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Cayman Island Oil Transfer Terminal

To Start Operations—Will Cut U.S. Costs

SIGNING CEREMONY — Affixing their signatures to the lease agreement for the

Little Cayman oil transfer operations, were, left to right: (seated) Vassel Johnson,

Cayman Islands financial secretary; Capt. Harold E. van der Linde, head of Cayman

Energy, Ltd.; Gerald Waddington, attorney general for Cayman Islands, and John

Abberly, attorney for Captain van der Linde. (Standing) Capt. Charles Kirkconnel,

ExCo member for communications works and local administration, and Craddock

Ebanks, MLA member. Also present at the signing (but not shown) was Ralph Long of Washington, D.C., legal counsel for Harris Oil Corporation, one of the stock- holders of Cayman Energy, Ltd.

The first transfer of crude oil from VLCCs and ULCCs to small- er tankers off Little Cayman

Island in the British West Indies will take place in the near future.

This operation will be the start of what is planned to be a million- barrel-a-day oil transshipment complex aimed at supplying U.S.

Gulf and East Coast ports.

Planning for this facility has been underway for the past six years, and was culminated in

March by the signing of an agree- ment by the Cayman Islands gov- ernment and Cayman Energy,

Ltd., an offshoot of Capt. Harold

E. van der Linde's firm of Trans- portation Concepts and Tech- niques, Inc. of New York, N.Y.

The announcement of the opera- tion was made recently in New

York by Clyde Smith of Trans- portation Concepts and Tech- niques, Inc.

The initial phase of the project calls for the offshore transfer of oil from the Arabian Gulf to 30,000-70,000-dwt tankers. Stor- age facilities on shore for 10-mil- lion barrels of crude oil and a two-ship berth will be constructed on 3,200 acres leased for 99 years by Cayman Energy.

This island is strategically lo- cated for this operation — it is about 800 miles closer to U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast than other transshipment terminals.

Also, Mr. Smith stated that only 120 yards offshore the water depth plunges to more than 600 feet. This provides for a short trestle leading out to dolphins for mooring. Captain van der Linde estimates that this location will reduce the cost of shipping oil to the U.S. by 8 to 10 cents per bar- rel. The facility will be available to all oil companies on a non- exclusive basis.

The Cayman Islands govern- ment will receive a royalty paid on a per barrel of oil transferred basis, with a minimum fee per month and a guaranteed $3.6 mil- lion the first year.

Cayman Energy, Ltd. is headed by Captain van der Linde, who has been involved in oil transpor- tation for many years. A grad- uate of the U.S. Merchant Marine

Academy, he has served as a ship's master, was operating man- ager for U.S. Bulk Carriers, founded Penn Shipping Company, was president of Worldwide

Transport, a Continental Oil Co. tanker company, and founder of his present company, Transporta- tion Concepts and Techniques,

Inc.

American Club Elects

Board Of Directors

The American Steamship Own- ers Mutual Protection and Indem- nity Association (The American

Club) has announced the election of two new members to its board of directors. Joining the club's governing body were Bruce A.

McAllister, president, McAllister

Brothers, Inc., and Martin F.

Ytuarte, executive vice president,

Prudential Lines, Inc. Adolph B.

Kurz, president of Keystone Ship- ping Co., was reelected chairman.

Norman Scott, president of

American President Lines, Ltd., was reelected deputy chairman.

John H. Cassedy, president of

Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., was elected secretary, and Louis

J. Gusmano of Kirlin, Campbell & Keating was appointed counsel.

Other directors elected were

George C. Halstead, president,

Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc.;

Herbert A. Crompton, treasurer,

Trinidad Corporation; Thomas J.

Smith, president, Farrell Lines

Incorporated; John J. Ervin, ex- ecutive vice president, Trinidad

Corporation; Carl Swenson, ex- ecutive vice president, Farrell

Lines Incorporated; John T. Di

Palermo, treasurer, American

President Lines, Ltd.; J. Donald

Kenny, vice president, secretary, general counsel, American Presi- dent Lines, Ltd.; John I. Alioto, president, Pacific Far East Line,

Inc.; Sal P. Tarantino, executive vice president, Pacific Far East

Line, Inc.; Joseph W. Dickover, vice president and general man- ager, States Steamship Company;

Edward J. Kettel, assistant treas- urer, Atlantic Richfield Company;

Charles Kurz II, vice president,

Margate Shipping Company; Spy- ros Skouras, president, Prudential

Lines, Inc.; Edward P. Walsh, president, Waterman Steamship

Corporation; and Erik F. John- sen, president, Central Gulf Lines,

Inc.

The Association's board of di- rectors actively participate in all of The American Club's business, attending monthly meetings, ap- proving claim settlements, con- sulting with its investment ad- visor and determining operating policies. The American Club is managed by Shipowners Claims

Bureau, Inc., and is the only mu- tual protection and indemnity club in operation in the United States.

United States Lines

Appoints Robert H. Splan

Robert H. Splan

William J. Klauberg, vice pres- ident-Eastern Division of United

States Lines, has announced the appointment of Robert H. Splan as general manager-South Atlan- tic Region. He will be based at the Lines' office in Atlanta, Ga., and will report directly to the

Division vice president in New

York.

Mr. Splan will be responsible for all of the Lines' activities in the Southern area of the country, including port operations in Jack- sonville, Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans. In addition, sales offices and agents in Miami,

Tampa, Mobile, Memphis, Dallas and Houston will be under his jurisdiction.

Mr. Splan was previously West

Coast Division general sales man- ager located in Oakland, Calif., before his current appointment.

He joined the company in 1974.

Previous shipping experience in- cludes positions as manager of special accounts for Sea-Land

Service, and a number of execu- tive assignments for that com- pany, including California sales manager for the Far East Divi- sion and sales management posi- tions in Denver and Charleston areas. He is a graduate of San

Jose State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management.

United States Lines' 15,000- mile Tri-Continent Containerliner

Service provides 38 fast vessels traveling between Europe, the

East and West Coasts of the

United States, Panama, Hawaii,

Guam, and Far East and South- east Asian ports.

Barber Steamship Names

Senner Executive VP

E.J. Barber, chairman of the board, Barber Steamship Lines,

Inc., New York, N.Y., announced the appointment of Charles R.

Senner as executive vice presi- dent. Mr. Senner will have re- sponsibility for Barber Blue Sea

Service to the Far East, Atlant- trafik Express Service to Aus- tralia and New Zealand, and Nor- dana Line to the Mediterranean.

Prior to joining Barber Steam- ship Lines, Mr. Senner was presi- dent of Boise-Griffin Steamship

Company, Inc., and vice president

Liner/Tramp Division of States

Marine International Inc.

WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE — Aerial view of the portion of Little Cayman, retouched by an artist, showing the entire oil transfer complex. The international engineering and construction firm of Stone & Webster is the managing contractor for project.

Note oil-spill containment booms around tankers in foreground.

LITTLE CAYMAN ISLAND, B.W.I.

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