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Title XI Sought To

Build Two Tankers

Costing $58 Million Each

Two subsidiaries of Ogden Cor- poration, 277 Park Avenue, New

York N.Y. 10017, have each ap- plied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a chemical tanker. The pro- posed shipbuilder of the two ves- sels is Avondale Shipyards, Inc.,

New Orleans, La.

The subsidiaries, Ogden Sham- rock Transport, Inc., and Ogden

Shannon Transport, Inc., are both located at 280 Park Avenue, New

York, N.Y. Deliveries of their vessels are scheduled for March 30 and June 30, 1981, respectively.

Each of the tankers will have a capacity of 50,624 deadweight tons, and will be powered by a 14,100-horsepower diesel engine.

The vessels will be employed in the domestic coastwise trade.

The estimated actual cost of each of the tankers is $58,376,000.

If approved, the Title XI guaran- tee will cover 87'/2 percent of that amount.

Thompsen Appointed VP

At Jackson Engineering

N. Seregos, president of Jack- son Engineering & Drydock Co.,

Inc. (formerly Brewer Drydock

Co.), Staten Island, N.Y., recently announced the appointment of

James A. Thompsen as vice pres- ident-Marketing and Sales.

James A. Thompsen

Mr. Thompsen will be respon- sible for all marketing functions, including sales, advertising, and public relations. Mr. Thompsen is a graduate of the Merchant Ma- rine Academy, and served 10 years on various deepsea and in- land vessels. He is a member of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, United

States Naval Institute, and The

Propeller Club of the United

States. He has served in various management positions for com- panies such as Amerace Corp.,

Cabot Corp., and Standard Oil of

California.

Mr. Thompsen has authored various technical papers and mag- azine articles on marine and in- dustrial applications of plastics.

He worked with the U.S. Navy

Bureau of Ships on the Develop- ment of the A.B.C. Washdown

System for naval vessels, as well as plastic piping systems for nu- clear submarine application. With the Maritime Administration he was involved with the develop- ment of plastic piping systems for merchant ship applications, as well as reinforced fiberglass structural components.

Prior to joining Jackson Engi- neering, he was president of

Thompsen Marine Supply Co.,

Inc., a company which he orga- nized in 1971, and of which is a member of the board.

Seatrain Lines Names

Howard Pack Chairman

Seatrain Lines, New York, N.Y., recently elected Howard M. Pack as board chairman, succeeding the late Joseph Kahn.

Mr. Pack will continue as chair- man of this diversified steamship company's executive committee.

Seatrain does not designate a chief executive officer because it has an executive committee. Mr.

Pack's former title was vice chair- man and this title will be dropped.

Mr. Pack has been with Sea- train since 1965, when a company owned mainly by him and Mr.

Kahn purchased control of Sea- train.

Leonard Kahn, a private in- vestor and brother of the late

Joseph Kahn, and James T. Owens, a lawyer, were elected new direc- tors of Seatrain.

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