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Ship Contracts Worth

Over $90 Million

Awarded To Astilleros

Astilleros Espanoles SA recently received a contract worth about $80 million to build two 140,000-dwt tankers for Refineria de Petroleos del Norte (Petronor). The crude carriers are expected to be delivered next year.

In addition, the Spanish ship- building and ship-repair group also received a three-year contract to repair the fleets of two Cuban ship- ping companies, Mambisa and Nav- icaribe.

The group's yards at Cadiz, Fer- rol, Las Palmas, Santander and Se- villa will provide the services under the contract, which is valued at about $10.8 million.

These contracts are in addition to an order that Astilleros Espanoles received late last year from the Del

Monte Tropical Fruit Co. for six reefer vessels. The reefers are sched- uled for delivery late next year.

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Canadian Shipbuilding And

Ship Repairing Association (CSSRA) Becomes CMIA

J.Y. Clarke, president of the

Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship

Repairing Association (CSSRA), re- cently announced that CSSRA will now be known as the Canadian Mar- itime Industries Association (CMIA). Eligibility requirements to join have been expanded to include ocean industries, both scientific and technical, and industries supporting offshore exploration and production operations.

Implicit in these changes is a ma- jor revision to the Association's cor- porate objectives which are now: "the promotion and development of the Canadian shipbuilding, ship re- pairing, offshore and ocean indus- tries for the advancement of the industrial, technological, economic, social, defence and sovereign inter- ests of Canada." It is our intent to represent new members from the oceanic and offshore industries to the governments and people of Can- ada in the same way as we have been doing for many years for shipyards, and suppliers of marine equipment and services.

From now on, there will be only one class of full member of the

CMIA, with provision being made for companies or agencies that do not qualify for membership, to be accepted as Associate Members.

Concerning corporate manage- ment, the maximum number of di- rectors on the board will remain at 40, with the proviso that directors representing shipyards will always have a majority of at least one. This means that members from compa- nies other than shipyards can be represented by up to 19 directors, a

Circle 196 on Reader Service Card ^ major increase over their current representation of four directors.

This provides comprehensive and equitable capability for all member companies in the new CMIA to con- tribute to the formulation of policy and implementation of corporate objectives.

One of the roles of the new asso- ciation will be to build upon the existing rapport with the Depart- ment of Fisheries and Oceans, and the soon-to-be-formed Department of Industry, Science and Technolo- gy, to promote programs of mutual concern. "This expansion of the associa- tion will bring together a more com- prehensive and realistic joining of the supply and demand sides of maritime industries in Canada,"

Mr. Clarke stated.

For details and information on joining CMIA, contact: The Canadi- an Maritime Industries Association,

P.O. Box 1429, Station B, 801—100

Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5R4; telephone 613-232-7127; fax 613-232-2490; telex 053-4848

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