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Los Angeles Shipyard Corporation

Looks To Lease Todd Facility

Reports It Will Build Two Tankers For OSCO negotiations for a possible labor contract with Local Lodge S-9 of the

Industrial Union of Marine & Ship- building Workers of America-IAM have begun. "We are pleased to already have more than 1,500 job applications from individuals anxious to work with our company," said Mr. Cher- nesky.

Price Waterhouse is representing

The Los Angeles Shipyard Corpora- tion in the acquisition and financing of the debt and equity required to complete the transaction. Financing is currently being put in place to meet ongoing capital requirements for the company.

Los Angeles Shipyard Corpora- tion, based in San Pedro, Calif., recently announced it had secured its first production contract and has been awarded the exclusive nego- tiating rights from the Port of Los

Angeles for leasing arrangements for a shipyard formerly leased by

Todd Shipyard Corporation. The 100-acre site is located at the Port of

Los Angeles, just north of the Vin- cent Thomas Bridge.

The Los Angeles Shipyard Corpo- ration has been awarded an $82-mil- lion contract with the Norwegian shipping firm OSCO Group for the construction of two 40,000-ton oil tankers pending finalization of lease negotiations, according to John

Stupakis, chief executive officer of the company.

The Los Angeles Shipyard Corpo- ration was formed to take advantage of the renewed interest in domestic shipbuilding and repair at one of the world's largest port facilities. The corporation was formed by Mr.

Stupakis, a former aerospace exec- utive and other experienced corpo- rate managers who are looking for- ward to employing production spe- cialists formerly associated with the

Todd Shipyards.

Once on line, The Los Angeles

Shipyard Corporation will employ an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom lost their jobs in 1989 with the closure of Todd Shipyards's San

Pedro facility.

John Chernesky, manager, hu- man resources for the company and a retired Navy Captain, said that

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