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Steven Wolgamot Named

Executive VP Of Two

Operating Companies

Steven Wolgamot

Steven Wolgamot has been named executive vice president of

Waterways Transportation and

Trading Company and Maritime

Transportation and Trading Com- pany, Twin Cities, Minn.-based barge and marine equipment com- panies.

Mr. Wolgamot was formerly as- sistant to the president of Twin City

Barge, Inc. An attorney, he has practiced law with the firm of Dor- sey and Whitney of Minneapolis.

He was graduated from the Webb

Institute of Naval Architecture and the Law School of the University of

Minnesota.

Waterways Transportation and

Trading Company manages river barges used in the United States inland waterways. Marine Trans- portation and Trading Company oversees the management of marine equipment operating between

United States ports in the Gulf of

Mexico and on the eastern sea- board.

First Sulzer RTA84 Engine

Successfully Started

The first Sulzer RTA84 engine, a six-cylinder model, is now undergo- ing test-bed trials at Mitsubishi's

Kobe engine works. Started in Au- gust, it has already run successfully at full load and is now going through a series of optimization trials.

As the largest bore size in the

RTA series, the RTA84 offers re- markable fuel economy through the combination of extremely low fuel consumption and very low propeller speeds, down to 65 rev/min mini- mum. Covering a power range of 7280-39 720 kw (9,920-54,000 bhp), it is particularly attractive for the very large ore/bulk carriers now be- ing ordered. Further orders have already been received to power large containerships and VLCCs.

The 6RTA84 now being tested has a maximum continuous contract rating of 12,555 kw (17,070 bhp) at 70 rev/min and is to be installed in a 155,000-dwt ore/bulk carrier build- ing at Mitsubishi's Nagasaki ship- yard for Shinwa Kaiun and Nippo

Kisen.

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LEEVAC Announces Three

Personnel Appointments

Personnel changes at LEEVAC

Shipyards in Jennings, La., were an-

October 1, 1984 nounced recently by Jerry Bostic, president of LEEVAC Corporation

Bob Burlet, formerly involved with sales and marketing for the shipyard, has been named market- ing manager for LEEVAC Corpora- tion, responsible for all divisions including the shipyard, LEEVAC

Marine Transporation, and LEE-

VAC Petroleum.

Charles Burrell, a 16-year vet- eran with the company, has been appointed sales manager for the shipyard. His background with the corporation includes service with the Marine Transportation unit and, most recently, new business development for the entire corpora- tion.

Phil Jowers has been appointed to a sales position for the shipyard.

Prior to joining LEEVAC, he had shipyard sales, management, and operations experience with a variety of companies including Sea-Level and Offshore Logistics.

Atlantic Marine Awarded $4-Milliori Navy Contract

For Three Patrol Boats

Atlantic Marine Inc. of Ft. George

Island, Fla., has been awarded a $4,155,414 Navy firm-fixed-price contract to build three 68-foot Sea- pectre MK-IV patrol boats. The

Naval Sea Systems Command,

Washington, is the contracting ac- tivity (N00024-84-C-2122).

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