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will deal with intermodal trans- port and communication systems between ports and inland centers.

The following will be discussed: survey and control systems for port planning, combined sea/rail and sea/inland shipping trans- port via Hansaport (bulk cargo port) ; Norwegian shipping man- agement systems and the role of goods distribution centers as hinterland links for integrated sea container traffic.

New Brochure Available

On Marine Travelift

Mobile Boat Hoists

Marine Travelift, Sturgeon Bay,

Wis., has completed publication of a new four-page folder including pictures and specifications on its

Model 150AMO boat hoist. The 150-ton-capacity unit is described as the world's largest mobile hoist in existence.

Special illustrations and pic- tures in the new folder describe advanced features such as two- speed hoisting capability, syn- chronized sling control, 90-degree pivot steering, and a special "cruise" control. Complete spec- ifications and essential dimen- sions are also shown.

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Dravo To Provide Training

For Crews Of People's

Republic's New Towboats

Dravo Corporation has an- nounced the signing of a contract with the Chang Jiang Shipping

Administration of the People's

Republic of China to provide training for the operation of new river towboats. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Dravo will train Chinese towboat officers aboard towboats operated by Dravo's subsidiary barge line,

Dravo Mechling Corporation.

Dravo is currently near com- pletion of a previously awarded contract to construct, at its Pitts- burgh shipyard, four river tow- boats and 30 barges for the Chi- nese. As the new river transpor- tation equipment is put into serv- ice in China, Dravo will provide on-site technical assistance.

Vander Laan Promoted

To Vice President Of

Soros Associates

Richard W. Vander Laan has been promoted to vice president of Soros Associates, New York

City. Soros, an international con- sulting engineering firm, special- izes in the planning, design and construction management of port facilities, offshore terminals, and bulk material handling systems.

Richard W. Vander Laan

Mr. Vander Laan's initial as- signment in his new position will be as principal in charge of the

Soros-sponsored Transcoal Termi- nal to be built at Marley Neck in

Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

He is well familiar with the Bal- timore area, having been respon- sible for the Soros studies for the expansion of the Chessie's Curtis

Bay shiploading facility, and the proposed rail-to-ship coal transfer terminal at the Canton Docks.

Mr. Vander Laan brings 32 years' experience in the develop- ment and engineering of bulk ma- terial handling systems to the

Marley Neck Terminal project.

Since joining Soros Associates, in 1972, he has been project man- ager for the engineering and con- struction of rail to barge coal transfer terminals on the Ohio

River in West Virginia, Illinois,

Indiana, and Kentucky, and the reconstruction of a petroleum coke shiploading facility in Hou- ston. His overseas projects in- clude a salt loading terminal in

Kandla, India, and a bauxite/ alumina port facility in Brazil.

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