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French Offshore

Engineering Firm

Opens Houston Office

EMH (Equipements Mecaniques et Hydrauliques) of France, best known for its exclusive design and the successful experience of its

North Sea articulated columns, has opened an office in Houston,

Texas, with Daniel Graffan in charge.

Daniel Graffan

Mr. Graffan is a graduate en- gineer and also holds a degree in business administration. He joined

EMH in 1975, and he will repre- sent the company in all its off- shore activities.

EMH is located at 950 Thread- needle, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77079.

Port Allen Marine

Service, Inc. Names

Walter Rody President

Mr. Rody, a native of Tampa, is a graduate of Tulane Univer- sity, New Orleans. He also pur- sued postgraduate studies at Lou- isiana State University and the

University of South Alabama.

Port Allen Marine Service, Inc.,

Port Allen, La. 70767, a full- service shipyard which included five drydocks—two 500-ton-capac- ity, one 1,500-ton, one 1,800-ton, and one 2,100-ton-capacity — has repair facilities located on the

Mississippi River and Intracoastal

Waterway of Baton Rouge. Port

Allen provides barge construction, "gas" free barge cleaning and complete barge repair. Port Allen

Marine Service, Inc. is a subsidi- ary of Midland Enterprises Inc.,

Cincinnati, Ohio.

General Electric Credit

Appoints James Kuklinski

James J. Kuklinski has been named Seattle, Wash., district credit manager for General Elec- tric Credit Corporation's Indus- trial Equipment Financing De- partment.

The district office, located at 10604 N.E. 38th Place in sub- urban Kirkland, provides financ- ing and leasing programs for manufacturers, distributors and users of heavy construction equip- ment, mining equipment, trucks, trailers, workboats, and commer- cial fishing vessels, machine tools and other production machinery throughout Washington, Mon- tana, Idaho and Alaska.

Mr. Kuklinski, a native of St.

Paul, Minn., had been a credit specialist for the Seattle office since last March, when he joined

GECC after six years with the

Seattle-First National Bank as a loan officer.

General Electric Credit Corpo- ration is a wholly owned subsidi- ary of the General Electric Com- pany, and the nation's largest diversified financial services firm.

Its Industrial Equipment Financ- ing Department is the No. 1 fi- nancial source in its field.

We convert little ones into BIG ONES.

The ship on the left (Mormacaltair) shows how the ship on the right (Mormacdraco) used to look before Todd Galveston added to her length and her value to her owners, Moore-McCormack Lines,

Inc., a subsidiary of Moore McCormack Resources,

Inc. The new enhanced ships are now 665 feet long—a hefty 115 feet longer than before—yet they travel at the same speed and use the same amount of fuel. If your cargo dollars want stretching, talk to Todd.

PACIFIC SHIPYARDS CORPORATION

SHIPYARDS: LOS ANGELES - SEATTLE

A subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corporation

SHIPYARDS CORPORATION

SHIPYARDS: BROOKLYN - NEW ORLEANS - GALVESTON

HOUSTON - SAN FRANCISCO

Executive offices: One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004. (212) 344-6900. Cable: Robin New York

DESIGNERS & PLANNERS, INC. (Naval Architects): New York - Galveston - Washington, D.C.

A subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corporation

Walter W. Rody

Port Allen Marine Service, Inc. has announced the appointment of Walter W. Rody as president.

Mr. Rody was formerly an indus- trial, marine and management consultant, and has served as di- rector and vice president of two of the major inland shipyards. •Ml

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