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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION NEWS Applications Received Permission Sought To Sell Drill Rig MarAd has received an applica- tion by Key International Drilling Company Ltd., Dallas, Texas, ask- ing permission to sell the 6,104-gt oil drilling rig Santa Fe Rig 127 to Santa Fe Drilling Operations, Inc., a Cayman Island Corp., also of Dallas. The rig would be used in worldwide drilling operations. It was built in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1981. Neptune Asks Permission To Sell Tanker MarAd has received a request from Neptune Int'l., Inc., Elk Grove Vil- lage, 111., to sell the 27,269-gt tanker Baltimore Trader. The proposed purchaser is Neter Navigation, S.A., of Singapore. The vessel would be resold to Baldev Ship Breakers of India and scrapped in that country. The vessel was built in 1955 in Spar- rows Pt., Md. Coastal Tug & Barge Files Application Coastal Tug & Barge, Miami, Fla, has applied for permission to sell the oil barge Coastal 29 to Serenity Navigation Co. of Panama for operation under Panamanian registry. The barge would be used for bunker supply within the Panama Canal waters to supply vessels in both sides of the canal. MarAd Published Final Rule Regarding Academy Regs MarAd is publishing a final rule in the Federal Register amending regulations for admission and train- ing of midshipmen at the U.S. Mer- chant Marine Academy. This rule modifies 46 CFR Part 310 which concerns nomination and admis- sion to the Academy of persons from American Samoa and Panama and the Secretary of Transportation's authority to recover costs of educa- tion from graduates if they fail to fulfill certain conditions of their ser- vice obligations. The rule, assigned Docket No.R-161, is effective upon publication. For additional informa- tion, contact Crawford Ellerbe, Academy program analyst, Office of Maritime Labor and Training, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7302, Washington, D.C. 20590. He maybe reached at tel: 202-366-2643. Upgrade Your Marina With a Marine Travelift Mobile Hoist "The No. 1 Hoist Supplier... Over 2.500 Units In Service Worldwide!" mflRinE ^JTRRV£LIFT DNV Introduces Nauticus Hull-Design Software design software program it designed as a tool to help vessels realize its "Total Safety Class" vessel con- cept. As the user employs Nauticus to design a hull 5 DNV develops and maintains are all observed by the program. According to DNV, the in minutes, ensurini statutory requirements. and the qualifications cjf the ment, requiring a view to of Information Technology (IT) — enabling the processing of large amounts of data in a I to be at as it provides hull designers a means of creating a hull form that automatically conforms to DNV standards. 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