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German Yard Launches

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The M/V Ambassador, a 9,000-dwt roll-on/ roll-off trailership on order to a subsidiary of Transway International Corporation, was launched recently at the Jos. L. Meyer Ship- yard, Papenburg, West Germany.

The Ambassador was christened by Mrs.

John W. Wolcott, wife of Transway's presi- dent and chief executive officer. The ship will be registered under U.S. flag and placed in operation by Coordinated Caribbean Trans- port, Inc. (CCT), which provides roll-on/ roll-off trailership service between its home port of Miami and Central America, Panama and Ecuador.

CCT, which ordered the ship for $19.5 million in July 1979, expects delivery in late

August, and plans to place it in service be- tween Miami and Ecuador in September.

The Ambassador is destined to become the only U.S.-flag ship with a home port of

Miami, according to CCT.

The Ambassador is 554 feet long and 71 feet wide, with a 21-foot draft, and is de- signed to operate at a speed of 17 knots.

Cargo capacity is 160 highway trailers and 125 automobiles carried on four decks.

CCT currently operates four specialized roll-on/roll-off trailerships with 13 sailings per month from Miami.

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