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BUYERS

DIRECTORY (continued)

SHIPPING—PACKING

Pilotage Consultants, Inc., P.O. Box 2046, New Hyde Pork, NY 11040

SILENCERS

Burgess-Manning Silencing Equipment Division, 8108 Carpenter Frwy., Dai los, TX 75247

Riley-Beaird, P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, LA 71130

SMOKE INDICATORS

Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., Passaic Avenue, Chatham, N.J. 07928

STUFFING BOXES

Johnson Rubber Co., Duramax Marine Div., 16025 Johnson St., Middle field, OH 44062

Smith-Meeker Engineering Co., 157 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007

SURVEYORS AND CONSULTANTS

Francis B Crocco, Inc., P.O. Box 1411, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00903

Hull & Cargo Surveyors, Inc., 99 John St., New York, NY 10038

Frank Jeffrey & Assoc., 5201 Westbank Exp., Suite 206, Marrero, LA 70073

M.A. Stream Associates, Inc., 400 Second Ave. W„ Seattle, WA 98119

TANK CLEANING

Butterworth Inc. (USA), 3721 Lapas Dr., P.O. Box 18312, Houston, TX 77223-9989

Butterworth Systems (UK), 123 Beddington Lone, Croydon CR9 4NX,

England

Penco Division/Hudson Engineering Co., P.O. Box 68, Bayonne, NJ 07002

TANK LEVELING INDICATORS

ARMTEC Industries, Inc., Manchester, NJ 03103

Kockumation AB, Box 1044, S-212 10 Malmo, Sweden

Norcontrol, 135 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ 07605

Salwico Inc., 5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Transamerica Deloval, Inc., Gems Sensors Division, Cowles Road, Plain- ville, CT 06062

TOWING—Barges, Vessel Chartering, Lighterage, Salvage, etc.

Atlantic Towing Ltd., 300 Union PI., St. John, N.B., Canada E2L 1 B6

Bay-Houston Towing Co., 805 World Trade Bldg., Houston, Texas 77002

Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, 1800 West Loop So., Houston TX 77027

Curtis Bay Towing Co., Mercantile Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 21202

Henry Gillen's Sons Lighterage, 21 West Main St., Oyster Bay, N.Y. 11771

James Hughes, Inc., 17 Battery PI., New York, N.Y. 10004

International Transport Contractors Holland B.V., 5 Kenaupark, P.O. Box 21, Haarlem, Holland

McAllister Bros., Inc., 17 Battery PI., New York, N.Y. 10004

McDonough Marine Service, P.O. Box 26206, New Orleans, La.

Midland Affiliated Co., 580 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45201

Moron Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., One World Trade Center, Suite 5335, New York, N.Y. 10048

National Marine Service, Transport Div., 1750 Brentwood Blvd., St. Louis,

MO 63144

Suderman & Young Co., Inc., 918 World Trade Bldg., Houston, Texas 77002

Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corp., One Edgewater St., Clifton,

Stolen Island, N.Y. 10305

VALVES AND FITTINGS

Clow Corporation, 1211 West 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL 60521

The Crosby Group, Inc., P.O Box 3128, Tulsa, OK 74101

Dover Corporation, Norris Division, P.O Box 1739, Tulsa, OK 74101

Hoyward Marine Products, 900 Fairmount Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07207

Jamesbury Corp., 640 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA 01605

Marine Moisture Control Co., 449 Sheridan Blvd., Inwood, N.Y. 11696

Metropolitan Plumbing Supply Corp., 50-09 Second Street, Long Island

City, NY 11101

Newmans Inc., 9 Joanna Court, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing, Sandy Hill Rd., R.D. 6 Box 387-A, Irwin, PA 15642

Stacey Fetterolf Corp., P.O. Box 103, Skippack, PA 19474

Stockham Valves & Fittings, Box 10326, Birmingham, AL 35202

Tate Temco, Inc., 1941 Lansdowne Road, Baltimore, MD 21227

Union Flonetics, P O. Box 459, Clinton, PA 15026

Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., Passaic Avenue, Chatham, N.J. 07928

Waukesha Bearings Corp., 405 Commerce St., P.O. Box 798, Waukesha,

Wl53186

Westran Corporation, Valve Components Group, 4025 Rememberance Rd,

N.W., Grand Rapids, Ml 49504

William E. Williams Valve Corporation, 38-52 Review Avenue, Long Island

City, NY 11101

Winel, Inc., 34655 Mills Road, North Ridgeville, OH 44039

Zidell Explorations, Inc., (Valve Division), 3121 S.W. Moody Avenue, Port- land, OR 97201

VIBRATION ANALYSIS

DLI Engineering Corp., 253 Winslow Way West, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

WATER PURIFIERS

Aqua Chem Inc., P.O. Box 421, Milwaukee, Wl 53201

AquaGlobal, 50/60 Inip Dr., Inwood, NY 11696

Bull & Roberts, Inc., 785 Central Ave , Murray Hill, NJ 07974

Drew Chemical Corporation, One Drew Chemical Plaza, Boonton, NJ 07005

Everpure, Inc., 660 N. Blackhawk Dr., Westmont, IL 60559

Riley-Beaird, P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, LA 71130

WELDING

CRC Automatic Welding, P.O. Box 3227, Houston, TX 77253-3227

Metallizing Co. of America, Inc., 321 So. Hamilton, Sullivan, IL 61951

Oerlikon Welding Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 40964, Houston, TX 77240

WINCHES AND FAIRLEADERS

Braden Winch Co., 800 East Dallas, Broken Arrow, OK 74012

CONMACO, Inc., 820 Kansas Ave., P.O. Box 5097, Kansas City, KS 66119

Markey Machinery Co., 79 South Horton St., Seattle, Washington 98134

McElroy Machine & Mfg. Co., Inc., P.O Box 4454, W. Biloxi, MS 39531

Reel-O-Matic Systems, Inc., 418 Hellam Street, Wrightsvilie, PA 17368

Smith Berger Marine Inc., 516 So. Chicago St., Seattle, WA 98108

Stanspec Corp., 13600 Deise Ave., Cleveland OH 44110

Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy Corp., 1101 John Avenue, Superior, Wl 54880

Timberland Equipment Ltd , Box 490, Woodstock, Ont. Canada N4S 7Z2.

