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Drewry Reports Steady

Growth In Reefer Market

Over Next Five Years

In a recent report published by

Drewry Shipping Consultants, it was indicated that there may be steady growth over the next five years in the reefer market.

The report stated that the reefer market may grow to about 46.7 mil- lion tons by the year 1995 and will continue to expand to year 2000 to over 50 million tons.

An increase of about 8.5 percent has been predicted which could bring totals to about 55 million tons by the year 2005. This level would be about 33 percent more than all reefer im- ports in 1989 throughout the world.

In 1989 about 64 percent of all reefer goods were shipped by sea and Drewry predicts this total to increase to 75 percent by 2005. If this increase should occur, Drewry indicated that there could be an increase in the size and capacity of reefer vessels to accommodate the expanding shipments of reefer goods.

NASSCO To Accelerate

Commercial Ship

Repair Effort

With the R.J. Pfeiffer being the only commercial ship delivered in the U.S. this year, NASSCO recently turned its marketing efforts and shipyard resources to commercial ship repair.

The Viking Serenade is one of the nine commercial ships repaired at NASSCO in the past 12 months.

During the past year, NASSCO has repaired nine commercial ships, which is the first time in eight years that the yard has pursued non-mili- tary repair work. Included in the repairs were four tankers and a cruise ship.

NASSCO is one of the only ship- yards remaining on the West Coast which is capable of building large, oceangoing vessels. According to

Richard Grothen, vice president of repair, this asset gives the yard an advantage over those who spe- cialize solely in repair work.

Mr. Grothen said, "First, we have large berthing and crane ca- pacity, allowing us to bring in ships quickly and conduct virtually any repair in the shortest time possible."

NASSCO operates a 621-foot float- ing dry dock, maintains a 1,000-foot graving dock and has eight piers available for dockside repairs. Ten cranes operate in the yard, with lifting capacities up to 165 tons',':

Mr. Grothen also stated that the repair workforce can be augmented with the 600 people who are in- volved in building new ships at the yard. NASSCO's current workforce consists of about 3,000, and is build- ing three AOE-class fast combat sup- port ships for the U.S. Navy.

At the present time about80 to 90 percent of all repair work performed at the yard is for the U.S. Navy.

NASSCO hopes to maintain these repair levels, as well as increasing commercial repair so that it can make up about 50 percent of a larger repair effort.

NASSCO is a private, manage- ment/employee-owned corporation located in San Diego, Calif.

For more information on the re- pair and shipbuilding capabilities of

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