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Wayne Musgrove To Head New Chem-Marine Corp.

Kenneth Dunagin John W. Lambert

Larry Musgrove

Morgan City businessman and marine specialist Wayne Mus- grove has been elected president and board chairman of Chem-

Marine Corporation. The new

Louisiana corporate structure was organized by Twin City Barge &

Towing Company (TCB) of St.

Paul, Minn., and Transload &

Transport, Inc. (TTI) of Morgan

City, La.

With headquarters in Morgan

City, the company is also opening sales offices in Houston, Texas, and in Baton Rouge, La.

In making the joint announce- ment, Kenneth Dunagin, TTI pres- dent, and John W. Lambert, TCB president, said the freightment

Bob Hougland corporation will take delivery of 11 specialized 1,400-ton tank barges with double skin construc- tion. The vessels are built to carry petrochemicals and water white products, including all products regulated by Sub-Chapter 0.

Wayne Musgrove said the fleet is expected to provide "a major chemical transportation company to serve the Gulf (of Mexico) coastal area."

The Houston sales office will be headed by Larry Musgrove, for- merly employed by Zigler Ship- yards, a division of Lee-Vac, Ltd.

Bob Hougland moves to Baton

Rouge to head the sales operation there from St. Paul, where he served as director of administra- tion and development for Harcon

Barge Company.

Serving the Chem-Marine board of directors in addition to Wayne

Musgrove, Mr. Dunagin, and Mr.

Lambert, will be William L. Lusk, now a TCB vice president.

In addition to heading up Chem-

Marine, Wayne Musgrove is also the owner of Musgrove Marine,

Inc. and Robinhood Shifting &

Fleeting Services, Inc. He is part owner of Claiborne Island Marine

Service, Inc. All the corporations owned by Wayne Musgrove are headquartered in Morgan City.

Before organizing his own com- panies beginning in 1976, Wayne

Musgrove worked for Lee-Vac,

Ltd., where he held various posi- tions including vice president,

MarVac Gulf, Gateway Barge

Line, Domar Ocean Transporta- tion, and Zigler Shipyards (all

Lee-Vac subsidiaries).

Earlier in his career, he gained experience as a salesman/pilot/ wireline operator for Schlum- berger, petroleum reservoir engi- neer for Core Lab, Inc., and as a mud engineer and pilot for In- tracoastal Liquid Mud.

Mr. Dunagin, in addition to the presidency of TTI, is owner of

K-D Marine, Inc. and part owner of Claiborne Island Marine Serv- ice, Inc. A former coach and teacher and former Lee-Vac, Ltd. executive, Mr. Dunagin is a na- tive of Decatur, Miss.

In addition to the experience gained as chief executive officer of TCB, Mr. Lambert brings to the Chem-Marine board experi- ence as officer and/or director of

Twin City Shipyard, Inc., United

Coal Sales Co., Twin Tech Oil Co.,

Houston ; Packer River Terminal,

Inc., and River Logistics.

Mr. Lambert is also a member of the executive committee of the

Upper Mississippi Waterway As- sociation, and a former director of the Public Affairs Committee of American Waterways Opera- tors, Inc. He is the author of a volume entitled "The Economic

Impact of Waterborne Transpor- tation on the Upper Mississippi

River Basin."

Larry Musgrove, a Beaumont,

Texas, native, brings to the Hous- ton sales office extensive experi- ence. Before beginning his tenure with Zigler Shipyards, he worked with a drafting and engineering firm in Houston.

Mr. Hougland brings to the

Baton Rouge sales office a lifetime of experience in the "inland tow- ing industry," where he "worked in all phases from making rig- ging to pilot work."

During earlier employment with

TCB, Mr. Hougland worked ex- tensively in the movement of liq- uid products ranging from petro- chemicals to asphalt. His experi- ence also includes operations, sales and marine program development.

In addition to his most recent TCB assignment, he has also served as vice president of operations of

United Coal Sales and as presi- dent of Rochester Dock Co. $3.8-Million Navy

Overhaul Contract To

Marine Inc., San Diego

Marine Incorporated, San Diego,

Calif., is being awarded a $3,846,- 000 formally advertised firm fixed price contract for the regularly scheduled overhaul of the San

Onofre (ARD-30). The Super- visor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, San Diego, is the contracting activity. (N62791- 77-C-0001)

Brochure Available On

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Highlight of the multimillion- dollar expansion project is the

Norshipco Titan, one of the world's largest and most modern floating steel drydocks. The il- lustrated brochure describes ac- cess, capacity, and services avail- able at the Norshipco repair fa- cility. A list of Norshipco offices and agents, complete with ad- dresses, phone and telex numbers, is included.

For a free copy of the brochure, "Berth Place of the Superships,

The Norshipco Titan Drydock," write Fred Ganter, Norfolk Ship- building and Drydock Corp., 65

Broadway, Suite 1127, New York,

N.Y. 10006.

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