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MarAd News (continued) "Star of Oregon" to Crosseas Ship- ping Ltd., of Leicester, England.

The vessel, which was built in New- port News, Va. in 1953, would be resold to Baldev Ship Breakers of

Shastringer, Bhavnagar India for scrapping in that country. • MarAd Issues Invitation For

Bids For Scrapping Of Vessels

MarAd has issued an invitation for bids no. EXC-8629 offering 12 obsolete vessels for scrapping within the U.S. or approved foreign coun- tries. They are located at national

Defense Reserve Fleet sites in

James River, Va. and Suisun Bay,

Calif.

The four vessels located at James

River RF are: Elko Victory; Selma

Victory; Wayne Victory; and Madi- son Jordan Manchester. The eight vessels located at Suisun Bay RF are: Bucknell Victory; Central Vic- tory; Council Bluffs Victory;

Lahaina Victory; Las Vegas Vic- tory; Lindenwood Victory; Loyola

Victory; and Massilon Victory. They are being sold "as is, where is," and bids must be received by 2:30 p.m. on October 15 by the Maritime Ad- ministration (Code 745.1), U.S.

Dept. of Transportation, 400 Sev- enth St., S.W., Room 4342, Wash- ington, D.C. 20590. • OMI Asks To Sell Tanker

MarAd received an application from OMI Corp. of New York for permission to sell the 37,583-dwt tanker OMI Wabash to Vijay Ship

Breaking Corp, Gujarat, India, for scrapping in that country. The ves- sel was built in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1969. • Marine Hydraulics Wins $2.8 Million MarAd Contract

MarAd awarded a $2.8 million contract to Marine Hydraulics Intl.

Inc. of Norfolk, Va. for prepositioning upgrades for the

Ready Reserve Force vessels MTV

Cape Hudson and M/V Cape Horn.

The work on both vessels will in- volve prepositioning upgrades and repairs including tank and cargo hold repairs, modifications to the decontamination station and work on air conditioning and dehumidifi- cation systems. The Cape Horn will also be drydocked and its stern ramp repaired. The work is expected to be completed within 60 calendar days. • MarAd Approves Global

Marine Nautilus Request

MarAd has approved a request from Global Marine Nautilus, Inc. for permission to sell the 6,264-gt drilling vessel Glomar Moray Firth I to Transocean Drilling. The vessel will be used in offshore drilling op- erations in the U.K. sector of the

North Sea. • Southern Holdings Seeks

MarAd's Permission To Sell

MarAd also received a request from Southern Holdings, Inc. of New

Orleans for permission to sell and transfer to registry in the Cayman

Islands the drill barge Mr. T.M. tc

Cad-Drill. The proposed purchaser is North Africa, Ltd., c/o Caledonian

Bank & Trust Ltd., Georgetown,

Grand Cayman. The vessel was built in 1977 in New Iberia, La., and will be used in oil drilling. MarAd's permission is required by section 9 of the Shipping Act of 1916.

Fiscal1 rear 1994 Lej gislative Items

ITEM HOUSE SENATE STATUS

Anti-Subsidy Bills H.R. 1402, The Shipbuilding Trade

Reform Act of 1993, to provide remedies against foreign ship- building and repair subsidies (Ways &

Means Trade Subcommittee)

S. 990, Senate version excludes anti-dumping/ countervailing duty pro- visions (Merchant Marine

Subcommittee)

Hearing already on 1402

Sealift H.R. 2401, FY 1994 Defense Authori- zation House Armed Services Committee (HASC): Adds $290 Million in FY 1994 funds for the National Defense Sealift

Fund (NDSF)

S. 1298, FY 1994 Defense

Authorization, Senate

Armed Services Committee (SASC): Creates Ntl. Def.

Strategic Lift Fund: Total budget $2.7 billion

Floor votes taking place at press time

Foreign Repairs

Of Navy Snips

H.R. 2401 HASC: Restricts foreign maintenance of Navy ships, prohibits depot-level work on U.S. Navy ships by foreign yards; restricts govt, charter of vessels re-flagged/converted in foreign yards

Not addressed by SASC Floor vote taking place at press time

SCA supports HASC items

Public/Private Navy

Ship Maintenance

H.R. 2401 HASC: Requires formation of commission to examine public vs. private maintenance; requires calculation of 60% floor for public yard to be made for each ship class; restricts 60% floor to five years after delivery; allows govt, yards to compete for non-govt. work

Not addressed by SASC Floor vote taking place at press time

National Shipbuilding

Initiative

H.R. 2401 HASC: provides expanded Title

XI loan guarantees; (1) $175 million for U.S. built ships, domestic and export, (2) $25 million for yard modernization; incorporates $100 million defense conversion funds for ship design/production R&D

Not addressed by SASC Floor vote taking place at press time

Govt. Ship Chartering H.R. 2401 HASC: Authorizes five-year charters for DoD double-hulled tankers and oceanographic vessels

Not addressed by SASC Floor vote taking place at press time

Defense Export

Guarantees

Not addressed S. 1298 SASC: Authorizes $25 million for $1 billion defense export loans

Floor vote taking place at press time

National Shipbuilding & Conversion Act

H.R. 2547: HASC/Merchant Marine & Fisheries: loan guarantees/R&D items put in H.R. 2401; extends charter period of

DoD double-hull tanker to 10 years; provides series construction payments for

U.S. yards to convert to commercial shipbuilding

No action in Senate Items included in other

House bills

SCA strongly supports items, regardless of vehicle

Series Transition

Payments

H.R. 2151 MM&F Committee: Creates a program of payments for series-built ship construction to subsidize the transition or

U.S. yards from the defense market to the commercial market

No action in Senate Item in U.S.-flag subsidy bill. No funding source identified

SOURCE: Shipbuilders Council of America 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News