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PRESS BOOK

 

April 01, 2005

 

B05-005

 

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved ten applications under Section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended.  They include:

 

Ø      David Kadinger Marine Service, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, has received approval to sell the 1,740-gross-ton barge DOROTHY A. KADINGER to Industrial Transport, Ltd., a Trinidad corporation, and transfer said Vessel to Trinidad registry and flag.

 

The vessel was built in 1943 in Seattle, WA.

 

Ø      Noble John Sandifer LLC and Noble Bill Jennings LLC, Sugar Land, TX, have received approval to transfer the 5,912-gross-ton mobile offshore drilling unit NOBLE JOHN SANDIFER and the 6,673-gross-ton mobile offshore drilling unit NOBLE BILL JENNINGS to Liberian registry and flag, without change in the ownership of said Vessels.

 

The NOBLE JOHN SANDIFER was built in 1975 in Orange, TX, and the NOBLE BILL JENNINGS was built in 1975 in Clydebank Scotland, UK.

 

Ø      U.S. Bank National Association, Hartford, CT, has received approval to transfer the 32,629-gross-ton container vessels SEA-LAND ENDURANCE and SEA-LAND EXPRESS to Marshall Islands registry and flag, without change in the ownership of said Vessels.

 

The SEA-LAND ENDURANCE was built in 1980 in Ulsan, Korea and the SEA-LAND EXPRESS was built in 1980 in Tamano, Japan.

 

Ø      SeaRiver International, Inc., Houston, TX, has received approval to transfer the 94,999-gross-ton tanker S/R MEDITERRANEAN to Marshall Islands registry and flag, without change in the ownership of said Vessels.

 

The vessel was built in 1986 in San Diego, CA.

 

Ø      Sanship, Inc., Brownsville, TX, has received approval for scrapping the following tank barges in Mexico.

 

The 1,363-gross-ton CT 1801 was built in 1974 in Jeffersonville, IN.

The 2,012-gross-ton COASTAL 2530 was built in 1981 in Nashville, TN.

The 1,593-gross-ton CT 1902 was built in 1975 in Jeffersonville, IN.

The 1,975-gross-ton COASTAL 2532-L was built in 1979 in Jeffersonville, IN.