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French Yard To Build

Nuclear-Powered 650,000-Ton Tanker

Chantiers de l'Atlantique, the largest shipbuilding company in

France, has announced it will build a 650,000-ton nuclear-propelled tanker at its Saint Nazaire ship- yard on the Atlantic.

Pierre Loygue, the company chairman, said the tanker would de- velop 80.000 horsepower and would use a water-type reactor, and would be the first of a series of nuclear- powered merchant vessels.

The lead in the actual operation of nuclear merchant ships has been taken by Japan and West Germany, with the United States and Britain joining the race,

A recent international conference concluded that the power at which nuclear commercial ships would become as economic as convention- al vessels was between 80,000 and 100,000 horsepower.

Encouraged by the French

Transport Ministry, the Chantiers de l'Atlantique, together with two other major shipbuilding compa- nies—France-Dunkerque and La

Ciotat—are pushing ahead with plans to build nuclear-powered commercial vessels. They will have access to the techniques used to

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French shipyards are building a fleet of conventional oil tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers of up to 250,000 tons for Arab oil produc- ing states that recently formed a joint transport company.

Samowitz And Odett

Appointed By Elkan

The Elkan Electric Cable Com- pany, an affiliate of Port Electric

Supply Corporation, has announced the appointments of Murray Samo- witz as general manager and Paul

Odett as assistant manager. Both men are graduates of the Universi- ty of Miami and St. John's respec- tively, and have been active in the wire and cable industry their en- tire working careers. They will make their offices at the company's newly acquired plant at 248 3rd

Street, Elizabeth, N.J.

Murray Samowitr (left) and Paul Odett have spent their entire business careers in the wire and cable industry.

The Elkan Company originated and pioneered the use of armored cable for shipboard installations over 50 years ago.

The new plant at Elizabeth, N. J. maintains a complete stock of ma- rine and Navy shipboard electrical cable, as well as IEEE 45. Inven- tories include coaxial, alpha, belden and electric wire (Mil-W-16878).

The warehouse is Navy authorized for stocking and handling require- ments for U.S. Government- inspected materials.

Terrin Yard Receives $4 Million To Convert

Marine Transport Ships

Societe Provencale des Ateliers

Terrin shipyard in Marseilles has been awarded a contract to convert two sister vessels from bulk car- riers to special products carriers.

The contract price will approximate $4,000,000, and the vessels will be operated by Marine Transport

Lines, Inc., New York.

Terrin shipyard of Marseilles is one of the largest and oldest ship repair and conversion firms in

France.

The announcement of the award was made by Robert M. Catharine, president, Jackson Marine Corpora- tion, 405 Park Avenue, New York

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