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Rio Towing Asks Title XI

On Chemical Barges

To Cost $9 Million

Rio Towing Company of Pear- land, Texas, has applied to the

Maritime Administration for a

Title XI loan guarantee to aid in financing the construction of sev- en chemical barges.

Each of the 20,000-barrel, dou- ble-skin, chemical tank barges will measure 295 feet by 54 feet by 11 feet. Newpark Shipbuilding and Repairs, Inc., Houston, is the proposed builder. These barges, which are to be delivered between

May and December 1980, are ex- pected to be operated along the

Gulf Coast on the Intracoastal

Waterway and the inland rivers.

If approved, the requested Title

XI guarantee would cover $7,850,- 000, or up to 87i/2 percent of the actual cost of $9,010,000.

Admiral Edwards Receives

Shepheard Safety Award

William N. Johnston, ABS chairman and president (left), presents Halert C. Shep- heard Award to Rear Adm. Roderick Y.

Edwards, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.). Award consists of a Steuben crystal eagle, a leather presentation book, and a citation.

Rear Adm. Roderick Y. Ed- wards, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.), is the recipient of the Halert C.

Shepheard Award for achieve- ment in merchant marine safety.

The award is given either for a single outstanding contribution to merchant marine safety, or for dedication to and constructive participation in, activities asso- ciated with maritime safety over a period of time. The award was established by the American In- stitute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) in honor of the late Rear

Admiral Shepheard, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard as Chief,

Office of Merchant Marine Safety, and is administered by the Amer- ican Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

William N. Johnston, chairman and president of ABS, presented the award to Admiral Edwards in a ceremony following the ABS annual meeting held at its inter- national headquarters in New

York City.

Mr. Johnston said: "The award honors a man who for over 40 years, while in both government and commercial service, used his interest and considerable knowl- edge to improve safety of life and

June 15, 1980 43 to protect property at sea. Rear

Admiral Edwards's many accom- plishments in this area have earned him a distinguished rep- utation among his colleagues in the marine industry."

Admiral Edwards served in the

U.S. Merchant Marine from 1927 to 1940, advancing from cadet to master of oceangoing vessels. He was appointed a lieutenant in the

Coast Guard in 1942 and served as a marine inspector in Phila- delphia.

After retiring from the Coast

Guard in 1971, Admiral Edwards served as president of the 1974

Safety of Life at Sea Conference and as special consultant on the

Coast Guard delegation that at- tended IMCO Council meetings.

He was elected chairman of that council for four consecutive two- year terms. In November 1979,

Admiral Edwards was elected president of the Assembly of

IMCO for one two-year term.

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