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McFall Named VP And General Manager Foss Alaska Line Roy D. Jurgensen, president of Foss Launch & Tug Co., has an- nounced the appointment of Fred J. McFall as vice president and gen- eral manager of Foss Alaska Line. Mr. McFall has been active in the transportation field for the past 13 years, including posts with Gar- rett Freight Lines, and Consoli- dated Freightways Inc. Prior to joining Foss, he was division man- ager for Consolidated Freightways in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. He was previously divi- sion manager for Consolidated's Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana freight activities, with headquarters in Portland. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. McFall holds a B.S. degree in transportation from the University of Utah, and has completed graduate school work at that institution, as well as Gonzaga University. Foss Alaska Line is a division of Foss Launch & Tug Co., Se- attle, Wash., which inaugurated the weekly freight service in 1970, pro- viding scheduled container and general freight sailings, including refrigerated vans, to primary ports we build the best tugs in the world. HALTER MARINE SERVICES, INC. in southwestern Alaska. Foss Alas- ka Line also provides seasonal freight service to southwestern Alaska and the Bering Sea. This year, the operation was moved to a new $2,300,000 terminal covering 10 acres on Seattle's Duwamish Waterway. National Cargo Bureau Hold Elections— Board Members Named Robert A. Murphy The 22nd Annual Meetings of Members and Directors of National Cargo Bureau, Inc., were held on April 16, 1973 at 99 John Street, New York City. Robert A. Murphy, director, Chubb & Son Inc., was reelected chairman of the board of directors ; T.J. Smith, president of Farrell Lines Incorporated, was reelected deputy chairman of the board, and J.R. Walbridge, manager marine- aviation department, Insurance Company of North America, was reelected treasurer. Capt. Hewlett R. Bishop, president, Capt. S.M. Sammis, vice president and chief surveyor, and Jerome P. Scully, secretary, continue to serve in their respective positions. The members elected the follow- ing to the board of directors : Adm. C.R. Bender, Commandant, United States Coast Guard; R.W. Berry, consultant; R.M. Buckley, partner, Simpson, Spence & Young; M.G. Bulloch Jr., vice president-opera- tions, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.; K.J. Creber, president, Wm. H. McGee & Co., Inc.; R.W. Hahn, vice president, Great American In- surance Co.; D.E. Taylor, execu- tive vice president, Atlantic Mutu- al Insurance Company, and R.J. Weigele, vice president, terminal operations, United States Lines, Inc. $3.5-Million Contract To Boeing Aerospace For Hydrofoil Vessel Far East Hydrofoil Company, Ltd., Hong Kong, which maintains one of the world's largest foilborne fleets, has placed an order for a second commuter-tourist hydrofoil vessel for its Hong Kong-Macao fleet. Boeing Aerospace Company, Seat- tle, Wash., will build the 106-ton Jet- foil, which will be delivered in the fall of 1974 under a contract valued in excess of $3.5 million. The vessel is designed to cruise through 12-foot-high waves at speeds of more than 45 knots. We've been building tugs for the marine industry around the world for nearly twenty years. And every one is the best you can buy. We build all-ocean tugs with highly developed hull forms and propulsion systems for optimum performance, maneuverability, speed, range and bollard pull. We build them for unrestricted ocean service, for towing ships, barges and drilling rigs, anchor handling and offshore support for people who work on and in the ocean. We build all-purpose tugs for inland waterway and harbor operations, ship handling, mooring, line handling, docking and undocking, and tendering. Powerful, efficient tugs designed and built for rough, reliable use. We build special-use tugs for unconventional operations. The most powerful tug ever built in America was built by us. And we build tugs for tug/barge i combinations for ocean service. We can design and build tugs J^^^L for any operation anywhere in the jijWHBT world. Better tugs that are built to ^^^ P. O. Box 29266, New Orleans, flHHw^f^H^B La. 70129, 504/254-1222 Telex: - fggfl 584-200 Cable: HALMAR m^^m6*9 40 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
