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Indonesia Signs $150-Million

Agreement For 4 Boeing Jetfoils t

A patrol hydrofoil version of the Boeing Jetfoil for which In- donesia has signed a cooperative manufacturing agreement with Boeing Marine Systems.

The Republic of Indonesia has reached agreement with Boeing Marine Systems for the purchase of four Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoils with an option for six more. The agreement includes cooperative manufacture of Jetfoils in Indonesia.

The initial contract, valued at approxi- mately $150 million, is for the purchase of four Jetfoils for use in coastal patrol and for

Boeing to assist P.T. Pabrik Kapal (P.T. PAL), the Indonesian national shipbuilding facility, in developing the capability to manufacture the high technology hydrofoils. While P.T.

PAL will obtain the ability to build the Jet- foils, Boeing will continue to manufacture the critical elements of the struts and foils and the automatic control system and supply those to Indonesia. If Indonesia opts for the addi- tional six Jetfoils, the value to Boeing would total $330 million.

A Boeing Jetfoil, Bima Sumudera I, was purchased by Indonesia in 1981 and used to evaluate hydrofoil potential for coastal patrol and commercial applications in Indonesia.

The Indonesian Navy has identified a long- term requirement for up to 47 Jetfoils. Com- mercial passenger carrying Jetfoils would be in addition to that requirement.

Boeing Marine Systems has also delivered six larger Patrol Hydrofoil Missileships (PHMs) to the U.S. Navy. The Navy PHMs are sta- tioned in Key West, Fla.

For further information on Boeing hydrofoils,

Write 16 on Reader Service Card 63,686-Ton Bulk Carrier

Delivered By Hitachi Zosen

Designed as the largest bulk carrier that can transit the Pan- ama Canal the Maersk Seragoon features a bulb stern and

B&W engines.

The Maersk Seragoon was recently deliv- ered by the Hitachi Zosen Ariake Works to its owner, The Maersk Company Pte. Ltd.,

Singapore.

The ship is a bulk carrier designed to be the largest that can transit the Panama Canal.

For fuel efficiency the design included such features as a bulb stern, a constant pressure turbo-charged engine and long-life antifouling hull paint. Four deck cranes provide increased cargo-handling efficiency.

The Maersk Seragoon has a length of 215 meters; beam of 32.2 meters; draft of 12.9 me- ters; gross tonnage of 31,580; dead weight of 63,686 metric tons; maximum output of 12,100 hp (98 rpm); and a trial speed (maximum) of 16.98 knots. Its main engine is a Hitachi

B&W and it is classified LR.

Joint Venture Formed By

Union Carbide And MTL

Union Marine Transport Company, a ship- ping joint venture for transporting bulk chem- icals, has been established by Union Carbide

Corporation and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., it was recently announced by the two parent companies.

According to James H. Rand, president of

MTL, "The new firm will transport a wide va- riety of bulk chemicals for the United States chemical industry."

The new firm has a fleet of three vessels un- der U.S. registry: SS Chemical Pioneer, a chemical tanker which has just been delivered to Union Marine by Newport News Shipbuild- ing, Newport News, Va.; the chemical carrier

SS Alaskan, and the oceangoing chemical barge Jo Anne.

The chemical carrier SS Chemical Pioneer is a 688-foot-long 35,000 deadweight-ton-ves- sel. Reportedly the most modern chemical tanker currently in service, the Pioneer has 48 distinct cargo tanks. The SS Alaskan has an overall length of 665 feet and a cargo ca- pacity of 25,000 deadweight tons, with 31 cargo tanks. The barge Jo Anne has an over- all length of 500 feet and a capacity of 13,000 deadweight tons, in eight cargo tanks.

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The Chemical Pioneer recently completing its maiden voyage is 668 feet long and carries 48 chemical cargo tanks. constituted, MTL will be able to offer to chem- ical companies the space to move small par- cels at costs competitive with those moving large quantities of chemicals in bulk."

The concept of "piggybacking," or parcel tanker trading, is not new to the chemical or shipping industries; however, up to now it has been far more extensively employed in foreign trade. MTL and Union Carbide, through Union

Marine Transport, are now bringing this con- cept to the U.S.-flag domestic trade in a sig- nificant manner.

Sundar K. Sundaresan, vice president of marketing and corporate planning for MTL, has executive responsibility for the joint ven- ture, and Eugene F. Whitehorne, marketing manager of MTL and general manager of the joint venture, has overall responsibility for op- erations and administration as well as for marketing and vessel utilization.

For information concerning Union Marine's cargo carrying capabilities, competitive deliv- ery system and availability of space,

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