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Drew Ameroid Announces

Arrival Of Kay; New

Venture With Mobil w ht* j 1 f / I Wr M ' f tu

John P. Kay

John P. Kay has joined Ashland

Chemical Company's Drew Ameroid

Marine Division as vice president, planning and development.

He is responsible for identifying, planning and implementing pro- grams designed to provide an ex- panded range of products and ser- vices to the marine industry.

These programs will include ac- quisitions and new business ven- tures that complement existing lines and utilize Drew's worldwide ac- count base, technical service and distribution.

Drew & Mobil Forge Ozone-

Friendly Lubricants Pact

One such business venture has been formed between Drew Ameroid

Marine and Mobil International

Aviation and Marine Sales Inc. (MI-

AMI), one the companies claim will usher in the new age of synthetic lubricants for ozone-friendly refrig- erants. Under the agreement, Mobil

EAL (Environmental Awareness

Lubricants) Arctic Series oils will be available to shipowners and opera- tors through Drew's worldwide dis- tribution network. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., MIAMI coordinates

Mobil's worldwide aviation and marine sales. The Mobil EAL lubri- cants were developed specifically to lubricate refrigeration compressors and system components using HFC- 134a, the ozone-friendly, chlorine- free refrigerant which is replacing

CFC-12 in most marine refrigera- tion applications. Drew recently established a Refrigeration Prod- ucts business to address imminent

CFC production cutoffs and other regulatory mandates. Drew will distribute Mobil EAL Arctic Series oils in conjunction with another al- liance it has formed with York Ma- rine Systems, a division of York

International Corp., to provide ship- board CFC conversion, as well as repair and maintenance services to commercial marine customers worldwide.

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Mulvihill Named VP Of

National Marine

National Marine, Inc. the New

Orleans-based river transportation company, has named Jack

Mulvihill to the position of vice president/treasurer. Mr.Mulvihill will assume responsibility for Na- tional Marine's cash management functions and banking relations in addition to his other financial du- ties. He joined the company in 1990 as controller and was promoted to vice president/controller in 1992.

Prior to joining National Marine, he served for 18 years in various finan- cial management positions

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The Great Lakes Towing Co. Handles

Two Significant Cargoes

The Great Lakes Towing Company completed two significant project cargo movements. The first move- ment, a series of two shipments, con- sisted of 12 kiln sections valued at more than $12 million. Due to the size of the 90-ft. by 15.5-ft. (27-m by 5-m) kiln sections, two separate suc- cessive barge movements of six kilns each were made. The kiln sections originated in Sudbury, Ontario,

Canada and were transported over- land by rail to Sault Ste. Marie,

Ontario, where they were rolled onto a 200-ft. (61 -m) long deck barge and towed by The Great Lakes Towing

Co.'s tug Superior to Chicago.

The second major movement in- volved the shipment of a 32-ft. wide by 4.5-ft. thick (10-m by 1.4-m) 33- ton piece of mirror glass, reportedly the world's largest telescope mirror, valued at about $25 million. The mirror, made for Subaru, the name of the Japanese Large National Tele- scope, is to be part of an international astronomical observatory in Hawaii.

The mirror originated at Corning

Glass Co., Canton, N.Y. and was trucked overland to the Port of

Ogdensburg, N.Y. The 135-ft. (41- m) truck, with the mirror loaded on its trailer, was driven on board the 200- ft. barge which was towed to the Port of Erie, Pa. by The Great Lakes Tow- ing Co.'s tug Ohio.

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