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Sealift Head Predicts

More RO/RO Ships Will

Be Built In American Yards

Navy Vice Adm. Francis R.

Donovan, head of the U.S. Military

Sealift Command, recently told 120

Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates, on the 100th anniver- sary of the state college's charter, that an unspecified number of roll- on/roll-off ships will be built in

American shipyards to meet the nation's military cargo needs.

In the past two fiscal years, some $1,275 billion has been appropri- ated for new sealift ships, with an- other $1.3 billion possible in the fiscal year that begins October 1, 1992.

Depending on results of a sealift mobilization study due next fall, the

Navy will decide whether to own and operate the new ships, or lease

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Admiral Donovan saidU.S.-fiag vessels carried 80 percent of all mili- tary cargoes, including some 40,000 forty-foot containers during the peak

December-February buildup during the Persian Gulf War sealift.

Among lessons learned from the sealift, he said, are that reserve ships of similar type should be kept to- gether in outports near repair yards, and that the fleet needs more exer- cise. He said the reserve fleet needs more roll-on ships than the 17 avail- able for Desert Storm, and he agreed with Defense Secretary Richard

Cheney that such ships might be for sale on the commercial market.

Admiral Donovan defended rates the military paid to charter privately owned vessels, noting that the General Accounting Office, Con- gress' investigations arm, had found the prices fair and reasonable for the conditions we were dealing with.

HHI Is Leader In Bid

To Build 8 Tankers

For Venezuelan Owners

Industry sources indicate South

Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy

Industries (HHI) is emerging as the most likely candidate to win a con- tract to build a series of eight tank- ers for Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

State-owned oil company PDVSA revealed plans earlier to double the size of its current fleet of 19 ships to 39 ships. The ships HHI is bidding on are eight 86,000-dwt tankers.

If HHI is successful in its bid, it would come as a severe blow to Span- ish builder Astilleros Espanoles S.A., which is the only European bidder on the project among nine shipyards.

AESA's proposal for the project would split the order, with four be- ing built by the Spanish shipbuilder and four being built by other Euro- pean yards.

Cruise Traffic Surged

In First Quarter Of 1991

Cruise Lines International Asso- ciation, a cruise shipping trade group, reported that the number of people taking cruises rose strongly in this year's first quarter.

On ships operated by members of the Cruise Lines International As- sociation, passenger traffic jumped 14 percent in the first three months of 1991 compared with the same period of 1990. The 860,000 passen- gers set a new record for the quar- ter.

The association said, at the same time, air travel for the period was down an estimated 6.7 percent, re- sort vacations were off 7 percent, and total international travel de- clined by 18.1 percent.

James G. Godsman, the association's president said the gain in cruise traffic reflects the cruise industry's continued commitment to expansion and its decision to pro- mote aggressively into the reces- sion.

The association predicts that more than 4 million people will take a cruise this year if current booking trends continue.

Cruise Lines International Asso- ciation is the marketing and train- ing organization of the cruise indus- try, representing 35 member com- panies, some 20,000 travel agency affiliates and almost 99 percent of

North American cruise passengers.

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