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Kvaerner Gibraltar Reopens,

Appoints ASRYMAR As Rep.

Kvaerner Gibraltar, Ltd., has reopened its ship repair yard after carrying out a substantial invest- ment program to modernize the shipyard and update its facilities.

The yard has also appointed

ASRYMAR, London, to act as its representative in the U.K. market.

With three drydocks, the largest of which is 902.2 feet by 124.7 feet and able to dock vessels up to 90,000 dwt, the yard is well placed to handle the many vessels of Panamax size which pass through Gibraltar.

The Canmar Venture in one of Kvaerner Gibraltar's three graving docks.

One of the first vessels to enter the refurbished yard was the

Canmar Venture, a 17,000-dwt con- tainer vessel operated by Canada

Maritime Services, Horley, Surrey,

U.K. The repairs included renew- ing close to 16 tons of steel in the ship's bulbous bow.

Top management of Kvaerner

Gibraltar will be Gunner

Skjelbred, managing director, and

Ragnar Weum, commercial man- ager. The workforce has been built up gradually and arrangements have been made with a number of qualified subcontractors enabling the yard to boost capacity and take on special jobs at short notice.

For more information on the ser- vices offered by Kvaerner Gibraltar shipyard,

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Japanese New Order

Contracts Drop 68 Percent In July

Japanese shipbuilders signed con- tracts in July to build six ships for export, which represents 175,090 gmt, a 68 percent decline from the 553,200 contracted to be built a year earlier, according to the Japan Ship

Exporters' Association.

Ocean's Request

To Affiliate With

Ocean Duchess Approved

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved a request by

Ocean Chemical Carriers, Inc., and

Ocean Chemical Transport, Inc., (Ocean) two subsidized tanker com- panies, to affiliate with Ocean Duch- ess, Inc.

Ocean currently receives operat- ing-differential subsidy (ODS) for operation of the MTV Julius Ham- mer and M/V Frances Hammer, owned by Joe Vaughan. Both com- panies have also bareboat chartered vessels from Suwannee River Lines,

Inc. and Suwannee River Charter- ing, Inc.

Section 805(a) of the Merchant

Marine Act of 1936, as amended, prohibits subsidized operators and their affiliates from participating in domestic shipping activity without written permission form MarAd.

Ocean Duchess manages the M/

V Duchess, and Mr. Vaughan wishes to purchase a controlling interest in the vessel.

A similar waiver was approved by MarAd in 1989, after the appli- cant demonstrated that the corpo- rate structures of the applicant and its affiliated companies were estab- lished in a manner which would prevent any subsidy diversion to the domestic trades.

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