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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.