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Crowley Maritime Corp.

Orders Two 580-Foot

Triple-Deck Barges

Crowley Maritime Corporation has ordered construction of two 580-foot, triple-deck barges for service in its Caribbean Division, according to a recent announce- ment by Leo L. Collar, president of Crowley's Offshore Group, SQ.n

Francisco, Calif.

These vessels will be the larg- est roll-on/roll-off barges in the world, measuring 580 feet by 105 feet by 56 feet. Each barge will have a capacity of 380 forty-foot trailers.

Both barges will join five other 400-foot by 100-foot, double-deck barges already in service for

Trailer Marine Transport Corpora- tion, which provides service from

Jacksonville and Miami, Fla., to

Puerto Rico, with extended serv- ice to the Virgin Islands, Leeward and Windwards, and the Domini- can Republic. All TMT barges are equipped with a fifth-wheel device that automatically locks trailers securely to the deck as they are driven onto the barge. "The addition of these two barges will mark a new era in roll-on/roll-off transportation service for the Caribbean," said

Mr. Collar. "We plan to continue using 9,000-hp tugs in the TMT service, and plans for construc- tion of permanent tri-deck ramp systems are underway so that we will be able to continue our quick turnarounds."

The barges are being con- structed in Portland, Ore., by the Marine and Rail Equipment

Division of FMC Corporation. De- livery of the first barge is sched- uled for mid-March 1978, and the second for mid-June 1978.

John Flipse Resigns

From Deepsea Ventures

The resignation of John E.

Flipse, chairman of the board and president of Deepsea Ven- tures, Inc., Gloucester Point, Va., has been announced. At the same time, the appointment of Frank

A. Lawrence as acting president was announced.

Mr. Lawrence has been serving as the vice president and general manager of Indonesia Sun Oil

Company, a unit of the Sun Com- pany.

In commenting on the resigna- tion of Mr. Flipse, the company noted there was mutual agree- ment to his action, which resulted from differences over policies and objectives of the ocean mining concern.

United States Steel Corpora- tion, Union Miniere of Belgium and the Sun Company are the principal owners of Deepsea Ven- tures, Inc. At the present time, the company is actively pursuing a test deepsea mining program in the Pacific Ocean.

Central Gulf Promotes

Smith And Ferguson

The president of Central Gulf

Lines, New Orleans, La., has an- nounced the promotion of two company executives.

Erik J. Johnsen said that Louis

O. Smith has assumed the posi- tion of assistant vice president for personnel and administrative functions, and Gary L. Ferguson has been named controller of the company.

A native of New Orleans, Mr.

Smith was graduated from Soule

Business College and attended

Loyola University in New Or- leans. He joined Central Gulf in 1959 as manager of vessel ac- counting, and since 1966 has served as controller and director of personnel and office adminis- tration.

Mr. Ferguson, born in Wau- kegan, 111., obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He joined Cen- tral Gulf in 1968 as staff account- ant, and was named assistant treasurer of the company in 1970.

As controller, he will be responsi- ble for the company's accounting functions.

Central Gulf, a U.S.-flag vessel owner and operator headquar- tered in New Orleans, is an affil- iate of Trans Union Corporation. ! A s | j. S | t

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