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Lykes Bros. Announces

Organizational Changes

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. re- cently announced some organiza- tional changes. Carl J. Horn has been named executive vice presi- dent with responsibilities for all customer acquisition and operations functions of the company; and Jo- seph T. Lykes III, senior vice presi- dent - administration, has assumed expanded responsibilities to include all procurement activities of the company in addition to the infor- mation technology, human re- sources and corporate relations functions.

Mr. Horn joined Lykes in 1979 as director of operations in San

Francisco, and held a number of positions before being named to the newly-created position of vice presi- dent - customer acquisition in 1993, with responsibilities for all sales, order fulfillment functions, liner and conventional services for Lykes.

Mr. Lykes joined the company in New Orleans in 1971. After serving in Antwerp, Belgium as manager - traffic, for Lykes Lines

Agency, Inc. and as Lykes owner's representative in Tokyo, he re- turned to the New Orleans head- quarters as tonnage controller. In 1993 he was named senior vice presi- dent - administration, with respon- sibility for support activities, in- cluding human resources and in- formation systems. He is also re- sponsible for the broad re-engineer- ing initiatives underway in the com- pany.

QUBIT Acquired By

Kelvin Hughes

Kelvin Hughes, the naval and marine division of Smiths Indus- tries PLC, has acquired QUBIT U.K.

Ltd., to join its group of maritime technology providers.

A Kelvin Hughes representative explained that the action was the culmination of a long-term strategy to strengthen its expanding navi- gation systems business.

Kelvin Hughes is one of the world's largest chart agents and providers of radar and navigation systems to the international mari- time fleets.

Huang Replaces Chang

As Evergreen America

President

Richard Huang has been named president of EVA Airways

Corporation - U.S. Head Office, and

Marcel Chang has been named president of Evergreen America

Corp.

Mr. Huang, who has been serv- ing as president of Evergreen

America since 1989, moves to a newly created position for the Ev- ergreen Group worldwide airline, heading up its North American op- eration, based in Los Angeles. Mr.

Chang, who succeeds Mr. Huang, joined Evergreen in 1974 as a de- partment clerk. He transferred to 42 the U.S. from Hamburg, where he was managing director of Evergreen

Deutscheland GmbH, the company's

European headquarters. Previously he had held management and execu- tive positions in the company's world headquarters in Taipei and also rep- resented Evergreen in France.

Evergreen America Corporation is the North American agent for

Evergreen, which is among the larg- est container carriers in the world.

The carrier operates a variety of full container trades, including weekly two-way round-the-world services.

Wells Retires From Texaco

Lubricants

Kenneth F. Wells, president of

Texaco Lubricants Company North

America (TLC), a division of Texaco

Refining and Marketing Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texaco

Inc., retired effective Sept. 1.

Under Mr. Wells, TLC success- fully introduced Havoline Formula3 in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Rim through Caltex (a joint venture between Texaco and

Chevron). Mr. Wells joined Texaco in 1956 as a petroleum engineer, and held positions of increasing re- sponsibility until he was appointed president of Texaco Lubricants Com- pany in 1990.

Lovejoy Adds North

American Sales Unit

Lovejoy Inc. has added a North

American Centa Marine sales and service unit to its Centa/Lovejoy

Engineered Couplings Division, bol- stering the company's support of the marine power-transmission indus- try throughout the U.S., Canada and

Mexico. The company has named

James L. Halley to head the new unit as product manager.

Mr. Halley brings more than 25 years of experience to the new posi- tion, including U.S. and European diesel engine sales for Caterpillar, contracting work with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, and direct

Garrow Retires From Newport News

Jack A. Garrow, vice president of public relations at Newport News

Shipbuilding (NNS), announced his retirement from the shipyard, effec- tive Aug. 31.

He joined the yard in 1986 after 31 years in the Navy.

