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Pinnacle Asks Title XI

On Three Deck Barges

To Cost $7.4 Million Total

Pinnacle Company, Houston, has applied to the Maritime Ad- ministration for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- struction of three 300-foot deck/ specialty barges for use in the

U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Misener In- dustries, Inc., Tampa, Fla., is the builder, with deliveries scheduled for this year.

The requested guarantee is for $6,450,000, or up to 87i/2 percent of the total estimated actual cost of $7,402,410 of the three barges.

Manhattan Tanker Asks

Title XI On $6.8-Million

Tanker Reconstruction

Manhattan Tanker Company,

Inc., a subsidiary of Transeastern

Associates, New York, has ap- plied to the Maritime Adminis- tration for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the reconstruc- tion of the 114,000-dwt tanker

Manhattan in compliance with new U.S. Coast Guard require- ments.

The 43,000-shp vessel was built and delivered by General Dynam- ics' Shipbuilding Division, Quincy,

Mass., in 1962, and lengthened in in 1969. New inert gas and crude oil washing systems are to be in- stalled in the vessel, which oper- ates worldwide.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antee would cover $6,000,000, or approximately 87V2 percent of the estimated cost of $6,858,142. 3 floating drydocks to 18,000 tons

Shipways to 100 x 700 feet • Piers to 1,100 feet

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