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Transcontinental And El Paso

Sign Agreement For Delivery

Of LNG From Algeria To U.S.

Agreements were announced in Houston un- der which 750 million cubic feet per day of

Algerian liquefied natural gas would be de- livered by El Paso Natural Gas Company to

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation for eventual use in the eastern and western parts of the United States. The companies stated that 375 million cubic feet daily of the gas would be used by Transco in serving its eastern U.S. market area. Transco will rede- liver the remaining 375 million to El Paso at a point in south Texas for use in El Paso's west- ern U.S. markets.

It is anticipated that deliveries to Transco will commence in mid-1977. The LNG will be delivered by El Paso to Transco at a mutually agreeable point on the Eastern Seaboard. Con- tractual arrangements are through subsidiaries of the two companies.

G. Montgomery Mitchell, president of Trans- co, said that the LNG will constitute one seg- ment of its multiphase program to maintain

Transco's gas supply for its customers in the face of the energy shortages that are confront- ing the country.

Howard Boyd, chairman of the board of El

Paso Natural Gas, said the new agreement would also provide—for the first time—bene- fits of imported LNG to the western third of the nation presently served by his company.

El Paso said it plans to construct a 450-mile large-diameter pipeline from a point on Trans- co's pipeline in south Texas to west Texas, where its portion of the gas will be delivered into the company's existing system.

El Paso will purchase the LNG from Sona- trach, the Algerian national oil and gas firm, at the port of Arzew in western Algeria.

Applications will be filed in the near future

HOSE McCAIMIM TELEPHONE CO„INC. "PIONEERING MARINE PRODUCTS FOR OVER 35 YEARS"

Pioneers and originators of marine sound powered tele- phones over thirty-five years ago, Hose-McCann is re- garded today as the finest name in I.C. equipment, offering a wide variety of marine products, some of which are listed and illustrated below.

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H C with the Federal Power Commission for ap- proval of importation of the additional volumes of gas.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation owns and operates an interstate pipeline sys- tem for the purchase, sale, and transportation of natural gas. Its main pipeline system ex- tends from the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast through the southeastern states to the Penn- sylvania-New Jersey->New York metropolitan areas. Essentially all of its sales are to utility customers in eastern and southeastern states.

McAllister Towing Inaugurates

Container Barge Service

A new container barge feeder network for incoming and outgoing containerships that will link Philadelphia with Baltimore and Norfolk has been announced by Roderick McAllister, a vice president of McAllister Brothers towing and transportation company.

The McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc. serv- ice will make necessary only one port call when containerized cargoes arrive at Philadelphia but are bound for all three cities. The con- tainers are unloaded, and McAllister barges them to their separate destinations.

Containers will also be picked up at all three cities and delivered to any of the ports for ex- port shipment.

The new service will provide U.S.-flag and foreign-flag carriers with considerable savings in time and ship movement costs. For example,

McAllister Lighterage will offer round-trip movement for containers between Norfolk and

Philadelphia for $75 for a 20-foot container, and $81 for a 40-foot container. The new serv- ice will also make possible greater shipping flexibility by enabling a ship to service three ports with a single port call, either on a regu- lar or nonscheduled basis, the company notes.

McAllister also maintains a container oper- ation, Caribbean Sea-Road Service, Inc., for roll-on/roll-off cargo destined for San Juan and the Virgin and Leeward Islands. A com- plete feeder service is offered, including a wide variety of trailers available in an international interchange agreement with major worldwide ocean carriers.

TWO FOR STATE BOAT FROM HALTER: State Boat

Corporation, Houston, Texas, has accepted from Halter

Marine Fabricators of New Orleans, La., delivery of two 180-foot class combination rig tender/research vessels.

The State Diamond (shown above), and the State Treas- ure, are classed by American Bureau of Shipping for Hull,

Machinery & Equipment—Maltese Cross A-1E and AMS.

They carry an International Loadline and were built with

U.S. Coast Guard Inspection Certificates. Main engines are two Caterpillar D-398s driving stainless steel propel- lers through Caterpillar 3.95:1 reduction gears. Gener- ators are two General Motors 671 Ns driving Delco 220/ 1 1 5-volt AC units totaling 150 kw. Electronic equipment includes loran, radar, Fathometer, S.S.B. high-seas radio- telephone and autopilot. Spacious air-conditioned quarters comfortably accommodate crew and research personnel.

A large walk-in refrigerator/freezer is convenient to the large, modern stainless steel galley. State Boat Corpora- tion is an independent contractor providing, on a charter basis, seagoing offshore vessels of all types to major oil companies, drilling and pipeline contractors, diver and

U.S. Government agencies, for operations worldwide. 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News