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China Shipbuilding Will

Build Third Jackup For

Santa Fe International

Santa Fe International Corpo- ration, Alhambra, Calif., has an- nounced that it has placed an or- der for a new jackup drilling rig to work initially in the Gulf of

Suez. The new unit, Rig 136, will be the company's fourth offshore drilling rig under construction in

Far East shipyards. It is sched- uled to be delivered from China

Shipbuilding Corporation in Kaoh- siung, Taiwan, in June 1982.

A three-legged unit, Rig 136 will be a modified version of the

L-780 series designed by Friede & Goldman of New Orleans. It will be capable of drilling in 250 feet of water and to 20,000 feet below the seabed.

Immediately following its de- livery, the new unit is scheduled to go to Egypt, where it has been committed to Gulf of Suez Pe- troleum Company for an initial three-year contract. Gulf of Suez

Petroleum is jointly owned by

Egyptian General Petrolelum

Company and Amoco Egypt Oil

Company.

China Shipbuilding currently is constructing two other jackup drilling units for Santa Fe. Rig 127 is scheduled to be delivered in April 1981, and Rig 134 the following December. Both are committed to major oil companies for two-year contracts.

Thomas Moran Named

Chairman Of The Board

For Moran Towing Corp.

Thomas E. Moran

Thomas E. Moran, president and chief executive officer of the

Moran Towing Corporation, has been elected chairman of the board of the family-owned firm.

A fourth generation towing com- pany executive in his family, Mr.

Moran succeeds his father, Rear

Adm. Edmond J. Moran as head of one of the largest towing and transportation companies in the

United States. Admiral Moran, who has been chairman of the board since 1961 and president of the company since 1939, contin- ues as a director of Moran Tow- ing Corporation.

Mr. Moran began a maritime career in cargo ships and tankers of the American merchant marine in the 1940s, serving in Atlantic and Pacific war zones. After the war in 1946, he joined the oper- ations staff of Marine Transport

Lines in New York, a pioneering firm in the construction and op- eration of specialized vessels for the transport of liquid and dry bulk cargoes.

In 1952, Marine Transport

Lines appointed Mr. Moran oper- ations manager, and elected him vice president in 1959. He re- signed from Marine Transport

Lines in 1964 to accept the pres- idency of the Moran Towing Cor- poration. He had served as a di- rector of the corporation since 1954.

Hoving Replaces Koning

As Managing Director Of

Stork-Werkspoor Diesel

Consultations between the Su- pervisory Board of Stork-Werks- poor Diesel BV of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and B.W.E.

Koning have led to the agreement that Mr. Koning resign his post as managing director, effective

January 1, 1981. J.W. Hoving, formerly Board of Management director in charge of financial and social affairs, has taken on full responsibility of the general management from that date. The announcement was made by A.

Prins, chairman of the Supervi- sory Board of Directors. •• •• ."• •. : .-fir . • '' " . .. . " bk - - ( J, ,

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