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Savannah Machine

And Shipyard Co.

Names Curtis Dotson

David Green, executive vice president of Savannah Machine and Shipyard, has announced that

Curtis Dotson has been elected to the position of vice president-

Estimating.

Curtis Dotson

Mr. Dotson joined Savannah

Machine and Shipyard in March 1978, as contract manager, and previously had spent the past 20 years at Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Co., where he held the position of senior es- timator, Ship Repair Sales. After having started as a welder, Mr.

Dotson worked as a machinery and piping designer, quality as- surance engineer and production control section supervisor. While employed at Newport News, Mr.

Dotson completed 3% years of civil engineering training at Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute. Later, he received a degree in econom- ics from the College of William and Mary, and is now completing the requirements for a master's degree in business from the same institution.

Jeffboat Proposed To

Build Barges And

Recondition Towboat

Parker Towing Company, Inc.,

Post Office Box 72, Tuscaloosa,

Ala., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two petroleum tank barges and three coal hop- per barges, and the recondition- ing of one towboat. The guaran- tee also would aid in the refinanc- ing of 34 existing coal hopper barges.

The applicant provides af- freightment and general towage service on the Black Warrior-

Tombigbee River System and the

Gulf Intracoastal Canal East, pri- marily transporting coal. The con- struction of the petroleum barges will permit the company to di- versify its services.

The application is for a loan guarantee of $4,800,000, up to 87V2 percent of the estimated ac- tual cost or depreciated costs of all vessels. Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffer- sonville, Ind., has been proposed for the construction and recondi- tioning work.

Coastal Towing, Inc.

Building Two Towboats,

Nine Tank Barges

Coastal Towing, Inc., Houston, has applied for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- struction of nine tank barges and two towboats. The applicant is an affiliate of, and will share prem- ises and office facilities with,

Coastal Towing, Inc., Springhill, 7790 Braniff, Houston, Texas.

The applicant currently owns one of the barges, and all the re- maining vessels are scheduled for delivery through September 1979.

The barges will be self-unloading vessels with heating coils and self-contained hot oil heating sys- tems. They are being constructed by Nashville Bridge Co., Nash- ville, Tenn. The towboats will be suitable for inland waterway tow- ing service, with no accommo- dations for passengers. Verret

Shipyard, Plaquemine, La., is the builder.

The estimated actual costs of the vessels total $8,636,330. Ap- proximately $7,500,000 of that amount, representing 75 percent of the costs of the towboats and 87% percent of the costs of the barges, will be eligible for the

Title XI guarantee.

Announcing the formation of

FURUNO USA INC

The company that has been designing and manufacturing most of the marine electronic gear sold in this country by Konel Corporation has purchased

Konel from Narco Scientific Corporation. We are the new company formed as a result: Furuno U.S.A.Inc.

We will continue to market and service the same products handled by Konel. We will continue the suc- cessful Konel policies with the same people and dealers, with the same emphasis on product excel- lence and world-wide Furuno service.

As Furuno U.S.A. we will more than ever be your best source for the best in radar, navigational and fish- finding echo sounders, sonar, radio direction finding equipment, LOFIAN receivers, and communication equipment. (]FURUNO U.S.A. INC

RO.Box 2343, 271 Harbor Way

South San Francisco, California 94080 (415) 873-9393 • TELEX 331419

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