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Charles Bruno has joined the organization as senior sales repre- sentative, bringing with him 25 years of involvement in oilfield sales and management on the Gulf Coast.

Lloyd King has joined the com- pany as safety and training coordi- nator, after 17 years of experience in the engineering, safety, training and environmental aspects of the oil and gas industry.

Pool Energy Services Co. is a di- versified energy services company providing well servicing, workover and drilling services on land and offshore in the U.S. and selected international markets.

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ASRY Appoints Deputy Chief

Executive

The Arab Shipbuilding and Re- pair Yard Co., (ASRY) Bahrain, has appointed

Mohamed M. Al-

Khateeb the new function of deputy chief executive, reporting directly to ASRY's chief executive, Mr.

Hans G. Frisk.

ASRYs person- nel department, finance and ac- counts, public re- 50 YEARS AGO

IT WAS A BIG DEAL

IT STILL IS !

The new United States Liner America which will make her maiden voyage on

August 10 to begin a series of twelve-day cruises.

AMERICA ENTERS CRUISE SERVICE AUGUST 10

That the new steamship America, largest and costliest commercial vessel built in this country, would be emlpoyed in the West Indies cruise trade instead of being tied up until the end of the war, was confirmed by John M. Franklin, president of the United States Lines. He said the company's 27,000-gross-ton, $17,500,000 flagship would leave here at noon on Aug. 10 on her maiden voyage to begin a series of twelve-day cruises to the neutral ports of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands ; San Juan, Puerto

Rico ; Port au Prince, Haiti, and Havana, Cuba.

The luxury liner was built to run with the Manhattan and the

Washington to England, Ireland, France and Germany, but not

Mohamed M.

Al-Khateeb long before she was completed by the Newport News

Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company the war had broken out and American shipping was barred from the trade by the neutrality act.

Up until a few weeks ago it was expected that the United

States Lines would be forced to tie up the America, the

Manhattan and the Washington, but a way was found to keep them running under the provisions of the Bailey-Bland bill, which provides financial assistance to all American companies whose vessels have been forced out of their regular services by the neutrality act.

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CMS Hires Director Of

Strategic Accounts

Robert Grune has joined Crowley

Marine Services,

Inc. (CMS) as direc- tor of strategic ac- counts. Mr. Grune is responsible for

CMS sales and mar- keting efforts di- rected at worldwide Robert Grune customers who use more than one of the company's ser- vices, which include petroleum prod- ucts transportation and sales, tanker escort and ship assist, modular and general cargo transportation, ma- rine salvage and emergency response services provided by CMS and by the joint venture Marine Response

Alliance, and all-terrain transporta- tion.

OMI Corp. Announces

Appointments

OMI Corp. has appointed Judy

Blackman to the position of vice president in the chartering depart- ment, specializing in dry bulk, and

Robert Bugbee to assistant to the executive vice president and COO, in the area of purchase, sales and special projects.

Ms. Blackman has served as di- rector of the Office of Cargo Prefer- ence for the Maritime Administra- tion in Washington, D.C., and re- turns to OMI Corp. after her prior work for the corporation from 1983 to 1992. Mr. Bugbee most recently served as head of business develop- ment at Gotaas-Larsen Shipping

Corporation before his appointment at OMI Corp.

OMI Corp. is a bulk shipping com- pany that operates in domestic and international shipping markets.

Jackson Named President of

WDDA

David N. Jackson has been named president and general man- ager of Williams Detroit Diesel-

Allison (WDDA) Midwest, Inc. Mr.

Jackson joined WDDA Midwest in

January 1994 as general manager.

Prior to joining WDDA, Mr. Jack- son served as worldwide manager of marketing services at The John

Deere Industrial Equipment Div.

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RGF Environmental Systems

Appoints Project Manager

RGF Environmental Systems,

Inc. has appointed Cynthia Lougee as marine project manager. Ms.

Lougee will manage all aspects of the marine division, including mar- keting, regional sales and distribu-

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