Paul P. Swensen has been elected vice president and general manager of the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Pennsylvania, according to an announcement by Malcolm W. MacLeod, president.
Mr. Swensen came ashore in 1976 to join Curtis Bay Towing as a dispatcher in the Baltimore office.
In 1978, he was promoted to corporate sales representative and continued in that capacity until April of 1985, when he was assigned to Curtis Bay Towing Company of Pennsylvania as acting general manager.
Prior to joining Curtis Bay Towing, Mr. Swensen sailed as mate and relief captain aboard coastwise and oceangoing tugboats. He is a graduate of the National River Academy and served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. He has had an active role in The Propeller Club of Baltimore, The Maryland Marine Club and is a member of The Seascout Executive Committee of Baltimore.
Curtis Bay Towing Company operates transporation and marine towage services in the mid-Atlantic Region.
Thomas E. Moran, chairman of Moran Towing Corporation, recently announced that Curtis Bay Towing Company, the 78-year-old marine transportation company, will change its name at its three ports of operation to Moran Towing of Maryland, Inc., Moran Towing of Pennsylvania, Inc., and Moran Towing of
Capt. Barry C. Roberts, USCG, recently assumed command of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md. He becomes the 29th commanding officer in the 82-year history of the yard, the only shipbuilding and repair facility of the U.S. Coast Guard. During a recent ceremony, Rear Adm. Robert S. Lucas
manager of Curtis Bay Towing Co. of Pennsylvania was recently announced by Malcolm W. MacLeod, president. Mr. Bandon succeeds the former manager of Curtis Bay's Philadelphia, Pa.-based operation, Eric W.L. Heeley, who passed away January 3, 1980, after a short illness. Curtis Bay Towing has tug fleets
Curtis Bay Towing Company has announced two promotions to its executive staff. Effective January 1, 1980, Malcolm W. MacLeod, executive vice president, has been elected president and chief executive officer of the firm. He succeeds Capt. Frank J. Hughes who has served in that position since 1966
Capt. David Cunningham recently reported to the Coast Guard yard in Curtis Bay, Md. He will serve as the yard's manager of financial operations, a position which oversees the shipyard's fiscal, supply and procurement activities, as well as the ships' inventory control point. The latter is an
The Flagship Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers held its second meeting of the year at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Md. Following the social hour and dinner, which was attended by approximately 90 members and guests, chairman Richard Fay opened the technical session and
and bridge wings. The equipment is scheduled to be delivered early next year. The Coast Guard plans to build a prototype Heritage Class vessel in Curtis Bay, Md. Plans call for the prototype to undergo an extended evaluation of about two years before full production begins. TANO Marine Systems, Inc
his career aboard tugs in New York Harbor, coming ashore to work in both operations and chartering for Boyd, Weir and Sewell. He later joined the Curtis Bay Towing Company as a sales representative in its New York office. Mr. Moran holds a degree in business administration from Gettysburg College
Personnel at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., recently completed a restoration of the Coast Guard Cutter Gentian, a 180-foot oceangoing buoy tender (WLB). The overhaul of the World War II vintage vessel marked the second renovation of a Class A buoy tender under the U.S. Coast Guard's Service
were finally covered by an epoxy sealer and wooden plugs. Before the recent renovation on the Eagle, studs were welded by hand at the USCG yard at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Md., whenever wood decks were replaced on icebreakers and other ships. For work on the Eagle, the Coast Guard purchased a TR- 2400
Arundel County, Maryland. He is well familiar with the Baltimore area, having been responsible for the Soros studies for the expansion of the Chessie's Curtis Bay shiploading facility, and the proposed rail-to-ship coal transfer terminal at the Canton Docks. Mr. Vander Laan brings 32 years' experience
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