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Half-a-million Tons at a Time

Building Ships Indoors

Two 227,000-ton tankers, totalling nearly half-a- million tons, emerging into the building docks at

Arendal. These tankers are the first in a series of 11. Another series—of 15 OBO-ships in the 96,000-ton range—is being built simultaneously by Gotaverken (10 at Arendal and 5 at Oresund).

AATA1 IF >%|/rkl ARENDALSVARVET Cm rymv F RKF N

GOTEBORGSVARVET (CT^J) vvlMv kiViXbli ORESUNDSVARVET

GOTEBORG SWEDEN Yards of the Gotaverken Group

GDTAVERKEN AMERICAN CORPORATION, 39 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006. Telephone: HA 5-5530-1. Telex: MNY 420181 New York. T.A.: Gotaverken, Newyork.

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