Maritime Reporter, December 1990

<BODY> <div> Congressional Leaders Take Hard Line On Foreign Shipbuilding Subsidies Congressional leaders are threat- ening to levy a strong legislative response against foreign govern- ments who practice the use of ship- building subsidies, if the Bush Ad- ministration does not meet the im- pending December 14 deadline for reaching a multilateral agreement to end foreign shipbuilding subsidies. The threat of such legislation is seen as a means of providing the U.S. with leverage in the ongoing nego- tiations. The U.S. has been involved in negotiations with members of the Organization for Economic Cooper- ation & Development (OECD) and South Korea to curb shipbuilding subsidies since early last year. On October 13, three leading members of the Senate Finance Committee, Lloyd Bentsen (D- Texas), Bob Packwood (R-Ore.), and Majority Leader George Mit- chell (D-Maine) wrote U.S Trade Representative Carla Hills and stated that, "if negotiations are not successful by December 14, we could only conclude that further negotia- tions would be fruitless. . . . We would have to be in a position then to evaluate all other options at our disposal to ensure that continuing unfair trade practices do not further erode the U.S. shipbuilding indus- try." The U.S. shipbuilding industry contends that it has been unable to compete in the commercial ship- building market because of substan- tial subsidies from foreign govern- ments to their shipyards. GE Marine Services Offers Full-Color Eight-Page Brochure GE Marine Services, Hampton, Va., has published an eight-page full-color brochure on services the company provides for engine room equipment. The publication explains that there is a GE Marine Services team near almost any port that can de- liver the high-quality engine room service customers need whenever— and wherever—they need it. From technical direction to complete turnkey installation, maintenance, repair and retrofitting, GE Marine Services provides expert service for engine room equipment. For further information and a free copy of the brochure from GE Marine Services, Circle 44 on Reader Service Card Trinity Marine Wins $9-Million Contract To Build Matson Barge Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Inc., Harvey, La., has been awarded a $9-million contract to design and December, 1990 build a 345-foot, Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/RO) barge for Matson Naviga- tion Co., Inc., San Francisco, Calif. The triple-deck, covered vessel will be placed in Matson's Hawaii Neighbor Islands service, which transports freight between Honolu- lu and port cities on the islands of Maui, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii. The barge will have the capacity for 298 autos and forty-five 40-foot trailers (or sixty-eight 24- foot containers) on chassis and will also have its own loading ramp. Overall, the barge will be 345 feet in length, with a 76-foot beam, and a 19-foot depth. The keel will be laid in December and delivery is scheduled for late 1991. The announcement was made by John Dane III, president of the Trinity Marine Group, which in- cludes Gretna Machine and Iron Works. He said the contract is an- other indicator of the resurging American shipbuilding industry and thanked Sen. John Breaux (D- La.), chairman of the Senate Su- committee on Merchant Marine (Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation) for his con- tinuing efforts to promote U.S. ship- building and maritime industries. For free literature detailing the shipbuilding services of the Trinity Marine Group, Circle 71 on Reader Service Card Samsung, the Best Organized Korean Yard QlIT! drill ' SAMSUNG SHIPBUILDING tt . HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. SHIP BUILDING & OFFSHORE DIVISION Circle 304 on Reader Service Card SEOUL OFFICE 16th Fl . Daekyung Bldg., 120, 2-ka, Taepyong-ro, Chung-ku, Seoul. Korea Telex: SSYARD K23306. SHICO K23726, TSHIK K26529 Tel: (02) 728-6114 Fax: (02) 756-9358 KOJE SHIPYARD 530, Jangpyung-ri, Sinhyun-up, Koje-kun, Kyongsang Nam-do, Korea Tel: (0558) 30-3114 Telex: SSCYARD K53484, 53691 Fax: (0558) 32-0877, 32-2160, 34-2560 43 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>