Maritime Reporter, April 1976

<BODY> <div> AWO Elects Geary Chairman Of Board —Directors Named John D. Geary, president, Mid- land Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was elected chairman of the board of The American Water- ways Operators, Inc. (AWO), at the recent annual meeting of directors of the Association in Washington, D.C. James R. Smith, former As- sistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Power Resources, was reelected to his fourth an- nual term as president of the Association. William E. Cleary was elected to his 21st annual term as secre- tary-treasurer. AWO is the national associa- tion of the barge and towing industry, inland and coastwise, and the shipyards engaged in constructing and repairing this growing fleet. Headquarters of the Association are located in Arlington, Va., and field offices in New York City and New Orleans, La. Mr. Cleary operates the Asso- ciation's North Atlantic regional office in New York City. Mr. Geary succeeds Louis P. 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NEW JERSEY-Linden Beacon Packing & Equipment Co., Ltd. OREGON—Portland American-Pacific Corp. PEN NSYL VAN I A—Philadelphia Philadelphia Ship Maintenance Co., Inc. SOUTH CAROLINA—Charleston Southeastern Supply Co., Inc. TEXAS-Houston Texas Marine & Industrial Supply Co. WASHINGTON —Seattle May & Smith Company BELGIUM—Antwerp Verfaillie & Elsig SPRL CAN ADA—Halifax Hubeva Marine Plastics, Halifax FLORIDA—Miami Seastores Wholesale Co. CORDOBOND STRONG-BACK PRODUCTS Standard Resin Leveling Compound Strong-Back Putty Strong-Back Sealer Steel Putty IS J~L MARINE PLASTICS, INC. 382 Hamilton Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11231 Phone: 212-875-6178 or your local agent SOLE DISTRIBUTORS OF CORDOBOND STRONG-BACK PRODUCTS Agents throughout the world Trained applicators available for repairs or instruction — Montreal Heffernan Tiles Limited FRANCE-Dunkirk M & R Dekytspotter & Sons. INDIA —Bombay Nautilus Internatior GREECE-Piraeus Marine Technical Bureau HOLLAND-Rotterdam Van Lessen & Punt N.V. HONG KONG —Kowloon Marine Supply Company ITALY-Genoo Coger S.A.S. JAPAN-Yokohama Inouye & Company Ltd. MALAYA—Singapore Wah Hong & Company Ltd. NORWAY—Stabekk A.B. Morch & Company PORTUGAL-lisboa Valadas Lda. SOUTH AFRICA—Capetown Globe Engineering Works, Ltd. -Point Durban James Brown & Hamer Ltd, SPAIN—Bilbao Indame S.A. —Cadiz Consulmar S.L. TRINIDAD W.I -Port of Spain R. Landry & Company, Ltd, VIRGIN ISLANDS-St. Croix Marketing Corp. WEST GERMANY-Hamburg Van Lessen & Punt GMBH BRITISH COLUMBIA —Vancouver Scardana Corporation FRANCE—Marseille Sogeric ARABIA—Kuwait I Services & Supplies Co., W.L.L. Pa., who served as AWO board chairman for the past year and will continue to serve as a direc- tor-at-large for the next year. John D. Geary The new chairman of the board, Mr. Geary, joined Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Boston, Mass., parent company of Midland En- terprises, Inc., in 1952, after hav- ing served as a licensed deck officer and harbor pilot onboard various ships of the American Export and Wilson Lines. He is now senior vice president, marine, of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, and a member of their board of trustees, as well as presi- dent of The Ohio River Company. Mr. Geary graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1947. He holds a B.S. degree in business administration from Boston University, 1952, and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business Ad- ministration in 1953. He is a member of the board of directors of AWO, a member of the executive committee of the Water Transport Association, a director of the National Water- ways Conference, and a member of the Towing Industry Advisory Committee to the United States Coast Guard. He also holds mem- bership in the National Propeller Club, and is a trustee of The Ohio Valley Improvement Association. The following new directors of AWO took office at the annual board meeting: William A. Creel- man, president, Transport Divi- sion, National Marine Service, Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo.; John W. Lambert, president, Twin City Barge & Towing Company, St. Paul, Minn.; Jerry L. Page, presi- dent, Crounse Corporation, Pad- ucah, Ky.; Robert E. Scatterday, president, Campbell Barge Line, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.; David T. Sheehy, president, M/G Trans- port Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio; R.S. Byers, vice president, The Ingalls Iron Works Company, Decatur, Ala.; John M. Donnelly, president, Ingram Barge Com- pany, New Orleans, La.; Jesse B. Gunstream Jr., Slade, Inc., Orange, Texas; William C. Mc- Neal, Mid-South Towing Com- pany, Tampa, Fla.; W.M. Molloy Jr., manager, Marine Operations Department, Shell Oil Company, Panama City, Fla.; R.W. Sander- son, Pascagoula Refinery, Stand- ard Oil Company, Pascagoula, Miss.; Harold G. Williams, presi- dent, Gulf Atlantic Transport Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla.; QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY with CORDOBOND BEFORE AFTER First proven under the most difficult conditions by the Navy, the Cordobond Strong-Bock Method offers a fast and easy method of repair both aboard ship and ashore. Applied quickly by ship or maintenance personnel, Cordobond Strong- Back products are used extensively for repairing and lining: Water Boxes Ventilators Machinery Castings Stacks Ducts Pipes Condenser Covers Pumps Sea Valves and Chests Tanks, Bulkheads and Decks Cooler Heads Shell Plating Etc. Tail Shafts Frozen Pipes, etc. The Cordobond Strong-Back Components, when used according to directions, will repair anything from a pin hole to a complete break with a patch of great strength that clings tenaciously and lastingly. 34 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>