W. Lael Prock has been named vice president/general manager of Foss Alaska Line (FAL), the Seattle- based subsidiary of Dillingham Corporation's Maritime Group.
Previously operations manager for FAL, Mr. Prock has full responsibility for all FAL activities, including operations, marketing, sales, maintenance, and administration.
He reports to Bruce Robeson, president of Foss Launch & Tug Company.
Mr. Prock has been with Dillingham Maritime companies for 18 years in a variety of positions in finance, sales, and operations both in Hawaii and with FAL in Seattle.
Replacing him as FAL operations manager is Les Candee, who is responsible for all operations and maintenance activities, both in Puget Sound and Alaska.
An FAL employee since 1979, he previously was maintenance manager.
Bob Slate has been named to the new position of director of marketing. He is responsible for all sales, marketing, and market development activities for all FAL services. With Dillingham since 1975, he was formerly FAL's market development manager.
, announced board chairman Hugh McComas. Mr. McComas also announced that he himself has assumed the presidency of the maritime cargo line after Bruce Robeson, president, resigned his post to join American President Lines in San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Bericochea has a B.S. degree from the State University
are located in Seattle. In making the announcement, Mr. Casey stated that Thomas V. Van Dawark has been named president and CEO of Foss Maritime. Bruce Robeson, president of Foss Launch & Tug Co. since 1979, has announced his early retirement to pursue other interests and will be working in a consulting
by Pacific Towboat & Salvage, Long Beach. Both Foss and Pacific Towboat are divisions of Dillingham C o r p o r a t i o n ' s maritime group. Bruce Robeson, president of Foss, stated that a Voith Schneider propulsion system was selected to meet specific operating requirements, especially those
operations of Dillingham's Ocean Division, and will report to Jack D. Minkler, senior vice president of Operations. In announcing the appointment, Bruce Robeson, Foss president, said the new position was created to provide more overall coordination of the company's equipment and services. According
by Pacific Towboat & Salvage, Long Beach. Both Foss and Pacific Towboat are divisions of Dilling- ham Corporation's maritime group. Bruce Robeson, president of Foss, stated that a Voith Schnei- der propulsion system was se- lected to meet specific operating requirements, especially
Yard (PSRY) reported it in- creased its West Coast share of the commercial ship repair market from 31 percent to 42 percent. According to Bruce Robeson, the port shipyard director, gross sales for the port of Portland and its three ship repair contractors, Cas- cade General, Inc., Northwest
brochure on C. Plath's NAVIGAT XII gyrocompass, Circle 177 on Reader Service Card October, 1992 Robeson Named To MarAd Executive Reserve Bruce Robeson, director of the Portland Ship Repair Yard (PSRY), was recently appointed to the Mari- time Administration (MarAd) unit of the National
in Seat- tle. In making the announcement, Mr. Casey stated that Thomas V. Van Dawark has been named president and CEO of Foss Mari- time. Bruce Robeson, president of Foss Launch & Tug Co. since 1979, has announced his early retirement to pursue other interests and will be working in a consulting