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PetroCom Completes First

Cellular/Satellite Phone

Service in Gulf Of Mexico —Literature Available

Art Petranek, president of Pe- troleum Communications (Petro-

Com), has announced the comple- tion of its Cellular/Satellite tele- phone service for the entire Gulf of

Mexico's marketplace.

PetroCom reports it is the first cellular telephone company in the

Gulf of Mexico and first in the world to use satellite and, today, Petro-

Com is the first to provide total cel- lular telephone service for the Gulf, making PetroCom the largest cellu- lar telephone company in the world.

PetroCom covers 68,000 square miles of Gulf, from lower Mobile

Bay, Alabama, to Brownsville, Tex- as, and extending 150 miles off- shore.

More than just a cellular tele- phone service, Mr. Petranek ex- plains, "PetroCom's Cellular/Satel- lite system is designed to fulfill the needs of anyone conducting busi- ness in the Gulf of Mexico." Petro-

Com's system features Facsimile

Machine Interface, Computer Mod- em Access, Loran-C Vessel Locator,

Weather Reporting, Coast Guard 911 Emergency, Three-Way Confer- ence Call, No Answer Transfer or

Call Waiting and Call Forwarding.

Mr. Petranek states, "Our system provides you with clear, private and reliable communications."

For more information and free lit- erature from PetroCom,

Circle 77 on Reader Service Card

Joseph Le Blanc Jr. Retires

From Trinity Marine Group

Joseph H. Le Blanc Jr., a na- tionally known figure in the ship- building industry for almost 25 years, recently retired from his post as sales manager of the Trinity Ma- rine Group, which is owned by Trin- ity Industries, Inc.

Mr. Le Blanc joined Halter Ma- rine Services, Inc., in January 1969, as production manager of the New

Orleans Division and was later pro- moted to general manager. In Octo- ber 1971, he became executive vice president and was named president in December 1977.

He resigned in May 1979, and lat- er became sales manager for Moss

Point Marine, Inc.

When that company was acquired by Trinity Industries Inc., in 1987, and John Dane III, Moss Point's president, was named president of the Trinity Marine Group, Mr. Le

Blanc assumed the sales manager's position of the four shipbuilding companies in the group. In addition to Moss Point Marine, the other companies of the Trinity Marine

Group are Halter Marine, Inc.,

Equitable Shipyards, Inc., and

Gretna Machine and Iron Works,

Inc.

Mr. Dane said Mr. Le Blanc brought unparalleled experience to his new company and credited him with guiding Halter Marine through much of its growth and acquisitions while increasing its profitability.

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Dynamic Corporation Buys

Research, Analysis &

Management Corporation

Dynamic Corporation, one of the

Washington, D.C., area's leading professional services companies, re- cently announced that it has ac- quired Rockville-based Research,

Analysis & Management (RAM)

Corporation. RAM will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Dy- namic. Both companies are head- quartered in Rockville, Md.

Founded in 1976, RAM is known for its expertise in the areas of naval architecture and marine engineer- ing, program management, systems engineering, technical publications, integrated logistics, and computer systems support to the U.S. Depart- ment of Defense and Industry— both nationally and internationally.

Included among its customers are some of the nation's leading naval architects and companies who con- tract with the U.S. Navy, U.S.

Army, U.S. Coast Guard and other federal government agencies.

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