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First U.S. Offshore Deep Draft Terminal Planned For Delaware Bay An artist's rendering of the proposed Delaware Transfer Terminal. Zapata Norness Incorporated has announced that it has com- pleted the preliminary design, en- gineering and environmental stud- ies necessary to develop the na- tion's first deepwater offshore bulk materials terminal in Delaware Bay to handle export coal and ulti- mately receive foreign iron ore. Zapata, an international bulk shipping, marine service and natu- ral resources firm, has formed a subsidiary, Zapata Bulk Systems, Inc., to build and operate a pro- posed $160-million terminal about three to four miles offshore the lower middle Delaware Bay off the mouth of the Mispillion River, sub- ject to the approval of the Dela- ware Legislature. Zapata indicated the first stage of the terminal op- eration would handle only coal. Plans call for an initial capacity of about 20-million tons annually. Incoming iron ore shipments would begin in the late 1970s, and no oil would be handled at the proposed terminal, the company said. Michael R. Naess, a Zapata ex- ecutive vice president and presi- dent of Zapata Bulk Systems, said that a preliminary study of the environmental aspects of the termi- nal in relation to the Delaware Bay area had been made by Arthur D. Little, Inc., of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Naess said that in 1974 there will be an international fleet of about 700 ships in service exceed- ing 100,000 deadweight tons which will be unable to arrive or depart fully loaded from any existing East Coast-Gulf Coast port. More than 375 of the 700 vessels will be in excess of 200,000 deadweight tons, he said, pointing out that "it is inconceivable that the United States should not participate in this developing ocean transporta- tion revolution, since the very com- petitive position of the United States is at stake." The Delaware Bay site was se- lected, Mr. Naess said, because the area is the only location on the East Coast of the United States in close proximity to the mid-Atlantic industrial area which has a natural deepwater channel. With a mini- mum of dredging, this channel can be deepened sufficiently (to about 72 feet) to handle the super bulk carriers of 200,000 to 250,000 dead- weight tons, which will be the backbone of the world's fleet in the '70s and '80s, and which are needed to reduce the transportation costs of coal and iron ore, he said. The terminal would be located on a 300-acre island composed of material dredged from Delaware Bay. The coal would be barged north 160 miles to the proposed terminal from Hampton Roads, Va., where it would be loaded on oceangoing carriers for delivery to foreign markets. Plans call for maintaining a 40,000-ton self-un- loading barge at the coal railyard docks at all times to speed the unloading and reutilization of the coal hopper cars, which now must wait in a storage capacity for ships to pick up the coal for foreign dis- tribution. The increased utilization of the hopper cars would speed up coal deliveries to domestic power gen- erating plants and help to relieve a domestic coal and power short- age, while giving rise to important cost reductions in transporting coal to loading ports. Major importers of U.S. coal are Japan, Italy, France, Spain, Brazil, and Holland. It is planned that the "backhaul" of the super carriers would be iron ore from Brazil, Li- beria, Australia, Mozambique, and South Africa. Design project engineers for the terminal are Soros Associates of New York, who currently are en- gaged in the design and engineer- ing of 11 of the approximately 20 deepwater port facilities around the world. Project managers for Za- pata Bulk Systems are Purvin and Lee Associates, New York, con- sulting management engineers. Stanley Powell Jr. Elected Director U.S. Leasing Int'l Stanley Powell Jr. Stanley Powell Jr., former presi- dent of Matson Navigation Com- pany and Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of United States Leas- ing International, Inc. U.S. Leasing is the world's larg- est equipment leasing organization with annual sales in excess of $330 million. The company's Transpor- tation Division serves shipping, railroad and airline companies, and arranged some $200 million of lease financings for transportation com- panies in 1970. Brooks Walker Jr., U.S. Leasing chairman, said that Mr. Powell's election to the board is indicative of the company's growing involve- ment in the leasing of oceangoing vessels. Mr. Powell is a member of the board of managers of the American Bureau of Shipping and is a com- missioner on the U.S. Commission on American Shipbuilding. He served as president of Matson from 1962 through 1970. New Panel Formed MarAd/Navy Personnel A joint panel of personnel from the Maritime Administration and the Navy has been created to help assess U.S. shipyard capabilities. Representing MarAd on the pan- el will be Ludwig Hoffman, Assist- ant Administrator for Operations; Rear Adm. George H. Miller, USN, Special Assistant to the Adminis- trator, and Comdr. Steven Lazarus, USN, Director of the Office of Pol- icy and Plans. Representing the Navy on the panel are Rear Adm. N. Sonenshein USN, Commander, Naval Ship Systems Command; Rear Adm. Richard E. Henning, USN, Nav- Ships Deputy Commander for Pro- ductions and Rear Adm. John D. Chase, USN, Deputy Commander, Military Sealift Command. 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