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Seamen's Church Institute

Announces $200,000 Grant

From Mobil Foundation

The Rev. James R. Whittemore (right), executive director of The Seamen's Church Institute of N.Y and N.J., accepts a Mobil Foundation grant of $200,000 from Gerhard E. Kurz, president of

Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company. The grant will assist in upgrading the Visual Ship

Simulator, training staff and curricula of the

Institute's Maritime Training Division.

The Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey (SCI) recently announced a grant of $200,000 from Mobil Foundation,

Inc., the Mobil Corporation's phil- anthropic arm. Mobil Shipping and

Transportation Company president

Gerhard E. Kurz presented the gift, which will benefit the Institute's

Maritime Training facility, to the

Rev. James R. Whittemore, ex- ecutive director of the institute. The institute's Maritime Training Divi- sion has one of the world's most sophisticated visual ship simulators, a professional training staff, and tailor-made curricula, all of which will be enhanced by the grant.

The Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, with headquarters in lower Manhattan, is an ecumenical voluntary agency of the Episcopal Church founded more than 157 years ago. The insti- tute is dedicated to serving the ever- changing needs of seafarers from all nations and all creeds.

Galveston Ship

Consolidates Yard,

Will Sell 35 Acres

In a move to streamline its opera- tions and release a portion of its shipyard property for sale, Galveston

Shipbuilding will consolidate its ser- vices to a northeast 10-acre section of its 45-acre site in Galveston,

Texas, according to owner Harry J.

Fiegel Jr. "We just had more space than necessary for the type of work we do," said Mr Fiegel. Twenty of the 35 acres released for sale are where new barge construction was done during a period when the yard de- signed and built double-skin and integrated tug-barge units of up to 55,000 deadweight tons. The re- maining acreage supports the ship- yard facility by providing parking, rail access, and additional waterfrontage.

According to Mr. Fiegel, the

November, 1991 tracts for sale include an operational shipyard with deepwater frontage, a railroad spur, a turning basin chan- neled to Intracoastal Waterway Mile 355, buildings, equipment, launch- ing way, and a 1,000-ton Syncrolift drydock.

Mr. Fiegel said that Galveston

Shipbuilding is adapting to new de- mands being placed on the shipping industry. The yard concentrates on custom modifications, repair and maintenance.

Galveston Shipbuilding's remain- ing facilities at the consolidated site include 550- by 105-foot and 350- by 60-foot graving docks, deepwater channel and turning basin, three building ways, fabrication shop, and warehouse. The yard has four- nozzle-capacity blasting equipment for both interior and exterior sand- blasting and painting, and a spe- cialized closed-vent system for barge cleaning.

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Metal Trades Lands $1.7 Million Contract

For Tug Overhaul

Metal Trades, Inc., Hollywood,

S.C., recently received a $1,682,814 contract for the regular overhaul of the large harbor tug YTB-804. The pact was awarded by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and

Repair, Charleston, S.C.

Only One Marine

Turbine Has Ever Survived This

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