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Sneckenberger Named

Director Of Marketing

For Duramax, Inc.

Robert C. Sneckenberger

Robert C. Sneckenberger has been named to the position of director of marketing of Dura- max, Inc., parent company of

The Johnson Rubber Co., Middle- field, Ohio. Prior to his appoint- ment he served as the firm's dis- trict sales manager in the Detroit area.

Johnson Rubber is a multi- product, multi-division company manufacturing a variety of rub- ber and plastic products for the marine, automotive, appliance, and commercial building indus- tries. $3-Million Navy Contract

Awarded Lockheed For

Trident Support Work

The Lockheed Missiles and

Space Company Incorporated,

Sunnyvale, Calif., has been award- ed a $3,144,367 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering services in support of the Fleet Ballistic

Missile/Trident Program. The

Navy Strategic Systems Project

Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-83-

C-0053).

Tidewater Marine Buys

T1 Vessels From Halter

Marine For $33 Million

Tidewater Inc.'s marine subsid- iary, Tidewater Marine Service,

Inc., will purchase 11 offshore oil field support vessels from Halter

Marine, Inc. at a price of approxi- mately $33 million.

Announcement of the acquisi- tion was revealed by Sam S. All- good, an executive vice president of Tidewater Inc. and president of Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., and Harold P. Halter, chairman of Halter Marine.

Mr. Allgood said that eight of the vessels are available for im- mediate delivery and the balance will be completed during the first quarter of 1983.

The new equipment will enable

Tidewater to increase its equip- ment inventory and expand its fleet at an attractive price dur- ing a period of depressed condi- tions in the domestic offshore ma- rine industry. "Tidewater's pri- mary commitment to its vessel charterers is to offer the most modern and versatile fleet serv- ing the offshore oil and gas in- dustry," Mr. Allgood said.

Four of the new vessels will be 192-foot-long towing-supply vessels that develop 4,600 con- tinuous horsepower in twin en- gines and a speed of 13 knots.

The remaining units are 180-foot- long supply vessels with 2,250 continuous horsepower in twin engines and a speed of 12 knots.

All 11 vessels will have a mini- mum of 4,000 cubic feet of bulk capacity and each vessel also has liquid mud capacity.

The new vessels will make a total of 375 vessels in worldwide service for Tidewater Marine.

Mr. Allgood added that the company currently has 18 other vessels under construction at a cost of about $82 million. Ten of these vessels will be delivered during the company's fiscal year which ends March 31, 1983, and the balance in fiscal year 1984.

An additional 15 replacement vessels also are currently planned for delivery in fiscal years 1985, 1986 and 1987, he said.

In addition to its marine fleet,

Tidewater is active in the air and natural gas compression business, including the construction and op- eration of compressor stations and natural gas plants, and also in oil and gas exploration and production. The company also maintains interests in the real estate and insurance businesses.

When MacGREGOR talks cargo access the shipping world listens.

In the very early stages of design, it pays to hear what MacGregor has to say.

In discussing any aspect of cargo access design and utilisation,

MacGregor talks sound business and commercial sense.

And it's not just talk.

MacGregor's record of over 20,000 ships equipped makes them the undis- puted Number One in cargo access worldwide, with a service network you'd expect from the world leader.

If you're about to order or build a ship, listen to what MacGregor has to say. It's one way of getting ahead of the competition long before the maiden voyage.

MacGregor Comarain

Inc, 135 Dermody Street,

Cranford, NJ 07016.

Telephone: (201) 272 8440.

Telex: 4754036 MAGROMARNCNFD via ITT.

MacGREGOR ..whysettle for less?

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