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Miss., in 1983; and in Pascagoula, Miss., in 1982, respectively.

Marmac asks to sell barge

MarAd has received a request from Mar- mac Corporation, New Orleans, La., for per- mission to sell the 1,048-gt barge, U-730.

The proposed purchaser is Shimmer Inter- national Cameroon Limited, of West Africa.

The barge was built in 1976 in Braithwaite,

La. If approved, the barge would be used for hauling general cargo in Cameroon, West

Africa.

Permission Received

Fishing vessel transferred to Russian registry

Trident Seafoods Corporation, Seattle,

Wash., received approval from MarAd to transfer the fishing vessel Bountiful to

Russian registry, without change in the ves- sel's U.S. ownership. The 1,032-gt vessel was built in 1978 in Tell City, Ind.

Atwood given go-ahead to transfer registries

Atwood Deep Seas Ltd., Houston, has received approval to transfer the mobile off- shore drill units Hunter and Eagle to Pa- namanian registry, without change in the vessels'U.S. ownership.

Atlantic Drilling Okd to sell rig

Atlantic Drilling Company, Ltd., a

Bahamian corporation, has been given per- mission to sale the undocumented drilling rig Pacesetter III to Falrig Offshore, Inc., a

Delaware corporation. The vessel will be transferred to Panamanian registry.

Neptune granted permission to sell

Neptune International, Inc., Elk Grove

Village, 111., has been given approval to sell the undocumented LASH carrier Belofin

Kestrel to Neter Navigation S.A., a Pa- namanian corporation. The vessel will be resold to Gujarat Ship Trading Corporation, an Indian partnership, for scrapping in

India.

Lykes given OK to terminate voyage

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., has 1 received approval from MarAd to terminate the Thompson Lykes' current voyage in

Haifa, Israel, following major repairs.

MarAd also approved the resumption of sub- sidized operations inbound in Haifa follow- ing the idle status period.

Farrell Lines given OK

MarAd has granted a request from Farrell

Lines, Inc. to permit the company to charter and operate a foreign-flag vessel for one round-trip voyage between U.S. Atlantic

Coast ports and ports in the Mediterranean

Sea (Trade Route 10/13), which commenced in the Mediterranean late December 1995.

Section 804 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, precludes subsidized

U.S.-flag operators or their affiliates from operating foreign-flag vessels which compete with essential U.S.-flag shipping services unless the Secretary of Transportation waives the provision of this section for a spe- cific period of time.

In its application, Farrell noted the re- quest was made in order to provide a relief vessel for the Export Freedom, which is devoted to this service and is scheduled for drydocking early this year.

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