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MarAd Approves

Title XI For Five

Moran Tugboats

Deputy Assistant Secretary-

Robert R. Casey, U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce, Maritime

Administration, has approved in principal the application of Moran

Trade Corporation (Moran), One

World Trade Center, New York,

N.Y., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of three 3,000-bhp tugboats and two 2,150-bhp tugboats.

The three 3,000-bhp tugboats are being constructed by J. Ray

McDermott & Co., Inc., Morgan

City, La., at a combined total es- timated actual cost of $7.3 mil- lion. They are 105 feet in length and 32 feet abeam. Deliveries are scheduled on or before Septem- ber 15, 1977, October 15, 1977, and November 15, 1977.

The two 2,150-bhp tugboats are being constructed by Jakob- son Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long

Island, N.Y., at a combined total estimated actual cost of $3.7 mil- lion. Both of the vessels measure approximately 100 feet in length and 29 feet abeam.

Jakobson delivered one of the vessels on April 30, 1977, and is scheduled to deliver the second in December 1977.

All five tugboats will be char- tered to wholly owned subsidi- aries of Moran. Two will operate at New York, and the others

Area Code 215-855-8450

Cable: Philres MMLL will operate at Philadelphia,

Pa., Jacksonville, Fla., and Port

Arthur, Texas.

Craig Mullen Named

VP Operations For

Alcoa Marine Corp.

Craig T. Mullen

Craig T. Mullen has been ap- pointed to the newly created position of vice president, oper- ations of Alcoa Marine Corpora- tion, 8235 Penn Randall Place,

Upper Marlboro, Md. 20870, a subsidiary of Aluminum Com- pany of America.

He will be responsible for all marine field operations, includ- ing project management of Alcoa

Seaprobe, the company's 243-foot, deep-ocean research and recovery vessel.

Mr. Mullen joined Alcoa Marine in 1974 as manager of operations, following service as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He has managed a number of Alcoa Marine's ocean-oriented projects, including tethered vehicle operations, ma- rine salvage and ocean cable burial.

Mr. Mullen holds a Bachelor of

Science degree from Western Il- linois University, where he also did graduate work in marine bi- ology. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval Officer Candidate

School in 1967.

Marinette Marine

Awarded $6.5 Million

For Landing Craft

Marinette Marine Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Naval Sea Command for con- struction of 29 LCM (6) HPI (56- foot landing craft), with option for five or six more vessels.

Value of the contract is placed at $6,500,000 by the Marinette,

Wis., shipbuilder.

Delivery of the first two vessels is scheduled for 14 months from the start, with delivery of four per month thereafter.

Twelve of the LCMs are to be delivered to Portsmouth, 13 to

San Diego, Calif., and four sched- uled for dispersement through the MAP (Military Assistance

Program).

Marinette Marine is a major supplier of custom-engineered vessels for commercial and mili- tary use-—including oceanograph- ic research craft, supply vessels, barges, gunboats, tugs and patrol boats.

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