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Carrington Slipways Building Cement Carrier
Rapid progress is being made with the 4,000-ton bulk cement carrier being built by Carrington Slipways at its shipyard on Old Punt Road, Tomago, New South Wales, Australia, 2322, for Bulkships Container Limited. Special cement-handling equipment,
Reefership Within A Containership
Embodying a multi-tweendeck section for fresh farm produce in a hull otherwise given over to containers, a new generation of vessels for the Israeli fruit and vegetable trade could help shape the future of the palletized reefer sector. Highlighting
Bremer Vulkan Names T.A.S.T. Corp. Exclusive U.S. Representatives
Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau Und Maschinenfabrik, located in Bremen, Germany, has announced the appointment of the T.A.S.T. Corporation, International Marine Representatives, of 5 Farmstead Road, North Caldwell, N.J. 07006, as their exclusive U.S. representative for ship construction and repair.
ACL Launches New U.K. Agencies Firm
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) recently commenced operations in Great Britain with a new company, Atlantic Container Line Agencies (UK) Ltd. The new operation, based in Liverpool, with offices also in London and Glasgow, takes over agency responsibility from Cunard Ellerman.
Rickmers Singapore Christened
Rickmers Singapore, one of nine new Superflex Heavy Multi-Purpose Container (MPC) vessels being built in China for Rickmers-Linie, Hamburg, was christened in its namesake city. Rickmers Singapore is employed on Rickmers1 Round-The- World Pearl
Transfer of Ownership Commences at Grand Bahama Shipyard
Due to a revised ownership structure for a recently opened ship repair yard in Freeport, Grand Bahama, the yard, which had been previously known (on two separate occasions) as Freeport Ship Care Facility and Lloyd Werft Grand Bahama, has been renamed Grand Bahama Shipyard.
Northen Of ACT/PACE Elected CI President
Michael B. Northen, president of Associated Container Transportation/ PACE Line, has been elected president of The Containerization Institute, the international trade organization of the multibillion-dollar intermodal industry. Mr. Northen, who
Milestone Reference with MAN B&W
September saw the keel laying at Ulsan of the first of Hapag-Lloyd's nascent generation of 8,600 TEU containerships, embodying a beam some 30 percent greater than the maximum for Panama Canal transits, and installed with a colossal 93,360-bhp (68,640-kW) of propulsive power.