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RS OM OE Re CREE TT Mt Te EE See -- Marine News in a Personal Way Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the "eon ---- oe S THE climax of a- transportas tion career extending over 20 years, B. L. McMullen is having signal success in his new position as manager of the Portland, Oreg., office of Sudden & Christenson, Inc. The Portland office is doing an _ extensive business in chartering shipping board and foreign tonnage to all parts of the world handling Pacific coast wheat and lumber. To his present position, Mr. McMullen brought a long experience in every branch of transportation that has been invaluable in negotiating a number of recent charters. Mr. McMullen's early training was with eastern railroad companies. He came west to join the Great Northern in 1907 and began his steamship career with the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. His next promotion was to the staff of Dodwell & Co., agents for the well known Blue Funnel line. He remained with this firm until 1917 getting much of his training under A. F. Haines, now vice president and general manager of the Admiral line. His next position was gen- eral freight and passenger agent for the Borden Line Transportation Co., a sub- sidiary of Dodwell & Co. Under Mr. Haines, Mr. McMullen joined the Pacific Steamship Co. and for three years he was manager of the Pacific Lighterage Co., a subsidiary of the Admiral line, in which position he had splendid suc- cess in handling the towing and lighter- age business of this company. Last year he joined the Columbia Pacific Co. at Portland as general freight agent re- maining with that firm until he assumed the management of Sudden & Chris- tenson's Portland office where he has been active in promoting deep sea com- merce out of the Oregon port. + a & Frank S. Davis, former chief of the New England Tariff bureau in New York, has recently been appointed mana- ger of the Maritime association of the chamber of commerce, Boston. es eee Carr. Wittiam M. SmitH, port cap- tain at New York of the White Star line has just retired after 43 years of con- tinuous service for this company. He began his sea service in 1868 and served 10 years on a training ship and on sailing vessels. In 1878 he was made fourth officer of the Britannic and from 1888 Maritime World Are Doing to 1899 commanded a number of the com- pany's vessels in Atlantic and Pacific routes. Since the latter year he has been stationed at New York. ee se Cuartes A. WiLtiAMs has been ap- pointed lake trafic manager -of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., and the Interstate Steamship Co., Cleveland. He had been associated for 26 years B. L. MCMULLEN with the Becker steamship and ore in- terests and indirectly with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., as the Becker fleets transported that firm's ore. Mr. Williams entered the steamship field in 1895 with J. H. Outwaite & Co. When that firm was dissolved, he continued with W. H. Becker and W. G. Pollock in the Pot- lock-Becker Co. His experience has thoroughly fitted him for the respon- sibilities of his new position. ee: S. A. Oven has been made general manager of the Richmond-New York Steamship Co. He is directing the line, succeeding Harris, Magill & Co. agents, who relinquished control over operations March 1. * * * H. H. Benenict, traffic manager of the Green Star Steamship Corp., has resigned to become sales manager of G. D. Harris & Co. 522 Fifth avenue, 237 New York, coal exporters. Before join- ing the Green Star corporation in the fall of 1919, Mr. Benedict had been general freight agent for the New Eng- land Steamship Co. and assistant general freight agent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. coe 8 R. C. McBarn, treasurer of the Atlan- tic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines, has been elected treasurer and director of the company's Mexican sub- sidiary, the Atlantic Gulf Oil Co., suc- ceeding A. R. Nicol, president of the parent company, Mr. Nicol resigned from the oil company. ; x oe oe Frank J. McKrpsin has been made traffic manager of the Texas Tratspor- tation & Terminal Co., Inc, 11 Broad- way, New York, which operates services out of New Orleans, Galveston, Mobile and other southern ports. : * * e f Joun T. DonneLty has resigned as traffic manager of Compania Tras- mediterranea, 52 Beaver street, New York, which operates passenger and car- go steamers between Spanish ports and New York. Oe 2k GeorcE A. Hoerrr has been elected president of the Armstrong Transporta- tion Co., owner of a fleet of vessels and engaged in general pro srae char- tering and forwarding. << k R. F. Biro, freight solicitor for the Consolidated Freight Forwarding Co., Inc., formerly was manager of the New England Shipping Co. and at one time was with Davies, Turner & Co. and Caldwell & Co. * ok ok Paut Wetss has been made manager of the New York office at 2 Rector street, of the Fahy & McNulty Co.,, San Francisco, freight brokers and gen- eral shipping agents. << ee G. L. Gururig, general agent of the steamship department of the American Express Co.,°in London, will succeed! C. J. Brasor, ocean traffic manager of the company in New York who will be transferred to the Orient as _ special trafic representative. He will leave New York about April 20, stopping at numerous points enroute and' sailing, from San Francisco May 10.