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FROM DIAMOND TO TRINIDAD — Diamond Manufacturing Com- pany of Savannah, Ga., recently shipped the two 45-ton, rubber-tired, bridge-type container cranes shown above to Port of Spain, Trinidad,

West Indies. The cranes will be used by the Trinidad and Tobago

Port Authority, and will greatly enhance their efficiency and capacity.

The cranes were shipped from the Diamond docks in Savannah via the West India Line. With agents in Trinidad, Taiwan, Venezuela, and the Mideast, Diamond has geared its operation to become a major supplier of materials handling equipment throughout the world.

Santa Fe Names Three Senior Vice Presidents

Ben B. Creel Irving M. Davis B.J. Warren

Navy Contracts For

Additional Years Of

MARISAT Satellite Service

The United States Navy has agreed to extend its use of each of the three satellites in the

MARISAT System for an addi- tional two and one-half years, ending in 1981.

Payments for service provided during the full term of the agree- ment will total approximately $138 million if the MARISAT satellites located over the Atlan- tic, Pacific and Indian Oceans con- tinue to operate satisfactorily.

Payments under an earlier agree- ment would have totaled approx- imately $83 million.

The MARISAT System began providing communications service to the Navy in the Atlantic region in March 1976, the Pacific region in June, 1976, and the Indian

Ocean region in January 1977.

The MARISAT System is own- ed by four companies under a joint venture arrangement approved by the Federal Communications Com- mission (FCC). COMSAT Gen- eral Corporation holds an 86.29- percent ownership interest and also serves as System Manager.

RCA Global Communications holds an 8-percent interest; West- ern Union International, a 3.41- percent interest, and ITT World

Communications, a 2.3-percent in- terest. Total investment in the

MARISAT System under the joint venture arrangement is estimated at approximately $107 million.

Each of the MARISAT satel- lites has a design life of five years, and operates in three different fre- quency bands: UHF (ultra-high frequency) for Navy service, L- band and C-band for commercial maritime users. The Navy leases all of the UHF capacity in all three MARISAT satellites for fleet communications between its own fixed and mobile terminals.

The Atlantic and Pacific MARI-

SAT satellites also provide service to commercial maritime custom- ers, using the L-band and C-band frequencies for modern, high- quality telex, telephone, data, and facsimile communications to com- mercial ships and offshore facil- ities.

Ben B. Creel, Irving M. Davis, and B.J. Warren have been pro- moted to senior vice presidents of Santa Fe Engineering & Con- struction Co., a subsidiary of

Santa Fe International Corp.,

Orange, Calif.

Mr. Creel is general manager of the company's Marine Con- struction Division. Mr. Davis is general manager of the Indus- trial and Petroleum Facilities Di- vision. Mr. Warren is president of Santa Fe Engineering Serv- ices Co. and is responsible for marketing both engineering and construction services.

Superior Equipment

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Over 250 of the world's finest ships now use Lockstad equipment

Keystone Shipping Co.

Lykes Bros. Steamship

American Export

American President Lines

Atlantic Richfield Co.

Burmah Oil Co.

Calmar Steamship

Central Gulf

Cities Service Oil Co.

Delta Steamship Lines

El Paso Natural Gas

Esso Standard Oil of Ohio

Isthmian Lines

Margate

Maritime Overseas Co.

Marine Transport Lines

Mathiasen's Tanker Ind.

Matson

Military Sealift Command

Moore McCormack Lines

Pacific Far East Line

Pocahontas Fuel Co.

Prudential-Grace

Sea Land

Seatrain

South African Marine

States Marine Corp.

Trinidad Corp.

United Fruit Co.

U.S. Coast Guard

Waterman Steamship Co. *&OW£R

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