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Inland Port Opened

By Philadelphia

In an attempt to tap into the Port of Baltimore's export business, the

Philadelphia Regional Port Author- ity has recently opened its new inland port.

Baltimore offers shippers some major advantages when compared to Philadelphia. The Port of Balti- more is physically closer to the key industrial city of Pittsburgh and trucks hauling cargo from Pennsyl- vania to Baltimore use toll-free interstates, while Philadelphia traf- fic must use the Pennsylvania

Turnpike.

To counter this, the Philadelphia

Port Authority is offering virtually to subsidize trucking costs by guar- anteeing that shipping costs for cargo coming into the Delaware River port will not exceed the cost of using

Baltimore.

Bill McLaughlin, director of communications for the Philadel- phia Port Authority, stated that the port expects to lose money on the arrangement at first, in exchange for the long-term gain of establish- ing a strong customer base.

Riverboat Sought

For Alabama Town

The tourism board for Gadsden,

Ala., is seeking a riverboat to oper- ate on the Coosa River.

According to Lloyd Wagnon, executive director of the Gadsden-

Etowah Tourism Board, Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County, which has a population of 100,000 and is the locus of a growing tourist industry in northeast Alabama. Mr.

Wagnon says the board will help promote a riverboat operation.

For further details, contact

Mr. Wagnon at (205) 549-0351, or write to: Box 8267, 1500 Noccalua

Road, Gadsden, Ala. 35902-8267.

Hagglunds Denison Names

Controls Unlimited

As Marine Service Center

Controls Unlimited Inc., Long

Beach, Calif., has been named as an authorized service, repair and remanufacturing center by

Hagglunds Denison for its line of marine hydraulic products.

Hagglunds Denison manufac- tures hydraulic components and sys- tems for construction vehicles; min- ing equipment; pulp and paper, chemical, and other processing equipment; ships and ordnance equipment; and for machine tools, plastic molding, die casters and stamping presses.

For further information,

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May, 1992

IMC Announces

New Board Of Directors,

Corporate Officers

The president and CEO of Inter- national Marine Carriers, Inc. (IMC), Robert G. Wellner, recently announced that the company has experienced a complete change in its board of directors and corporate officers. Mr. Wellner will be chair- man of the board and other mem- bers include: Thomas F. Keenan,

David M. Walton, Robert J.

Young and Vincent J. Barra. The new corporate officers include: Mr.

Keenan as vice president and chief operations officer, Mr. Barra as sec- retary and John V. Fougner as treasurer. Mr. Walton will be vice president, quality assurance, and

Mr. Young will be vice president engineering.

IMC was founded in 1980 and presently manages a fleet of 16 ves- sels, including RO/ROs, LASH ves- sels, tankers, car/truck carriers and container/crane ships. IMC's man- agement experience includes both

U.S.- and foreign-flag ships in sea- going and shore-based activities.

For further information,

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