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have responsibility for sales, ap- plication, and service of NICO

MGN-Z Series marine transmis- sions.

Literature on the NICO MGN-Z series of marine transmissions is available by writing to James H.

Haertel, Twin Disc, Incorporated,

Dept. MR, 1328 Racine Street,

Racine, Wis. 53403.

First of five dredge tender boats destined for Egypt, built by T.D. Vinnette Company under subcontract from Dixie Dredge, undergoes trial run before recent shipment.

Quality Delivers Towing/Supply

Vessel To Gulf Fleet Marine

Dixie Dredge Delivers Four

Vessels To Egyptian Dredging

The Dixie Dredge Corporation of St. Louis, a subsidiary of Pott

Industries' St. Louis Ship Divi- sion, Houston Natural Gas Cor- poration, recently affirmed the shipment of the first of five dredge tender boats, two crew- boats, and the second of five dredges to the Egyptian Dredg- ing Company of Cairo, Egypt.

The announcement was made by

Dixie Dredge president Jack T.

Dunn.

The dredge tenders, designed by William G. Preston of Marine

Power, Inc. of Gulf Breeze, Fla. and built under subcontract from

Dixie Dredge by T.D. Vinnette

Company of Escanaba, Mich., are 36 feet long and are powered by a Cummins N-855-M diesel engine developing 195 bhp at 1,800 rpm.

The tenders are equipped with a 10,000-pound-capacity A-frame with winch for lifting dredge equipment and cargo.

The two crewboats shipped to

Egypt earlier this summer also were designed by Mr. Preston, and built by AAA Builders, Inc. of Pascagoula, Miss. Each boat is 32 feet long and powered by a

GM-Detroit Diesel Allison engine developing 128 bhp at 2,800 rpm.

The crewboats each carry 20 passengers, protected from the weather by a canvas awning.

The dredge tenders and crew- boats were subcontracted by Dixie

Dredge in conjunction with its $3.5-million contract to supply dredges, supporting equipment, and spare parts to the Egyptian

Dredging Company. Financing of the purchase was accomplished by a U.S. State Department A.I.D.

Loan and Grant.

The dredges employ a "tilting spuds systems" that allows them to pass under bridges and other obstacles without the need to re- move their spuds. The hull side sections for the dredges are being built by Egyptian Dredging.

For further information and free literature on dredging equip- ment, write to Jim Bishop, Dept.

M.R., The Dixie Dredge Corpora- tion, 8224 Polk Street, St. Louis,

Mo. 63111.

Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation of New Orleans recently took de- livery of the Gulf Fleet No. 41, a towing/supply vessel measuring 190 feet by 40 feet by 14 feet.

The No. 41 is Gulf Fleet's 101st vessel, and the seventh delivered this year.

Built in Houma, La. by Quality

Shipyards, Inc. a Gulf Fleet com- pany, this vessel represents one phase of an aggressive construc- tion program that projects an ad- ditional $12 million of new ves- sels during the next 10 months.

Powered by twin GM Electro-

Motive Division 16-645-E2 diesel engines that develop a total of 3,000 bhp at 900 rpm, driving through a pair of Reintjes WAV 481, 3:1 reduction gears, the ves- sel is capable of a sustained speed of 13 knots.

The vessel has a clear deck space of 96 feet by 32 feet, and maximum deck cargo capacity of 522 long tons. Under-deck tanks hold 520 tons of drill water, while bulk tanks have a total capacity of 5,800 cubic feet that can be transferred at a rate of 50 tons per hour. The vessel is fitted with liquid mud tanks with 1,250- barrel capacity, which can be transferred at a rate of 600-800 gpm at 170 feet head. Calcium chloride tanks also provide a ca- pacity of 1,250 barrels.

The Gulf Fleet No. 41 has a

SMATCO 66 DAW200, double- drum towing winch with a ca- pacity of 2,500 feet of 2-inch ca- ble on each drum. Equipped with a 5-foot by 8-foot stern roller, the vessel has a measured bol- lard pull of 70,000 pounds. She is built to U.S. Coast Guard spec- ifications, and is classed by the

American Bureau of Shipping as + A1 (AMS) All Oceans, Towing.

Gulf Fleet Marine is one of the

Houston Natural Gas Corpora- tion group of companies.

Twin Disc Forms New Task Force

To Market Marine Transmissions

Twin Disc, Incorporated of Ra- cine, Wis., has announced the for- mation of a task force to market the MGN-Z line of marine trans- missions throughout North Amer- ica. This line of marine products, for diesel engines rated 634 to 3,671 kw (850 to 4,850 hp), is manufactured by Twin Disc's par- tially owned affiliate, Niigata Con- verter Company Limited (NICO) of Japan.

Heading this marketing group is James H. Haertel, manager of marine sales, assisted by Richard

F. Graff, applications engineer, and Takero Hayashi, a NICO en- gineer assigned to Twin Disc.

Mr. Haertel, a veteran Twin

Disc executive, was former man- ager of OEM engine equipment sales and a district sales manager in the former Newark, N.J., office.

Mr. Graff began his Twin Disc career in 1975. His experience in- cludes application engineering in marine products as well as indus- trial clutches, hydraulic and uni- versal joint products.

Mr. Hayashi has been employed as an engineer at NICO since 1962. He has had vast experience in the design and application of

NICO marine transmissions.

The Twin Disc Marketing Group will work out of the company's main office in Racine, and will

Towing/supply vessel Gulf Fleet No. 41 is sel. Built by Quality Shipyards, she is pow«

New Orleans-based company's 101st ves- red by General Motors EMD main engines.

James H. Haertel Richard F. Graff 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News