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Todd Shipyards Corp.
Signs Letter Contract
To Build Eight VLCCs
John T. Gilbride, president of
Todd Shipyards Corporation, has announced that his company has executed a letter contract with
Virginia Shipping Corporation for the construction of eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) in the 380,000-ton range. The 'total cost covered by this letter contract will be approximately $760 million.
Virginia Shipping Corporation, a New York corporation, has been set up to provide shipping facili- ties for a group of U.S. utility companies. Robert J. O'Leary, president of Virginia Shipping
Corporation, stated 'that applica- tion for a construction differential subsidy was being made to the
Maritime Administration.
Inasmuch as the vessels will be built by Todd in a newly planned extension of its present shipyard on Pelican Island in Galveston,
Texas, for which extensive financ- ing will be required, the agreement is conditioned on such financing being available on terms satisfac- tory to Todd. It is also contingent upon the granting of the construc- tion differential subsidy by the
Maritime Administration, and the
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Moore And McCormack
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Paul R. Tregurtha has been elected executive vice president of
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Barker, chairman of the board.
Mr. Tregurtha has been vice president-finance and a member of the board of directors of Moore and McCormack Co., Inc. In addi- tion to his new duties, he will continue as vice president-finance and a member of the board of its subsidiary, Moore - McCormack
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Sea Containers, Inc.
Appoints Frank Corrie
Thomas A. Ewig, executive vice president of Overseas Enterprises,
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States from England, where he was a regional manager for Over- seas Containers Ltd. His first ap- pointment in the U.S. was with
CTI, where he assisted the mar- keting services vice president.
Paul R. Tregurtha 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News