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Joint Venture Receives

Title XI For $109-Million

Chemical Carrier

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an appli- cation for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of the Chemical Pioneer, a 35,000- deadweight-ton chemical carrier being built by Newport News

Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.,

Newport News, Va.

The approved guarantee will not exceed $82,264,000 or 75 percent of the vessel's estimated actual cost of $109,686,024.

Union Carbide Corp. (UCC) of

Danbury, Conn., and Marine

Transport Lines, Inc. (MTL) of

New York, N.Y., filed the applica- tion on behalf of Union Marine

Transport Co., a joint venture partnership to be formed by UCC and MTL subsidiaries.

Scheduled to be delivered in

September, the Chemical Pioneer will be the first chemical carrier built in the United States since 1970. The vessel was designed to meet the requirements of various

UCC business departments for parcel liftings of varied nature and size. The vessel's cargo tanks consist of 48 fully supported sys-

Production systems for ships, barges ana offshore structures.

Panel line.

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Our shape fabrication lines dramatically re- duce material handling costs. And our shot blast and paint processing systems clean and prime steel efficiently.

By using TTS systems, you'll realize improved material handling, production flexibility and im- proved working conditions, without cumbersome and costly equipment. And we build to your re- quirements and suit your existing shop floor.

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NEWPORT NEWS • LONDON • BERGEN • DROEBAK tems, each with submerged hy- draulic driven centrifugal pumps and nitrogen inerting systems.

Bankers Trust Company, New

York, N.Y., is expected to serve as owner trustee of the vessel under a leveraged lease financing ar- rangement. Union Marine Trans- port Co. would then enter into a long-term bareboat charter of the vessel, which will be operated by

Marine Transport Management, a wholly owned MTL subsidiary.

The Chemical Pioneer is ex- pected to be used primarily for the carriage of UCC cargoes between plants and terminals on the Gulf of Mexico, East Coast, and in

Puerto Rico.

Zenisek Named VP Of

Manufacturing Operations

At COMSAT TeleSystems

COMSAT TeleSystems, Inc.,

Fairfax, Va., named Robert F.

Zenisek as the company's new vice president of manufacturing operations. In this position, Mr.

Zenisek will be responsible for all phases of the manufacture of

TeleSystems' telecommunications products.

Mr. Zenisek comes to Tele-

Systems with more than 20 years of experience in the field of tele- communications equipment man- ufacturing. Most recently he was vice president-operations for GTE

Lenkurt in San Carlos, Calif. He holds a BS in management and a

BSEE from the University of

Illinois.

Sulzer Engines For

Two Container Ships

Sulzer 6RTA76 low-speed diesel engines will power two 1210TCU container ships being built for

Lloyd Brasileiro. Each engine has a continuous rating of 16,500 bhp at 90 rpm giving the 590-foot, 24,400-ton ships a service speed of 18.25 knots with a daily fuel con- sumption of 44 tons. The engines are being built under license by

Ishibras in Brazil and IHI in Japan. $1.2-Million Contract

Award To Debeg

Debeg Private Limited has re- cently signed a contract with a major shipyard in the Peoples Re- public of China.

Worth S$1.25 million, the con- tract covers the supply of Radio

Communications and Navigation equipment for three 12,300-dwt container vessels being built for

Chinese owners and includes an option for three further vessels.

Installation supervision and commissioning will be carried out by technicians from DPL's Singa- pore facility. DPL is a member of the West German DEBEG groups of companies.

Shape fabrication line.

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