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Samsung Tapped To Build Two

Suezmax Tankers

New ships to incorporate ABS Safehull design criteria

Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, Ltd. and Ultramar Canada Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ultramar Corp., have jointly announced the construction of two double- hulled Suezmax tankers for charter to

Ultramar Canada Inc.,with delivery scheduled in the first quarter of 1998.

The vessels will be purpose-built tankers of approximately 150,000 dwt (metric) each, and will be constructed by Samsung Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd. at its Koje shipyard.

In their joint announcement following the signing of the shipbuilding and commercial agreements in London in early October, Peter

G. Livanos, managing director of Ceres

Hellenic, said, "Today we have concluded a strategic alliance for the transport of petrole- um, using what will be the most advanced and environmentally safe tankers built. We believe that this will set the standard for the marine transportation of oil into the 21st cen- tury."

The two new double-hulled, ice-strength- ened, shallow-draft tankers incorporate numerous improvements in design, structure and operating systems as compared to existing ships in use today. These improvements pro- vide increased safety and environmental pro- tection. The use of more steel exceeding pre- sent requirements by of the classification and international trading standards will result in a higher safety margin for prevention of corro- sion and fatigue, thereby affording a longer life expectancy.

The adoption of exceptionally high specifi- cations, including the American Bureau of

Shipping (ABS) Safehull design criteria, will result in distribution of steel in critical areas, and also in increased safety. The main diesel engine will be upgraded for more power and greater operating safety margins in the North

Atlantic trade where harsh weather patterns are anticipated.

The design features will include provisions for ice class "DO" in order to afford efficient and reliable operation at extreme sub-zero centigrade temperatures as well as ice condi- tions which can exceed 40 cm in. thickness, which are prevalent in the St. Lawrence River and the approaches to Ultramar's St.

Romuald refinery in Quebec. "This agreement, under which Ultramar is chartering ships with construction standards clearly exceeding current local and interna- tional regulations, is yet another example of

Ultramar's efforts to use the safest and most efficient means of transportation available," said Curtis V. Anastasio, Ultramar's vice president of Supply and Shipping.

Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, Ltd., as general managing agents for various shipowning companies, and Ultramar Canada

Inc. have been involved in marine transporta- tion contracts and have worked together since 1984.

Ultramar Canada owns and operates a 150,000-barrel-per-day refinery at St.

Romuald, Quebec, markets petroleum prod- ucts through a network of over 1,400 retail outlets and cardlocks, and provides heating oil to over 173,000 households.

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For more information on ABS

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Commercial Metals

Ships Scrap

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) announced that last week it shipped the largest single cargo of steel scrap ever loaded on a vessel anywhere in the world. The cargo consisted of more than 85,000 metric tons.

The steel scrap cargo has an invoice value of about $16 million and was shipped to Nakorn

Thai Steelworks Company Ltd. (NTS), a

Thailand steel mini-mill operation which will use the metal in the manufacture of new steel products. "This shipment represents a first for NTS as well as CMC," commented Stanley A. Rabin, president and CEO of CMC. "No steel mill in the Pacific Rim has ever undertaken the receipt of a shipment this large. Managing the logistics of unloading and transporting will be a considerable accomplish- ment."

The steel scrap was loaded onto the Turkish vessel M/V Tahir Kaptan at Port Newark, N.J.

The ship measures approximately 820 ft. (250 m) by 125 ft. (38.1 m), with a deadweight of 120,000 tons. The CMC shipment, which com- prised the entire cargo of the vessel, would fill the equivalent of 1,100 rail cars. Due to the draft restriction at the load port, the first 75,000 metric tons was loaded at the dock, then the ship moved to deep water for loading of the remaining 10,000 metric tons utilizing barges and floating cranes.

The loaded vessel departed for Thailand

September 29 on a 50-day voyage around the southern tip of Africa. "We see this as a trend in scrap exports,"

Mr. Rabin said. "The economics are simple — the greater the load, the greater the cost sav- ings in shipping. We think customers will increasingly pursue the economic benefits of larger shipments."

CMC and its subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and market steel and metal products, related materials, and services through a net- work of more than 90 locations including steel mini-mills, steel fabrication plants, a copper tube mill, recycling facilities and trading

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