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CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION

Barge 450-7

FMC Hull *16

Keel Laid 27 October 1980

FMC Corporation Portland.Oregon

Present at FMC keel-laying of second of two 400-foot tank barges were, from left: marine operations manager Walter J. MacDonald; Nancy Marshall; chief engineer

Terry Halpin; division sales vice president William R. Galbraith; USCG Comdr.

Thomas J. McKerr; Don Kiive; ABS surveyor Doug Hendrix; FMC division president

John E. Carroll Jr.; FMC manufacturing manager Lee D. Parr; USCG Capt. G. Kirk

Greiner Jr.; contract administration manager Daniel R. Rogers; and Kenneth C.

Faris, Crowley Maritime Corporation.

FMC Lays Keel For 400-Foot

Crowley Maritime Tank Barge

FMC Corporation recently laid the keel that began construction of an oceangoing tank barge at the Marine and Rail Equipment

Division in Portland, Ore. This is the second of two sister barges being built by FMC for Crowley

Maritime Corporation.

The barges, each measuring 400 feet long by 99 feet 6 inches wide by 25 feet deep, are designed to carry a variety of petroleum prod- ucts. The first barge is currently under construction, with deliv- ery scheduled for this month. De- livery of the second barge will be

February 1981.

Officials present at the keel- laying were: John E. Carroll Jr.,

FMC division president; William

R. Galbraith, division vice presi- dent-sales ; Kenneth C. Faris, op- erations manager, Columbia Ma- rine Lines (a Crowley Company) ;

Capt. Kirk Greiner, U.S. Coast

Guard; and Doug Hendrix, prin- cipal surveyor, American Bureau of Shipping.

Based in San Francisco, Crow- ley is a major international ma- rine transportation firm. In re- cent years, FMC has built several barges for Crowley, including large oil barges and deck cargo barges.

FMC Corporation, headquar- tered in Chicago, is a major in- ternational producer of machin- ery and chemicals for industry, agriculture and government, with 1979 sales of $3.31 billion.

Communication Products

Technical Advisor Joins

ITT Decca Marine

Antero Borges

Antero Borges joins ITT Decca

Marine, Inc. as technical advisor for Communication Products.

In announcing the appointment,

George B. Woods, director of en- gineering services for ITT Decca

Marine, said: "Mr. Borges's pri- mary function will be to provide technical and sales support for the Sailor Products, the compa- ny's newest product line."

Mr. Borges joins ITT Decca

Marine with 20 years' experience in service, sales and management of marine and industrial electron- ics. Mr. Borges comes to ITT

Decca Marine from Jacksonville

Marine Radio where he was pres- ident.

MarAd Approves Title XI

For Two Tankers

Costing $129 Million

Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Maritime Affairs, Mar- itime Administration, Samuel B.

Nemirow has approved in princi- ciple an application by Ogden

Shamrock Transport, Inc., and

Ogden Hudson Transport, Inc., two wholly owned subsidiaries of

Ogden Bulk Transport, Inc., 280

Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing the construction of two diesel-powered product tankers.

Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New

Orleans, La., is the proposed builder for both 50,624-dwt ves- sels. Avondale expects to deliver the first of the tankers to Ogden

Shamrock next March, and the second to Ogden Hudson in June.

Both vessels are suited to car- rying chemical, petrochemical, and petroleum products. They al- so may be used to carry grain to countries receiving U.S. aid, and possibly compete against foreign- flag tankers in the Caribbean trade.

The Title XI guarantee will cover 871- percent of the vessels' estimated actual cost: $56,049,000 of the Ogden Shamrock tanker's $64,056,220 estimated actual cost, and $57,047,000 of the Ogden

Hudson tanker's $65,197,224 esti- mated actual cost.

Patti Industries Has

Contract To Build Two 65' Tugs For Cheramie

Patti Industries of Pensacola,

Fla., has announced the signing of an agreement with Huey L.

Cheramie Inc. of Galliano, La., for the construction of two 65- by 24- by 9-foot, 1,000-hp Model

Bow Tugboats. One vessel will be named the M/V Katie Cheramie, after Huey L. Cheramie's grand- daughter, and the second vessel will be named M/V Jule Plaisanc, after operations manager Phillip

Plaisanc's daughter. Both vessels are scheduled to be delivered in the spring of 1981.

Huey L. Cheramie Inc. current- ly owns seven vessels and man- ages an additional seven vessels operating from Carabelle, Fla., to

Brownsville, Texas. Delivery of the M/V Katie Cheramie and the

M V Jule Plaisanc will bring the total to 16 vessels flying the

Cheramie flag.

Patti Industries Inc. produces steel vessels from 60 feet to 130 feet and is qualified to build any type towboat, tugboat or utility vessel.

Patti's 65-foot tugboats feature transverse and longitudinal fram- ing which produces a smooth deck, side shell, smooth bottom plate and adds longevity to the hull.

For additional information on

Patti Industries vessels,

Write 35 on Reader Service Card

Hannah Marine Moves

Headquarters Offices

Hannah Marine Corporation has moved its corporate offices to 361 Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, 111. 60521.

The company's new offices oc- cupy 5,400 square feet and will soon utilize another 1,350 square feet. The new facilities are occu- pied by the corporate executive officers, Sales, Accounting, Traf- fic and Safety. The additional 1,350 square feet will accommo- date Engineering Design and Ves- sel Operations.

Hannah's Lemont facility will continue to house their Purchas- ing Department and Shipyard.

The company also has offices in

Detroit, Mich., and has opened a sales office in Houston, Texas.

J.W. Steadman Named

VP-Production For

Halter Marine

James W. Steadman has been appointed vice president, produc- tion of Halter Marine, Inc., with responsibility for the production activities of all Halter shipyards and production centers. The an- nouncement was made by Harold

P. Halter, president and chair- man of the New Orleans-based shipbuilding group.

James W. Steadman

Mr. Steadman joined Halter in

July 1980 as vice president, spe- cial assignments, with overall re- sponsibility for the Halter CAT-

UG project at Chickasaw, Ala.

Halter is building six of the giant propulsion units for an integrated tug/barge program under sub- contract with Bethlehem Ship- building, and an additional tug for California and Hawaiian Sug- ar Company. He will continue to maintain management of all CA-

TUG production while assuming additional production responsibil- ities.

Prior to joining Halter, Mr.

Steadman had been associated with the Ingalls Shipbuilding di- vision of Litton Industries for 26 years. His most recent posi- tion there was vice president of operations. Prior to that, he held various managerial positions at

Ingalls including director of qual- ity assurance, chief of project en- gineering, director of program engineering, chief design engi- neer, and he has been responsible for a production center employ- ing approximately 17,000 people.

Halter Marine, Inc. owns and operates 10 shipyards in the

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