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SHIPPING NOTES /, ^< Z3 £ Cunard cargo liner has remote control The 7,500-ton cargo liner Scotia, built for the Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd. of Liverpool by Cammell Laird and Co. (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd. of Birkenhead has been launched. The vessel will join her sister ships, Scvthis and Samaria, on Cunard's London-Canada service. Sco£ja is reinforced for ice navigation and will serve Montreal throughout the winter season. In open water season she will provide St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes service. Scotia, the second Cunara ship to bear the name, is the first Cunard vessel to have remote control of the engine from the bridge. The original Scotia, a 3,871-ton paddle-driven passenger vessel, at one time held the Atlantic speed record. Cammell Laird last week received a $45,000,000 contract for construction of an atomic submarine frcm the British Admiralty. HALIFAX SHIPYARDS Halifax Shipyards division of Dosco Industries Ltd. has a contract for construction of a four large fishing vessels from North Eastern Fisheries Ltd. of Habor Grace, Nfld. The shipbuilder is controlled by Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd. of Toronto. North Eastern is a subsidiary of Unilever Ltd. of London. FAIRFIELD Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. has launched the 64,000-dead-weight-ton oil tanker British Commodore for BP Tanker Co. Ltd. of London. It is the first vessel launched by Fairfield since the British Government saved the yard from bankruptcy in 1965. Maru when she registered 24.89 knots during trial runs. The former record of 24.61! knots was set earlier this year by her sister ship, Kaga Maru. The vessels are the first two of four high-speed cargoliners.was set by the I!,-Yusen Kaisha by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Tokyo- SHELL TANKERS Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Tokyo has a contract from Shell Tankers (U.K.) Lid. of London for construction of a 17,1,900-deadweight-ton tanker. The 1,017-foot vessel will be built at the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard and Engineering Works. Delivery is scheduled for the end of 1967. A Mitsubishi official said contracts for two similar vessels for Shell will be signed < soon. U.S. CONTRACTS The U.S. Defense Depart- j ment has awarded two con-tracts worth more than $24,-pOO.OOO.to British shipyards for construction of two survey ships and a salvage tug. A $16,-730,500 contract for the survey ships was awarded to Fairfield* Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. of Glasgow, and a $7,354,000 order for an ocean-going salvage vessel went to Brooke Marine Ltd. of Lowestoft. The orders are part of an offset agreement for a | British aircraft purchase in I the United States. BRISTOL CITY LINE The 9,600-deadweight-ton i motor vessel Coventry City, newest addition to BnsfoTTTty Line's St. Lawrence Seaway service, arrived yesterday in Toronto on its maiden voyage. The 19-knot vessel is strengthened for ice navigation and will be used either in the Bristol City/Donaldson Line weekly joint service between Canada and Britain or in Bristol City Line service to U.S. Great Lakes and East Coast, ports. A sister ship, Toronto City, was launched last week. Coventry City sailed from Avonmouth on Aug. 12 and maiden voyage stops include Montreal, Hamilton, Toledo \ and Chicago.