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New Tug Company Formed

To Serve Great Lakes

Port And Harbor Areas

A new towing company featuring the coordinated efforts of four inde- pendent tug operators serving the

Great Lakes has been formed, ac- cording to an announcement by

Warren A. Jackman, a director of the Michigan-based Lakeswide

Towing Group, Inc.

The Group is said to be the only tug company on the Great Lakes to provide local on-site dispatching, on-site management, and on-site harbor conditions monitoring. Mr.

Jackman said that the Group's tug operators are among the most expe- rienced in the trades, and will con- tinue to service those areas in which they have specialized for many years.

The Group—consisting of Gaelic

Tugboat Company, North American

Towing Company, Seaway Towing,

Inc., and JMS Towing Service,

Inc.—will provide towing in the fol- lowing areas: Detroit, Toledo, and other Lake Erie ports (Gaelic); Du- luth, Superior, Chicago, Gary/India- na Harbor, and Burns Harbor (North American); the Sault Ste.

Marie locks and St. Mary's River (Seaway); and Kenosha, Milwaukee,

Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and east- ern Lake Michigan ports (JMS

Towing). Mr. Jackman empha- sized that carriers and vessel agents requiring towing services in several ports and harbors can place all of their orders by contacting any one of the Group's member companies. "By offering these coordinated ser- vices, the Group guarantees person- al attention by the individual tow- ing companies involved in the ship's transit," he said.

Bertel Named President of

New Orleans Dock Board

C. Alvin Bertel Jr. was elected president of the Board of Commis- sioners of the Port of New Orleans at the Dock Board's first regular meeting of 1985. He succeeds Jo- seph C. Domino, who resigned from the Board at the end of 1984.

Also elected to the Dock Board were Lucien J. Gunter, who was named vice president, and Charles

C. Teamer Sr., who will serve as secretary-treasurer.

Moffitt Names Marine

Marketing As Agent For

Cutless Brand Bearings

Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc. of Akron, a subsidiary of BFGoodrich, has ap- pointed Marine Marketing Compa- ny as its manufacturer's representa- tive in the northeast U.S. for

BFGoodrich Cutless® Brand bear- ings.

Formed in 1976 by Larry Vin- cent, Marine Marketing specializes in the sale of marine products to the

March 1, 1985 commercial and pleasure boat in- dustries. It has sales offices in

Somerset, Mass.; Ellsworth, Maine; and Toms River, N.J. Moffitt is the marketing arm of BFGoodrich for

Cutless bearings for marine and in- dustrial applications.

The new sales territory covers

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode

Island, Long Island, New York, New

Jersey, and Delaware. r

SMATCO Gets $3.5-Million

Navy Contract For 14

Electro-hydraulic Winches

SMATCO, Inc. of Houma, La., has been awarded a $3,475,766 firm- fixed-price Navy contract for 14 electric/hydraulic hauling winches for alterations on the auxiliary ships

USS Butte (AE-27), USS Mars (AFS-1), USS Sylvania (AFS-2),

USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), USS

White Plains (AFS-4), and USS

Concord (AFS-5). Work will be per- formed in Houma, and is expected to be completed in June 1986. Con- tract funds would have expired at the end of the current fiscal year.

Thirty-seven bids were solicited and six offers were received. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-C-4258). """• BUTTHEN SO IS RELIABLE

WORLDWIDE SUPPLY.

For the right product, at the right price, reliably supplied at any port in the world, contact:

TRAMP OIL and Marine Limited, London

Tel:01-290 6722 Telex:896344

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