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Frigate Is First Naval

Ship To Enter

Albania Since WWII

The frigate John Hall recently arrived in Tirana, Albania, and be- came the first U.S. naval ship to enter that country since World War

II. Reports indicate that the cap- tain of the frigate, Donald Gahger, met with the Albanian defense min- ister aboard the vessel to discuss how the Navy could assist the Alba- nian military.

New Businesses At Port

Of Tampa Add Over 300 Jobs To Bay Area

Three steamship lines, a grain exporter and a container facility are included among some of the new business developments at the Port of Tampa over the past 12 months.

Over 300 new jobs were created and an economic impact of about $19 million was recorded during the first year of operations.

According to Tampa Port Author- ity statistics, there had been seven new business startups or expan- sions at the Port of Tampa from

August 1991 through August 1992.

A total of 335 jobs for the first year of operation was expected and, if business and cargo projections are met, that number could climb to over 400.

The Port of Tampa is one of the largest tonnage ports in Florida and ranks among the top 10 tonnage ports in the U.S.

Economic impact to the area re- lated to port activity, according to a

University of South Florida study, is nearly $6 billion annually and jobs created in the five county area of Tampa Bay total 68,000.

British Maritime Technology

To Assist In Restoration

Of Historic Ships

One of the world's leading archi- tectural firms, British Maritime

Technology, has been selected to provide technical assistance to San

Francisco Maritime National His- torical Park in the restoration of the world's largest fleet of historic ships at the Hyde Street Pier.

The company's services will be provided by a contract with its sub- sidiary, Designers and Planners,

Inc., of Arlington, Va., which has been providing technical support to the U.S. Navy in the restoration of the frigate USS Constitution ("Old

Ironsides") in Boston.

MarAd Approves Sale

Of McDermott Lay

Barges For Scrapping

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved an applica- tion from McDermott Incorporated,

New Orleans, La., for permission to sell McDermott Lay Barge No. 20 and McDermott Lay Barge No. 21 to

Damet Marine B.V., Rotterdam, The

Netherlands, for scrapping in Co- lombia.

MarAd's permission is required by section nine of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended.

Nichols Brothers Receives

Dive Cat Order

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders,

Inc., Freeland, Wash., has received an order for an 80-foot by 30-foot catamaran Hawaiian dive boat from

Alaska Dive Boats, Inc. The boat will be delivered by the end of this year, according to Nichols president,

Matt Nichols.

The boat, designed by Interna- tional Catamarans, Ltd., of Austra- lia, will be based in Hawaii where it will support overnight diving expe- ditions. To be equipped with Lug- ger engines, the vessel will have a top speed of 20 knots.

The yard is adding 5.5-foot, port- and starboard-sponsons and a 20- foot "plug" to lengthen the Blue Fin, while a 30-foot midsection is being inserted into the Nichols Brothers- built Gun-Mar.

For additional information about the services available from Nichols

Brothers' boat yard,

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