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Located on Brady Island on the Houston Ship Channel. • Two (2) Drydocks: 1 -1500 tons (76' x 150") 1 -1200 tons (76' x 130') • Three (3) Marine Railways: 1000 to 2000 tons • Covered Fabrication Facilities • 4000 Feet of Water Frontage

Subsidiary of

Newpark Resources, Inc. Bludworth shipyard, inc.

ARINC Awarded $117,000

MarAd Study Contract

The Maritime Administration has awarded a $117,563 study contract to ARINC Research Cor- poration, Annapolis, Md., for de- velopment of an Automated Man- agement Control System for U.S. public marine terminals.

The objectives of the 12-month study are to analyze the func- tional requirements of a public marine terminal, examine the cost benefits, and develop the concept design to meet the requirements.

The contractor will examine car- go and equipment flow between the terminal's gates and the ship- to-apron transfer for potential areas for electronic or semi-auto- matic processing where it would contribute to management and control of terminals.

The study is designed to pro- vide a program for the port and marine terminal industry where- by improved managerial capabil- ity will increase the productivity of terminals, enhance services provided to steamship operators, and improve the method of com- municating cargo information to the landside customers receiving and delivering cargo to the ter- minal.

A small industry committee has been formed to advise and work with the contractor throughout the study.

NKK To Design Wooden

Ship Repair Yard For

Government Of Dubai

NKK (Nippon Kokan) of Japan has signed a contract with the

Government of Dubai for a con- sultant service for the construc- tion of a wooden ship repair yard.

Takeo Arakawa, NKK New

York general manager, said that

NKK would be in charge of basic survey, design, and installation management for the shipyard, which will be used for the repair of ships up to 45 meters (148 feet) long.

Scheduled for completion by summer 1978, the yard will have one Syncrolift and 30 repair berths. It will also be equipped with special conveyance equip- ment to transport the ships from their berths.

Equipment for the shipyard will be supplied by the firm of Okura

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On Board or Dock Side

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