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Sea-Land Unit Restructured —Baker Appointed Vice

Chairman And COO

Jackson A. Baker has been promoted to the new position of vice chairman for Sea-Land Service, the principal operating unit of Sea-

Land Corporation. He was also named chief operating officer for

Sea-Land Service and executive vice

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R. Kenneth Johns will continue as president of Sea-Land Service, and Joseph F. Abely Jr. as chair- man and chief executive officer.

Mr. Baker, who has been with

Sea-Land for 23 years, was pre- viously group vice president-Atlan- tic. He will be responsible for opera- tions and marketing for the five major trades served by the contain- ership operator, one of the world's largest.

Other major management changes include: Jack A. Drob- nick has been appointed group vice president-North American opera- tions; John P. Clancey has been named group vice president-Pacific; and Wilford W. Middleton Jr. becomes group vice president-At- lantic.

John R. Pyron will continue as executive vice president but will also be responsible for the compa- ny's Alaska division and its Ameri- cas division; the latter division ser- vices Central America and the Car- ibbean.

Goltens Uses Diversity

To Seek New Markets

In accordance with its policy that diversity makes good business sense, Goltens, the 45-year-old worldwide marine diesel service or- ganization, has undertaken a num- ber of projects in fields beyond a strictly marine environment, but in areas in which Goltens is equally at home.

The firm's latest ventures include work on special elevator equipment for a New York City water tunnel project, a Rikers Island cogenera- tion installation designed to reduce power supply costs, and the compa- ny's new Hydraulic G-Pump, a tool originally developed for marine use that has won wide acceptance in general industry.

According to the company, none of Goltens's new ventures has been at the expense of the firm's original business: marine diesel engine ser- vice, with a specialty of in-place crankshaft repair. To the contrary,

Goltens says marine business is ex- panding rapidly, with new assign- ments announced on a regular basis by the company's global network of offices.

Goltens's main American branches are located in Brooklyn,

N.Y., Miami, Fla., Wilmington, Cal- if., and Fairhaven, Mass. In addi- tion, there are facilities in Hong

Kong, Singapore, Holland, and Nor- way.

For further literature containing full information on Goltens' services and capabilities,

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Marathon LeTourneau

Awarded Contract

For Platform Rig Project

Marathon LeTourneau Compa- ny's Brownsville, Texas, unit has been awarded a contract for the fab-

ACBL towboats Don Stephens (left) and Al Pannier were christened in Cairo, III.

ACBL Rechristens Three

Newly Acquired River Towboats

American Commercial Barge

Lines (ACBL), headquartered in

Jeffersonville, Ind., recently chris- tened three towboats that it pur- chased from other companies. The renaming ceremonies for two of the vessels—the MV Don Stephens (ex-

Miss Rosie) and the MV Al Pannier (ex-MV United States)—were held in Cairo, 111. The third boat, the MV

Mike Breen (ex-Miss Dee) was re- christened in Louisville, Ky.

The Breen, powered by two 16V 92 Detroit Diesel engines with a total output of 1,560 bhp, is named for Mike Breen, ACBL's superin- tendent of boat maintenance. The

Stephens, as sister vessel of the

Breen with the same power plant, is named for Don Stephens, current- ly master of the ACBL towboat

W.T. Toutant, which operates mainly on the Mississippi River.

The Pannier, formerly the 180- foot towboat MV United States that was built for Federal Barge Lines by

St. Louis Ship and delivered in 1958, is named for Al Pannier, general manager of Louisiana Dock

Company, a marine supply, repair, and fleeting operation in Cairo.

Both LDC and ACBL are subsidiar- ies of American Commercial Lines,

Inc. of Jeffersonville.

The Breen and the Stephens will continue to serve as operating tow- boats. The Pannier, whose four die- sels (10,500 total bhp) have been removed, will be used as a floating office quarters moored at Louisiana

Dock's facility at mile 975 on the

Ohio River near Cairo.

Towboat Mike Breen, sister vessel of the Stephens, was renamed in Louisville, Ky. rication and modification of plat- form drilling rigs by Helmerich and

Payne of Tulsa, Okla.

The contract calls for Marathon to fabricate a new platform drilling rig designated H&P Rig 106 (drill- ing depth capability 25,000 feet), along with a 56-person quarters.

The rig will work on Green Canyon

Block 18 in the Gulf of Mexico for

Mobil Oil Exploration and Produc- ing Southeast, Inc., and Mobil's partners, Monsanto, Diamond

Shamrock and Kerr McGee.

Fabrication work is scheduled to be completed in October 1986. This project will be the second unit of this kind to be fabricated at Mara- thon LeTourneau's Brownsville,

Texas facility for H&P IDC.

For more information, including complete color literature describing the yard's services and facilities,

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