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Pentagon Approves $216-Million

Sale To Portugese Navy

The Pentagon recently approved the sale of some $216-million worth of naval weapons to the Portugese

Navy. According to the Pentagon, the equipment and services in the sale will be used in the Portugese

Navy's new frigate construction program.

If there are no Congressional ob- jections, Portugal will be offered 24

Harpoon and 24 Seasparrow mis- siles; three Phalanx guns to protect against cruise missile attacks; 72

MK-46 torpedoes and torpedo- launching systems; six advanced gas-turbine engines; associated communications gear; and spare parts.

The sale, which will be overseen by the U.S. Navy, involves the fol- lowing prime contractors: Aerojet

General, General Dynamics, Gener- al Electric, McDonnell Douglas,

Raytheon and the Naval Ordnance

Station in Louisville, Ky.

Sophisticated Catcher/Processor

Delivered By Halter Marine

Jack Edwards, president of

Halter Marine, Inc., a Trinity In- dustries company headquartered in

New Orleans, has announced the delivery of the catcher/processor fishing boat Atlantic Prince (photo), built at its Moss Point, Miss., ship- yard for Lund Fisheries. Warren

Lund is the principal partner of the group that owns and operates the new vessel.

The Atlantic Prince has been completely outfitted with state-of- the-art fish-processing equipment.

The vessel is capable of processing and freezing 275 metric tons of boxed fish, and can stay at sea for 21 days. She will have an operating crew of four, and as many as 22 packers, depending upon the partic- ular catch the vessel is fishing.

Propulsion is provided by twin

Caterpillar 3512 diesel engines with a total output of 1,800 bhp. The two

Caterpillar 3412 gensets are each rated 460 kw. The vessel is equipped with a MARCO T-200 box thruster.

Richard Taubler, naval archi- tect of Dover, Del., designed the

Atlantic Prince, and Halter Marine produced the detail working draw- ings.

Navigation and communications equipment includes two Furuno ra- dars, Furuno weather facsimile,

Robertson automatic pilot, North- star Loran C, Datamarine and Skip- per depth sounders, and Cybernet,

Motorola, and Sailor radiotele- phones.

For more information on Halter

Marine's facilities and capabilities,

Circle 46 on Reader Service Card

ATLANTIC PRINCE

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) Caterpillar

Engine controls Wabco

Bow thruster MARCO

Clutches Caterpillar

Gensets (2) Caterpilla

Steering system Wagner

Stuffing boxes Johnson

Generator control panels .Continental

Shaft and stern bearings . BFGoodrich

Propellers Coolidge

FW pressure and sanitary systems Myers

Pumps Marlow & Roper

Trawl winch, net reel. anchor windlass MARCO

Radars (2) Furuno

Radiotelephones Cybernet,

Motorola & Sailor

Automatic pilot Robertson

Weather facsimile Furuno

Loran Northstar

Depth sounders Datamarine & Skipper

Freezer system Sabroe

Running & navigation lights Aqua Signal

Searchlight Perko

Lifesaving gear RFD-Elliot

Air horn Kahlenberg

EPIRBS ARC Electronica

New Edition Of NDT Rules

Available From ABS

The American Bureau of Ship- ping has announced the availability of its 1986 edition of "Rules for

Nondestructive Inspection of Hull

Welds (NDT Rules)." Superceding the previous 1975 edition, the new volume contains two added sections and several new appendices provid- ing more information and guidelines on the application of these rules, thus further insuring that the soundness of welds on ship hulls and other marine structures is ac- cording to ABS requirements.

Orders for the new edition may be placed with the Book Order Section,

American Bureau of Shipping, P.O.

Box 910, Paramus, N.J. 07653; price is $23.

ODECO Wins 1986 NOIA

Safety In Seas Award

Ocean Drilling and Exploration

Company (ODECO) has received the 1986 NOIA Safety in Seas

Award for its Advanced Stability and Ballast Control Facility. The announcement was made by W.

Herbert Hunt, National Ocean In- dustries Association (NOIA) chair- man, and managing partner of Pen- rod Drilling Company.

ODECO president Hugh J. Kel- ly accepted the NOIA safety award, sponsored by Compass Publica- tions, during NOIA's 14th Annual

Meeting in Washington, D.C., in

April.

The ODECO Advanced Stability and Ballast Control Facility, located at its corporate headquarters in

New Orleans, employs a computer- driven tilt-deck simulator to teach and demonstrate the principles of

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) stability, and to teach and test offshore personnel in damage control and emergency procedures.

Since ODECO's training program began in 1984, a total of 135 mas- ters, barge engineers, control room operators, and others have com- pleted the program. ODECO also is the principal sponsor of a ballast control simulator to be used by the

Aberdeen Technical College in Scot- land in providing rig stability train- ing for offshore personnel working for all of the companies operating in the North Sea. "The Safety in Seas Award un- derscores the commitment of the ocean industries to make the off- shore workplace as safe as we possi- bly can," Mr Hunt said. "With its state-of-the-art ballast control si- mulator and the attendant training program, ODECO has shown us one more wav to reach our common safe- ty goal.""

ODECO was unanimously select- ed from 18 nominations. Entries were evaluated on four criteria: In- novativeness, significant safety achievement, demonstrable results, and applicability to other compa- nies.

Serving on the selection commit- tee were: Gerald R. Daniels,

Chief of the Lease Exploration

Branch, Minerals Management Ser- vice, U.S. Department of the Inter- ior; Brian T. Petty, Manager of

Government Affairs, International

Association of Drilling Contractors;

O.J. Shirley, Manager, Explora- tion and Production Public Affairs,

Shell Oil Company; and William P.

DuBose IV, NOIA Environmental and Safety Coordinator. Russell F.

Sammis, Managing Director of

Marsh & McLennon, Inc. and

Chairman of the NOIA Safety Is- sues Subcommittee, presented the award to Mr. Kelly.

For further information,

Circle 32 on Reader Service Card

ODECO president Hugh J. Kelly, left, accepts the National Ocean Industries' Safety in Seas

Award from Russell F. Sammis, chairman of the NOIA Safety Issues Subcommittee, at the organization's 14th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. 1 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News