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Pacific Alaska Seeks

Construction Subsidy

For Five LNG Tankers

Pacific Alaska LNG Co., a sub- sidiary of Pacific Lighting Corp.,

Los Angeles, Calif., has filed an ap- plication for construction subsidy for five 125,000-cubic-meter liquefied na- tural gas (LNG) carriers.

The vessels are said to be intended as part of a fleet of 7 to 12 such vessels for bringing in fuel to the southern California area from Indo- nesia. Southern California Gas Co., another Pacific Lighting subsidiary, is to distribute the LNG.

The application filed with the Mari- time Subsidy Board omitted any ref- erence to the projected cost of the five ships or what shipyard might build them.

Also, there has been no application for permission to import Indonesian

LNG fuel with the Federal Power

Commission.

The application brought to 31 the number of LNG carriers for which subsidy is sought. Subsidy has been approved by MSB for six LNG car- riers—three for El Paso Natural Gas and three for Eascogas. The Pacific

Alaska application is the second larg- est pending. Sealift Tankers wants to build seven with subsidy, and

Zapata five.

Shell Oil Appoints

J.T. Moffatt Manager

Int'l Marine Sales crewboat opera Hon cost cut $5,000 per year with

JacuzziJet

JacuzzUets have recorded over 3 million hours oper- ating time. No wonder they are the preferred jet propulsion on crewboats.

Operation records show outstanding savings over comparable prop drive boats. Savings of over $5,000 per year were recorded with a typical twin engine crewboat equipped with a Jacuzz'Uet 20YJ series ... such as those owned by ESSO Maracaibo.

The records also show that a JacuzziJet delivers more passenger miles due to increased capacity. Less downtime can always be expected because a

Jacuzzi unit has less moving parts and no protruding underwater parts. Prop driven boats are in the yard with transmission, reduction gear, clutch and propeller problems, while the

JacuzziJet is on the water.

The smoothness of the

JacuzziJet thrust also reduces pulsation to the engine and hull. This not only extends engine life, but greatly reduces noise and vibration levels throughout the boat.

JacuzzUets are engineered to exceed 4,000 hours between overhauls.

Write or phone us today for the complete story. We have the JacuzzUets to meet your engine power requirements—turbine, diesel, or gas.

JACUZZI BROS. INC., Marine Jef Department/11511 New Benton Highway/Little Rock, Arkansas, 72203.

J.T. Moffatt

A streamlining of Shell Oil Com- pany's international marine sales function under the direction of J.T.

Moffatt, New York, N.Y., became effective January 1, 1973.

The appointment of Mr. Moffatt, formerly area manager of transpor- tation sales, New York, as manager of international marine sales was announced by L.M. Clark, manager of transportation sales, Houston.

Mr. Moffatt will be responsible for coordinating Shell Oil Com- pany's contracts in deep draft ma- rine sales. "The organizational restructuring was undertaken to enable Shell to have one single unit devoted ex- clusively to the coordination of in- ternational deep draft sales and contract negotiations which previ- ously have been handled individu- ally by each of Shell's five trans- portation sales offices," Mr. Clark said. "We believe unifying our in- ternational sales operations through one location in the New York area, where the vast majority of marine accounts are headquartered, will improve and expedite our service to the international marine indus- try."

Mr. Moffatt and his present sales and administrative staff will remain in New York, but responsibility for the marine-harbor service and rail- road sales activities, formerly han- dled there, have 'been transferred to Shell's Baltimore Sales Area

Office.

Mr. Moffatt, a graduate of the

New York State Maritime College, served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. maritime service. He holds a chief engineer's license and is a com- mander (ret.) in the U.S. Naval

Reserve. He is a co-founder of the

National Council of Maritime Col- lege Alumni Association.

Triple 'A' Machine

Gets APL Contract

To Modify Three C-6s

The American President Lines has awarded a contract to Triple "A"

Machine Shop Inc., San Francisco,

Calif., for the modification of three

C-6 containerships — the President

Van Buren, President Grant, and

President Taft. The $2,325,615 con- tract will have a Government subsidy amounting to 40.3 percent—a total of $938,115.

The vessels are being modified in order to better handle 40-foot con- tainers. 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News