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Interstate Oil Seeks

Subsidy Aid For Tanker

To Be Built By Kelso

An application for subsidy to aid in the construction of a 42,900-dwt tanker has been filed with the Mari- time Administration, Washington,

D.C., by Interstate Oil Company,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Interstate said in its application to the agency that a letter of intent to build the vessel for an estimated $20 million was signed with Kelso

Shipbuilding Company of Galves- ton, Texas.

Traditionally, the Texas-based shipbuilder produces smaller ves- sels.

If contracts are signed, Inter- state said, the tanker will he oper- ated to carry petroleum products in the United States foreign trade.

IHI Appoints New

Gen'l Superintendents

In Three Shipyards

IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd.), Japan, has announced the appointment of new general superintendents at its To- kyo, Yokohama and Nagoya ship- yards.

According to the announcement,

Koji Yamada was assigned to the post of general superintendent of the Tokyo Shipyard, which special- izes in construction of Fortune vessels, naval vessels, special pur- pose ships, dredges and floating cranes.

Tetsuya Aoyama, formerly gen- eral superintendent of the Tokyo

Shipyard, has been transferred to the same post at the Yokohama

Shipyard, where VLCCs are con- structed.

Yasunari Mochizuki has been transferred from general superin- tendent of the Yokohama Shipyard to become general superintendent of the Nagoya Shipyard, which is engaged in ship repairing and man- ufacture of industrial machinery and marine structures.

Nat'l Marine Services

Applies To Construct

Towboat And 21 Barges

National Marine Services Inc.,

St. Louis, Mo., has applied for con- struction loan and mortgage insur- ance to help finance 21 double- skinned petroleum channel tank barges and one 2,200-horsepower diesel-powered towboat.

The total cost of the project, ac- cording to an application filed with the Maritime Administration, is ex- pected to be $6.6 million for the barges and $856,000 for the tow- boat. No builder has been con- tracted with. The barges will be used on the inland waterways.

Prudential-Grace Lines

Promotes JJ. Mullin

John J. Mullin has been named regional controller-domestic out- ports and East Coast for Pruden- tial^Grace Lines, according to an announcement by Thomas W. Ly- ons, controller of PGL.

Since 1972, Mr. Mullin has been controller of the Philadelphia office of the carrier, Mr. Lyons said. In his new post, he will continue to be located in Philadelphia, Pa., but will have jurisdiction over all Pru- dential offices in ports from Phila- delphia south.

Mr. Mullin joined Prudential in 1972 a'fter working as controller of

United Aero Products, a division of

Macrodyne Industries. Prior to that, he was a senior financial ana- lyst with Philco-Ford Corp.

A native of Philadelphia, he holds a B.S. degree from La Salle

College in that city, and attended

Temple University in an MBA- accounting program.

Mr. Mullin is an associate direc- tor of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Association of Ac- countants, a member of the Phila- delphia Marine Trade Association, the Philadelphia Chamber of Com- merce, and the Maritime Society of

Philadelphia.

American And British

Partnership Formed To

Acquire British Yard

A new Anglo-American North

Sea equipment partnership has been formed, specializing in the fabrication of offshore modules ranging from 200 to 1,200 tons.

BTR Limited of London and the

United States Filter Corporation have formed, through subsidiaries, a new jointly owned company to be known as William Brothers Off- shore Limited.

The company is taking over the former Ryton Marine Shipyard on

Tyneside, northeast England, in- volving a land area of some 14 acres, covered fabrication facilities of 100,000 square feet, and 850 feet of waterfront.

Operations will start at the com- pany's waterside facility in early

June. " TRYING, H)C, 70 &3TA PI/ MYFOSJVOti."

C-L Couplings are available in weld neck, slip-on or screw neck (special order) short spool piece. Aluminum or steel blanks are available.

For more information contact:

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SALES CORP. 449 SHERIDAN BOULEVARD,

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