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The giant centipede-like transport carries two cabs mounted beneath the trailer at each short side and can be operated from either cab. The steering is mechanical, utilizing the link system.

Kockums Shipyard, Malmo, Sweden, an- nounces the introduction of Europe's largest self-propelled truck as part of the program by the shipyard, largest in Europe, to increase tanker production so as to meet the future de- mand for super-sized ships.

The truck will be used to facilitate the con- struction of Kockums newest ship series of 360,000-tonners by transporting heavy hull sec- tions—up to 500 tons each—within reach of

Kockums 1,500-ton lift gantry crane, due to go into operation this month.

The 130-ton self-propelled truck is manufac- tured by Kamag of Ulm, West Germany, and costs approximately $450,000. It was transport- ed to the Swedish shipyard iby water from Stutt- gart via Holland. The new vehicle is 65.6 feet long and 29.5 feet wide. It is supported by a legion of 112 special Michelin radial tires in groups of four, 28 sets in total.

Two air-cooled diesel engines, developing 230 horsepower apiece, power the massive transport. Engines also charge the oil pumps, which in turn supply oil to the hydraulic mo- tors in the drive wheel sets.

Wheel mechanism and tires have been spe- cially designed to withstand the enormous weight and to negotiate 90 degree turns. Nine hydraulic supports help to reduce wheel stress by 50 percent during turning.

The new Kockums truck has a pulling power of 56 tons and can climib a six percent grade with a full load. It can attain a maximum speed of 6 km/hr with load, and 10 km/hr without.

The truck is fitted with equipment for coupling to a tandem vehicle.

SSI Container Corporation

Itel's Subsidiary, Arranges $30 Million In New Credit

SSI Container Corporation, a subsidiary of

Itel Corporation (AMEX), announced that it has arranged a $30-million line of credit with a group of major banks led by Manufacturers

Hanover Trust Company, New York. This new credit line will be used to purchase new cargo containers and chassis required to meet the growing demand for SSI Container's services.

Under terms of the credit agreement, SSI

Container will repay the banks over a five-year period beginning in June 1975.

SS'I Container's utilization of this $30 million is part of a record capital spending budget of more than $40 million by Itel Corporation's

Transportation Services Group in 1974. SSI

Navigation, Inc., a ship operating and charter- ing organization, is the other element in the

Transportation Services Group. It has already purchased its fourth bulk-carrying vessel for $10 million. "Conrad builds barges with remarkable cost efficiency"

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