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Luckenbach And Lavino

Named Agents For Cuban

Fishing Fleet In U.S.A.

Luckenbach International Cor- poration of 21 East 66th Street,

New York, N.Y. 10021, in con- junction with its associate, La- vino Shipping Company, head- quartered in Philadelphia, Pa., have been appointed agents for the Cuban fishing fleet in the

United States.

An agreement between the Cu- ban Government, headed by Or- lando Muniz, Chief Inspector for

International Fishing Regulations, and the United States Govern- ment was signed on December 6, 1977, in Washington, D.C. The first vessel, the Playa Duaba, ar- rived December 10 in New York

Harbor and anchored at the Bay

Ridge fiats.

The ships will fish on the

Grand Bank on a trial basis, with the expectations of increasing the size of the fleet in 1978, based on the outcome of current negotia- tions between the two govern- ments.

This is the first time a Cuban vessel has called legally at an

American port since the breakoff of relations between the two gov- ernments in the 1960s.

HUD Adds Giant

Floating Drydock

Hong Kong will soon be able to offer some of the world's most up-to-date ship repair facilities, according to Jack Barrass of

Hongkong United Dockyards.

The facilities will incorporate a giant HK$40-million floating drydock which was constructed in

Sasebo, Japan. According to Mr.

Barrass, who supervised the con- struction, the 220-meter dock (ap- proximately 722 feet) will be able to handle vessels up to 70,000 deadweight tons, which are the largest-sized ships that can tra- verse the Panama Canal, and even giant containerships for re- pair, conversion and maintenance work. The new dock, which was towed from Japan, arrived in

Hong Kong last month. It was moored at HUD's new yard at

Tsing Yi Island, being secured by 24 mooring cables of 88 mm di- ameter attached to 24-140 ton anchors.

Executives from Hongkong

United Dockyards, including

HUD's managing director David

Hall, visited Japan for the offi- cial naming ceremony.

The giant dock was towed in one piece to Hong Kong, and on arrival was taken to HUD's Ta- ikoo yard for the fitting of cranes —one of 50 tons and one of 15 tons, and other ancillary equip- ment.

According to Mr. Barrass, HUD decided on a floating dock due to its adaptability—the dock is mov- able as well as being unaffected by tides. The dock will be remote controlled from a control house on the top deck.

The floating dock is part of the new dockyard complex being built for a sum of HK$250 million on

Tsing Yi Island. The complex, covering approximately 186,050 square meters (2 million square feet) of land and seabed, will be completed by the early 1980s, with the $250-million phase I of the development allowing the first ships to dock in the spring of 1978.

TBW Industries Opens

Office In Rio de Janeiro

TBW Industries, Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of off- shore deck equipment and pneu- matic bulk material systems, has opened an office in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil, to handle its sales and manufacturing activities in South

America. TBW Industries will be represented by Manuel de Sousa

Santos.

TBW Industries has also en- tered into manufacturing agree- ments with two Brazilian compa- nies. Its Smatco line of winches and deck equipment will be built by Irmaos Strauhs Ltda., and its

PNU-Tank line of cement and barite tanks by CEC.

For more information, write

TBW Industries, Incorporated,

P.O. Box 4036, Houma, La., At- tention: Mike Bordelon.

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