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Gotaas-Larsen Orders

LNG Carrier From

West German Yard

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of IU International, has ordered a 125,000-cubic meter lique- fied natural gas (LNG) carrier from Howaldtwerke Deutsche

Werft (HDW), Kiel, West Ger- many.

The order Was announced by H.

Irgens Larsen, chairman of Gotaas-

Larsen and vice chairman of IU

International.

The new vessel is scheduled for delivery in 1977. It will be similar in dimensions to three LNG car- riers Gotaas-Larsen has on order from Moss Rosenberg Verft, Stav- anger, Norway. The ship will util- ize the Moss Rosenberg tank de- sign under license to HDW. The price of the vessel has not been dis- closed.

The LNG carrier will be 943 feet in length, with a beam of 142 feet and a draft of 36 feet. A 40,000- shaft-hoTsepower turbine will pro- duce a speed of 20 knots. The ship will have a crew of 35.

Gotaas-Larsen operates one of the world's leading independent fleets'—54 bulk cargoships totaling 4.3 million deadweight tons. Includ- ing the LNG carrier announced above, the company has on order eight ships totaling one million dwt, plus two semisubmersible drilling rigs for offshore oil and gas ex- ploration.

E.F. Curley Joins

Furness Withy As

Manager U.K. Services

Edward F. Curley

T.J. Cassidy, president of Fur- ness Withy Agencies (USA), has announced the appointment of Ed- ward F. Curley as manager for the

United Kingdom Services. Mr.

Curley has over 20 years of execu- tive experience in the shipping in- dustry, most recently as manager of the New York office of the State of Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development.

Prior to joining the State of Il- linois, Mr. Curley was for many years an executive at Kerr Steam- ship Co.

In his new position, he will be re- sponsible for the services of Man- chester Liners Limited, Gulf Con- tainer Line, Furness Warren Line, and The Pacific Steam Navigation

Company. Mr. Curley will be lo- cated at the company's head U.S. office at Five World Trade Cen- ter, Suite 7411, New York, N.Y. 10048.

Delta Steamship

Planning To Build 'Mini-LASH' Vessel

Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., New

Orleans, La., is planning to build the first of what may be a new type feed- er vessel.

The new 11,000-dwt "mini-LASH" type vessel, about one-third the size of Delta's full-sized $80-million light- er-aboard-ship (LASH), will be only about 530 feet in length with a ca- pacity for 24 LASH barges.

The regular 800-foot LASH ves- sels, of which Delta has three under way, can haul 74 lighters, plus 288 containers. The "mini-LASH" ships have no specific container capacity, but some lighters can be replaced by containers.

The "mini-LASH" will operate in the Central American-Caribbean area picking up and discharging lighters and funneling cargo into and out of

New Orleans.

A company spokesman said Delta believes the small feeder-type LASH has a big future, and that ultimately there will be a "worldwide network" of such craft servicing the smaller outlying ports.

Delta has applied for both operat- ing and construction subsidy for the vessels. No decision has been reached on a builder. Avondale is building its regular LASH ships.

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