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Mooremack Requests

Construction Subsidy

To Rebuild 3 Vessels

The Maritime Administration has received a request for construction subsidy from Moore-McCormack

Lines in connection with rebuilding three of its 10-year-old Constellation-

Class combination cargo vessels, with an option to convert a fourth, for container service. The overall cost is estimated at $20.2 million. According to the application, most of the recon- struction work would involve revamp- ing deck and cargo holds to enable the vessels to carry 20 and 40-foot containers. Insertion of a midbody will increase the container capacity from 200 to about 500 boxes. When rebuilt, the vessels would be used in the trade between U.S. and South

American and African ports.

The request did not indicate what shipyards would do the work. It also asked for reconstruction loan and mortgage insurance assistance for the job.

Atlantic Container Line

Opens St. Louis Office —Names Behrens Mgr.

Expanding its direct representa- tion in the Midwest, Atlantic Con- tainer Line-USA has opened a dis- trict sales office in the St. Louis,

Mo., area and named William A.

Behrens district sales manager. He is responsible for the states of Mis- souri and Kansas, and portions of southern Illinois.

The new office, located at 34

North Brentwood Boulevard, Clay- ton, Mo., is ACL's third serving

Midwestern markets. The com- pany opened an office in Chicago in 1973, followed !by a district sales office in Milwaukee.

Mr. Behrens had previously held sales and marketing positions with

Intercontinental Container and

Transport Agency, Inc., TRW,

Inc., and Dun & Bradstreet.

Mr. Behrens is a member of The

World Trade Club of St. Louis, and the Ocean Freight Agents As- sociation.

Chesapeake Sailing

Yacht Symposium

Calls For Papers

A call for papers has been is- sued for the Second Chesapeake

Sailing Yacht Symposium to be held on January 18, 1975, at the

Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

The symposium is sponsored by the Chesapeake Section of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers, the Chesapeake

Bay Yacht Racing Association, and the Naval Academy Sailing Squad- ron.

Areas of interest are "Sail Per- formance and Design," "The Cruis- ing Yacht," and "Hull Design and

Seakeeping."

Abstracts, not over 250 words, should 'be submitted by June 15, 1974, to: R.W. Peach, Papers

Chairman, 888 Pine Trail, Arnold,

Md. 21012.

June 1, 1974

New Gulf Coast-Based

Firm Formed—Owners

Representatives, Inc.

N.A. Jardine II, president, has announced the formation of a new

Gulf Coast-based company to serve the marine industry.

Owners Representatives, Inc., headquartered in Pascagoula, Miss., is now in action in the marine and offshore drilling industry, as own- ers representatives for specification and plan approval, test and trial memo and schedule review/approv- al, procurement specification re- view/approval, and test and trial witnessing.

Also included in their list of serv- ices are representation with design agents, shipbuilders, vendors, and regulatory bodies.

All phases of marine work will be handled including hull, mechan- ical, electrical, HVAC, and vessel automation.

In announcing their formation,

Owners Representatives stressed their experienced team of marine personnel, with solid background in vessel design, construction, and operation.

Requests for information should be sent to Owners Representatives,

P.O. Box 1021, Pascagoula, Miss. 39567.

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