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Kvaerner-Moss, Inc.

Appoints James Victory

Kvaerner-Moss, Inc., the United

States representative of Kvaerner

Industrier A/S, has announced the appointment of James J. Vic- tory as vice president.

James J. Victory

Mr. Victory will be responsi- ble for the development and man- agement of programs to increase the Kvaerner Group's exposure and participation in the Ameri- can market. Principal group com- panies served by Kvaerner-Moss include the Moss Rosenberg Ship- yard of Norway, a major world supplier of inert gas systems and

LNG technology, Thune-Eureka

A/S, a builder of special marine pumps, and Kvaerner Brug, a large supplier of hydro power equipment. Myrens Verksted,

Thune-Maskiner, and Mesna Brug are the remaining members of this worldwide group.

Prior to this recent assignment,

Mr. Victory held a series of man- agement positions with Deepsea

Ventures Inc. As director of mar- keting, he was instrumental in the development, sale and final success of the company's ocean mining program. A versatile man- ager, Mr. Victory has lectured and written articles on the subject of ocean mining for manganese nod- ules, as well as participated di- rectly as a working member of the mining crew at sea.

He is a registered professional engineer and is a member of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, and the Soci- ety of Naval Engineers.

Mr. Victory will be headquar- tered in New York City at the offices of Kvaerner-Moss, Inc., 800

Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022.

Union Mechling Corp.

Appoints David Gladwell

David M. Gladwell was named manager, customer services for

Union Mechling Corporation, the subsidiary barge line of Dravo

Corporation. He is succeeded as assistant to the vice president, sales, by Michael R. Marlier.

Mr. Gladwell joined Union

Mechling Corporation in 1976. He has a bachelor's degree from

West Virginia University and a master's degree in business and marketing from Marshall Univer- sity. He is a member of the Amer- ican Society of Traffic and Trans- portation and the Traffic Club of

Pittsburgh.

Mr. Marlier joined Union Mech- ling in 1969, and most recently was a planning engineer. He is a mechanical engineering graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and has a master's degree in busi- ness from the University of Pitts- burgh. He is a member of the

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers.

Union Mechling provides com- mon carrier barge transportation service on the inland rivers and the Gulf and Intracoastal Water- way.

Matson Names Hughes

Senior Vice President

Lyle F. Hughes, Matson Navi- gation Company vice president, has been appointed a senior vice president by the board of direc- tors, it was announced by R.J.

Pfeiffer, president.

Mr. Hughes joined Matson in 1961 and was named controller in 1965. He was appointed a vice president in 1973, with overall responsibility for the company's financial division.

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Telephone (504) 581-4853

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