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Runyan Shipyard Names

Senior Management Team

The president of a group of com- panies which includes Runyan Ship- yard, Inc., of Pensacola, Fla., Ro- nald C. Rasmus, has announced the appointment of its senior man- agement team at Runyan Shipyard.

John L. Leonard was named vice president, production and engi- neering. Mr. Leonard previously served as production manager at

Jacksonville shipyard and vice presi- dent, production, for Runyan Ma- chine & Boiler Works, Inc. and Desco

Marine of St. Augustine, Fla.

Fred Y. Martin was named vice president, business development and estimating. Mr. Martin has served in numerous positions at various companies in the Gulf of

Mexico. He was most recently the director of estimating at Bender

Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Inc..

He also has worked for Fredeman

Shipyard, Gulf & Intercoastal Ship- building, Zigler Shipyard, Equitable

Shipyards and Ingalls Shipbuild- ing.

The new Runyan Shipyard com- plex with its machine shops and three marine railways encompasses more than 15 acres on the north bank of Bayou Chico.

Also to be known as Runship, the new facility will revitalize and ex- pand Runyan's traditional ship re- pair and machine shop businesses to include new vessel and barge construction, and a new marine in- dustrial park for various special- ized repair businesses which sup- port the U.S. Navy in Pensacola.

For more information,

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Double Hull Rule Issued

By U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued an interim final rule which regu- lates the construction of double hull oil tankers after June 1990 and pro- vides a 25-year phase-out schedule for existing single hull tankers op- erating in U.S. waters. The rule applies to domestic, as well as for- eign vessels which transport oil in

U.S. waters.

Andrew B. Card Jr., Secretary of Transportation, said that the rule represents a major initiative by the government to reduce oil pollu- tion. He also noted that double hull vessels are expected to reduce U.S. oil spills by more than two million gallons each year.

The rule, required by the Oil Pol- lution Act of 1990 (OPA90), sets minimum requirements for the space between the two hulls and defines the phase-out schedule. The provision requiring a second steel hull between the oil cargo and the water will significantly reduce the amount of oil spilled during a colli- sion or grounding.

The phase-out schedule for exist- ing single hull oil tankers will begin in 1995 and requires that these ves- sels be retrofitted with a double hull if they are to continue operating in

U.S. waters.

Older, larger vessels will be re- quired to comply with the rule first, while smaller vessels have until the year 2015 to either be retrofitted or retired.

For more information, contact:

Steve Shapiro at (202) 267-1181 or write to: U.S. Coast Guard Head- quarters, Commandant G-MVI-2, 2100 Second St. S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20593-0001.

Cascade General

Awarded $3,162,294

Deactivation Contract

A contract worth $3,162,294 has been awarded to Cascade General,

Inc., Portland, Ore., by the Mari- time Administration for deactiva- tion work aboard the RRF breakbulk vessel SS Cape Bon.

MarAd maintains a select group of RRF cargo ships to meet surge sealift needs in the early stages of military contingency operations.

During Operation Desert Shield and

Desert Storm, MarAd activated 79 of its 96 RRF vessels.

The work will include repairs nec- essary to meet classification specifi- cations and regulations.

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