McAllister Brothers Name Robert Lounsbery Chief Operating Officer

McAllister Brothers, Inc., the 113-year-old New York City-based marine transportation company, has announced the appointment of Robert Lounsbery to the post of chief operating officer.

Mr. Lounsbery, a 47-year-old graduate of New York University, with a B.S. degree in management, was p r e v i o u s l y vice president in charge of operations of Navios Corporation, United Steel Corporation's maritime subsidiary. Prior to joining Navios, Mr. Lounsbery had worked in various posts with United Brands Company, serving as assistant vice president, transportation operations prior to leaving to join Navios.

As chief operating officer, Mr. Lounsbery will have responsibility for the New York-based operations and will gradually assume responsibility for all other operating subsidiaries and divisions, including the ports of Philadelphia, Pa., Norfolk, Va., and San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as Tug and Barge Dry Docks, Inc., McAllister Brothers' shipyard in New York Harbor. The company currently operates approximately 100 tugboats and barges along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea