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Coastal Towing Seeks

Title XI On Eight Vessels

To Cost $11.7 Million Total

Coastal Towing, Inc., Texas, a subsidiary of Coastal Towing, Inc.,

Houston, has applied to the Mar- itime Administration for a Title

XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of six tank barges and two towboats. All of the ves- sels are to be used in the inland waters of the United States.

Verret Shipyard, Inc., Plaque- mine, La., is to build the two tow- boats, which will be 100 feet long;

Janoush Marine, Inc., Rosedale,

Miss., will build two tank barges, which have an overall length of 290 feet; and Nashville Bridge

Co., Nashville, Tenn., will build four tank barges, two of which will have an overall length of 297 feet 6 inches and two which will measure 282 feet 9 inches. All of the vessels are scheduled to be delivered between April and June 1981.

If approved, the title XI guar- antee would cover $9,814,383 of the total estimated cost of $11,- 693,511.

Holland America Orders $135-Million Luxury Liner

From French Shipyard

As the first step in a fleet mod- ernization program, an order has been placed for construction of the world's newest luxury cruise ship, it was announced recently by Holland America Cruises.

The keel of the new 32,000-gt motor vessel, yet to be named, will be laid in January 1981 at

Chantiers de L'Atlantique at St.

Nazaire in France, and is expected to be commissioned March 31, 1983. The new luxury vessel will cost approximately $135 million.

To be registered in the Nether- lands Antilles, she will have a cruise capacity of approximately 1,200 lower berths and a crew of 536. The cruising speed will be about 21 knots. A firm option for a second identical vessel has also been signed by Holland America.

The new 11-deck luxury ves- sel will have all modern comforts, technological innovations, and the latest satellite navigation and communication equipment, but the prevailing atmosphere on- board will be one of grace and warmth—the rich Dutch heritage so valued in the 134 Holland

America ships that have sailed during the past 108 years.

Dutch architect F. de Vlaming has been retained to design and guide the construction of the pub- lic areas and cabins. Passengers will find spacious lounges, cozy intimate bars, two swimming pools and a wading pool, a formal dining room and picture windows overlooking the ocean, a Lido area for informal breakfast and lunch, a disco, nightclub, casino, large gymnasium and sauna, and an ob- servatory on the top deck of the ship with a panoramic view of the sea.

The new luxury liner will be built to Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping Rules and Regulations and complies with the latest Safety of Life at Sea, United States

Coast Guard, Netherlands Ship- ping Inspectorate, the United

States Public Health Service, and other United States and interna- tional rules, regulations, and re- quirements.

Kevin Peterson Joins

Houston-Based JERED

As Operations Manager

JERED of Houston, the new underwater unmanned vehicle in- spection company, has announced that Kevin Peterson has joined the firm as operations manager.

Mr. Peterson will be based in the firm's new offices in the Park 10

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