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Savannah Machine And

Shipyard Awarded $2.6-Million Contract

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Samuel B. Nemirow, U.S. De- partment of Commerce, Maritime

Administration, has approved in principle the application by Allied

Barge, Inc., P.O. Box 717, Nor- folk, Va., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the reconstruc- tion of two flat-deck barges. The two oceangoing vessels, ATC-781 (ex-Cindy F), and ATC-12000 (ex-

Susan F) were purchased from

Bulk Food Carriers, Inc., on Sep- tember 28, 1978.

The ATC-781 will be recon- structed to carry clean petroleum products. The barge will have an overall length of 302 feet 9 inches, a molded beam of 90 feet, and a fully loaded displacement of 16 feet. The 78,100-barrel vessel will be used to carry petroleum prod- ucts from Yorktown, Va., to vari- ous Northeast ports.

Reconstruction of the ATC- 12000 will enable the barge to transport liquid and dry cargoes between the East and Gulf Coasts.

It will have the same dimensions as the ATC-781, but will have a capacity of 85,000 barrels, or a

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For more information, contact Electro-

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Corporation, LaGrange, Illinois 60525.

ELECTRO-MOTIVE dry cargo capacity of 12,000 short tons.

Both barges will be bareboat chartered to Allied Towing Cor- poration, the applicant's parent company.

The reconstruction work will be performed by Savannah Machine and Shipyard Company, Savan- nah, Ga. The estimated actual cost of reconstructing the two vessels is approximately $2.6 million.

Maritime Industries Ltd.

Appoints R.M. Allen

A Division of General Motors reason to put our equipment to work for you. iiGnng<.niinoii6os2sUA».

Reg M. Allen

Reg M. Allen was recently ap- pointed sales manager of Mari- time Industries in Vancouver,

Canada. The announcement was made by Jeremy D. Shrive, man- aging director.

Maritime Industries are design- ers and manufacturers of special- ized propulsion equipment, most particularly the MARINER 360° steerable propeller-type units.

These are available in "thru-hull or deckmounted" versions for use on barges, ferries, harbor tugs, etc.

Mr. Allen will be responsible for marketing and sales for all product lines, both domestically and overseas. He brings with him over 11 years' experience in the equipment industry in both engi- neering and sales. He is a gradu- ate mechanical engineer (Eng- land). He emigrated to Canada in 1967, and since then has followed the diesel engine industry very closely from a variety of positions.

Coast Guard Awards Two

Additional Icebreaking

Tugs To Tacoma Boat

Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc., 1840 Marine View Drive, Tacoma,

Wash. 98422, has been awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S.

Coast Guard for the construction of two additional WYTMs. This brings the contract to a total of six of the 140-foot icebreaking tugs to be built by Tacoma Boat.

The two follow-on vessels, which will be christened the Neah Bay and the Morro Bay, are scheduled for delivery in July and October 1980. The Katmai Bay, the first in this series of new vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard, left Tacoma

Boat on November 3, and is cur- rently underway to Buffalo for fi- nal outfitting by the Coast Guard.

The primary responsibility of the tugs, when put into service, will be the opening and maintain- ing of icebound shipping lanes in the Great Lakes.

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