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Overseas Decides To Build

Four Tankers At NASSCO

Without Differential Subsidy

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), 511

Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, has an- nounced that it has decided to order four U.S.- flag 89,000-deadweight-ton tankers without dif- ferential subsidies, which are primarily intended for use in the U.S. domestic trades. The company has reached an agreement in principle with Na- tional Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) for the construction of these vessels, three of which are to be delivered in 1977 and one in early 1978. This agreement replaces a previously an- nounced agreement with NASSCO which con- templated differential subsidies for the same ves- sels. OSG will have a 60 percent interest in the four vessels, which have a total purchase price of $120,000,000.

These four new buildings will raise OSG's

U.S.-flag tanker fleet to in excess of one million deadweight tons.

Joint Venture To Build

New Super Class Rig

Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company of

New Orleans, La., and Fearnley and Eger,

Oslo, Norway, shipping 'firm, have announced the formation of a joint venture which seeks to build and operate a new super class of semisubmersible drilling rig for use in previ- ously inaccessible areas of the world.

According to a joint announcement by Ocean

Drilling president Alden J. Laborde, and

Fearnley and Eger executive vice president

E. Kristen-Johanssen, the new rig has been designed to drill from a floating position in water depths up to 1,500 feet and with modi- fications to 3,500 feet, using conventional moor- ing systems. "The proposed new super class rigs will pave the way for exploration in geologically promis- ing provinces under the most challenging sea and weather conditions. "In addition to having greater drilling depth capability, the new class will also have greater working and storage areas," Mr. Laborde and

Mr. Kristen-Johanssen said.

Invitations to bid on construction of the first of the new units will be forwarded to selected European, American, Canadian and

Japanese shipyards.

It is anticipated that a contract for con- struction of the new unit will be awarded in

September of this year, the two executives said.

Indame, S.A. Licensed

To Produce And Market

MMC Sonic Probes For Spain

An exclusive license to manufacture and service the 'MMC line of Sonic Point and In- terface Probes for Spain has been awarded to Indame, 'S.A. of Bilbao, Spain, by Marine

Moisture Control 'Co., Inc. of Inwood, N.Y., according to Charles S. Schmukler, president of the Inwood corporation.

Both the MlMC Sonic Point and Interface

Alarm Systems are solid state, with no moving parts subject to mechanical breakdown. They were developed in response to a marine re- quirement for precise and thoroughly depend- able tank limit and liquid interface remote monitoring devices for liquid level control and pollution prevention.

The systems have earned a broad range of regulatory body approval worldwide. They can be furnished as intrinsically safe for use in hazardous areas, and are also available on special order for cyrogenic service to —350°F.

Indame, S.A. will provide Spanish language sales literature, and is prepared to accept and service Spanish orders immediately.

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