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Todd Shipyards Corp. Signs Letter Contract To Build Eight VLCCs John T. Gilbride, president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, has announced that his company has executed a letter contract with Virginia Shipping Corporation for the construction of eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) in the 380,000-ton range. The 'total cost covered by this letter contract will be approximately $760 million. Virginia Shipping Corporation, a New York corporation, has been set up to provide shipping facili- ties for a group of U.S. utility companies. Robert J. O'Leary, president of Virginia Shipping Corporation, stated 'that applica- tion for a construction differential subsidy was being made to the Maritime Administration. Inasmuch as the vessels will be built by Todd in a newly planned extension of its present shipyard on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas, for which extensive financ- ing will be required, the agreement is conditioned on such financing being available on terms satisfac- tory to Todd. 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Barker, chairman of the board. Mr. Tregurtha has been vice president-finance and a member of the board of directors of Moore and McCormack Co., Inc. In addi- tion to his new duties, he will continue as vice president-finance and a member of the board of its subsidiary, Moore - McCormack Lines, Incorporated, which oper- ates a fleet of American-flag ves- sels serving the East Coast of South America and South and East Africa from the East Coast of the United States. He joined Moore and McCor- mack Co., Inc. in June 1971 from Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, Providence, R.I., where 'he had been vice president and controller. Mr. Tregurtha joined Double A Products Company, a subsidiary of Brown and Sharpe, in 1963, after graduating from Har- vard Graduate School of Business Administration, where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr. Tregurtha re- ceived a bachelor's degree in me- chanical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1958, subsequent to which he served in the U.S. Air Force. Sea Containers, Inc. Appoints Frank Corrie Thomas A. Ewig, executive vice president of Overseas Enterprises, Inc., One World Trade Center, Suite 2841, New York, N.Y. 10048, has announced that Frank Corrie has been appointed director of sales for Sea Containers, Inc. Over- seas Enterprises, Inc. are general agents, Eastern USA, for Sea Con- tainers, Inc., an independent leas- ing company 'specializing in con- tainers, chassis, specialized con- tainer equipment, cranes, and feed- er vessels. Mr. Corrie came to the United States from England, where he was a regional manager for Over- seas Containers Ltd. His first ap- pointment in the U.S. was with CTI, where he assisted the mar- keting services vice president. Paul R. Tregurtha 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
