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SHIPYARD ENGINEERS

Bender has openings for the following degreed engineers:

Naval Architecture

Marine Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Applicants are required to have 5 to 7 years of senior design experience directly related to Shipyard production. The position will require the ability to perform engineering calculations and direct CAD designers. Responsibilities will be at the project level within each engineering discipline.

We offer a congenial working atmosphete, competitive wages and benefits. For consideration to this opportunity, submit your resume in confidence to: Personnel

Department Manager, Bender

Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc.,

P.O. Box 42, Mobile, AL 36601.

EOE. BENDER Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc.

PAXMAN DIESELS

WANTED

Any condition considered, spares also accepted.

Send details, model, type, serial Nos. to: fax: 514/695-8036 pacity, particularly in the Far East region.

With Yen500 million ($4 million) in capital, the project will be undertaken by a Cebu-based joint venture involving Tsuneishi Research &

Development (TRD) and Aboitiz, a Cebu, Philip- pine company. Initially, some 320 people will be employed at breaking and recycling a planned eight 60,000-dwt bulk carriers a year, with work beginning by summer 1993. Annual pro- duction would be valued at Yen2.7 billion ($21.2 million).

Marine Drilling Companies

Requests MarAd's OK

On Sale Of Drill Rig

Marine Drilling Companies, Inc, of Sugar

Land, Texas, has filed an application with the

U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) for per- mission to sell and transfer to Liberian registry the 4,382-gt drill rig Marine 8. The company is required to obtain MarAd's permission for the transaction under section 9 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended.

The proposed purchaser of the drill rig is

Production Partner, Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.

The vessel was built in Ingleside, Texas, in 1978 and would be used in drilling and production work in international waters.

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U.S. Ships Will Continue

To Carry Japanese Cars

Under New Contracts

Japanese automakers have renewed their contracts with three American shipping lines that together carried 4.3 percent of Japan's total car exports to the U.S. in 1991.

Because of the growing trade imbalance be- tween the two countries, Japan was asked by the U.S. government in the mid-80's to ship some of its cars on U.S.-flag vessels.

Secaucus, N.J.-based Marine Transport

Lines, Inc., (MTL) has signed another five-year contract with Nissan Motor Corporation for the continued service of the 35,700-gt pure car carrier (PCC) Marine Reliance.

Two ships belonging to Central Gulf Lines,

New Orleans, also have contracts with the Japa- nese. The 38,659-gt PCC Green Bay carries vehicles for Honda Motor Company and the 46,950-gt PCC Green Lake for Toyota Motor

Corporation. Central Gulfs contract with Honda was signed in 1987 and has been extended.

Toyota also has a contract until 1994 with

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) Bulk Ships,

New York, to carry approximately 5,000 cars on the 48,017-gt PCC Overseas Joyce.

Japanese To Set Up First

Philippine Scrapping Yard

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Company, Hiroshima,

Japan, is proceeding with its plan to build the first major ship demolition facility in the Philip- pines. The yard will have a 500,000-dwt a year scrapping capacity and be located in Cebu, the

Philippines.

Tsuneishi will be the first major Japanese shipbuilder to venture into ship scrapping and recycling work on its own account. The com- pany believes it can break-even by diversifying into the steel manufacturing and electric power generation business. Currently, there is a strong worldwide demand for increased scrapping ca-

October, 1992

Allies Of Ship Gaming Bill

Fight California Ban

Supporters of gaming on cruise ships be- tween Californian ports are continuing their efforts to oppose a state ban by convincing lawmakers that gaming at sea equates to more jobs and a boost to California's ailing economy.

Congress recently passed legislation allow- ing U.S. cruise ships to offer gaming for the first time in 40 years in an attempt to rejuvenate the country's shipyards. The law also ended criti- cism that foreign ship operators had an unfair advantage by having no such gaming restric- tions.

However, citing its concern over the possible involvement of organized crime in the industry,

California enacted a provision in the law that gives each state the right to ban gaming on interstate voyages.

State Govenor Pete Wilson had asked the Bush

Administration to lift the ban on foreign-flag ships carrying passengers between U.S. ports, saying it would create more jobs and help the state's economy.

However, proponets of shipboard gamming be- lieve that California's ban will instead reduce the number of port calls made by passenger vessels and are hoping to amend the ban before it becomes effective in January 1993.

Ninth Annual IPPPM,

Set For New Orleans

From March 15-26 1993

Senior port officials and maritime industry ex- ecutives that are interested in learning the latest port operation, planning and management tech- niques can participate in the ninth annual Inter- national Program for Port Planning and Manage- ment (IPPPM), to be held in New Orleans, La., from March 15 to March 26, 1993.

IPPPM is sponsored by the board of commis- sioners of the Port of New Orleans, the World

Trade Center of New Orleans, the Louisiana State

University National Ports and Waterways Insti- tute and the University of New Orleans. "Two weeks of lectures, group discussions and field investigations sharpen participants' practi- cal skills and strengthen their conceptual under- standing of all facets of port planning and manage- ment," says IPPPM director Richard O.

Baumbach Jr., "and the Port of New Orleans serves as an ideal laboratory for this training program."

All courses are taught by a distinguished fac- ulty composed of U.S. and international maritime industry, management and financial experts.

For more information, contact: Richard O.

Baumbach Jr.; Director, IPPPM; CUPA/LUTAC;

University of New Orleans; New Orleans, LA 70148; U.S.A. Or call: (504) 286-6519; fax: (504) 286-6272.

Dr. Martinez Appointed

Director Of DOT's New

Office Of Intermodalism

Dr. Robert E. Martinez was appointed by the

Secretary of Transportation Andrew H. Card

Jr. as the director of the department's new office of intermodalism. President Bush has also nomi- nated Dr. Martinez as associate deputy secretary of transportation.

Dr. Martinez has been deputy administrator of the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Mari- time Administration since April 1990. He has also served as one of three members of the Maritime

Subsidy Board.

The Office of Intermodalism was established as a result of language in the Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, which calls for the development of a national intermodal trans- portation system within DOT.

Dr. Martinez is responsible for coordinating the federal intermodal transportation policy and initiating policies to promote efficient intermodal transportation, such as: developing marketing strategies, conducting and sharing research and development of new systems, administering seed grants to the states to develop "model" intermodal plans and projects and eliminating unnecessary regulatory barriers that stand in the way of an intermodal system. 115