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Keel-laying ceremonies on November 26 sig- naled start of construction of the S/S Green Is- land, third of three 893-foot-long LASH vessels ordered by Central Gulf Lines, Inc. in a $100- million expansion program for its U.S.-flag fleet.

The Green Island and her sister ships, Green

Valley and Green Harbour, are under construc- tion at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.

Delivery of the Green Valley is scheduled in

August 1974, with the other two ships to fol- low at 75-day intervals.

Central Gulf has contracted for 440 standard 370-ton capacity LASH barges to serve the new vessels. Each of the new LASH vessels is designed to carry 89 LASH barges.

Central Gulf plans to operate its three new

LASH vessels in an express service between

U.S. Gulf and Bast Coast ports and the Middle

East, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the Far East. The company presently operates the world's first two LASH ships in a fort- nightly service between 'U.S. Gulf ports, the

United Kingdom and Continental Europe.

Designed by the naval architectural firm of

Friede & Goldman, Inc., the new Central Gulf

LASH vessels have .'an overall length of 893 feet, (beam of 100 feet, molded depth of 60 feet at the side, 32,000 shaft horsepower, speed of 22 knots, and a deadweight of 40,400 tons at 38 feet.

Central Gulf, an affiliate of Trans Union Cor- poration, maintains headquarters in New Or- leans, with offices in New York, Houston,

Memphis, Chicago, and Dallas, and a network of agency affiliates in other major United

States and world ports. 18

United States Leads

In Advanced Liner Ships

The leading position of the United States in the development of .advanced shipping tech- niques is illustrated in the following table list- ing containership and barge carrying vessel data as of January 1, 1973.

Number of Full

Containerships

Deadweight

Tonnage of

Containerships 4,587,000

Number of Barge

Carrying Vessels

Deadweight Tonnage of Barge Carrying

Total United

World States-

Fleet Flag Fleet (30% of 97 World Fleet) 321 15 (31 % of 1,430,000 World Fleet) (67% of 10 World Fleet)

Vessels (62% of 505,000 315,000 World Fleet)

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Avondale Lays Keel For

Lash Vessel In $100-Million

Central Gulf Lines Program

Taking part in the keel-laying ceremonies are (from left),

Richard F. Brunner, executive vice president of Avon- dale; C.V. Wolff Jr., general manager of Central Gulf's

Marine Division; R.E. Dassey, assistant general manager of the company's Marine Division; R.C. Bloom, U.S.

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