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Barge Operations Manager

Appointed By Consolidated haul. General Ship is now com- pleting the overhaul of USS Mul- linnix (DD-944), and will start the overhaul of USS Garcia (FF- 1040) this month under another contract awarded recently.

General Ship Corporation is a privately owned small business which operates two yards in Bos- ton Harbor, one in East Boston and one in South Boston where the Vulcan will be overhauled.

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Detroit Diesel's Line Of 16-Cylinder Engines

The Detroit Diesel Allison Di- vision of General Motors Corpo- ration, Detroit, Mich., has pub- lished a data sheet containing the specifications of its line of 16- cylinder marine engines.

The literature includes a photo- graph of each typical engine in the series which are rated at 700 hp, 1,060 hp, and 1,325 hp, re- spectively, by model. Also in- cluded are performance charts based on the use of different in- jectors, profile drawings detailing the principal dimensions, and a list of standard equipment.

For a free copy of the 16-cyl- inder specifications sheets,

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Donald G. Leeker Jr.

Consolidated Grain and Barge

Company, St. Louis, Mo., an- nounced recently the promotion of Donald G. Leeker Jr. to the post of manager of barge oper- ations. Mr. Leeker joined Consoli- dated in 1978 as a barge dis- patcher. He was named chief dis- patcher in 1980, and in May of this year was made assistant manager of barge operations, the post he held prior to his new promotion.

Nedlloyd Orders

Two Containerships

Nedlloyd Lines, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Nedlloyd

Group, has ordered two container vessels at approximately 1,800

TEUs from the Korean shipyard of the Hyundai Corporation. The vessels, to be delivered during the second half of 1983, will sail un- der the Dutch flag and will see service in the Europe Middle East

Service.

Ed Trlica Elected

President Of Jered

The board of directors of Jered

Inc., the Houston based unmanned vehicle service company, has an- nounced the election of Ed Trlica to the office of president.

Board chairman Jerry Jones stated: "We have been extremely pleased with the industry reac- tion to Jered that has resulted in our obtaining over 50 percent of the unmanned vehicle work awarded in the Gulf during the past 12 months. Mr. Trlica has been a key factor in this growth and in his new capacity as presi- dent he will concentrate on the continued orderly growth of

Jered, including our expansion into overseas markets." $11.8-Million Navy Contract

Awarded General Ship For

Overhaul Of USS Vulcan

General Ship Corporation of

Boston, Mass., has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract in the amount of $11.8 million for the regular overhaul of USS Vulcan (AR-5).

Under the new contract, Vulcan will arrive in the yard in January 1982 for an ll-1/- month over-

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