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Diehl Named Chairman Of

Ingram Barge Company

Neil N. Diehl, former president of Ohio Barge Line (OBL) and Mon-

Valley Transportation Company, will make Nashville his base of oper- ations in his new capacity as chair- man of Ingram Barge Company, which recently purchased substan- tially all of the marine assets of

United States Steel and its Ohio

Barge and Mon-Valley subsidiaries.

Under Mr. Diehl's direction, In- gram is assuming OBL's handling of all the long-term contracts and oth- er requirements of U.S. Steel. As part of the ownership change,

OBL's Dravosburg, Pa., base will continue to operate as an Ingram

Barge facility, staffed by former

OBL employees, providing essen- tially the same customer service as heretofore.

In its new role of handling all of

U.S. Steel's "northern" business, In- gram Barge will work closely with

Warrior & Gulf Navigation Compa- ny to accommodate the steel compa- ny's marine transportation needs.

J.J. Henry Firm Relocates

New York Headquarters

J.J. Henry Company, Inc., a lead- ing firm of naval architects and ma- rine engineers, has relocated its New

York City headquarters from Two

World Trade Center to 40 Exchange

Place, New York, N.Y. 10005. The new telephone number is (212) 635- 4000.

Moe Appointed General

Manager At Alaska

Division Of Sea-Land

Peter Moe

Peter Moe has been named gen- eral manager, continental U.S., for the Alaska Division of Sea-Land

Service, Inc., the largest U.S.-flag carrier of containerized ocean cargo.

He comes to the company's Seattle office from Sea-Land's biggest port facility at Elizabeth, N.J., where he served as manager, Eastern Region,

North American Pacific Division.

A 14-year veteran with Sea-Land,

Mr. Moe has held a series of sales, marketing, and operations manage- ment positions in all of the compa- ny's five major divisions. He began as a sales representative in the Med- iterranean Division, progressing to management positions in the Atlan- tic and Pacific Divisions before his recent promotion.

February 15, 1985

Navy Buys 11 More Ships

For Ready Reserve Fleet

At Cost Of $82.5 Million

The U.S. Navy has awarded con- tracts valued at a total of some $82.5 million for the purchase of 11 com- mercial cargo ships that will be assigned to the Ready Reserve

Fleet. Lykes Bros. Steamship Com- pany will sell five breakbulk ships— the Dolly Turman, Frederick Lykes,

Howell Lykes, Mason Lykes, and

Velma Lykes—at a total cost of $21,250,000. Farrell Lines will pro- vide one LASH vessel, the Austral

Lightning, for $9.2 million, which includes 73 LASH barges and 24 40- foot and 52 20-foot containers.

One purchase contract was awarded to a foreign-flag ship oper- ator, Barber Steamship Lines Ship

Management Inc., an affiliate of

Barber Steamship Lines, for five

RO/RO ships at a cost of $52 mil- lion. This price, however, includes an estimated $20 million to upgrade the Barber ships to meet American

Bureau and Coast Guard standards.

The refurbishing work will be per- formed by Bethlehem Steel's Spar- rows Point shipyard near Baltimore.

Barber must hand over its five ships no later than November this year.

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