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Baker Named

President Of WATERCOM

Richard A. Baker has been named president of Waterway Com- munications System, Inc. by its board of directors. Mr. Baker's ap- pointment as president and chief executive officer of WATERCOM was effective April 1, 1986.

Waterway Communications Sys- tem, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., is re- sponsible for the development of

WATERCOM, an new direct-dial telephone service for the marine in- dustry.

Mr. Baker has directed the

WATERCOM project since joining the firm in 1982 as executive vice president and chief operating offi- cer. Under his leadership,

WATERCOM has become a reality for the inland waterways.

WATERCOM is a direct-dial telephone network providing the marine industry with improved tele- communications. The network serves 4,000 miles of inland water- ways with high-quality, automated telephone service from land to ves- sel, vessel to land, and vessel to ves- sel. Service extends to the Missis- sippi, Ohio and Illinois River and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways with incidental coverage extending is number 1

You might not think so with our name.

But when it comes to shipbuilding, we are second - or third - to nobody. 3.MAJ is one of the most technically advanced shipyards in the world. ' The first for building tailor-made vessels of any type. ' The first for cutting running costs. • The first for first class quality.

FIRST CLASS EXAMPLE OF 3.MAJ TECHNOLOGY "ADELINE DELMAS"

Log bulk container carrier.

The owner:

Societe Navale et Commerciale Delmas-Vieljeux,

Paris, France.

Length, B P.

Breadth

Depth

Draught, designed

Draught, scantling

Deadweight (8.50m)

Deadweight (10.5m)

Main Engine

Main Engine MCR

Daily fuel consumption (trial) 169.00 m. 30.00 m. 15.80 m. 8.50 m. 10.50 m. 24,3001. 33,5001. "3.MAJ-SULZER" 6 RTA 58 6,000 kW at 98 min. 17.5 t/day m. • - iy - -

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P.O. Box No. 117,51001 Rijeka, Yugoslavia.

Telephone: 617-111 (20 lines). Telex: YU 24-137,24-240,24-338.

Cable: 3.MAJ-RIJEKA (A member of the Association of Shipbuilding Industry "JADRANBROD". Zagreb. Yugoslavia) is number 1 in everything - except our name.

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Richard Baker to tributaries of the waterways and offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexi- co.

WATERCOM is an advanced riv- er communications system. It pro- vides important data services and voice privacy conducive to efficient business operations. Vessels can be- come computerized "mobile of- fices." Data services include VIS (Vessel Information Service), Vessel

Location Service, Memo Service and Data Link Service. VIS and

Vessel Location Service are built into the WATERCOM system re- quiring no additional onboard equipment. WATERCOM service will be available in mid-1986.

For further information on

WATERCOM, the new advanced river communications system,

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Moran Towing Appoints

Karl Eckhardt Manager,

Harbor Operations 44

Karl Eckhardt

Thomas E. Moran, president and chairman of the Moran Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. has an- nounced the appointment of Karl

B. Eckhardt, as manager of harbor operations. Mr. Eckhardt will have the operational responsibility for the fleet of Moran tugs serving customers in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

From 1968 to the present, Mr.

Eckhardt held a variety of execu- tive positions ashore in the mari- time industry, including cargo su- perintendent, manager of container services, operations manager and di- rector of sales. He joined Moran in 1982 as a sales representative. Well known in the port's maritime com- munity, Mr. Eckhardt is on the board of governors of the Propeller

Club and a director of the Maritime

Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey.

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