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Bethlehem To Reconstruct

Four PFEL Ships At

Cost Of $5 Million Each

The Maritime Subsidy Board has approved the application of

Pacific Far East Line, Inc. (PF-

EL), One Embarcadero Center,

San Francisco, Calif., for con- struction-differential subsidy (CDS) for the reconstruction of four LASH barge carriers into full containerships at Bethlehem

Steel's San Francisco shipyard.

The four ships are the Thomas

E. Cuffe, Golden Bear, Japan

Bear, and the Pacific Bear, all built in 1971 and 1972 at Avon- dale Shipyards, Inc., New Or- leans, La. Each 820-foot vessel is presently rated at 29,820 dwt and is capable of accommodating 49 barges and 344 twenty-foot containers or 69 barges only. Re- construction will consist of re- moving LASH-handling equip- ment and installing container cells, new hatch covers, support- ing structures, guides, deck re- inforcements, and other modifica- tions. After reconstruction, each ship will accommodate 1,740 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and operate with 37 crewmen.

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PFEL and Bethlehem Steel

Corporation have entered into a fixed-price contract of $5.1 mil- lion per vessel. The Maritime Ad- ministration will pay CDS of $2.2 million each, a CDS rate of 42.64 percent. In a related action, the

Assistant Secretary also approved in principle the Title XI applica- tion which PFEL submitted for the reconstruction. After the work is completed, the ships will operate on subsidized service be- tween California and the Far

East (Trade Route 29).

Federal Barge Lines

Names David Ruffner

Manager Eastern Region

David B. Ruffner

David B. Ruffner has been ap- pointed manager-Eastern region for Federal Barge Lines, Inc., it was announced by Thomas F.

Maloney, vice president-market- ing of the St. Louis, Mo.-based common carrier. Mr. Ruffner will establish new regional offices for

Federal in Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222.

His address will be 886 Kossman

Building, located at Stanwix

Street and Forbes Avenue.

In his new position, Mr. Ruff- ner will be responsible for all marketing, as well as operational aspects of Federal Barge Lines' service in his region. Federal's

Eastern region territory extends from the Indiana-Ohio state line east to the Atlantic Coast, and includes the Ohio River Valley area. From his Pittsburgh base,

Mr. Ruffner will frequently visit

Cleveland, Youngstown, and Cin- cinatti, Ohio, Louisville, Ky., New

York City, Philadelphia, Pa., and other leading cities. Federal Barge

Lines, Inc. is a division of Pott

Industries Inc. It is one of the five largest barge lines in the

United States.

Prior to his joining the man- agement staff at Federal Barge

Lines, Mr. Ruffner served with another major barge line for nearly 11 years.

Mr. Ruffner is a 1963 graduate of Hartwick College, Oneonta,

N.Y., with a major in business administration. He has done grad- uate studies at Washington Uni- versity, St. Louis, and the Univer- sity of Houston. He is currently a member of the board, Calumet

Traffic Club; vice president, Illi- nois River Carrier Association; a member of the South Suburban

Traffic Club, and a member of the

Japan American Society.

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