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Tyne Shiprepair Wins

Contract To Rebuild

The Sir Tristram

Tyne Shiprepair Limited an- nounced recently that it has been awarded a multimillion pound contract to rebuild the Sir Tris- tram—the Royal Fleet Auxiliary which was badly damaged during the Falklands' conflict and subse- quently brought back to the U.K.

The Sir Tristram contract will require an average of some 250 employees through the contract period, which is likely to be around one year, and will represent about 20 percent of Tyne Shiprepair's to- tal potential capacity. Employ- ment will also be provided for up to 250 sub-contractors.

The job involves lengthening with a new 29-foot 3-inch, 120-ton mid-ships' section and completely rebuilding the vessel's superstruc- ture including new accommoda- tions and helicopter deck.

In addition to the contract to re- build the Sir Tristram, it was also announced that Tyne Shiprepair has been awarded the MOD con- tract to carry our major rectifica- tion work on the RFA Reliant.

This vessel will be repaired at

TSL's Wallsend Drydocks yard. $13.2-Million Chartering

Contract Awarded Sealift

Sealift Incorporated, Oyster Bay,

N.Y., is being awarded a $13,200,000 contract for the chart- ering of the tanker M/T Bravado.

The tanker will deliver Depart- ment of Defense clean petroleum products worldwide. Bravado is presently a Norwegian-flag vessel, but will be reflagged United States prior to delivery. The Military

Sealift Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity.

Ingram Barge Company

Names New President

E. Bronson Ingram, chairman of the board and chief executive of- ficer of Nashville-based Ingram

Barge Company, announced re- cently that John M. Donnelly, formerly president of the com- pany, has been named vice chair- man of the board, and Peter J.

Kopcsak formerly executive vice president and chief operating offi- cer, has been named president and chief operating officer.

Mr. Donnelly graduated from

Vanderbilt University. He joined

Ingram Oil and Refining Company in 1955 and became active in the company's barge business in 1963.

He was subsequently named exec- utive vice president and then pres- ident of Ingram Barge Company.

Mr. Donnelly currently serves as executive vice president and di- rector of Ingram Industries Inc., the parent company of Ingram

Barge Co. A well-known industry spokesman, he was elected chair- man of the board of the American

Waterways Operators in 1980 and has served as an officer and board member of several other industry organizations.

Mr. Kopcsak received a B.S. in

General Engineering from the

University of Tennessee, and an

M.S. in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University.

His career began with industrial and safety engineering positions with U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh. This was followed by 13 years' experi- ence in the aerospace industry with Lockheed Missiles and Space

Company, Chrysler Aerostruc- tures, and Avco Aerostructures.

In 1973, he joined the Ingram

Materials Company in Nashville as projects manager. Ingram Ma- terials is a major producer and transporter of sand used in high- way and other construction proj- ects. After a variety of manage- ment assignments, he was named president of the company in 1981.

In 1982, Mr. Kopcsak was ap- pointed executive vice president and chief operating officer, Ingram

Barge Company. Since that time, he has overseen the re-staffing of several key positions within the firm, changes in its river operat- ing pattern, and a successful ex- pansion into the grain shipment business.

With a fleet of over 475 barges and 20 towboats, Ingram Barge

Company is one of the nation's largest movers of bulk commodi- ties on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

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