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Bethlehem Steel Corp.

To Build 79-Acre

Shipyard In Singapore

Daniel D. Strohmeier, vice-presi- dent of Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion in charge of shipbuilding, has announced that negotiations have been completed with the Govern- ment of Singapore for a waterfront tract where Bethlehem and the De- velopment Bank of Singapore will establish a new shipyard as a joint venture. %

First disclosure of this project

Came last February when Edmund

F. Martin, chairman and chief ex- ecutive officer of Bethlehem, stated in his annual report to stockhold- ers that the corporation was ar- ranging to build a shipyard in Sing- apore "to take advantage of in- creased offshore drilling and pro- duction activities" in the Far East.

The new yard, incorported as

Beth'ehem Singapore Private Lim- ited, will be owned 70 percent by

Bethlehem and 30 percent by the

Development Bank. The tract of 79 acres upon which the yard will be built is located on the British naval base property adjacent to the Sem- bawang Ship Repair Yard.

Mr.Strohmeier said the new yard will specialize in the design and construction of mobile offshore oil drilling platforms and associated equipment. It will also build sup- ply boats, barges, storage units, dredges and fixed-platform equip- ment and provide a wide range of services to oil drilling contractors.

It is anticipated that actual fabri- cation will begin at the new yard in about six months.

Bethlehem's Beaumont, Texas, yard, one of the world's leading de- signers and builders of specialized equipment for offshore drilling, production and storage, will serve as engineering consultant to the new Singapore shipyard and will act as its- United States sales rep- resentative.

Late last year the Beaumont yard completed the platform for the off- shore drilling rig Milton G. Hulme.

Built for the Reading & Bates Ex- ploration Company, this platform was towed 13,000 miles from Beau- mont to Singapore where the rig was completed. It is now at a drill- ing site off the coast of Indonesia.

A second similar rig for Reading &

Bates, named the J.W. McLean, is now under construction in Singa- pore under the supervision of Beth- lehem. This rig is also scheduled for operations in Indonesian waters.

Directors of the new corporation are: J.O. Crooke, general manager of Bethlehem's Beaumont yard; S.

Dhanabalan, Development Bank of

Singapore; Mr. Strohmeier; Wong

Yui Cheong, Development Bank of

Singapore; and Yong Pung How, senior partner of Shook, Lin &

Bok of Singapore.

Walter F. Williams has been elected president of Bethlehem

Singapore Private Limited and will also retain his present post as as- sistant vice-president, shipbuilding, at Bethlehem Steel.

Mr. Crooke is to be executive vice-president of the new yard and also remains as general manager of the Beaumont yard.

Lykes Offers MarAd 20 Ships As Collateral

Plans to help finance more than $100 million worth of new con- struction and conversions, by using 20 of its vessels currently in opera- tion as collateral, have been an- nounced by Lykes Bros. Steamship

Company, Inc., New Orleans, La.

To aid in the cost of the con- struction of three Seabees, the ac- quisition of 266 barges for them, and the conversions of nine Pride- class C4s into full containerships,

Lykes has applied to the Maritime

Administration for permission to use Title XI government ship mortgage insurance, with the 20 presently operating ships for col- lateral.

Arthur Levy Opens

Singapore Office

Arthur Levy Boat Service, Inc.,

Morgan City, La., recently opened an office in Singapore at 201 B

Thomas Road. Preston Thomas is area manager. The company pres- ently has 10 vessels under construc- tion. All of these vessels are due to be completed in 1970 and sev- eral are expected to be sent to the

Singapore area.

These vessels range in size and power from 110 feet, 1,600 hp com- bination crew/supply vessels with speeds in excess of 18 mph, to 185 feet, 4,200 hp, combination tug/ supply vessels.

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