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Stiles Appointed Marine

Sales Representative-New

York For Farboil

Wayne Stiles

Wayne Stiles has been appoint- ed marine sales representative for

Farboil Company in New York

City, it was announced by Joseph

F. Harrington, vice president of sales. Mr. Stiles has been a sales representative for Line Fast Cor- poration, New York, and Tide- water, New Orleans. Earlier, he served as captain and mate aboard various offshore supply vessels serving domestic and in- ternational oil drilling operations.

Allied Barge Seeks

Title XI On $2-Million

Barge Reconstruction

Allied Barge, Inc., a subsidi- ary of Allied Towing Corporation,

Norfolk, Va., has applied to the

Maritime Administration for a

Title XI guarantee to aid in fi- nancing the reconstruction of the oceangoing oil barge Matthew in- to a multiple product liquid chem- ical carrier.

Work on the 302-foot-long ves- sel was performed by Tampa (Fla.) Shipyards, Inc., and it was redelivered last December. The applicant said the reconstructed barge will be used along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United

States.

The actual cost of the vessel was listed as $2,000,000. The re- quested guarantee is for 871 •> per- cent of that amount, or $1,750,- 000.

Barges Carried Some 40 Percent Of U.S.

Grain Exported In 1980

Barge shipments of grain des- tined for export reached a record 1.95 billion bushels in 1980, ac- cording to figures recently re- leased by the U.S. Department of

Agriculture. The share of all ex- port grain carried by barges last year reached 40.3 percent, also a record "These impressive figures are testimony to the low-cost, fuel efficient freight service provided by our industry," said Ralph Van der Naillen, vice chairman of the

American Waterways Operators,

Inc. "The U.S. farmer knows that, when accessible, barge transpor- tation offers the best means of getting the product to market."

Mr. Van der Naillen is also vice president of Cargo Carriers Co.,

Minneapolis, Minn.

Compared with the previous year, barge carriage of export grain in 1980 increased 20 per- cent. Total grain exports rose 6 percent, to 4.83 billion bushels, during the same period. "The barge share of grain exports has been rising dramatically since 1973," Mr. Van der Naillen said. "It is no coincidence that this has also been a period marked by soaring fuel costs and double- digit inflation. Just as when fac- tors have increased consumer awareness of fuel conservation and careful shopping, it has made barge transportation all the more attractive to shippers."

On the average, barges move a ton of freight 514 miles on a gallon of fuel, compared with 202 miles by rail. It costs only about 7 mills per ton-mile to ship by barge, far less than the average rail cost.

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April 1, 1981

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