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Port Of Philadelphia

Honors Adrian Hooper

Adrian S. Hooper

Adrian S. Hooper, board chair- man of Interstate Oil Transport

Company, Philadelphia, Pa., was recently chosen as the recipient of the Annual Award of the Port of

Philadelphia Maritime Society. Mr.

Hooper was recognized for his out- standing service and effort on be- half of the Philadelphia Port area.

He received the award from

Francis A. Scanlon, the organiza- tion's president, l>efore approxi- mately 700 members and guests at the society's 38th Annual Dinner at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in

Philadelphia.

Mr. Hooper, whose Philadelphia- based firm is among the largest in- dependent energy transporters in the United States, indicated: "We are facing unprecedented change in waterfront facilities. It behooves us to recognize the change and take advantage of it; to recognize ob- solescence in its early stages and profit from it."

The Interstate Group of Com- panies serves ports from Maine to

Florida, the Gulf Coast, the Carib- bean, and Puerto Rico.

D.J. Cahalane Joins

Waterman Steamship

Waterman Steamship Corpora- tion has announced that Daniel J.

Cahalane has joined their New

York office as vice president of

Far East traffic.

Before joining Waterman, Mr.

Cahalane was vice president and general manager of Moran Borin- cjuen Lines. He had previously •been with States Marine Lines for many years.

Clifford Hoitt Group

Buys Walz & Krenzer

Clifford E. Hoitt

Clifford E. Hoitt, president of

Marine Products & Engineering

Co., New York, N.Y., together with three of his associates, has an- nounced the acquisition of the as- sets and corporate name of Walz &

Krenzer, Inc., Rochester, N.Y., due

Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineer- ing Co., Ltd. recently delivered at its Tamano Works the self-pro- pelled drilling vessel Petrobras II to Petroles Brasileiro S.A. of Bra- zil. The vessel has the same hull form as an ordinary ship. Unlike rigs of such types as jack-up, fixed and submersible, the Petrobras II is a floating type rig with electric- propulsion plant. To date Mitsui has built and delivered three drill- ing vessels of the same type.

Four supply and anchor handling vessels also were ordered by the same firm to work with the Petro- bras II. All of these vessels have been delivered.

The Petrobras II has an overall length of 379 feet 4 inches, a length between perpendiculars of 351 feet 3 inches, a molded breadth of 70 feet, a molded depth of 26 feet and a draft of 18 feet 10 inches. The total deadweight of the ship is 6,- 314 tons. The main powerplant con- sists of three sets of 2,200-hp diesel generator sets. These units drive the drilling machinery when oper- ating in this mode and the 2,000-hp propulsion motors when underway. to the retirement of its president

C.T. (Cy) Krenzer.

Under the new corporate struc- ture, Mr. Hoitt, who was also a vice president of the former Walz & Krenzer, has assumed the presi- dency. Anthony Karpich, chief en- gineer of Marine Products & En- gineering, now occupies that posi- tion in Walz & Krenzer as well.

Victor W. (Pete) Bethge will be in charge of naval architecture and sales at the New York office, while

Wilbur C. Weiland will supervise manufacturing and sales in Roches- ter.

All Walz & Krenzer sliding doors, sluice gates and allied products, as well as Pilgrim Nuts and Morgrip

Bolts that are marketed by Marine

Products & Engineering Co., will continue to be manufactured in

Rochester.

These motors give the ship a speed of 10.97 knots. The Petrobras II is classed by the American Bureau of

Shipping.

The design of the hull incorpor- ates an upper deck, a second deck and two longitudinal bulkheads and is longitudinally framed. A mooring plug (special mooring de- vice) is provided amidships and above the plug a substructure is installed.

The superstructure at the stern consists of the after deck, a 70-foot by 70-foot heliport deck which overhangs the stern and a pilot house. Accommodations are pro- vided for 75 people—the normal underway crew consists of 37, while 75 people are needed during drill- ing operations.

During drilling operations the mooring plug, installed amidships, is made stationary in the bottom of the sea by an anchor so that the hull can rotate 360 degrees around it. The bow can be directed to head against the wind or the tide by means of the bow and stern thrusters. The ship can drill in wa- ter 1,000 feet deep and drill to a depth of 25,000 feet.

At sea, you can depend on Norriseal performance i ill- \m m •HI

You'll find Norriseal butterfly valves in use on offshore drilling and mining rigs, in ventilating systems, as flooding valves on dry docks, in ballast-deballast systems and on offshore oil terminals. They control the flow of everything from water to drilling mud and they stand up as much as 30% longer in service than comparable com- petitive valves.

Norriseal valves give you positive shut-off with 360° uninterrupted disc sealing. And, you get pressure handling capability up to 200 psi.

Better Norriseal design prevents leakage and saves money on main- tenance. Leakage from the valve bore is prevented, contaminants are locked out and shaft lubricants are locked in. This design makes on-site replacement of either the seat or the seals easier, faster and lower in cost.

Norriseal valves come in sizes up to 28 inches. They re available in span or lug body styles, in a variety of metals—including bronze —and with a wide range of elastomers.

For more information on butterfly valves, call or write Pat Dillard. jJjJJJJJ CORPORATION /NORRIS DIVISION

P. O. Box 1739, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 / (918) 584-4241

Mitsui Delivers Self-Propelled Drilling Ship

Petrobras II And Four Supply Vessels

The Petrobras II leaves the Tamano yard of Mitsui upon acceptance of her owners. The self-propelled drilling rig is designed to rotate its amidships drilling rig. 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News