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MurAd News hide Support Ship (DSRVS) that will operate in deepwater areas of the U.S. Gulf and East Coast, and worldwide. The vessel is to be built by North

American Shipbuilding, Inc., Larose, La., and delivered next March. The estimated guarantee amount is for $14 million of the total estimated actual cost of $16 million, with a loan term of seven years.

Applications Received

Western Overseas Seeks To Sell Vessel

Western Overseas, Inc., Sylvania, Ohio, has asked permission to sell the 14,286-dwt cargo vessel James Lykes. The proposed purchaser is

Krishna Steel Rolling Mills of India. The vessel was built in 1960 in Pascagoula, Miss. If ap- proved, the vessel would be scrapped in Alang,

India.

Cove Trader To Be Scrapped

Neptune International, Inc., Elk Grove Vil- lage, 111., has asked permission to register the 46,427-dwt tankerCoye Trader under St. Vincent and The Grenadines registry. If approved, the tanker would be scrapped in India. The vessel was built in 1965 in Quincy, Mass.

Texas Sun Would Transfer To New Owner

Mar Ad has received an application from Texas

Sun Shipping, Inc., Wilmington, Del., for per- mission to sell and transfer the registry of the 26,281-dwt tanker Texas Sun. The proposec purchaser, Eckhardt Marine GmbH of Ham- burg, Germany, intends to use the vessel for a ballast voyage prior to scrapping. It was built in 1960 in Chester, Pa.

Permission Sought To Transfer Cargo

Barge Registries

MarAd has received an application from J.

Ray McDermott Holdings Inc., New Orleans, seeking permission to sell and transfer to Pana- manian registry the cargo barges Intermac 600 and Intermac 627. The proposed purchaser is

Panama Offshore Chartering Co. of Nassau,

Bahamas. The barges would be used to transport offshore oil field material in the international trade.

Chevron Seeks OK To Sell Tanker

MarAd has received an application from Chev- ron U.S.A. Inc. of San Francisco for permission to sell the 70,213-dwt tanker Chevron California to Ruby Enterprises, Inc., of the British Virgin

Islands. The vessel would be resold to Kwality

Steel Suppliers (SBY) of India, for scrapping in

India. The vessel was built in 1972 in Sparrows

Point, Md.

Approval Granted

Fishing Vessel OK'd For Sale To Russia

MarAd has given approval to Kim Hansen

Enterprises, Inc., Seattle, to sell and transfer to

Russian registry the fishing vesse\Karla Faye to

Ocean Co., a Russian corporation. The 843-gt vessel was built in 1972. MarAd permission is required under section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended.

Lykes Request Approved

MarAd has waived the provisions of section 804(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and approved a request from Lykes

Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., to carry up to three commuter railcar shells on the foreign-flag ves- sel M/V Haskerland from Lisbon, Portugal, to

Baltimore, Md. In its application, Lykes indi- cated the shipper requires the cargo to move before a Lykes U.S.-flag vessel can be in place to carry the cargo. Lykes also noted that Farrell

Lines and Sea-Land Service, Inc., the two U.S.- flag liner operators in the Mediterranean, do not object to the service by Lykes. Section 804 precludes subsidized U.S.-flag operators or sub- sidized U.S.-flag operators or their affiliates from operating foreign-flag vessels which compete with essential U.S.-flag shipping services unless the Secretary of Transportation waives the pro- vision of this section for a specific period of time.

American Kestral OK'd For Scrapping

The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved a request by Kestrel Shipholding Corp., for per- mission to sell the American Kestrel (ex-Lash

Pacifico) to Eastern Overseas, Inc.

The vessel will be scrapped in a U.S. or foreign shipyard, and may not be used in any other capacity. The vessel was built for Prudential

Lines, Inc., in 1974, with the aid of construction- differential subsidy (CDS). The CDS obligations will be transferred to the purchasers and will terminate when the vessel is scrapped.

Carnival Signs Shiphandling Training

Agreement

Carnival Cruise Lines has signed an agree- ment with RTM STAR Center, whereby the center will provide 10 weeks of shiphandling 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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