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Standardized Bulk Carriers To Be Built By IHI Subsidiary IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.), the leading Japanese shipbuilder, has developed a new standardized 29,000-dwt bulk carrier shipform and recently begun sales. It is IHI's third standardized mass-production shipform, follow- ing first the Freedom ship and sec- ond the Fortune ship. The 29,000-dwt (or 18,500 gt) bulk carrier will have the fol- lowing approximate measurements: length, 538 feet; breadth, 88 feet; depth, 48 feet, and draft, 35 feet. It will be equipped with an 11,550- bhp IHI-Sulzer 7RND68 type die- sel engine developing a service speed of 15.5 knots. The construction of the stand- ardized bulk carriers will start from mid-1973 at the No. 2 berth of Usuki Iron Works Ltd., a sub- sidiary of IHI, with completion of four to five ships consecutively per year. IHI has already received an order for a 29,000-dwt ship of this type from Lasco Shipping Co. of the U.S.A. and is negotiating another order with a Hong Kong shipowner. In the production of Freedom and Fortune vessels, IHI has to date received orders for 81 Free- doms, 50 of which have been de- livered, and 23 Fortunes. Each of these figures is an unparalleled rec- ord in world shipbuilding circles for ships of the same type ordered from a single shipbuilder. USCG Chief Scientist To Speak At Seminar Dr. Charles C. Bates, Chief Sci- entist of the U.S. Coast Guard, will preside over the second session of the seminar on "Pollution and the Marine Industry," which will be held at the Rivergate in New Or- leans, La. on April 1-3. The semi- nar, conducted by the International Association for Pollution Control, is being held during the Commer- cial Marine Industry Exposition. As Civilian Director of the Office of R&D, Dr. Bates has played a prominent part in directing the re- search and development of pollu- tion instrumentation and control equipment by the U.S. Coast Guard. Prior to joining the USCG, Dr. Bates was Chief Scientist of the U.S. Navy's Oceanographic Office and was the Coordinator of En- vironmental Systems for the Chief of Naval Operations. He has also served with the Department of De- fense in the Advanced Research Projects Agency, and has received extensive field experience in the Gulf Coast area as a geophysicist with Standard Oil of New Jersey prior to joining Government serv- ice. Thomas Sullivan, president of the International Association for Pollution Control, stated: "All of the major Federal agencies involv- ed in pollution and the marine in- dustry will participate in the April seminar, making it one of the ma- jor events of the year for the ma- rine industry. This seminar is definitely the most significant ac- tivity in the pollution field ever undertaken by the marine com- munity." For further information contact Thomas Sullivan, IAPC, Suite 700, Booz-Allen Building, 4733 Beth- esda Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.20014. Aracaju Offshore Find Brings More Tests As the result of the new discov- ery well, seven miles off Aracaju, the capital of the Brazilian state of Sergipe, two more test wells were ordered drilled in mid-Febru- ary. The discovery well, known as Caioba No. 1, has been hailed as the most important discovery in over 20 years. Hopes have been raised that the new discovery may make Brazil self sufficient. Specu- lation has it that this well might have a potential of 400,000 barrels daily, which would be more than enough to end the need for imports. Brazil imports most of its oil from the Middle East and some from Venezuela. Brazil produces about one-third of it crude oil con- sumption. PI CONRAD [ - ' • INDUSTRIES, INC. P.O. 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