WINDOWS

Kearfott Marine Products, A Singer Co., 550 South Fulton Avenue, Mt. Ver non, N.Y. 10550

WIRE AND CABLE

Anaconda Ericsson Inc., Continental Wire and Cable, P.O. Box 1863, York,

PA 17405

Anixter Bros., Inc., 4711 Golf Road, One Concourse Plaza, Skokie, Illinois 60076

Delco Wire & Coble, Inc., 257 Rittenhouse Circle, Keystone Industrial Park

Bristol, PA 19007

Seacoast Electric Supply Corp., 225 Passaic St., Passaic, NJ 07055

Seocoast Electric Supply Corp., 1505 Oliver St., Houston, TX 77007

Tr.-Mark, Inc., 8585 Industry Park Drive, Piqua, OH 45356

WIRE ROPE—Slings

Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, PA 18016

A.L. Don Company, Foot of Dock Street, Matawan, NJ 07747

I & I Sling Company, 2626 Market Street, Dept D, Aston, PA 19014

ZINC

Smith & McCroken, 153 Franklin St., New York, N.Y. 10013

General Dynamics Building

Cargo Transfer Platform Barge

With National Jacking System

National Supply racks for General Dynamics iackup barge.

An offshore jacking system built by Na- tional Supply Company, Houston, will give "legs" to a cargo handling barge designed for shipping major marine components between

New England shipyards.

The jacking system will enable General Dy- namics' Electric Boat Division to load and un- load components at dock level, then raise the legs and tow the barge between its shipyards in Groton and 50 miles up the coast at Quon- set Point, R.I.

Also described as a "cargo elevating plat- form," the barge will be 195-feet long and 78- feet wide with a capacity of about 1,200 tons.

The barge is expected to make about 25 trips a year between the two shipyards with com- ponents weighing up to 600 tons.

National's jacking system was developed for the offshore oil industry. Drilling or produc- tion platforms fitted with the jacking system could be towed to an offshore oil field. Then the legs would be jacked into place to create a stable platform in varying water depths. The legs could then be easily retracted whenever the platforms needed to be towed to a new location.

Bruce Dawson, sales engineer for Na- tional's Drilling Equipment Division, Hous- ton, said the rack-and-pinion jacking system consists of three independent jacking units and legs. Each cylindrical leg, fitted with a sawtooth rack, is 72 feet in length, with an outside diameter of six feet. "The system is electrically controlled and can be powered from shore-supplied power sources," added Mr. Dawson. "The electrical system provides smooth and continuous move- ment for the precise adjustment of the plat- form to the docks in a minimum amount of time."

The barge loading and jacking system idea grew out of a brainstorming session at Gen-

Barge legs are raised and lowered by rack and pinion jacking system. eral Dynamics. Cranes used in recent years had been limited to 300 tons and the Electric

Boat Division sometimes wanted to transport far larger components.

The jacking units were manufactured at

National Supply Company's plant in Torr- ance, Calif., and the legs and racks were made in Houston. The equipment was then shipped to Quincy, Mass., where the barge is being constructed by General Dynamics' Quincy

Shipbuilding Division.

National said the barge jacking system should find an easier service life than those used on many offshore installations. "We're really looking at an ideal situation here because loading and unloading will be done in protected areas on concrete pylons and under good weather conditions," he said. By comparison, some offshore jacking system legs used on drilling rigs are longer than a football field and are expected to withstand severe pounding from ocean waves and high winds.

Mr. Dawson said jacking systems can be used for other non-oilfield purposes—such as portable drydocks, bridge erection and pile driving.

For free literature on National Supply's off- shore jacking system,

Write 94 on Reader Service Card 380-Foot Drillship To Be

Auctioned In Singapore

The drillship Petromar North Sea, will be auctioned on November 1, in Singapore Har- bor, it was announced by Max Rouse & Sons,

Inc., Los Angeles auctioneers handling the sale.

Owned by Petromarine Drilling Co., the 380-foot vessel was built by Bethlehem Steel and converted to a drillship by Todd Ship- yards. It underwent a $10-million refurbish- ing and overhaul in 1981.

Replacement value of the Petromar North

Sea is estimated at between $55-million and $65-million.

The ship has air conditioned quarters for 100 men, a hospital ward, and it carries en- closed capsule-type life boats. It is fully outfit- ted, and has a large inventory of supplemen- tary equipment valued in excess of $1 million.

Drilling machinery includes National 1625 drawworks and 12P160 mud pumps. The rig is equipped with heave compensator and riser tensioners. The electrical system produces 420 kw with 4 CAT 399 generators.

The mailing address of Rouse & Sons, Inc. is

Box 5250, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210. Phone: (213) 655-9300. Representative in Singapore is Richard Schindele, who may be reached at 251-8183. "CREW BOAT"

Seats up to 24, built for long, rugged off-shore service. 38'6" x 12'6" Beam, Twin Diesel Engines • Heli-Arc Welded, Reinforced 1/4" thick Aluminum Plate Hull! • Cummins V-555 215 hp/ Diesel Engines (2) or other options.

We'd like to discuss your special requirements with you.

Phone: (516) 289-0621

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