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of Alabama and a law degree from the Loyola University School of Law. He joined Tidewater in 1968 as a staff attorney. In 1972 he was appointed man- ager of Tidewater's contracts de- partment and in 1977 was elected associate general counsel. The following year he was named manager of the legal department, and two years later was elected president of Pental in addition to manager of the legal department. He is a member of the Louisi- ana State Bar Association and the Maritime Law Association. As a new vice president of Tidewater Inc., and as a vice president of Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., Mr. Ramey will add administrative and operational duties to his responsibilities for the marine affiliate's activities in South America and the Car- ibbean. A native of Shreveport, La., and a graduate of Louisiana State University, Mr. Ramey joined Tidewater in 1971 as a sales rep- resentative after having served as a vice president of Homco In- ternational of Houston. In 1973 he was appointed man- aging director of Tidewater Mid- dle East Marine, Inc. in Iran, and later served as area manager in the Persian Gulf and in West Africa as regional manager, based in Nigeria. In 1977 he was promoted a vice president of Tidewater Ma- rine. Last year, he was named regional manager for all Latin America, excluding Lake Mara- caibo. Tidewater Inc. owns and oper- ates the world's largest fleet of vessels serving the offshore en- ergy industry and also explores for and produces oil and gas, and conducts air and natural gas com- pression operations, including en- gineering, fabrication, construc- tion and operation of compressor stations and natural gas plants. Award $5.7-Million Contract For Galveston To T.L. James Co. T.L. James Company, Inc., Ruston, La., has been awarded a $5,739,555 firm fixed price con- tract for dredging Galveston Har- bor following competition in which 36 bids were solicited and six were received. The Galveston Engineer District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity. Crowley Establishes Unit For Energy Transportation Headed By VP Kirkeide Crowley Maritime Corporation (CMC), San Francisco, Calif., re- cently established a department identified as the energy transpor- tation and development group, according to a recent announce- ment by Leo L. Collar, executive vice president of CMC operations. October 15, 1981 Based in San Francisco, the new department is responsible for chartering activities of the company's fleet of large ocean- going oil barges, which includes 10 vessels of 16,000 long tons, in addition to the development of coal transportation and ter- minal services. The group will also pursue new energy transpor- tation opportunities and the de- velopment of related equipment to meet market demand. Heading the new department is Keith L. Kirkeide, vice president, who previously directed the com- pany's bulk petroleum services. John S. Hollett was named di- rector of marketing and develop- ment for the new energy group. He was formerly director of mar- keting, contract transportation, for CMC's Caribbean operations in Jacksonville, Fla. Charles D. Madison is director of bulk petroleum marketing. Mr. Madison's four years in manage- ment of bulk petroleum market- ing at CMC were preceded by over 20 years in marine and oil industry operations. Larry R. Olsen has been ap- pointed director of coal trans- portation and development. Mr. Olsen was previously managing director for a CMC trucking and marine transportation subsidiary based in Damman, Saudi Arabia. KRUPP ATLAS MARINE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE. OCEANS APART FROM THE ORDINARY. Leading commercial shipowners and navigators throughout the world recognize Atlas quality equipment and service and insist on it. RADAR. Our selection includes the most advanced microprocessor- controlled radar system available The 8500 A/CAS which combines a brilliant 16" daylight radar display with an IMCO approved ARPA. we also offer a complete line of commercial radars including the 16" screen 6500, the 12" screen 5500, and the 9" screen 4500. FISHFINDERS. Look to Atlas for the most sophisticated group of fish detection systems, too. we've got the long-range panoramic Sonar 950, a full line of Netsounders, Trawl Systems, and a complete range of Echosounders and optional acces- sories. DOPPLERSPEEDLOGS AND DOCKING SYSTEMS. Our variety of speed and positioning devices includes the ver- satile Atlas Dolog system for accu- rately measuring the longitudinal and transverse speeds of survey vessels, dredgers, offshore vessels and sea- going ships. SURVEY EQUIPMENT. Nothing beats our compact hydrographic two - channel Echosounder DESO 20 for accuracy and reliability! 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