MarAd Approves Section 9 Requests

• Penrod International Drilling Co., Broussard, La., received approval to sell the drill rig Ensco 67 to P & P Drilling Limited, a Bahamian corporation, and to transfer the vessel to Bahamian registry.

• Corostel Trading Ltd., a Canadian corporation, was given permission to resell the cargo vessel Robert C. Norton to Chenco International, Inc., a Washington corporation, but not a citizen of the U.S. within the meaning of section 2 of the Shipping Act of 1916. The vessel will be scrapped in China.

• Neptune International, Elk Grove, 111., received approval to sell the Texas Trader to Neter Navigation S.A., a Singaporean corporation, for resale to M/S Lalchand Jain & Sons, an Indian corporation, for scrapping in India.

• Santa Fe (U.S. Holdings) Inc., Dallas, Texas, received permission to sell and transfer to Panamanian registry the jack- up rigs Galveston Key and Key Manhattan. The new owner is to be Santa Fe Drilling Operations, a Cayman Islands corporation.

• Western Atlas International, Inc., Houston, Texas, was given approval to transfer to Russian registry the supply vesselNorthern Lighter, without change in the U.S. ownership of the vessel.

• Marine Resources Company International, Seattle, Wash., has received permission to sell and transfer to Russian registry the fishing vessel Raven. The purchaser is Joint Venture "Holkam," a Russian corporation.

• Sea Producer, Inc., Kodiak, Alaska, has received permission to transfer to Russian registry the fishing vessel Sea Producer, without change in the vessel's U.S. ownership.

• Shelikof Maritime, Inc., Kodiak, Alaska, received approval to transfer to Russian registry the fishing vessel Shelikof, without change in the U.S. ownership of the vessel.

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