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Seaway Plans Public Meetings On Seaway Tolls, Restructuring The Saint Lawrence Seaway De- velopment Corporation is hosting a series of five public meetings in March and April to obtain citizen and industry comments on the re- cent proposal for a second consecu- tive Seaway toll freeze in 1995, and on the waterway's future — espe- cially concerning consideration for the elimination of all Seaway tolls and proposed restructuring of the Corporation. The only remaining public meeeting is to be held in Ogdensburg, N.Y. on Wednesday, April 26, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be held at the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Author- ity, Bridge Plaza — Board Room. Anyone wishing to make a formal presentation is requested to notify the Corporation at least ten days prior and provide approximate time desired for the presentation to: Marc C. Owen, Chief Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop- ment Corporation, P.O. Box 44090, Washington, D.C. 20026-4090. 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Ulstein USA 2701 Delaware Ave. Kenner, LA 70062 Tel: 1 504-464-4561 Fax: 1-504-464-4565 Circle 345 on Reader Service Card IDB MOBILE THE COMPLETE WORLDWIDE INMARSAT SERVICE PROVIDER ' Calling Card Programs ' Information Delivery ' Specialized Billing ' Voice Transmission ' Data Transmission 56/64 kpbs * Operator Services MOBILE JOHN MARRA Bethesda, MD 301-214-8700 FAX: 301-214-8701 MARGE HERMAN Mill Valley, CA 415-388-3780 FAX: 415-388-5380 DAVID JOHNSON Houston, TX 713-480-9555 FAX: 713-480-8999 ROBERT HOKIN Colchester, Essex UK +44 (0) 206 767608 FAX: +44 (0) 206 76524 Circle 279 on Reader Service Card Missouri Casino Operation Joint Effort By Players And Harrahs Players International, Inc. and Harrah's, the casino entertainment division of Promus, announced that a preliminary agreement to jointly develop a casino entertainment com- plex in the St. Louis suburb of Mary- land Heights, Md. Both companies will abandon plans for separate Maryland Heights operations in fa- vor of the joint effort. Under the terms of the agree- ment, each company will develop and operate its own riverboat casino and the two companies will jointly develop a 300,000-sq.-ft. shoreside docking and ticketing facility. The companies have yet to announce the location of the facility. Subject to necessary approvals, construction is targeted to begin in late spring, and to be completed in the spring of 1996. PPI Receives Pilings Orders Plastic Pilings, Inc. (PPI) of Cali- fornia completed sales of pilings to the U.S. Navy, the Port of San Fran- cisco and the Washington State Ferry System. The U.S. Navy in Seattle is using PPI's pilings as fender piles for its fuel pier modifi- cation project. The Port of San Francisco will use the pilings as part of an upgrade for the Pier 35 fender system. The Washington State Ferry System will use the pilings to remodel its terminal in Edmonds, Wash. PPI says it is the original developer of composite plas- tic and steel pilings manufactured with recycled plastic, and has been providing pilings for the marine in- dustry since 1986. For more information on PPI Circle 109 on Reader Service Card M.V. Federal Baffin Completed By Daewoo The Fednav Group of Companies, Canada's largest ocean shipping enterprise, announced the comple- tion and delivery of the M.V. Fed- eral Baffin. The vessel, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd., was christened at the Okpo Shipyards, Pusan, Korea, by Mrs. Lorna Murphy, wife of John Murphy, general manager of transportation for Cominco Ltd. This ice-class vessel of 43,700 dwt, in addition to being an all-purpose handymax ship, represents special- ized new technology and is the larg- est high ice-class bulk carrier built for commercial trading in the Cana- dian Arctic. This ship, together with her sister vessel, Federal Franklin, which has already been delivered to owners, will perform long-term contracts for Cominco carrying lead and zinc concentrates from the Canadian Arctic to over- seas destinations. The Federal Baffin is the second in a series of eight newbuilding vessels currently on order for Fednav in Korea and China. 32 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