In accepting Mr. Garrow's re- tirement, Pat Phillips, president and CEO of NNS, said, "He has done a great job for the shipyard and we will miss him." Mr. Garrow gradu- ated the U.S. Naval Academy in

Annapolis, Md. in 1955. After gradu- sales and marketing in the Latin

American marine industry.

Lovejoy manufactures, distrib- utes and services a broad line of torsional couplings, universal joint shafts and bearing housings de- signed specifically for marine drive- trains in large and small vessels.

The line includes a complete range of flexible couplings and shafting systems for boat and ship propul- sion.

Tindall Named ICOM's

Marine Div. Manager

ICOM America, Inc. has ap- pointed James Tindallas the man- ager of its Marine Division. With more than 19 years of experience in the marine marketing field, Mr.

Tindall's responsibilities will in- clude sales and marketing of all

ICOM marine products, developing dealer relationships and overseeing the regional sales managers.

Mr. Tindall was previously with

ComMar, ICOM's Northeast marine dealers' representative, as a sales manager in Annapolis, Md. and

Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he was president and founder of Coast

Navigation, a marine marketing or- ganization. Mr. Tindall received his MBA from Harvard University.

He is now based out of ICOM's cor- porate headquarters in Bellevue,

Wash.

John J. Kelly

General Electric. Mr. Kelly has been an industry leader in the area of advanced technology and a driv- ing force in the development of air cushion vehicles and surface effect ships (SESs). His pioneering efforts resulted in the development of the

LCAC (Landing Craft, Air Cush- ion). ation he served for 31 years as a public affairs specialist in Europe, the Far East and both coasts of the

U.S. He was chief of information for

NATO in Southern Europe, and ended his career in the Navy as its chief of information in Washington with the rank of rear admiral.

Among his Navy awards are the

Distinguished Service Medal, the

Joint Meritorious Service Medal, the

Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V.

Textron M&LS President Honored By Navy League

John J. Kelly, president of

Textron Marine & Land Systems, a division of Textron Inc., has been named the recipient of the Robert M.

Thompson Award for Outstanding

Civilian Leadership, presented an- nually by the Navy League of the

United States. He was honored at the Navy League Convention.

The Thompson Award recognizes a civilian who has made a significant personal contribution to furthering the recognition of sea power's impor- tance to the U.S.'s national security and economic well-being. It is the highest civilian award presented by the Navy League. Past recipients of the award include Senators John

McCain and Sam Nunn, former

Secretary of Defense Caspar

Weinberger, and many industry leaders including Robert Crown, chairman of General Dynamics, and

Ralph J. Cordiner, chairman of

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Pacific Marine & Industrial 2005 Palo Verde Avenue, Suite 112

Long Beach, CALIFORNIA 90815

Telephone: (800) 248-5579

Coppcdge Marine Inc. 4972 River Point Road, P.O. Box 5636

Jacksonville, FLORIDA 32207

Telephone: (904) 398-9586

Telefax: (904) 398-0373

Maguire Bearing Co. 1919 Hau Street

Honolulu, HAWAII 96819

Telephone: (808) 847-3531

Telefax: (808) 842-4889

Marine Industries Corp. 601 East Riverside Drive

ClarksviUe, INDIANA 47130

Telephone: (800) 733-3130

Telefax: (812) 283-9628

Marine Industries Corp. (Gulf) 306 Driftwood Circle

Slidell, LOUISIANA 70458

Telephone: (504) 649-9327

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One Industrial Way, Unit 9

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Johnson Packings &

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Argo International 10661 North Lombard Street

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Hampton Sales Inc.

P.O. Box 492,361B North York Road

Willow Grove, PENNSYLVANIA 19090

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Pacific Marine Equipment Inc. 3441 Thomdyke Ave. W.,

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Telephone: (206) 281-7082

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Pacific Propulsion (Canada) Ltd. 1451 Chartwell Drive, W. Vancouver

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Telephone: (604) 988-2299

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Avalon Marine Ltd. 44 Coventry Lane

Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA B2V 2K2

Telephone: (902) 456-1381

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Lasalle, QUEBEC H8R 4B4

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