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How are your tankers affected by the new

USCG rules?

Where can you get your tankers retrofitted to comply with the USCG rules on inert gas systems, segregated ballast, designated clean ballast and crude oil washing systems? How long will it take? What will it cost?

Call Bethlehem for answers: (212)558-9500

Bethlehem's seven major shipyards in the United

States add up to strong experience in Poth the

Puiiding and repairing of tankers. And there is also our design arm, CTD. Bethlehem's Central Technical

Division is world renowned for its innovative ship- systems' engineering and its Pold advancements in ship design and construction technology. CTD has already developed retrofit concepts that satisfy the new Coast Guard rules for Bethlehem-

Puilt tankers. Our repair yaras are well aPle—and are set—to handle the actual joPs of retrofitting.

But more! We'll gladly interpret the new rules applicable to your tankers and explain the many compliance options available. If you like, we'll develop suitable concepts for retrofitting any of your tankers, and design and engineer the changes required. Then, where scheduling permits, we'll quote the job at one of our yards.

Must act now, or...

June 1,1981, the first deadline for compliance with the new rules, is not far away. Ship owners and operators who schedule retrofitting now may choose a layup time of convenience; those who wait may have to take the time slots that are left.

If any!

Call Bethlehem now.

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Bethlehem Steel—Shipbuilding

Ship Repair Sales Office: One State St. Plaza, New York, NY 10004

Cables: BETHSHIP New York • Telex: 222-847 or 421-605 • Phone:(212)558-9500

Drydocks in Baltimore, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Harbors, and at Beaumont, Texas.

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