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LMVD Dredge Design

Contract Awarded

Amalgamated Dredge Design,

Inc., 842 Public Ledger Building,

Independence Square, Philadel- phia, Pa. 19106, has recently been awarded the hull design for the "Lower Mississippi Valley Devel- opment" Dredge. The "LMVD"

Dredge is the largest of three hopper dredges presently being designed for the U.S. Corps of

Engineers. The new dredges will incorporate the latest in dredge equipment and automation.

Amalgamated Dredge Design is an association of S & S Manufac- turing and Supply Company of

Santa Ana, Calif., and Seadrec,

Ltd. of Paisley, Scotland, who have extensive experience in the field of dredge and marine design.

MarAd Approves

Tanker Merger

The Maritime Administration has approved the merger and liq- uidation of Eagle Tankers, Inc. (Eagle) into an affiliate, United

Tanker Corporation (UTC). The merger is part of a proposed cor- porate reorganization by U.T.G.,

Inc., 250 Park Avenue, New York,

N.Y.

Eagle owns two 37,250-dwt tankers built with Title XI guar- antees, the Eagle Leader and the

Eagle Charger. Both ships are operated by another affiliate,

United Maritime Corporation, in the Soviet Grain Program under operating-differential subsidies (ODS). The merger approval is conditional upon the companies receiving prior consent by the

Maritime Subsidy Board to trans- fer the ODS contract from Eagle to UTC. Other conditions include, but are not limited to, UTC en- tering into a permanent Capital

Construction Fund Agreement with MarAd.

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Chart Available

A new, updated, full-color iden- tification chart of the stacks and flags of over 200 U.S., Canadian and overseas steamship lines is now available. Measuring 18 inches by 24 inches, it is suitable for framing and reference.

Single copies can be bought for $3 from the Fourth Seacoast

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