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Equitable Awarded $6-Million

Contract For Tug Construction

For Nolty T. Theriot, Inc.

Cecil M. Keeney, president of Equitable Equipment Co.,

Inc., left, and C.R. Sanders, executive vice president of

Nolty J. Theriot, Inc., sign the contract in New Orleans.

Equitable Equipment Company, Inc., New Or- leans, La., shipbuilder, has been awarded a con- tract of approximately $6 million by Nolty J.

Theriot, Inc., international offshore vessel oper- ator, to build three 149-foot 6-inch twin-screw 8,500-horsepower ocean tugs. They will be built to ABS Maltese Cross A-l, International Ocean

Towing Service, Ice Strengthening Class C-l,

Maltese Cross AMS Specifications. Each vessel will be fitted with Kort nozzles. The estimated total cost of the new tugs is $9.5 million.

The vessels will be constructed at Equitable's

Industrial Canal Shipyard. This contract will in- crease Equitable's present backlog of construction to approximately $50 million.

Equitable is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Trinity Industries, Inc.

MarAd Contract Awarded

To Breit Engineering For

Tank Barge Cost Analysis

Breit Engineering, Inc. of New Orleans, La.,, has been selected to perform life-cycle cost studies on various inland waterway tank barge designs for the Maritime Administration, it was announced by Robert J. Blackwell, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime

Affairs.

The $51,000 fixed-price contract was award- ed to Breit to determine life-cycle costs of five alternative tank barge designs, including sin- gle-skin, double-wall, double-hull, single-skin with increased scantlings, and single-skin with selected local strengthening.

Life-cycle cost estimates will be developed for tank barges with capacities of 1,200, 2,500, and 3,700 short tons.

Additional estimates will be made of the costs of retrofitting single-skin tank barges to the greater alternative design standards.

The Maritime Administration joined with the Coast Guard last July in a project to study the potential of various barge designs to re- duce water pollution from inland marine op- erations.

In addition to the Breit contract, which will require about three months to complete, this effort includes development of a comprehensive profile of existing U.S. tank barges, examina- tion of Coast Guard records on barge spills to determine the effectiveness of alternative de- signs in minimizing cargo losses following casualties, and assessment of other economic factors that would bear on a choice between barge designs.

Breit Engineering will be assisted by inland marine companies in acquiring necessary data to develop the cost estimates.

Diamond M To Place

New Semisubmersible Rig

In Gulf Of Mexico Service

Diamond M Drilling Company, Houston, Texas, reported gross revenues for the first three months of 1973 were $6,922,000, up from $5,198,000 for the same period of 1972. Income for the current quarter was 40 cents a share, or $713,000 for the period. This compares with 30 cents a share, or $523,000 for the first quarter of 1972.

Don E. McMahon, president and chief execu- tive officer of the Houston-based drilling firm, said that Diamond M and a major oil company have reached an agreement on the principal terms of a one-year contract for the Diamond M Cen- tury. The Century is the company's new semisub- mersible drilling rig, which is expected to be de- livered by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. in September of this year. The arrangement, which calls for the Century to be employed in the

Gulf of Mexico, is subject to execution of a definitive agreement between the parties. check in for

Between Suez and Japan, Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore is the centre for Total Service.

Check this list of repair, maintenance and

Marine engineering back-up facilities. Couple the list with the expertise of a 3,500 strong highly skilled work-force and you are on the way to speedier, less costly service. Call

Sembawang for more facts.

DOCKS: Graving Dock of 100,000 tons 5 Floating docks from 1,000 tons to 30,000 tons. A 400,000 tons Graving dock under construction.

BERTHS: 1,524 metres of sheltered repair berths with 12.2 metres of water.

CRANAGE: 24 Docks and berths cranes of up to 30 tons lift. Floating crane of 152.4 metric tons.

WORKSHOPS: 22 Hectares of workshops offering complete engineering facilities within the Shipyard.

SLOP RECEPTION: Slop reception facilities, 18" dia. discharge line & 7500 tons reception tank.

MANPOWER: 3500 skilled workmen and an experienced management team of 200.

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REPRESENTATION

Agents throughout the world.

Sembawang Shipyard (Pte) Ltd.,

Sembawang Post Office Box No. 3,

Singapore-27 Tel. 592121 (20 lines)

Cables: Semdock Singapore.

Telex: Semship RS 21345

Managing Agents: SWAN HUNTER (INTERNATIONAL) LTD.,

Agent in New York: Midland Marine Bro. Inc., 17 Battery Place,

New York NY 10004. Tel. 212-944-6720 Tlx. 232081

Sembawang Shipyard ** • ^SINGAPORE

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