摘要: |
TEN YEARS AGO, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the appointment of 29 members to the new Marine System Transportation National Advisory Council; St. John Enterprises announced plans for a barge-construction plant in Madison Parish, La.; and Horizon Shipbuilding delivered the 4,900 hp. Brees to Florida Marine Transporters. TWENTY YEARS AGO, E.G. "Eddie" Conrad, founder of Compass Towing Company Inc., received the National Rivers Hall of Fame Achievement Award; the Maritime Administration issued financing guarantees for 98 U.S.-built barges; and Robert P. Herre was named president and chief operating officer of Jeffboat. THIRTY YEARS AGO, T.L. James & Company Inc. of St. Rose, La., took delivers- of two towboats from Bale-hi Marine Inc.; Orange Shipbuilding Company Inc. laid the keel for the North Carolina ferry Gov. Russell; and River Fleets Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., adopted a 1.1-mile stretch of the Mississippi River for cleanup under a new program sponsored by the Corps of Engineers. |