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Hellenic Lines To Convert

Four Cargo Ships To

Container Vessels

As part of its continuing pro- gram of modernization aimed to- ward increasing present lifting capacity to meet the technological needs of the trade, Hellenic Lines has contracted for the conver- sion of four ships to fully cellu- larized container vessels. The ves- sels to be converted are four of the Pride Class, originally built in Finland in 1972. By replacing the midbody with a fully cellu- larized, 106-meter section with reefer capacity, the vessels will achieve 1,202-TEU container ca- pacity, while maintaining a speed of up to 19 knots, and employing the most modern container stow- age and handling devices.

Conversion will be handled by

Cantieri Navali Riuniti, S.P.A. of

Genoa, Italy, and will take place in either Palermo or at another of its three shipyards. All vessels will be delivered between Febru- ary and August 1982. Future plans for deployment of three of the vessels are for operation in

Hellenic Lines' U.K.-Continent/

Arabian Gulf Service, and the fourth possibly for the U.S./

Arabian Gulf Service.

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Standard 35,000-dwt Bulk

Carrier Developed By

Japan's Nippon Kokan

NKK (Nippon Kokan) of Japan has developed a 35,000-dwt, standard type bulk carrier de- signed to meet the increasing demand for ships smaller than

Panamax types. Shin-ichi Hira- yama, president of NKK America

Inc., said the ship will be con- structed at the company's Shim- izu shipyard.

With a draft of about 34i/2 feet, the carrier could call at most of the major ports of the world. Its hull is designed with the strength to carry all kinds of heavy cargo in alternate holds, and its large hatch openings would expedite the loading and unloading of con- tainers.

The beam of the vessel has been broadened to reduce hull weight, a feature of an econom- ical ship, but it maintains the op- erational efficiency of a conven- tional ship. Length between per- pendiculars is 547.89 feet, beam is 96.78 feet, depth is 48.55 feet, and draft 34.45 feet. The vessel's main engine will be a Sulzer 6RLB-66 diesel with a service rat- ing of 11,850 bhp, providing a speed of 15.1 knots.

Choctaw Asks Title XI

For Rig Reconstruction

To Cost $86 Million

Choctaw Drilling Company,

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

XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction or reconstruc- tion of three drilling vessels. Two of the vessels are expected to be employed initially in the inland waterway of Venezuela and the third, offshore West Africa. The applicant is a subsidiary of Santa

Fe International Corporation, Al- hambra, Calif. The application in- cludes :

A twin-hulled semisubmersible drilling vessel being converted from a hull previously used for a semisubmersible pipelaying barge. This work is being done by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New

Orleans, La., with delivery sched- uled for August 31.

A floating-type inland barge designed for drilling in shallow water. This vessel is being con- verted from an existing launch/ cargo barge by Vemar Inc., Chan- nelview, Texas. Delivery is sched- uled for June 30.

A new inland waters barge de- signed for use in shallow water.

No builder has been proposed for this vessel, but delivery is esti- mated for late 1982.

All three vessels are eligible for guarantees of up to 75 percent of their estimated costs. The appli- cation requests guarantees total- ing $48,399,000 of the total esti- mated cost of $86,185,000.

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