," and in 1968 was named a senior vice president.

Mr. O'Brien is married to the former Rosemary McGurn, and presently resides with his family at Smoke Rise in Kinnelon, N.J.

Title XI Sought For

Vessels To Be Built

At Todd And Bludworth

An application for Title XI mortgage and loan insurance has been filed with the Maritime Ad- ministration by Alamo Chemical

Transportation Company, 900

Houston Natural Gas Building,

Houston, Texas, in connection with the construction of eight tank vessels and two towboats.

The estimated cost for the con- struction of all 10 vessels, which will be used on the inland water- ways, is $6.6 million.

Bludworth Shipyard, Inc.,

Houston, will build one towboat, and Todd Shipyards has been awarded a contract to build the remaining vessels.

John Herlihy Joins

John F. Dillon, Inc.

John F. Dillon, Inc., Greenwich,

Conn., has announced that John

F. Herlihy will be joining the company's chartering staff as a shipbroker. For a number of years, Mr. Herlihy was associ- ated with Tramp Chartering

Corp., and most recently was a broker on the staff of Spacebrok- ers Inc., located in Babylon, Long

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