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THREE quarters of a century of experience. THREE shifts with many third generation craftsmen. We can drydock you or berth you for top- side, bottom or inside repairs. Just call Bob Forbell, manager of ship repair. He will take care of you in a trice. LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AN • CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 98134 PHONE 206-623-2072 • CABLE L0CKSHIP NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: James R. Porter 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 • Phone 212-943-8795 Bids To Be Invited On Construction Of Four S.F. Bay Ferries Bids in connection with the con- struction of four ferries for use on San Francisco Bay may be received sometime this fall by San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. The agency is currently seeking Federal funds to help pay the estimated $8.4-million cost for the 750-passenger vessels. Philip F. Spaulding, Division of Nickum and Spaulding Associates, Seattle, Wash., received a contract to design a new San Francisco ferry fleet earlier this year. Sabine Towing Applies For Mortgage Insurance The Maritime Administration has disclosed that the Sabine Towing & Transportation Co., Port Arthur, Texas, has applied for mortgage in- surance on a 7,000 horsepower tug to be used to tow oil-carrying barges from producing areas in the Gulf to Atlantic Coast ports. The tug is to be built, at a cost of some $1.7 million, by Main Iron Works, Inc., Houma, La. Jan-Erik Dyvi Orders Giant Car Carriers Norwegian shipowner Jan-Erik Dyvi of Oslo has placed orders in the Netherlands for two car carriers which will be the biggest of their kind in the world, with a capacity of 3,800 medium-size cars each. The ships are scheduled for deliv- ery in 1973, when Jan-Erik Dyvi will have a fleet of five carriers capable of transporting 230,000 cars a year between Europe and the U.S. East Coast. Dravo Building Ten Covered Hopper Barges For Central Soya Co. Ten covered hopper barges, each capable of carrying more than 1,500 tons of material at a nine-foot draft, are being built by Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Central Soya Company, whose corporate headquar- ters are in Fort Wayne, Ind. The 200-foot by 35-foot by 12-foot semi-integrated vessels will be equip- ped with weathertight lift-off covers for added cargo protection. They will be used to transport grain in the in- land waterways. Delivery of the new barges will begin next spring at the rate of two per week. They are being built at Dravo's Neville Island yard on the Ohio River near Pittsburgh. L 3100 FALL AT GRAND BLVD. P.O. 80X14669 • HOUSTON, TEXAS 77021 Phone: (713) 748-1143 . for marine service ...by Bettis • BUILT-IN OVERRIDE-unique, internal manually operated override allows quick change from.hydraulic to mechanical operation, or reverse. 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Y. 10016 MUrray Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1 st and 1 5th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., with executive, advertising and editorial offices at 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016; publishing office at 41 First Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Controlled Circulation postage paid at Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Member BPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 19 Volume 33 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
