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Containerization Conference

To Be Held April 20-23

Containerization, the new technology ex- pected to revolutionize maritime shipping and related industries in the next decade, will be the subject of an international conference scheduled in San Diego, Calif. April 20-23 by the University of California Extension, San

Diego. "Transportation in the 70's" is designed to provide transportation company executives, service company managers and others with a thorough understanding of this rapidly grow- ing field and a basis for making decisions re- lated to it.

A distinguished group of more than 30 speak- ers from government, industry and the acade- mic world will participate in the conference.

Representatives from different professional areas and foreign countries will draw on their own experiences in an effort to widen the

American transportation horizon.

Eric Rath, president of a La Jolla, Calif, transportation consulting firm, will serve as conference chairman. Speakers will include

Robert Blackwell, United States Maritime Ad- ministration; Hector Calderon, vice-president of Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc.; R.

D. Hunt, manager, Hovercraft Division, Vos- per Thornycroft Group, England; Joseph Cur- ran, president, National Maritime Union of

America; Robert Traut, Transport Section of the United Nations; Col. Charles Brazie, Na- tional Defense Transportation Association; and Russell Hinds, United States Department of Agriculture.

Speakers representing Australia, Rumania, and Mexico will also be scheduled.

The four-day meeting will schedule both morning and afternoon sessions, with field trips to points of interest in San Diego and nearby Mexico. The San Diego Unified Port

District will provide a harbor excursion.

An enrollment fee of $185 will be charged, except for government and military personnel who qualify for the $120 rate. The fee includes seating at a banquet, all luncheons, and ex- cursions.

The conference will be housed at the Town and Country Hotel, where lodging is available.

Inquiries or reservations for the conference should be addressed to: John Stark, University of California Extension, San Diego, P.O. Box 109, La Jolla, Calif. 92037.

Hitachi Contracts To Build 115,900-Dwt OBO Carrier

After signing the contract for the latest addition to the 32-ship fleet of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.,

Raphael Recanati (seated, right), chairman of Overseas' finance and development committee, passes the pen to

N. Inouye, managing director of Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd. of Japan. Also participating are M. Iwata, (standing, left) Hitachi's general manager of Overseas Services, and Joshua Morrison, president of

Overseas Shipholding.

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., has con- tracted with Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engi- neering Co., Ltd. of Japan, for the construction of a combination ore/bulk/oil (OBO) carrier of 115,900 deadweight tons. Raphael Recanati, chairman of the finance and development com- mittee of Overseas, stated that the vessel is scheduled for delivery in March 1973.

Representing Hitachi at the signing of the contract in New York City were N. Inouye, managing director, and M. Iwata, general manager of Overseas Services.

The new ship will be owned and operated by an Overseas Shipholding subsidiary, Global

Bulk Oil Corp., of which Mr. Recanati is presi- dent. Mr. Recanati stated that the OBO vessel is the fifth presently under construction for

Overseas, altogether adding 500,000 tons to the 1,000,000 already owned and operated by the company. The additional tonnage is required for Overseas' expansion in shipping bulk com- modities such as petroleum, grains, and ores, in modern highly-automated vessels, Mr. Re- canati pointed out.

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., a United

States corporation, recently became publicly- owned by selling one million shares of com- mon stock. It is one of the few shipping com- panies whose shares are traded in the United

States that is actively engaged in the world- wide transport of bulk cargoes in both Ameri- can and foreign vessels.

The company and its wholly-owned subsidi- aries constitute a major international shipping enterprise with its diversified fleet of 32 ocean- going dry cargo vessels and tankers. The ships are generally chartered, either on time or voy- age charter, to commercial firms and govern- mental agencies in most parts of the world.

The international headquarters of Overseas

Shipholding Group, Inc. are located at 511

Fifth Avenue, New York City.

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