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Christopher Cole Named

Trinity Marine's Inland

River Sales Representative

The Trinity Marine Group re- cently named Christopher M. Cole inland river sales representative.

Mr. Cole will be responsible for barge and towboat sales for the U.S. inland rivers and coastal waterways.

Bob Kenny, Trinity's senior vice president, inland operations, said: "The appointment of Mr. Cole is part of a plan to integrate barge and towboat sales activities into Trinity's overall marketing strategy. Trinity is a full line supplier of barges and boats for the inland rivers. We are applying our experience in the de- sign and construction of thousands of barges and boats to meet the needs of dry cargo and liquid cargo carri- ers. Chris' experience fits perfectly with our objectives. He has exten- sive knowledge of barges, their car- goes, and the tow boats required to move them."

Trinity Marine Group consists of 11 shipyards, two are dedicated to barges, and all but one can build barges and towboats. Trinity is cur- rently building three towboats, one of which is the 241-foot Mississippi, the new flagship of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Barge fabrication facilities dedi- cated to the inland rivers are lo- cated at Brownsville, Penn., and

Madisonville, La. Other facilities capable of building boats, barges and other marine equipment for in- land operators are located in New

Orleans, Lockport, and Gretna, La.,

Moss Point, and Gulfport, Miss., and

Beaumont, Texas.

For further information describ- ing the services and facilities pro- vided by the Trinity Marine Group,

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PacOrd Awarded

Repair Contract

For NOAA Ship McArthur

PacOrd Inc., a subsidiary of SPD

Technologies, was recently awarded the prime contract for dockside re- pairs aboard the NOAA ship

McArthur. This award marks the fourth such project for PacOrd un- der a diversification of services pro- gram that has reportedly broadened the firm's service base to include

U.S. Navy and commercial mari- time systems repair and overhaul.

NOAA provides ships for scien- tific projects which require under- way, at-sea platforms. The

McArthur repair project will include asbestos abatement, hull, mechani- cal and electrical repairs. The ship's auxiliary engines will also be modi- fied, as well as replacing and rerout- ing piping systems and overhauling the ship's cranes and winches.

PacOrd has completed previous repair contracts on the McArthur in

June, 1992 9 1989, 1990 and 1991, in addition to a similar contract for the NOAA ship Discoverer in 1990.

Comsat Appoints Bourdon

Manager, Customer Service

Richard Bourdon was recently appointed manager, customer ser- vice, for Comsat Mobile Communi- cations. He will be reporting to

Edward G. Ryznar, vice president, maritime sales.

Mr. Bourdon will coordinate the company's customer service func- tions for its maritime and land mo- bile operations. He will also be re- sponsible for the U.S. and foreign- based technical force and the company's global service represen- tative program.

Comsat Mobile Communications, a division of Comsat Corp., provides maritime, aeronautical and inter- national land mobile services to cus- tomers around the world. Comsat

Corp. represents the U.S. in the 64- member Inmarsat and the 122-mem- ber International Telecommunica- tions Satellite Organization (Intelsat).

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