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Gross Tonnage In ABS

Classification Exceeds 100-Million Mark

Total amount of vessel tonnage in American Bureau of Shipping classification passed 100-million gross tons in July for the first time in the ship classification society's 115-year history. As of

July 31, there were 14,993 ves- sels of 100,111,236 gross tons, or 178,192,423 deadweight tons, in

ABS class.

In announcing the figures, ABS chairman and president Robert T.

Young said that ABS passed the 50-million gross tonnage mark in 1966. "With the tapering off in construction of the larger tankers," Mr. Young said, "we cannot expect to maintain this rate of tonnage increase. How- ever, we do expect that the total number of vessels in ABS classi- fication will continue to increase."

In July, ABS classed 112 new vessels of 463,086 gt, or 823,832 dwt, worldwide. The new vessels included eight offshore drilling units, two manned submersibles, one oil pollution control tanker, four oil tankers, and 10 bulk carriers.

Among the drilling platforms are four column-stabilized units — the United States-flag Sedco 708, built by Kaiser Steel Corp.,

Oakland, Calif., for Sedco Mari- time, Inc., Dallas, Texas; the

United States-flag Zapata York- town, built by Avondale Ship- yards, Inc., Avondale, La., for

Zapata Off-Shore Company, Hous- ton, Texas; the Panamanian-flag

Ocean Bounty, built by Mitsu- bishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.,

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Hiroshima, Japan, for Odeco Niho,

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States-flag Sedco 709, built by

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London, England.

Also classed was an oil pollu- tion control tanker, the Bay

Skimmer, a 65-foot vessel fitted with oil sweeping and skimming features that will operate in

Irish waters. The twin-screw ves- sel was built by Blount Marine

Corporation, Warren, R.I., for

Gulf Oil Terminals Ltd., Bantry,

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