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Campbell Industries Completes Specialized Vessel Designed To Tow Oil Drilling Rigs
Campbell Industries, San Diego, Calif., has delivered its second tug/supply vessel, the Independence Service, for Zapata Marine (U.S.), Inc., a subsidiary of Zapata Corporation, Houston, Texas. The new U.S.-flag ship is the second of six being built for Zapata.
Waterways Conference Delegates Urge Maritime Industry To Lobby For Repeal Of Shipping Taxes
Shipping leaders at the recent annual meeting of the National Waterways Conference, charging that the U.S. Government might be taxing the maritime industry out of the global marketplace, called for an uprising to force repeal of recent user fee increases.
Waterways Attract 87 Plant Facilities In Last Quarter 73
Waterside sites attracted 87 plant facilities in the fourth quarter of 1973, James R. Smith, president of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. has reported. Chemical facilities led the field. The AWQ survey shows that production industries constructed,
MarAd Approves Section 9 Requests
• Penrod International Drilling Co., Broussard, La., received approval to sell the drill rig Ensco 67 to P & P Drilling Limited, a Bahamian corporation, and to transfer the vessel to Bahamian registry. • Corostel Trading Ltd., a Canadian corporation,