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New Company Will Offer

Underwater Vehicle

Inspection Services

Jerry Jones has resigned as president of Ocean Systems to form a new, highly specialized underwater vehicle inspection services company, JERED. Co- owner in the new company is Ed

Trlica, former vice president of

Martech, and recently manager of Solus Ocean Systems' Gulf

Coast Division.

The owners feel that a need exists in the offshore petroleum industry for a non-diving com- pany to provide high-quality, un- manned vehicle inspection serv- ices. As new applications are re- quired by the petroleum indus- try for unmanned, remotely con- trolled underwater devices, solu- tions to these applications can best be met by a high-technology, engineering-oriented company that provides a dedicated service, the JERED owners stated.

For the first year, operations will be restricted to the Gulf of

Mexico, using specially prepared underwater vehicles manufactured by Perry Oceanographies. An ini- tial order for four vehicles is part of a planned 14-unit package that will be delivered over a 48-month period. The initial four vehicles will be outfitted with color and black-and-white video systems, manipulator arms, and specialized electronic, non-destructive test- ing equipment. All vehicles will be capable of performing inspec- tions inside platforms as well as on submarine pipelines.

A modern warehouse office fa- cility is being constructed in

Houston for occupancy in October this year. The company's mailing address is: JERED, P.O. Box 218666, Houston, TX 77218.

Shearson Seeks Title XI

Covering 90-Barge Order

To Cost $27 Million

Shearson Leasing Corporation of New York has applied to the

Maritime Administration for a

Title XI guarantee to aid in fi- nancing the construction of 90 hopper barges.

Shearson's application proposes

Nashville Bridge Company of

Nashville, Tenn. as the builder of 60 barges measuring 200 feet long by 35 feet wide by 12 feet deep. Dravo Corporation of Pitts- burgh is the proposed builder for the remaining 30 barges, which will measure 195 feet long by 35 feet wide by 12 feet deep. All 90 barges are expected to be oper- ated on the U.S. inland water- ways.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antee would cover $23,686,000, which is 87J/> percent of the $27,069,990 estimated cost of the vessels.

Ferrous Has Proportioning

Pump For Fuel Additive-

Literature Available

Ferrous Corporation, manufac- turer of combustion catalysts for marine diesels and boilers, is now offering a simplified pump system for delivering the proper propor- tion of catalyst to diesel and bunker fuels prior to combustion.

The 110-volt, ac proportioning pump system is designed to fit over the top of a 55-gallon drum.

The system, designed for easy installation, comes complete with mounting brackets. "The mounting brackets can be secured directly to the deck,"

K. Chorlton, Ferrous vice presi- dent of marine sales said. "Once the brackets are in place, the user simply orders catalyst in 55- gallon drums and the drum be- comes a daytank for the catalyst."

The new economical pump sys- tem includes a fluid-level moni- tor and an even-flo pump depulser that provides a continuous stream of catalyst to the fuel system.

For more details and free lit- erature, write to K. Chorlton,

Dept. MR, Ferrous Corporation,

P.O. Box 1764, Bellevue, Wash. 98009.

Maybe you never thought of Noah as a marine fabricator, but that's what he was. A darned good one too, by all accounts. He'd probably have the lion's share of the marine fabrication market if he were still around.

But even if you could call on Noah today, you'd get better results by working with Wiley.

Compare the facts and draw your own conclusion.

STAFF: Noah's was essentially a one-man operation. In comparison, Wiley's staff of 400 includes a variety of specialists, from naval architects to highly skilled steel workers, who know how to deliver a good product at a good price.

EXPERIENCE: Noah enjoyed quite a reputation on the local level, but the Ark was his only noteworthy marine fabrication project.

Wiley produces tunnel tubes, ship midbodies, barges and workboats, pier forms, hatch covers, and a wide range of custom fabrications.

FACILITIES: Noah was a backyard builder working with tools and techniques that were just plain primitive.

Wiley works in a newly-expanded yard that fills 13V2 acres with shipways, a large platen area, and an array of metalworking tools and equipment that enable our people to do the right things with steel.

LOCATION: Noah had a lousy location. What if it hadn't rained?

Wiley builds for the water, so we work on the water's edge.

Located near the mouth of the Susquehanna

River, we're just 150 miles from the Baltimore

Canyon, 350 miles from Boston, and 750 miles from Jacksonville.

Wiley is a clear choice over Noah for marine fabrication. And, if you compare our staff, experience, facilities, and location with what any other fabricator can offer, you'll see why people like you are keeping us pretty busy

For more information, contact:

A unit oI AMCA International Corporation

P.O. Box 97. Port Deposit. Maryland 21904 (301) 378-4111 • Telex: 90-8232

A SUBJECTIVE COMPARISON OF TWO NOTED MARINE FABRICATORS 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News