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$156 Million To Avondale

To Construct Catugs For

Service To Soviet Union

Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Maritime Affairs Rob- ert J. Blackwell has announced the award of a $156,214,680 con- tract to Avondale Shipyards, New

Orleans, La., for the construction of three new 41,250-deadweight- ton bulk carriers for subsidiaries of Occidental Petroleum Corpora- tion, Los Angeles, Calif. The ves- sels, described as integrated tug- barge units, will be eligible to engage in worldwide trade, but are intended primarily to carry specialized bulk cargoes between the United States and the Soviet

Union.

The vessels will carry super- phosphoric acid (SPA) from Jack- sonville, Fla., to Odessa, a Soviet port on the Black Sea. They will haul liquid-bulk cargoes, includ- ing petroleum products, on return voyages to the U.S.

Each of the vessels, known as

Catugs, will actually consist of two units—a catamaran-type tug- boat, and a barge. The tug is designed to interlock with the notched stern of the barge to form a rigid but readily separable unit. When joined, the tug-barge units will have an overall length of 677 feet 10 inches and a draft of 36 feet.

Each of the ships will be manned by a U.S. crew of 16 and will be operated under the U.S. flag. They will have a sea speed of 15.5 knots.

The vessels are being built for wholly owned subsidiaries of Oc- cidental—one each for Suwannee

River Finance, Inc., Suwannee

River SPA Finance, Inc., and

Suwannee River Phosphate Fi- nance, Inc. There is an option by the purchaser to cancel one of the three vessels on or before

December 31, 1978.

The Maritime Administration will pay Avondale construction- differential subsidy of $25,612,- 310, or 49.39 percent, of the cost of each vessel, along with certain national defense features amount- ing to $181,250 per ship.

The Maritime Administration also awarded 20-year operating- differential subsidy (ODS) agree- ments to the Occidental subsid- iaries.

Griffiths Receives Title XI

To Build Tug And Barge

Samuel B. Nemirow, Deputy

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, has ap- proved in principle the application by James Griffiths & Sons, Pier 43, Seattle, Wash., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of one 1,400-horse- power tug and one 30,000-barrel barge.

The vessels are under construc- tion at Jeffboat, Inc., Jefferson- ville, Ind. The tug has an approxi- mate overall length of 80 feet, a beam of 25 feet, and a draft of 11 feet. The barge measures ap- proximately 230 feet in overall length, 60 feet abeam, and has a depth of 16 feet.

The vessels will transport pe- troleum and related products in

Puget Sound and vicinity. In re- cent years, the applicant has been actively engaged in the transpor- tation of gasolines, jet fuels, heat- ing oils and diesel fuels in this area.

The estimated actual cost of the two vessels is approximately $2.1 million. The Title XI guar- antee (87*4 percent on the barge and 75 percent on the tug) will cover approximately $1.7 million.

APL Names Rhee

Managing Director-Korea

D.H. Rhee has been named man- aging director-Korea of American

President Lines, a new position, according to Richard J. Degan, vice president-North Asia. It is also announced that three new

APL offices have been opened in

Korea at Seoul, Incheon, and

Busan.

Mr. Rhee was formerly APL's owner's representative in Korea, having joined the company last year, after serving 17 years as general manager of Everett

Steamship Agency in Korea.

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