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MHI To Deliver 290,000-dwt

Double-Hulled VLCC

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,

Ltd. (MHI) has completed its first double-hulled design very large crude oil carrier (VLCC), which was christened at a ceremony at MHI's

Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery

Works.

The 290,927-ton tanker Ocean

Guardian was delivered to Ocean

Transport Co., Ltd. of Liberia on

May 26th. For more on MHI,

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South Korea's Daewoo Wins

Two Newbuilding Contracts

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy

Machinery Ltd. agreed with Westfal-

Larsen & Co. of Norway to build three 46,000-ton open hatch gen- eral cargo-container carriers, for $44 million per ship. The first is sched- uled for delivery in 1995. Daewoo also signed an agreement with

Marubeni Corp. of Japan to build a ship to carry 5,000 automobiles. The reported contract price is $45 mil- lion, and the vessel, which will be rented to Mitsui Osk Lines, is sched- uled for delivery early in 1995. For more on Daewoo,

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World-Wide Shipping Sells

VLCCs For Scrapping

World-Wide Shipping of Hong

Kong and Mobil Oil of the U.S. have both sold VLCCs to Chinese break- ers for scrapping. World-Wide has sold a total of three vessels and Mobil has sold one. World-Wide's most recent sale, a 237,000-dwt vessel, received $163.50 per ton. The sec- ond was sold for $162.50 per ton, and the first for $161 per ton. Dr.

Helmut Sohmen, World-Wide chairman, is a strong advocate of scrapping as a means of increasing freight rates for shipowners.

Raytheon Awarded $67

Million Navy Contract

The U.S. Navy awarded a $66.9 million contract to Raytheon Co. for engineering and technical services required to support the AEGIS de- fensive system program. For more information on Raytheon,

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SPD Offers Free Brochure

On MIL-SPEC Circuit

Breakers And Switchgear

SPD Technologies offers inter- ested customers a free 48-page color brochure entitled Mil-Spec Circuit

Breakers and Switchgear. This in- cludes molded case breakers from five amps through 1,600 amps. The

SPD brochure is a guide to selecting from an extensive line of circuit breakers and switchgear. The cir- cuit breakers are divided into two categories, molded case circuit breakers (AQB) and air circuit break- ers (ACB). Each category includes application and technical data, rat- ing charts and product descriptions.

Each piece of equipment is with a photograph and a full-page descrip- tion. The switchgear section con- tains photos and text describing the

SPD selection of Navy switchgear.

For a free copy of the SPD brochure,

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Sea-Land, APL Move To

Reflag Containerships

Sea-Land Service, Inc. moved to abandon the U.S. flag for 13 of its 41 ships, and American President Line followed suit saying it too will seek to re-register several of its vessels under foreign flag. Both companies are following through on threats made when maritime reform legis- lation failed earlier this year. Cost savings estimates of flagging out are about $3 million per year per ship. Sea-Land is estimating 550

U.S. jobs will be lost when it places 13 ships under the flag of the

Marshall Islands by year end.

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