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Cat-Powered Research Vessel

Delivered By Atlantic Marine

V.

Rodney E. Lay, president of Rudolph F.

Matzer & Associates, Inc. of Jacksonville,

Fla. has announced that the research vessel

Cape Florida (shown above) has been de- livered recently to the National Science

Foundation. The vessel was built by Atlantic

Marine, Inc. of Fort George Island, Fla., and will be operated by the University of Mi- ami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmos- pheric Science. A sister vessel, the Cape

Hatteras, is scheduled for delivery in the fall this year, and will be operated by Duke

University.

The 135-foot vessels were designed by the

Matzer firm to operate as Coastal Zone re- search craft. Each is propelled by twin Cat- erpillar D379 diesel engines with a total out- put of 1,130 bhp at 1,225 rpm, driving two

Pay & Brink controllable-pitch propellers and providing a service speed of 12 knots.

Main engines, propellers, and two Cat 3406- powered diesel generators were supplied by

Ring Power Corporation of Jacksonville.

The Carrier Transicold air conditioning units were supplied by D.W. Anderson Ma- rine Equipment of Jacksonville, deck cranes are by Appleton Machine Company of Ap- pleton, Wise. Hydraulics for steering, sci- entific winches, A frames, cranes, and other applications are from Motion Industries, Inc. of Jacksonville.

Last Of Ten Supply Vessels

For NMS Launched By Promet >

National Marine Services, a joint venture company formed by Jackson Marine Corpo- ration and Abu Dhabi National Oil Com- pany, will soon take delivery from Promet

Private Limited, Singapore of its final or- der, as the last of its supply vessels, NMS 210 (shown above), was launched recently.

All 10 supply vessels in the series, each measuring 176 feet by 14 feet by 38 feet, are used for offshore oil exploration work in the Arabian waters. They are typical

Gulf of Mexico type, and can carry bulk cargoes like cement and drilling mud below their decks.

They can also carry fuel and water to drilling rigs, and are fitted with fire and pollution control equipment. In short, their

July 1, 1981 functions are mainly to service the oil drill- ing rigs.

Worth $3.5 million each, the vessels have accommodation facilities adequate for 22 people at a service speed of 12 knots. All vessels are classed by the American Bureau of Shipping. The launching ceremony was graced by Mrs. Martha Burrows, wife of the president of Brown & Root, Inc.

Samsung To Build Two Ships

For Norwegian Owner-

Valued At $37.5 Million Each

Samsung Shipbuilding Co. of South Korea recently announced that K-S Dyvi Swan AS of Norway has ordered two 36,000-ton ships costing the equivalent of $37.5 million each.

The ships will be capable of carrying oil products, structures for oil-drilling work and other products. Delivery is scheduled for

February 1984.

A 500TH FOR EQUITABLE — Equitable

Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans-based ship- builder, recently launched at its Madison- ville, La., Shipyard the 500th rake type river hopper barge in a period of 23 months since the launching of its first barge built at this facility. Additionally, this facility is now consistently turning out 10 barges per week.

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