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Lloyd's Register

American Committee

Elects John Armstrong

John Armstrong Jr., vice presi- dent, Insurance Company of North

America, has been elected chair- man Of the American Committee of Lloyd's Register of Shipping of

London, England, the world's old- est classification society. Mr. Arm- strong had served as a member of the committee since 1964 and was deputy chairman prior to his recent election.

Mr. Armstrong, who has served in various positions with INA since 1945, has had a seafaring expe- rience spanning 18 years. He holds an unlimited license as master mariner. He is a member of the

Insurance 'Planning Council df the

American Management Association and a member of the Board of governors of the Pennsylvania Ex- port Corps. He is a founder and for- mer member of the Yacht Safety

Bureau, now the Marine Division of Underwriters Laboratories.

He is also a member of the Ameri- can Institute of Marine Underwriters,

Maritime Association of the Port of

New York, Foreign Traders Asso- ciation of Philadelphia, the Board of Underwriters of New York, and the Delaware Valley Council. He was named Admiral in the Texas Navy, an honorary commission awarded by the Governor of Texas.

LARGEST ON WEST COAST: Standing as high as a 20-story building and having a lift-capacity of 200 tons, the largest ship- yard crane on the Pacific Coast recently went into operation at the shipbuilding fa- cilities of FMC Corporation's Marine and

Rail Equipment Division, Portland, Ore. The huge crane, which weighs 710 tons and propels itself on special rails, is being used initially in the modular construction of four 650-foot 35,000-ton oil tankers for

Chevron Shipping Company, under a $70- million order awarded FMC's Portland op- eration, formerly known as Gunderson, Inc.

Each tanker will have a carrying capacity equal to 270,000 barrels of petroleum and will be used on the Pacific Coast. Devel- oped after several years' study, the tank- ers combine a new double hull design and modern gas turbine power to produce a safe, economical tanker. The gantry- mounted whirley crane, mobilized by 24 wheels, rides on a track consisting of two rails, 37 feet apart by 630 feet long. Made from the heaviest rail stock rolled in Amer- ica, the rails can support loads of 70 tons per wheel. The foundation required special attention in order to accommodate the heavy-duty crane operation. First, 458 wooden pilings 45 feet long were driven to form the base. Then, 1,200 yards of concrete were poured over 240,000 pounds of reinforcing steel, forming a solid surface on which the rails were mounted. Manu- factured by Clyde Iron Works, Duluth,

Minn., the crane components were trans- ported on 15 railcars to the FMC yard.

The mammoth $1.1 million crane was erected in 45 days by Fabindustries, In- corporated, Portland. Bob Landregan, plant engineer at FMC, coordinated the project.

Zapata Bulk Transport

Applies For 3 ULCCs—

Largest CDS Request

The Maritime Administration has received an application for a con- struction differential subsidy regard- ing the construction of three 390,000- dwt ultra large crude carriers (UL-

CCs)—the largest ever asked for in a CDS application. The request was made by Zapata Bulk Transport Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New

York, N.Y.

The tankers will be used to trans- port crude oil to the United States, have a length of 1,200 feet, a beam of 225 feet, a loaded draft of 74 feet, and a speed of 16 knots. While the estimated cost is not known, two corresponding applications for tankers of 380,000 deadweight tons would approximate the price from $95 million to $106 million each.

Made

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