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type ever built, will handle liq- uids at 47 degrees below zero centigrade (52 degrees below zero Fahrenheit).

Peabody Holmes To Supply

Inert Gas Systems

For Four Tankers

ATCO Marine Corporation, ex- clusive U.S. representative for

Peabody Holmes Ltd. of Eng- land, announced the recent sign- ing of four contracts for com- plete inert gas systems. The tank- ers scheduled to be equipped with the Peabody Holmes Ltd. systems are: the M/V Point Vail, oper- ated by Point Shipping Corpora- tion of New York, the S/T Ach- illes and M/V Gorgona, operated by "C" Ventures, Inc. of New

York, and the M/V Catalunya, op- erated by Naviera Aliosis, Mara- caibo, Venezuela. Peabody Holmes

Ltd. has supplied worldwide more than 400 inert gas systems. 'Gulf Shark' Delivered

To Gulf Fleet Marine

Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation,

Houston, Texas, recently accept- ed delivery of the Gulf Shark (shown above), a 112-foot by 26- foot by 11-foot, 1,200-hp utility vessel built by Hudson Shipbuild- ers, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss.

The Gulf Shark is the second of two utility vessels delivered to Gulf Fleet in 1981, and is the fifth vessel "Hudship" has deliv- ered to the company in the past two years.

The Gulf Shark is powered by twin GM 16V-92 diesel engines through Twin-Disc MG 520 5:1 gears and is capable of a maxi- mum speed of 13 knots. She has a deck cargo capacity of 82 long tons and is constructed with a clear deck area of 60 feet by 20 feet.

Her fuel tank capacity is 20,- 825 U.S. gallons and she can carry 57,900 gallons of drill water and 4.540 gallons of potable water.

The Gulf Shark's air-conditioned pilot house, crew quarters and full package of electronic and navigational equipment, allows for service in most locations.

Three Oceangoing

Great Lakes Bulkers

To Be Built In U.K.

British Shipbuilders has been awarded a $130-million (Cana- dian) order for three oceangoing

Great Lakes bulk carriers, it was announced recently. The 35,000- dwt ships will be built by Govan

Shipbuilders — two for Misener

Transportation, Ontario, and one for Pioneer Shipping, Manitoba.

The vessels, the first Canadian ships to be built in the United

Kingdom in 20 years, will be spe- cially designed to allow the bulk- ers to be used on the Great Lakes or in ocean commerce, especially during the times when the Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway are icebound. The vessels will be equipped with a water ballast system that is similar to that of a tanker which allows them to operate at sea with a 9.7-meter (about 32-foot) draft, and in freshwater with a 7.92-meter (about 26-foot) draft.

Deballasting reportedly will be accomplished in three hours, which is sufficient to negotiate the locks along the Great Lakes.

While engaged in Lake commerce, the ships will have a reduced ca- pacity of 25,000 dwt. The lower draft will permit them to operate from Canada's major grain ter- minal at Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The ships, to be delivered in the first half of 1983, will be pow- ered by single Sulzer slow-speed diesels producing a 13-knot serv- ice speed. A four-blade control- lable pitch propeller in a Kort nozzle will provide increased ma- neuverability.

British Shipbuilders also an- nounced the receipt of an order for a 35,000-ton bulk carrier from

Carisma Companhia Naviera,

Panama. The vessel will be built at Sunderland Shipbuilders.

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