James P. Horn, president of Farrell Lines Incorporated, has announced the appointment of Richard V. Parks as senior vice president-operations. He began his career in the shipping industry in 1958 as an employee of Sea-Land Service Inc. He spent 17 years with Sea-Land in various management positions, both in the United States and Europe.
In 1975, Mr. Parks joined Seatrain Lines as vice president of that company's North Atlantic Services, and in 1976 was promoted to president-Seatrain Europa. He joined Farrell Lines in March 1979 as vice president-North Europe. When Farrell Lines canceled its North Europe Services in November 1980, he was appointed senior vice president and assistant to the chairman of the board, the position he held at the time of his appointment.