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Theriot-Modec To Build

Ammonia Barge For Energy

Transportation Subsidiary

Theriot-Modec Enterprises, Inc. (TMEI), a marine construction company located in Larose, La., recently signed a contract with

Energy Ammonia Corporation, a subsidiary of Energy Transpor- tation Corporation of New York

City, for construction of an 8,000- ton, oceangoing anhydrous am- monia barge. The barge will have an overall length of 420 feet, beam of 78 feet, and depth of 28 feet.

Chicago Bridge and Iron Com- pany will assist TMEI in the ves- sel's construction by furnishing the cargo tanks and installing the associated machinery. Delivery of the barge by TMEI is scheduled for mid-January 1982, at which time it will be towed to CBI's facility in Memphis, Tenn., for completion. Upon delivery by CBI, the barge will be chartered to In- ternational Mineral & Chemical,

Inc. to transport anhydrous am- monia from Louisiana to Florida.

Edward Campbell Named

To Board Of Trustees

At Webb Institute

Mr. Campbell joined the com- pany in January 1979. He previ- ously had been executive vice president of the J.I. Case Com- pany of Racine, Wis., also a Ten- neco subsidiary, where he was employed for 11 years. Prior to that, he held management posi- tions at Whirlpool Corporation,

Joy Manufacturing Company, and

Abex Corporation.

Foss Requests Title XI

On Six Tractor Tugs

To Cost $26.9 Million Total

Foss Launch & Tug Company, a subsidiary of Dillingham Cor- poration, Seattle, has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in fi- nancing the construction of six tractor tugs. All of the vessels will be diesel-powered, with four rated at 3,000 bhp and two at 4,000 bhp.

The tugs are expected to oper- ate in the Puget Sound and Los

Angeles/Long Beach harbor areas. A builder has not yet been selected. If approved, the Title XI guarantee would cover $23,530,- 000, or 87y> percent of the esti- mated cost of $26,892,000. y

Edward Campbell

Webb Institute of Naval Ar- chitecture, the oldest four-year naval architecture undergraduate institution in the U.S., announced recently that Edward Campbell has been elected a trustee. Frank

J. Graziano, chairman of the board of trustees, stated that he is "pleased that such a distin- guished leader of the corporate world will be joining us at Webb.

I know with Ed Campbell's par- ticipation in the educational mis- sion of Webb, our task for the future will be made easier."

Mr. Campbell is president and chief executive officer of Newport

News Shipbuilding, the world's largest private shipyard, employ- ing 25,000 people. It is the na- tion's only company capable of building and servicing a full range of either nuclear or convention- ally powered ships for both the

Navy and commercial customers.

Its subsidiary, Newport News In- dustrial, provides a wide range of engineering, service, and con- struction skills to commercial electric utility companies. New- port News had total sales of $900 million in 1980.

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