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McLean Urges American Shipping

Community To Remain Competitive

Holding silver AOTOS statue. Malcolm P. McLean, this year's recipient of the prestigious

Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award, is flanked by Hoyt S. Haddock (right), general chairman of the 1984 AOTOS event, and dinner chairman Shannon Wall.

America took the lead with con- tainerization, and should retain that lead; this success is dependent upon the U.S. retaining its competitive- ness in world markets.

These were the thoughts of Mal- com P. McLean, the founder of oceangoing containerization, as he received the 1984 Admiral of the

Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award at a recent dinner-dance attended by some 800 shipping management, la- bor, and government leaders at the

New York Hilton.

The AOTOS Award, one of the most prestigious in the U.S. mari- time industry, is presented annually by United Seamen's Service for dis- tinguished service to American shipping.

Mr. McLean was the founder of

Sea-Land Service, the shipping company that was the world's pio- neer in containerization in 1956.

Currently president of McLean In- dustries, which owns United States

Lines, he said that at least half of

American cargo should move in

American ships. "The freight busi- ness is highly competitive in quality of service, time of transit, the actual rate itself, and the overall cost to the shipper customer. These are the key factors in moving cargo whether on land, water, air, or private haulage," he said. He noted that only 25 per- cent of the world's current container capacity is American. "The future of the American mer- chant marine is 100 percent depen- dent upon a combination of capital investment and the support of the shipper; you cannot get the custom- er support unless you are competi- tive," said Mr. McLean. He noted that all facets of the industry have a responsibility to help it prosper, in- cluding management and labor. "Unions can't prosper themselves without an industry," he added.

After selling Sea-Land Service to

R.J. Reynolds Industries, Mr.

McLean's next shipping venture was United States Lines, which his

McLean Industries purchased. With his planning and continued innova- tion, USL is introducing round-the- world service with 12 new jumbo containerships built by and under construction at Daewoo Shipbuild- ing in Korea. Other proposed proj- ects will infuse new vigor into other branches of the American shipping community, creating jobs and help- ing restore U.S. shipping as an im- portant world trader.

Hoyt S. Haddock, general chairman of the 1984 AOTOS event,

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