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Zidell Launches 'St. Elias,1

Dcean Deck Barge

The St. Elias, a 335- by 76- by 22- 'oot ocean deck barge, was launched

Dy Zidell Marine Corp. of Portland,

Dregon in late June. The St. Elias is

Deing leased by Zidell, Inc. to Samson

Tug & Barge of Sitka, Alaska.

Samson will be using the St. Elias on an on-going scheduled 35- to 40- day general cargo run.

Finnyards Delivers Ro/Ro

Passenger Vessel

The Ro/Ro passenger vessel or- dered by French owner Compagnie

Meridionale de Navigation was de- livered at Rauma yard of Finnyards

Ltd. on July 19. The vessel is for service carrying cargo and passen- gers between Marseille and Bastia.

As a passenger vessel the ship is 6,200 dwt, 9,000-dwt as a cargo ves- sel.

Spliethoff Places $132M

Order With Dutch Yards

Dutch shipping company

Spliethoff Bevrachtingskantoor re- portedly placed a six ship order val- ued at an estimated $132 million with three Dutch yards. The com- pany, which operates a fleet of 47 general cargo vessel, placed the or- der with Shipyard Merwede, IHC and Frisian Shipyard. The first ves- sel is due for delivery next year, with the order completed in 1995. 'Zirfaea1 Delivered By

Bodewes Volharding Yard

The Zirfaea, a vessel designed and built to perform a wide range of survey services in the North Sea and on the Continental Shelf, was delivered recently. The Zirfaea was designed by Nevesbu, The Hague, and the actual building of the vessel took place at Bodewes Volharding yard at Foxhol, Groningen, in close cooperation with Conoship Interna- tional, Groningen. The vessel will, among other tasks, provide services such as: charting of shipping lanes' drafts, sea bottom and soil investi- gations, maintenance/inspection surveys of executed dredging works, and seabed pipeline inspections.

Newbuilding Investment

Helps Germany Maintain

Containership Control

A massive investment in newbuildings has helped Germany consolidate its position as controller of the world's biggest fleet of fully- cellular containerships, concludes the latest issue of World Shipowning

Groups, the quarterly publication from Lloyd's of London Press and

Lloyd's Register. Companies with ultimate management control in united Germany are responsible for

August, 1993 a fleet of249 ships totalling 359,352 teu, and the German controlled fleet includes 65 newbuildings of 118,118 teu, far in excess of any other nation's investment in new containerships.

According to the report, Japan and Taiwan rank second and third respectively, with the Japanese con- trolled fleet consisting of 153 ves- sels (266,541 teu) and 12 newbuildings (25,628); while

Taiwan's fleet total is 132 vessels (248,672 teu) including 15 newbuildings (36,742 teu).

North Atlantic Marine

Announces Contract

Diana D. Artiaga, president of

North Atlantic Marine, Inc., an- nounced that the company signed a contract with Washburn & Doughty

Assoc. to install the entire electronic system on an 85-foot passenger ferry for Casco Bay Island Transit Dis- trict. The diesel-propelled 85-foot ferry is capable of accommodating a minimum of 350 passengers on two decks. The ferry is built in accor- dance with USCG Sub chapter T and relevant other chapters for lakes, bays and sounds services in- side Casco Bay between Portland,

Maine, Bailey Island and Orr's Is- land, Maine. The vessel will be propelled by two GM 8V 92N or equal keel-cooled two cycle engines rated at 364 bhp at 2,100 rpm. North

Atlantic Marine specializes in ma- rine electrical and electronics in- stallations. For more information,

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