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New Valves Announced

By Watts Regulator-

Literature Available

Watts Regulator Company now has available full-port, flanged carbon and stainless-steel ball valves in 150 and 300 ANSI class —2, 3, 4, and 6-inch. These com- petitively priced valves conform to requirements of API 607, and grounded ball and stem, tapped actuator mounting holes, and glass-reinforced PTFE seats are standard. Two-piece construction facilitates easy maintenance.

The 304 stainless trim is stand- ard on the CF1800 carbon steel valve. The CF8M stainless-steel valve is standardly furnished with 316 stainless-steel ball and stem, and all exterior parts are « 304 stainless. In both the CF1800 carbon and SF2800 stainless, metal backup seats not only pro- vide fire-safe performance but also scrape the ball clean during each operation of the valve.

For more information and free literature, write to Watts Regu- lator Company, Dept. MR, 10

Embankment Street, Lawrence,

Mass. 01842.

MarAd Approves Title XI

On Two Product Tankers

To Cost $129 Million Total

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an ap- plication by Ogden Shamrock

Transport, Inc., and Ogden Hud- son Transport, Inc., for Title XI financing to aid in the construc- tion of two 50,624-dwt product tankers.

Both vessels are expected to carry primarily chemical products while operating under time char- ters. Each ship has an overall length of 629 feet and can attain a speed of 16 knots. Avondale

Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, is the builder for this Project. De- liveries are scheduled for March and June 1981.

The Title XI guarantee covers $113,096,000, or 87V2 percent of the estimated cost of $129,253,444.

World-Wide Executive

Helmut Sohmen Elected

Chairman Of IMIF

The full meeting of the Inter- national Maritime Industries For- um (IMIF) held in London re- cently has elected Dr. Helmut

Sohmen as its new chairman. Dr.

Sohmen is chairman of Marine

Navigation Company, the U.K. af- filiate of Sir Yue-Kong Pao's

World-Wide Shipping Group, the world's largest independent ship- owner.

IMIF was founded in 1976 by a group of banks, shipyards, ship- owners, and oil companies to de- velop and pursue a multi-sector approach to the tanker crisis. The organization now has 60 members representing major firms from all over the world, except the United

States. IMIF is prominently in- volved in discussions with many national governments, the EEC

Commission, the insurance mar- kets, and the classification soci- eties on questions of shipbuilding overcapacity, shipping credit pol- icies, improved safety standards, and the enforcement of IMCO rules and regulations by port states, and the continuing tanker surplus. The Forum meeting de- cided to also review the bulk car- rier markets regularly in the fu- ture, and to watch developments regarding the current UNCTAD proposals for cargo-sharing ar- rangements in the bulk trades.

Due to its unique membership structure, IMIF is well placed to assist governments with fac- tual data and with balanced rec- ommendations to help in the for- mulation of new policies affecting the shipping industry in its wide- est sense. Dr. Sohmen and the members of IMIF's Steering Com- mittee intend to continue the ac- tive program of government meet- ings, industry discussions, and topical studies in the year ahead.

Immediate visits are planned to

Japan, Hong Kong, Greece, and

Italy.

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