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IMM Asks For Title XI

For Two Offshore Boats

To Cost $2.7 Million

International Mooring & Ma- rine, Inc., Port of Iberia, New

Iberia, La. 70560 has applied to the Maritime Administration for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two 120-ton workboats.

The 510-bhp, twin-diesel vessels are to be used in marine con- struction and offshore oilfield work in the Gulf of Mexico. Halter Ma- rine of New Orleans is the pro- posed builder of both vessels, with delivery scheduled for later this year.

If approved, the Title XI fi- nancing would cover $2,027,000, or 75 percent of the total esti- mated cost of $2,703,000.

Title Xls Asked On Two

Tug/Supply Vessels To

Cost $6.5 Million Total

Spring Rain, Inc., and Summer

Sun, Inc. of Berwick, La., have applied to the Maritime Admin- istration for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing the construc- tion of two 3,000-bhp tug/supply vessels.

The diesel-powered vessels will operate in U.S. and foreign wa- ters servicing offshore oil and gas drilling platforms. Halter Ma- rine, Inc. of Lockport, La., is the designated builder of the boats, but no delivery date has been set.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antees would cover $5,712,000, or 871/. percent of the total esti- mated cost of $6,530,000 for the two vessels.

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Classification society requirements

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Raw coal, coal/oil mixtures, pulverised fuel

Peter Gill, Coal Processing Consultants

Coal fired marine boiler plant

Alan Hodgkin, Babcock Power

Mechanical stokers at sea

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Fluidised bed firing at sea

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Demetropoulos Named

West Coast Manager

For Magnus Maritec

Nick Demetropoulos has been promoted to West Coast District manager by Magnus Maritec In- ternational, one of the largest suppliers of marine water treat- ment and maintenance chemical technology in the U.S.

Nick Demetropoulos

Mr. Demetropoulos has been with Magnus Maritec since 1974 as a national account executive in New York. Now located in the

San Francisco Bay area, his re- sponsibilities will include sale and service of MMI's complete line in- cluding maintenance, water treat- ment, fuel treatment, and tank coating products. He will super- vise seven MMI distributors from

Vancouver, B.C., to Ciudada del

Carmen, Mexico, and MMI offices in Vancouver and Los Angeles.

ML Barge Seeks Title XI

On 125 Barges To Cost

Total Of $37,622,700

ML Barge Operating Corpora- tion, a subsidiary of ML Operat- ing Corporation of New York, has applied to the Maritime Adminis- tration for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construc- tion of 125 box and rake type, jumbo covered barges, all in- tended for use on the inland wa- terways of the U.S.

St. Louis Ship of St. Louis, and

American Bridge Division of Am- bridge, Pa., are the proposed builders of the barges.

Estimated cost of the first 60 vessels, scheduled for delivery later this year, is $17,147,700 ($285,795 per unit). The esti- mated cost of the other 65 barges, scheduled for 1981 delivery, is $20,475,000 ($315,000 each).

The requested loan guarantee is for 70 percent of the total cost. 46 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News