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First Saudi-Owned

Shipping Company

Gets First Vessel

The first shipping line totally- owned by Saudi Arabia became a reality recently following formal acceptance of the first cargo ves- sel by the newly established Saudi

National Shipping Company. The 23,000-gt Saudi Riyadh, a RO/

RO-containership, is the first of seven similar vessels S.N.S.C. ex- pects to be operating in the near future.

Claiming his country sought "independence from foreign ship- ping companies," S.N.S.C. man- aging director Dr. Abdulaziz M.

Al-Turki said the firm has also purchased the Ryadh's sister ship, renamed Saudi Mecca, which will be claimed in Bremen within a month. Still another similar ves- sel will be chartered shortly. Bids for construction of four larger

RO/RO-containerships will be opened in the near future.

The company hopes to capture a major share of the United

States-Saudi shipping trade, in- cluding all of the construction- booming country's contract cargo.

The U.S. is the Saudis' largest supplier of sea cargo, Dr. Al-

Turki noted. All told, last year the Saudis imported 42 million tons of surface cargo worldwide.

S.N.S.C. is 25-percent owned

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Anastasio Elected

President Of Marine

Concrete Structures

Frank L. Anastasio Jr. has been elected president of Marine

Concrete Structures, Inc. The New

Orleans-based company is the largest builder in the United

States of precast, prestressed con- crete gravity structures used in the offshore oil and gas industry.

It operates construction yards at

Port Bienville, Miss., and a con- crete component plant in Met- airie, La. The company also fab- ricates and erects precast, pre- stressed concrete, multi-story buildings in the New Orleans area.

Mr. Anastasio headed the MCS design team that developed the concrete gravity structures—the first seven are now on site — at the LOOP terminal facilities on shore in coastal Louisiana. He joined the company 10 years ago as a project engineer and was vice president in charge of sales.

As a design engineer, Mr. Ana- stasio was actively involved in developing the first concrete grav- ity structure placed in U.S. off- shore waters.

C.T. Palo Appointed

Marine Superintendent

For McAllister-Philadelphia

Christopher T. Palo

Capt. Donald F. Stephens, gen- eral manager of McAllister Broth- ers, Inc., Philadelphia, has an- nounced the appointment of

Christopher T. Palo as marine su- perintendent. He will be respon- sible for all engineering and ves- sel maintenance and repair for the entire Philadelphia fleet and the offshore vessels operated out of that office.

In 1975, Mr. Palo joined Mc-

Allister Brothers at Tug & Barge

Dry Docks, Bayonne, N.J., as as- sistant port engineer. Prior to joining McAllister, he worked for

Puget Sound Towing on the West

Coast; he is a graduate of the

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

In 1979, Mr. Palo was promoted to port engineer of the McAllister

Norfolk Division. He adds a new depth and dimension for the dry- dock and shipyard repair opera- tions for the Philadelphia fleet of the company.